Killing Sarai (In the Company of Killers, #1) in Buddy Read Zone

Jun 22, 2013 ✝✝ Ⓓaisy ❣ ✝✝ rated it really liked it

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I need Reviving Izabel so badly..... Way too much of questions running in my head!!! This book was four star nail-biting, breath-taking, heart-stopping, tear-jerking stars.

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Meet Sarai

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Sarai was 14 years old when her mother gave her freely to the Javier, Mexican drug lord. Now 23 she has spent the last 9 years living as his personal favourite slave. Sarai has been dreaming running away from Javier and then her escape comes in the form of an American hit man who has come to visit Ja ...more

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Jul 20, 2013 Aman rated it really liked it

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This is the first book where I'm more scared of an innocent, rescued girl than the cold-blooded killer guy. Oh.My.God! Sarai makes me so nervous and I feel like by the end of the series she is going to get everyone killed including herself. She's not stupid or immature or any of those useless heroines, Sarai is a very very dangerous girl, her mental state is so unstable yet unusually focused. It sounds even weird when I put it like that but that's what it is. You never Reviewed @ Enticed by Books

This is the first book where I'm more scared of an innocent, rescued girl than the cold-blooded killer guy. Oh.My.God! Sarai makes me so nervous and I feel like by the end of the series she is going to get everyone killed including herself. She's not stupid or immature or any of those useless heroines, Sarai is a very very dangerous girl, her mental state is so unstable yet unusually focused. It sounds even weird when I put it like that but that's what it is. You never know how she is going to react to a situation and that unpredictably of her character is what makes me love this book!

Sarai was dropped at a Mexican drug cartel compound at the age of 14 by her mother and was held captive for the next 9 years, but Sarai never lived a life a slave. She was being held without her consent but her being Javier's favorite made her untouchable for others. On top of that, Sarai was given a lot of privileged facilities that weren't available for other girls. Though I firmly believe that she was a prisoner with a great survival instincts. When an opportunity arrives one day in the form of the first American man Sarai has even seen in that compound, she packs her bags and escapes in his car without a backward glance. Her sense of relief is short lived because that man wants nothing to do with her. Victor is a killer-for-hire and was doing his job in Mexico when he first encountered Sarai. He knew that she was a hindrance in his plans but decided to keep her because of her value to Javier. I loved loved loved Victor. He wasn't a "hard on the outside, soft on the inside" type of guy, he was what he appeared. A Cold Blooded Killer. An emotionless, ruthless guy who doesn't care about anyone.

What I loved the most about Killing Sarai was that the characters remained true to themselves. There never changed their path and stick with what they did. There were numerous times where Victor just want to kill Sarai and get it over with, but Sarai is a very good negotiator and have a way with words like nobody else. I'm not particularly fond of Sarai because of her hard-to-grasp personality, but I'm in love with her adventurous, daring and dangerous journey, and I can't wait to continue it. Also, her relationship with Victor is so difficult yet every part of me want them to have a happily ever after. Well, let's be real, there won't be any happy in it but I just want them together.

Killing Sarai was a thrilling, adventurous, rough, violent yet a very romantic story in it's own way. The romance wasn't anything I'd read before, it clearly wasn't hearts and flowers, but it wasn't disturbing either. I loved how the story ended because it was very realistic, but there is still a lot left to uncover in Sarai's as well as Victor's life and I can't wait to find out! Plus, the cover is so appropriate for the story and I know that the author is planning to changing it, but I would say that that image of Sarai is a perfect representation of her character. Dark contemporary fans really need to read this book ASAP! ...more

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Jun 30, 2013 Michelle [Helen Geek] rated it liked it

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07/04/2013 --

Overall Rating = 3 Stars
Book Cover / Book Blurb = 4 / 5 = 3.5 Stars
Writer’s Voice = 2.5 Stars
Character Development = 3 Stars
Story Appreciation = 2.5 Stars
Worth the Chili = 5 Stars [$2.99 on Amazon]

I really like the author, but this book was a bit of a miss for me. It reminded me a bit of the book Sempre'. It had some of the same story elements, but was short on the romance component -- this showed up at about 75%. The characters were a constant puzzle and the story dragged in too ma ...more

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Jul 04, 2013 Riya Sharma rated it really liked it

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Definitely a good book. Eager for the next one.

This is a story of a girl, Sarai, forced to live with a drug lord at an early age. The innocence of a child was ripped right out of her with each scene of violence, abuse, slavery, murder she had to live, see and feel.
When she gets the one chance to escape and lead a normal life....... she is already too in deep with her past.

Victor is a cold blooded assasin with a rock hard control. Though his conscience never makes him kill an innocent. So what d ...more

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Jun 23, 2013 Mahlyn rated it it was amazing

This is one book that I dont want to end. When I learned that I was about to finish it already, I prayed that it will be prolonged. I dont want to end the story of Victor and Sarai. The story is a combination of Dark Duet series and Sempre ~ both of which are my favorites. I can't wait for the next book in the series. ...more

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