The Murder Complex (#1) by Linsday Cummings → Start Date: July 15th, 2015

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Jacquelyn, Vicki and I!

Join us if you can!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

so I kicked the date out so it wouldn't hit my or Jacquelyn's vacation.

let me know if this date is okay, Vicki :)

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

Perfect! We can always change if Vicki needs it. :)

Trisha, where are you going?

[Megan]

I would love to join you guys!

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

Awesome, Megan!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

For "vacation"?

I'm off to Jekyll Island
(website here: http://www.jekyllisland.com/ )

so...my oldest is going to Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) for a week long seminar to kind of intro college and stay in a dorm (Ugh! I'm mildly crying inside. my babies grow up so quick)

while my youngest and I are staying on Jekyl Island so my youngest child can go to a Turtle Day Camp at the turtle reserve they have there

(website: http://gstc.jekyllisland.com/ _)

We will even get to do a night walk where we put the runners out and help guide the baby turtles to the ocean. how cool is that?? I'm so excited! lol

We've had a VERY busy summer!

how are you doing Jacquelyn?? I know the school year was crazy!

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

Ooh! Jekyll Island looks awesome and right up your alley!

Ahh! College already? That is amazing and I wish her luck!

That turtle reserve sounds like something my brother would absolutely ADORE! He is obsessed with turtles. Ahh!! That sounds amazing.

I am doing good! School just ended on Tuesday. I had all of my finals and I got all A's except for one B. I got all of my overall course grades and my lowest grade was a 94. I am SUPER proud but it took a ton of work! I am over the moon excited to go to Oregon!! 3 weeks from today!! :D

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

awww, I'm so jealous of your Oregon trip!! I hope you have so much fun! it sounds like your mom is an amazing planner, so you will get to see it all!!

I hope you love Powell's book store! it's a great little spot if you make it there.

If you pass through Lafayette and/or McMinnville on your way to Lincoln City - be sure to take a moment and think of me. I miss my little town :)

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

Yeah, she has been going over our plans and we are so excited!

Oh, our hotel is just a few minutes from Powell's!! My dad says we are going multiple times. LOL

I will be SURE to look out for them and think of you! I'll say hi for you. ;)

[Vicki]

Trisha wrote: "so I kicked the date out so it wouldn't hit my or Jacquelyn's vacation.

let me know if this date is okay, Vicki :)"

Yes, NO plans! :o)

[Vicki]

Trisha, I am in Depoe Bay. Lincoln City is close by, right? Any ideas? How did you find about Jekyll Island/Turtle Day Camp. SO awesome!

How DOES your mom do her planning Jacque? I am not good at finding what to do, only where to go. LOL

[Nicole - Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die-]

I will join you guy for this

[Vicki]

FUN, FUN, FUN!!! :o) YAY!

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

Yay, Nicole!

Vicki, I am not quite sure.. She uses Trip Advisor a TON and she just researches for months. I am not quite sure what she does but she always has everything planned out. We are never really sitting around waiting to do something. I have no idea how she does it!!

[Vicki]

I'll have to check that out. Thanks.

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

It's a great site!

[Vicki]

Please cross your fingers for me because I still don't have this one. It says it's in transit, but I leave on the 15th and I really wanted to take it with me and read on the plane. If it doesn't come tomorrow I will either have to buy the Kindle version or not bow out until I get back. :o(

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oh no worries!!!

I don't think I need this for any challenges, so if you don't get it, I can hold off starting until you get back

no need to buy it ;)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

do we want to switch the date?

Nicole, Jacquelyn, are you guys okay if we start late??

I own this one so no worries either way

[Jacquelyn, thebrunettebooknerd]

I actually totally missed this one while writing them all down so starting late is a-okay with me!

[Vicki]

I can let you know if I get my book tomorrow or not, or if Jacque wants to wait I can do that as well; but once I get it I'll have anywhere from 3-6 weeks but no more because it's from the Link + system.

[Megan]

Are we going to read this at a later time? I actually forgot about this, I put it on my calendar on my phone but my phone has been messing up lately so I just finally got the reminder today.

[Vicki]

Yes, we are reading it after I'm home from vacation next Friday, but we never confirmed a date.

[Megan]

Okay :)

[Vicki]

I got my book from the library today and I am SO excited to read it!!! I know I'll have it until August 15 for sure. I can check it out for another 3 weeks if no one has it on hold, but I won't know until I try to renew it.

Can we schedule a new date now? Does everyone have their book?

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I own it, so I'm good whenever

how is Thursday, 8/30?

[Vicki]

I HOPE I can have it that long. I guess we can plan for 8/30 and if I can't renew it on the 15th, I'll but it. LOL

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oops lol I meant 7/30!

are you okay to start tomorrow??

[Vicki]

Lol I never know what tomorrow brings, but I do need to read Big Little Lies first.

[Vicki]

Okay, I definitely want to read this one, so I will start it today but might not (won't) get too far. It's hubby's day off so that's always a slower reading day, or nearly always. LOL

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I have a few I'm finishing up and starting today too, so I'll keep this one low on the pile :)

[Vicki]

I just adore you, Trisha! LOL Thanks. I AM very excited to get to it! I love the mixture of genres this is. Can't beat it!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Okay, as I wait for updates from my hubby at the ER with the youngest (and still don't have Internet) I'm reading to pass the time :(

10 chapters - I'm on phone so no spoilers

The world building is a little sparse but not bad
I'm liking the original storyline but not sure where this is all going.....

I don't quite u see stand what's going on with Zephyr (if it's forced)
And Meadow's pretty scary lol

[Vicki]

YAY! Caught up with you, but I'm sure that'll be for a minute. LOL

I'm not 100% sure what I think about this book but it's really dark.

I can't even imagine having to (view spoiler)[kill all the time just to survive, or to have to kill a competitor for a job. OMG! That was awful! (hide spoiler)]

Meadow is definitely scary! Her father is hell bent on training her well, but in their world, unfortunately, I guess that's a good thing.

Zephyr's character is likable. I mean, yeah, he is a killer but his thoughts indicate that he doesn't want to be and he doesn't enjoy it at all. I mean, can you imagine (view spoiler)[feeling guilt and seeing the faces of all the people you killed? Ugh... (hide spoiler)]

Talon is awfully young to (view spoiler)[be a mother. I did read that right, didn't I? She and Zephyr have a god-awful job of taking care of dead bodies. GROSS! I can't even BEGIN to imagine their world and death all around me all the time. (view spoiler)[

Peri (view spoiler)[is starting her training. I hope she doesn't become a killer with a cold heart. She's cute. (hide spoiler)]

I'm not sure about Zephyr, but he's a Ward so I assume he has to do what he does. Do you remember reading somewhere earlier in the book that he is (view spoiler)[Meadow's assigned assassin? Or am I remembering wrong? (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]

[Megan]

I made it to chapter 10 Friday, but I haven't read anything since then. I was busy Saturday and I spent today at the beach with my family. I was going to read on the way home, but I was preoccupied with trying to get baby ticks off of my legs. There were a lot of them, too!


So far this book reminds me a little bit of Divergent in the way the world is.

(view spoiler)[The world in this book is really horrific. I couldn't imaging having to live the way that Meadow does just to survive. She is scary, but she seems to really love her family and would probably do anything for them. (hide spoiler)]

How old is Talon? I don't remember reading anything about her age. I assumed she was in her 20s since (view spoiler)[ She had a daughter (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oops! sorry, I forgot to update

24 chapters

Zephyr (view spoiler)[ I can't believe he got so down and forgot about Talon. made me so sad
but I get the feeling...they somehow force him to kill - don't you get that? that he didn't mean or want to but that something made him? (hide spoiler)]

Essential(view spoiler)[ do you think that means something....because of where he started - who his parents are (hide spoiler)]

Talon(view spoiler)[eesh. did I miss that? I didn't think she had a kid. neither of them are tethered except to each other (hide spoiler)]

assigned assassin(view spoiler)[ no, he's just a ward. I don't think we know that he's forced to kill or what not yet. there's not a lot of world building, so I don't understand it all yet (hide spoiler)]

Meadow(view spoiler)[ I'm glad she got the job, because it means more food. but her brother was a jerk! I don't care how unsafe it is out there. he should't be bouncing her head off walls. (hide spoiler)]

Peri(view spoiler)[ i hate that it's all on her to make sure Peri gets fed (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Megan wrote: "I made it to chapter 10 Friday, but I haven't read anything since then. I was busy Saturday and I spent today at the beach with my family. I was going to read on the way home, but I was preoccupied..."

Yikes! baby ticks?!?! Ugh, I hope you got them all!!

I don't blame you for being distracted!

I must have forgotten something then because(view spoiler)[ I did't remember Talon having a daughter. Yikes! LOL (hide spoiler)]

I think that must be what I get for juggling too many books at once ;)

[Megan]

Trisha wrote: "Megan wrote: "I made it to chapter 10 Friday, but I haven't read anything since then. I was busy Saturday and I spent today at the beach with my family. I was going to read on the way home, but I w..."

I'm pretty sure I got them all. Hopefully. I've rechecked several times since I've gotten home. I'm a little paranoid when it comes to ticks. :)

Talon (view spoiler)[ Her daughter died when she ran out of there living area during the dark hour. Talon found her the next day, I think, when her and Zephyr were cleaning up the bodies. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

I'm on my phone so not sure if Trisha answered but Talon is 17, same age as Zephyr.

[Vicki]

Megan wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Megan wrote: "I made it to chapter 10 Friday, but I haven't read anything since then. I was busy Saturday and I spent today at the beach with my family. I was going to read on the wa..."

Yes, but I thought I'd missed something because she was so young. I re-read it to see that she was 17 and that (view spoiler)[it was her child they were talking about. If it wandered off, it had to be at least 18 months or older. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

40 chapters

Yikes they are fast chapters(view spoiler)[ because they are so brutal
but I guess the biggest question is:
Why is Zephyr going after Meadow if that's not really the command they gave him?? (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

60 chapters

I don't feel like(view spoiler)[ a lot of the things they reveled were too surprising (hide spoiler)]

Zephyr(view spoiler)[ I feel bad for him
but I'm surprised Meadow is able to trust him. I guess she's used to fighting and blood and all that - but I don't know if I could easily drop my guard around him again (hide spoiler)]

Meadow(view spoiler)[ once things starting happening, I don't think it was a huge surprise to find out how much her mom knew and what she'd done. I was surprised it all STARTED with her....pretty amazing that her mom did all that. so sad that it turned out so wrong. (hide spoiler)]

Koi (view spoiler)[ I don't blame him for wanting to kill Zephyr. Interesting he's always known more about the mom than meadow

I am curious why Meadow's name was in there - I'm not sure I believe the dad's excuse (hide spoiler)]

Gravers(view spoiler)[ yikes. I don't really remember what they are - but they seem bad (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

I'm so anxious to get back to this one and Dark House!!!

I don't want to read your spoilers yet, but how do you like this one? You're far enough into it to know if your enjoyment of it is on the decline or the rise. LOL

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I like it, but I don't love it. It's pretty good, it's interesting, but has a few flaws.... all in all it's good though

:)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

and I'm done

huh....(view spoiler)[ I'm not sure...the end was fast and kind of odd
so....her mom and her are the reason the murder complex is alive
and if Meadow dies, the motherboard dies. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

3 stars isn't bad. LOL I knew I was going to probably be conflicted on what to rate it just because I'm not sure how I feel about it. LOL

[Megan]

I finished it

Meadow and Zephyr (view spoiler)[ I felt really bad for him when he tried to kill her, because he had no control over himself and he liked Meadow so I knew he would feel really guilty over it. But the one thing that I couldn't understand was that Meadow, who's trained by her father to survive, so easily trusted him after it happened. I was really expecting a different reaction from her. (hide spoiler)]

Peri (view spoiler)[ Meadow seems to be dangerous and now that Peri is on the other side of the perimeter, I feel like that is going to make her really unstable and even more deadly than she is now. (hide spoiler)]

I liked the book, but there wasn't that much world building.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Megan wrote: "I finished it

Meadow and Zephyr [spoilers removed] YES I completely agree(view spoiler)[ I don't know how she could put her trust in him again. even if he didn't mean it, they could set him off again at any moment! (hide spoiler)]

Peri [spoilers removed] (view spoiler)[ oh yeah, I forgot to mention about her. hopefully book 2 they get to her and we get to see a different part of the world (hide spoiler)]

I liked the book, but there wasn't that much world building."

I agree about the world building.