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Jefferson Blythe, Esquire

Josh Lanyon

Start date: November 1, 2015

Finish date: November 30, 2015

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Aug 28, 2015 Mtsnow13 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, romance, contemporary, suspense, less-than-300-pages, new-release, carina-press, audiobook, college-coming-of-age, 5-star-reads

When I saw the newest Josh Lanyon book in NetGalley, I could not pass it up! And I'm so glad I didn't. Fantastic story. And interesting tidbit.. I didn't realize Bill Clinton was born as William Jefferson Blythe III. Probably not anything to do with the story, but somewhere else I saw this somewhat old-fashioned, yet interesting name :-)

Okay. So. Just a heads up. This was a book I had to read ALL in one sitting. I was up til 3 a.m. Thank you very much dear author!! This story had me by the seat When I saw the newest Josh Lanyon book in NetGalley, I could not pass it up! And I'm so glad I didn't. Fantastic story. And interesting tidbit.. I didn't realize Bill Clinton was born as William Jefferson Blythe III. Probably not anything to do with the story, but somewhere else I saw this somewhat old-fashioned, yet interesting name :-)

Okay. So. Just a heads up. This was a book I had to read ALL in one sitting. I was up til 3 a.m. Thank you very much dear author!! This story had me by the seat of my pants from the get-go. It was a typical Lanyon mystery, in that it was light on the romance, but with a history and melancholy feeling as well as a sense of ‘place’ to it that just pulled me into the story from the first chapter. Honestly, I could not tell from one chapter to the next whether George was sincere, trustworthy, or even who and what he proclaimed to be!

We, the reader, despite what seems a fast pace, are slowly given layers to peel back as pieces are revealed of our MCs past history, which, to be honest, is very much downplayed in the beginning half of the book. But we are teased, given glimpses and well, for me, much of an emotional roller coaster that went very well with the galavanting around from Paris to London as Jefferson tries to follow his grandfather’s lovely old journal, giving us a glance at bygone days. I’m thinking his grandfather was quite a rascal, and I do wonder if he had ulterior motives *wink

I also enjoyed the descriptions of the locale in each country that was visited and could almost feel, smell and breathe in the atmosphere of where Jefferson was in his travels. This book had a fresher feel and was a refreshing change in the standard mysteries we are used to from Lanyon. In my opinion it does very well as a standalone, as a light little adventure and mystery, giving us an HFN. It shows there is still hope in misunderstandings.

Jefferson is a slightly younger character, fresh out of college, taking 'the tour' so to speak. This story has a 'new adult' feeling, and I could see a younger audience enjoying this as much as Josh's loyal readers. And, honestly? I wouldn't mind revisiting these guys again, myself, if more adventures just so happened to be written. Honestly. :D

Definitely highly recommended read. Now. For the audio!! ...more

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Nov 25, 2015 Antonella rated it really liked it

4.5
I loved it. I couldn't put it down, that is I obliged myself to put it down when I was rushing forward. Still, it wasn't insta-booklove like for other works by Josh: probably because I wasn't instantly taken by the two main characters and the over-the-top aspects of the plot. See eloquent review by Susan.
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