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Dark Wings Descending (Wings, #1)

Lesley Davis

Start date: June 1, 2012

Finish date: June 30, 2012

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Jun 09, 2012 Cheri rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: lgbtq, romance, mystery-thriller, had-potential-but-mostly-failed

I was very disappointed. I thought the premise was a good one but the writing just didn't pan out. The foreshadowing regarding the mystery may as well have been bolded, highlighted, and spelled out in all capitals. There was no element of surprise for the reader at all. The romance aspect of the book was very rushed and the characters, to me, felt flat.

One of my pet peeves - yes, I know, there are many - is having American characters who are so very obviously British. They even had accents in m ...more

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Jul 04, 2012 M rated it really liked it

Shelves: l-books

I seem to have enjoyed this book a lot ore than other reviewers. Both the characters and plot worked for me, each felt very human (well half) and really reasoned in what and how they acted. Hope to have a sequel to this book soon. Off to find an other book from this author to read.

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Jun 21, 2012 Nikki rated it it was ok

Shelves: ebooks, sci-fi-fantasty, lgbt, mystery-suspense

Promising premise, but it just fell flat for me. The dialogue felt forced and I feel as though it could have benefited from a much more stringent editing process. The romance factor was extremely rushed and the crime/sci fi angle left much to be desired. I knew who the killer was way too fast and the author left the most obvious bread crumbs for her characters to discover that I was smacking my head against the wall when they STILL couldn't find the connection. ...more

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Jun 09, 2012 MEC rated it it was ok

Shelves: spec-fic-sf-fantasy-horror, uf-and-pnr, 2012-read-and-re-read

Loved the premise but the delivery was lacking.

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May 23, 2012 Cab rated it liked it

Shelves: lgbt, e-books, paranormal, intrigue, fantasy

I really enjoyed this book and the author had me sucked into the story almost immediately. We meet both Ashley Scott and Rafe at the most recent murder scene of a serial killer and I found myself intrigued by both Ashley and Rafe. I especially liked how the author, Lesley Davis, introduces the reader to Rafe. She, hobbles into the murder scene still recovering from injuries sustained in another police incident.

I did struggle in the 1st few paragraph’s trying to keep straight that we were seeing ...more

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