From the Bookshelf of Q&A with Josh Lanyon

The Boy with the Painful Tattoo
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October 5, 2014
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October 31, 2014
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What Members Thought

Natasha
Oct 02, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Review soon!

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This book is gonna rock some serious ass.
I have a good feeling.
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Adam
Dear J.X.,

These three stars are for you. You're wasted on that overgrown man-child. Leave him and come to me, my love!

With love,
Your future husband

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Seriously though. I recently listened to the first two books in the series in audiobook format, and I really enjoyed them. It seems to me that the 4 year gap between when the previous book, All She Wrote, was published and 'The Boy with the Painful Tattoo' really effected the way Josh Lanyon wrote Kit. In the first two books in the series, Kit has ins
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Otila
Sep 22, 2013 rated it it was amazing
I love this series and this 3rd installment did not disappoint.
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Debbie McGowan
Oct 05, 2014 rated it it was amazing
I'm devastated I've finished reading this, but I stretched it out as long as I could.

What I really like about Lanyon's characters is that they're not perfect. They're very real, deep, funny. Kit is, at times, an irritating, neurotic pain in the arse, but he's also quick-witted and devoted. J.X. is a contradiction - gentle, brave, passionate, adoring, heroic - there are times when I want to lamp him with a blunt object, others where I wish he was mine. That would be the immersive reading experien
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blub
I think this was my favorite of the whole series not to say the books before it weren't my favorite too. Kit and J.X. have just moved into their new home. J.X. is off to a writer's convention and Kit has decided to remain home under the guise of unpacking and settling the house. Needless to say while unpacking he finds a dead body among his material items. Being who he is. Kit finds himself immersing himself in a mystery and putting his life in danger.

I really loved the story even though I had m
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Sam
Reread Nov 2019

4.5 stars. I was maybe a little generous in my initial 5 Stars but will retain the rating. I do really like this series (I love being in Kit’s head) and am excited to finally be finishing the series. On to book 4...

First read Nov 2014

Love Josh. Love Kit. Love H&M. Hope there'll be more.
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Dianne
Sep 30, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Review to come...
E
Nov 30, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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It was great! I loved being inside Kit's head as he was finally honest with himself about how he feels about JX. And there was everything else that make Lanyon's books too good to be true: sarcasm, mystery, witty dialog, hot hot hot sex, (view spoiler), insecurities, humor and well you know THE HOT SEX! ...more
Erica
Apr 05, 2014 rated it it was amazing
I hate to be so greedy and selfish (no I don't) but I WANT MORE!!!!! More more more. Josh Lanyon, I just adore you. Kit is witty and charming and I just love the way JX handles him. Best book in the series and I hope for many more to come!! ...more
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May 09, 2013 rated it it was ok
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