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Thicker Than Water

2011Jayme Morse

4/5

What I liked:-The beginning. Lexi waking up in the hospital was enough to draw me into the second book in this series. The opening chapter created a sense of mistrust and secrecy that was present throughout the rest of the book. Lexi learned early on that she couldn’t trust anyone other than herself, and I felt like she might have matured a little because of Gabe’s betrayal.-The ending. To me, the final chapter was the best part of the book. It was the only part where something actually seemed to happen. I could feel the danger Lexi was in and I could feel her growing mistrust of those around her. And that final page was interesting and unexpected enough to lead me into the next book. Honestly, I never saw that coming, but it was a great twist.-Lexi. She kind of grew on me in this book. Probably because she wasn’t lusting after four boys at once and she was no longer slut-shaming Mary-Kate. That greatly improved my liking of her. She was a little smarter than in the first book, and she was more open-minded about her situation and she was able to consider things she wouldn’t have before.What I disliked:-Plot. Once again, I felt like the plot didn’t really progress anywhere. It all seemed to revolve around Lexi whining about her aunt’s unfair rules, thinking about Gabe, lusting after other guys she knew, and not really doing anything. Her life was supposedly in constant danger, but her attitude didn’t really reflect that. She should have constantly been worrying about being killed, but the only times she really seemed to think about it was when someone tried to hurt her, but she quickly forgot about it.-Writing style. It seemed a little stiff and robotic to me. There was hardly any emotion in the words I was reading. Instead of showing that Lexi was scared, or excited, or happy, or sad, we were told she was feeling those things. This book had a bad case of “telling” and needed more “showing”. And there seemed to be a few instances were words were repeated improperly, but as far as self-publishing goes, the editing in this was probably better than a lot I’ve read.Overall, this was a pretty average book. It wasn’t anything special, but I think it was worth the dollar I paid for it. It’s a standard vampire romance novel that features a non-special heroine, a dark and broody hero, and a case of insta-love. But it was intriguing enough for me to purchase the next book in the series, so I guess I would recommend this to hardcore vampire fans. 3.0
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