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In Other Words...Murder (Holmes & Moriarity, #4)

Josh Lanyon

Start date: July 1, 2018

Finish date: July 31, 2018

Discussion: Book of the Month Club

Discussion leader: Jordan Lombard

Why we're reading this: We'll be reading this later in July, soon as it gets released! (No pressure, Josh!)…more
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Apr 07, 2018 K. rated it liked it

Shelves: m-m, zzz2018, yet-again-a-new-date

I'm kinda dissapointed... it wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't amazing either. It gave me a lot to think about. But most of all it felt forced, like she really didn't want to write it, but had to. Or maybe it feels forced cause it was delayed for 7 months and that alone raises expectations sky high. I would have been loads more understanding and willing to ignore stuff that annoyed me if it had been published in december. I can never know that now.

During the last year or so I lost a lot faith in I'm kinda dissapointed... it wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't amazing either. It gave me a lot to think about. But most of all it felt forced, like she really didn't want to write it, but had to. Or maybe it feels forced cause it was delayed for 7 months and that alone raises expectations sky high. I would have been loads more understanding and willing to ignore stuff that annoyed me if it had been published in december. I can never know that now.

During the last year or so I lost a lot faith in her and I was absolutely terrified during all that wait period that she'll do the usual (view spoiler). I was literally tense the entire time when I was reading it, because I was afraid that it'll happen. So probably that took some of the enjoyment from reading this.

That Jeremy thing felt rushed, the solution especially. Also the thing with Kaynors...like is that even a realistic that they would have a leg to stand legally speaking? That was so weird, maybe it's an american thing. No solution either in this book. wondering if I got the full version from kobo.

I didn't like how much of Gage there was in this book. But then again I nearly never like kids in books, so that's proabably a me thing. But he was annoying.

I remember the previous books being really funny...or maybe I just wasn't in a right mood today.

J.X. and Kit were adorable. They were. Also liked what happened with Kit's writing career.

I will re-read it. Maybe I will enjoy it more, when I don't have to worry about what's going to happen. Because I was in full tension mode while reading it.

I'm going to leave this here as a reminder to myself: (view spoiler) .

oh and the biggest annoyance was to discover that in my ebook version there was 22 pages of just patreon names. If that's not a filler then I don't know what is. 22 pages of just names.

I guess now I'll have to wait summer 2020... ...more

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Jul 19, 2018 Dianne rated it it was amazing

A wonderful aspect about reading a series is being able to enjoy the journey of the characters as they learn, discover, and blossom. Even better, in this series, all of the aforementioned is happening amid a whole lot of compelling murder and mayhem!

Christopher and JX have been together for nearly a year now, have survived more than one murder mystery, are sharing a house, and are even talking marriage. That's a heavy load for the usually cynical and self-deprecating Christopher. Add on this fa ...more

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Jul 21, 2018 Marge rated it it was amazing

Shelves: suspense, m-m, hurt-comfort, romance, mystery, humor, favorite-author, stars-5

I loved this! JX and Kit have their differences, but they (especially Kit) have learned to trust one another enough to talk things through--like adults. A couple of decent mystery plots here, some nice romantic moments, and everything works out well at the end--for Kit, JX, (view spoiler). (minor spoiler) ...more

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Nov 01, 2018 Pete W rated it really liked it

This is a character study as well as s murder mystery. The story seems to give Kit and J.X. relationship as much important as the mystery itself.

The MCs still navigating their life as a couple. Which felt more authentic than the usual "love and sex solve everything" approach in many books on this genre. Here, they had relationship issues, they fought, then they talked things out and learned from it. Also factoring in, was the fact that Kit's ex is back in their life with a bombshell that became ...more

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Jul 29, 2018 K rated it liked it

Shelves: cops-pi-s-etc, read-2018

JX and Kit are settling into their new home when a body is found at Kit's former home, the purchasers want to pull out and sue him, his firmer stalker/attacker is out on bail and there are clowns out to get him. The body is initially thought to be his former PA which brings Kit's ex David back into the picture.

Which all sounds like quite a lot in what isn't a very long book (especially as it finishes about 85% and the rest is promo)

Fun to visit Kit and JX again but the mystery is weak and there ...more

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Jul 27, 2018 Lakerkat rated it it was amazing

Yay character growth for Kit! Kit is still bratty though and that’s the way I like him. I love Kit’s kid phobia. Lol

JX is a rock. I hope there’s more for him to do in the next book. I was happy to see a little of JX’s cop connections. Let’s go inside his office too. I want to see how he creates.

I enjoyed the main mystery, it kept me interested.

David. Let me introduce you to Jerry. Didn’t need or care to see David but I’m glad Kit got his revenge scene.

Kindle Unlimited. I’ll bet those Sophie ...more

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Dec 11, 2018 Susana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Kit Holmes and J.X. Moriarity have gone a long way together in a year, and their relationship keeps growing and becoming stronger every day, despite the annoying and unexpected appearance of corpses wherever Kit is… or has been. This time, it is a corpse buried underneath a pergola in Kit’s former home. Pressed by the police and a very insistent ex, Kit decides to investigate the matter. But he soon realises that’s not the only mystery he has to solve…
Kit and J.X. are back! I love these two, but ...more

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Aug 05, 2018 Grace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mm-smut, mm-romance, mm-mystery, kindle-loanable

Continuing to enjoy this series! I just love Kit so much, more with every book. He feels very real and relatable and messy and complicated. The plot was interesting, and I really liked seeing him and JX settle even more into themselves and heir relationship. The David plot was also great and gave some nice closure to Kit's past life. ...more

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