Playing With Monsters ~ February 21, 2018 Buddy Read based on Grey's ATF ~

[Grey]

I started the thread for you... who is in? *bats eyelashes and attempts to look innocent*

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

I'm in. I have it my schedule for the 27th. But if anyone has a different date they want to use, I'll just scramble things around in my schedule. Just let me know!

[Nay]

The 27th is the one day I can't start. That's my one-year anniversary visit where I'm having day-long tests and outpatient surgery. Sorry! I can start on ANY other date! lol 🤣

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

Oops! You already told us that. My bad. So somebody pick another date.

[Nay]

Fabi.—since you have a schedule, just name when you can fit it in and that’s fine with me.

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

IDK, the 21st? the 13th? Where is everyone else? Kooloo?! Who else is reading it?

[Nay]

I'm good with either of those.

[Kooloo]

I’m in whenever is good for y’all🥂

[Grey]

After the 16th works better for me... *tiptoes out of the thread*

[Kooloo]

Bahhahhhahh Grey!

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

LOL Kooloo

Alright, then the 21st?

[Nay]

21st sounds great to me!

[Kooloo]

Cool I’m in🤜🤛

[Nay]

Grey--can you please put Feb 21 as the date for our br? This will also give it a bump. I almost forgot about it! lol

[Grey]

*squee*

[Kooloo]

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

tick tock tick tock

How's everyone doing? Anyone ready to start this one yet?

I finished a book this morning and I'm debating whether to try to squeeze another in before this BR or to move forward with this one. What are the rest of you doing?

[Grey]

OMG, I am so excited for this one! I am doing a proof right now, but will be ready to start when you guys are (In between my 2nd and 3rd read-throughs.)

[Nay]

I’m ready, Fabi! I’ve finally got my reading mojo back. I’m just finishing up Uncharted (the plane crash book). I had to put it aside while I edited and almost forgot about it. I’ll finish it tonight.

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

Me too Nay. Me too. It feels great to be back in the saddle. It doesn't hurt that this year has kicked off with some great reads for me. Already so much better than last year.

Alrighty, sounds like I should go ahead and get started on this baby. Probably tonight or maybe tomorrow at the latest.

I'm not worried about Kooloo. She'll read the book 3 times before I'm done with chapter 1. ;-)

[Kooloo]

Ha🧐

[Melinda]

Might just watch the thread, not sure that I will like this book.

[Grey]

Ready, set, go!!!

[Nay]

Is anyone reading? I just got home from the dr., so I'm finally starting.

[Kooloo]

So i just started and it sounding like anonther that i read a while back....

sooooooo then i left Marvin (eBook reader i use) and looked it up on my iBooks libray which i no longer use because it is stupid slow with all the books on it! and I found it there and it says I read it in 2016

[Kooloo]

I don't care though I need to escape my reality for a bit....

just got bad news about my car that is still in the shop - since Dec 15th - (air bag still on B/O) and my rental insurance is done in 3 days!

FML

[Nay]

Kooloo wrote: "I don't care though I need to escape my reality for a bit....

just got bad news about my car that is still in the shop - since Dec 15th - (air bag still on B/O) and my rental insurance is done in..."

Oooh, that's sucks, Kooloo! I can't believe they still haven't fixed your car yet!

I read a little over half of Playing with Monsters a year ago and then decided that I wanted to catch up on the Fae Chronicles series first. But since it's been a year, I'm starting from the beginning.

[Kooloo]

Ok cool I’m only at 12%

[Ela]

Kooloo wrote: "I don't care though I need to escape my reality for a bit....

just got bad news about my car that is still in the shop - since Dec 15th - (air bag still on B/O) and my rental insurance is done in..."

Sorry to hear this!

[Tessa]

I tried to re-read this but I did just two months ago. It's too soon for me. :( But I'll be watching this with glee.

[Nay]

So am I the only one who hasn't read this?

I'm at 60%, and while the story is okaaaay, the repetition is driving me crazy.

For example: "I looked at his lips and then he kissed my lips until my lips hurt."

Ok, so I made that up, but that's what I feel like I'm reading on almost every page!

I'm ready for some angst! When does the angst start??

[Grey]

verrah soon nay, verrah soon!

[Nay]

Okay, I'm trusting you! lol

I'm probably done reading for today. Gotta get ready to go to the Preds hockey game tonight!

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

I'm really sorry guys but I'm stumbling over the writing. It comes across as immature for me.

I also had a hard time with that initial opening 'sort of rape' scene.

I've picked it up and put it down half a dozen times. I just don't know if I can finish this one.

I'm so sorry. I know it's a HUGE favorite and I feel really bad that I can't love it as much as everyone else does. :-(

[Tessa]

*hugs* You don't need to feel bad that it's not for you. That's why it's called opinion, not fact. :)

[Kooloo]

Ditto Fabi!
I liked it a lot better in 2016 lol
walked away at only 18%

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

Thanks ladies. Still feel bad but appreciate the words.

[Nay]

Finished! 3 Stars for me. If it had been properly edited for content and flow, I would have given it at least 4, maybe more.

And I was really put off by the "Warning" in the front that there would probably be mistakes in the book because 'the author is human as you are as well'.

For me, that's so 2013, and not what I'd expect from an author's 7th or 8th book that she's charging $4.99 for. (I wanted to put this in my review, but I didn't want to sound snotty.)

But if I had been able to block that stuff out, I can definitely see where I would have loved it. It was super sexy and I also loved Lucian!