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LOVE THIS BOOK!

have on audiobook... need something fun, light after some of the sad, depressing or just plain bad audiobooks I've been listening to.

This book is amazing. I refused to sleep because of this book. How could I? I had to keep reading.

almost there....almost

oops.. I made the mistake of reading the first few pages... totally sold me. Need to continue it now.

I was going to start this one but now I'm in the mood for something else. I feel a touch of Book Attention Disorder coming on.

Yeah!!! Almost done.

Before anyone comments about my weird sense of observation.. yes, I notice things that others wouldn't even give a 2nd glance to.. now onto my comment- look at the cover- Gin's left hand. Look at her ring finger. Her ring finger is so much longer than her middle finger. I kept looking at her hand trying to figure out what the heck was wrong. And yes, I do have a life outside of staring at book covers. Seriously!

So, why doesn't Gin freeze the bounty hunters like her mom did in that flashback scene? Why doesn't she freeze the gun mechanisms so they won't shoot? Why doesn't she freeze the trigger finger? Why not jam the barrel so it is full of stone? Why not make the bounty hunter slip on ice? No, that would be too easy. You let the bounty hunter take <spoiler> so that the story continues.</spoiler>

I'm so looking forward to the end of this book. Overall, this one is not my favorite.

Oh I know there is another story behind the birthday party that Lola doesn't know about. There has to be. I love Heavens to Betsy. It's also good to see Anna and Etienne again

Oh I know there is another story behind the birthday part taht Lola doesn't know about. There has to be. I love Heavens to Betsy. It's also good to see Anna and Etienne again.

I need to mention (since I've been so snarky in my updates for this book) that I do love the actual story. It's just getting to the story. That has been the problem.

Hey did anyone of you know that she is Gin Blanco and she is the Spider? Seriously? Just in case you forgot the 4 other times she's mentioned it for the first half of the book. Btw, she wasn't talking to anyone when she brought that well known fact to my attention.

Perkins does something that not many authors can do. She charms me right from page one (something that I swear I'd never say happened)with a contemporary YA romance. She is an absolutely fantastic author and I'm only 33 pages in!

I'm holding off on this until 1) I finish one of the two other books I'm currently reading and 2) after I finish reading Lola and the Boy Next Door because well, Stephanie Perkins rules the world.

Not much really happening. It is a rather boring start. It's bleh, bleh, bleh Mab bleh bleh baby sis bleh bleh silver stone knives (5 of course- we always know the location) bleh bleh Assassin bleh bleh peach cobbler or in this book..strawberry pie (so far that is).

hmmm...Julia hates the song Closer from NIN. Closer is from the album "Downward Spiral". Downward Spiral represents the 9 circles of hell. Oh jeez.. leave NIN alone.

Paraphrasing from Somewhere I have never travelled by E.E. Cummings. Finally, something I like about this book. I love this poem.

389 5 star reviews. I cannot stand this book. What am I missing?

As you may have noticed from my other updates, I am NOT enjoying this book. I refuse to turn Gabriel, the ass, into a tortured hero. I don't care how screwed up your childhood was, you don't have a right to treat anyone the way Gabriel treats Julia and earn anything from me other than my dislike.

"He NOTICED the water that was continuing to stream off her, then he BEGAN to NOTICE the clothes that were under the water, and then he BEGAN to NOTICE what was under her clothes..." (emphasis is mine). uhhhh... ok. Like I said, I'm not, in any way, a writer. In fact, it is my worst skill but.... what is wrong with this sentence?

"Would you stop fussing with that ridiculous abomination of a bag and sit in a chair like a human being?"

So, I'm supposed to develop warm, fuzzy feelings for this asshole. And wtf does sitting in a chair have to do with being human? grrr.. I'm so disliking Gabriel.

"Purposefully, she neglected to mention where she was living and what she was doing, and she sent the e-mail from her Gmail account rather than her university account." Purposefully, she neglected??? I'm horrible at grammar but that is such an odd sentence.

"Is English your first language?" he mocked her.

(This is Gabriel to Julia- )

I didn't mean to start this one but now that I read the first few pages, I can't help but continue. It has a great beginning.

Estep's first couple of chapters are always rehash of previous books- who the characters are, what she is, what has happened before, blah, blah, blah. I almost want a little blurb in the beginning that says "If you've previously read my stories, please begin on page ___". That would be soooo much better.

I love the minor characters especially a particular shifter with a scottish accent. Of course... hehe

Gin, Gin, Gin. I'll be glad when Mab is dead and you can move on.

Great test of an erotica- can you take out most of the sex and still have a story- here definitely yes.