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I was surprised, with all the positive reviews, to find myself not getting into this very quickly. I think I was thrown off by the way the D was made to sound almost 'backwoods' in his speech. But after the first few chapters I was able to get past thsi and see the real man.

I think the author did a great job with the morality that was put out there, and how Jack has to figure out if he is even capable of coming to terms with the kind of person this hitman is.

Especially interesting if you can f
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SueM
Re-reading this novel is a bit like catching up with a long-lost friend. Things have changed a tad from how you remember, but it's also finding that you hadn't realized just how much you had missed them.

This book is one of my all-time favorites -- the unlikely pair finding each other in adversity -- and making the other realize just how empty their lives (although for different reasons and in different ways) had been before they had met. The snarky banter between the two, as well as D's slow tr
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Ari
Jun 06, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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10 stars!
Sylvia
Feb 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
First half was great, second half was too long for my taste and became repetitive, the Epilogue was redundant.

The action, suspense, characters and romance were great.
Yuri Aoi
Mar 05, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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I think it was the longest m/m novel I've ever read. I'm a learner of English, so if the novel is no truly fascinating, I'm likely to give up on reading it halfway. But it didn't happen time time. It was a thrilling read to the end and I'm willing to read a next story if any with the similar length. ...more
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Jan 14, 2011 rated it liked it
This is well written and the characters/situation is interesting. I'm not really fond of gay for you books, though. Seems to me we are what we are. ...more
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Dec 19, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Just fab!
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