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Lets skip the intro and cut right to the chase. Styxx was a DNF for me.
Initially I was enthralled by Sherrilyn Kenyon's ability to make me feel Styxx's pain so vividly. She made me want to cry for him. Protect him. But the pace of the story coupled with all of Styxx's pain, misery & torture became too much for me. I can count on one hand the amount of times I have  gave up on reading a book and up until now Sherrilyn Kenyon has never been on that short list. But 100% honesty I could not get past how vividly she made me feel all of the bad that happens in the beginning. It was too much for me. Maybe one day I will be able to finish the book, but I doubt it will be anytime soon. And if I do pick this book up again I know to read it in parts instead of binge reading like I normally do.

While I personally wouldn't recommend this book I do know a few people who think that this book is one of Sherrilyn Kenyon's best work so I chose to include purchase links above so you could see for yourself. This is the first time I was every let down by Ms. Kenyon so it is in no way, shape or form going to stop me from picking up any of her other works. 

Night Moves by HelenKay Dimon
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
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Night Moves has been sitting in my books to read pile for a long time now... and honestly part of me wishes I would have left it there.

Without spoiling the plot let me explain..... I am a fan of HelenKay Dimon's books so I was surprised at how little I enjoyed this one. I kept finding myself getting bored with the story and wanting to skip a head. Which is something I doubt I have ever done with one of HKD's stories.

So not only was I bored and wanting to skip a lot of pages I was simultaneously wanting to hit the main characters upside the head. Some of the chemistry between Maura & Liam was believable but most of the time I was taking their chemistry, their actions and the entire plot on a leap of faith.

I knew from the cover that "Night Moves" was going to have a fair dose of Mystery because its from the Harlequin Intrigue's line, but I was surprised to find how the intimate scene was handled. Its a blush scene which is fine but it came across to me as a something that had to be tacked on because of the book was being published as Harlequin and most readers assume that it would have some kind of "bowchickawowow" scene.

And unfortunately by the end of the story I was left with that dreaded "eh" feeling. You know that feeling you get when you have read worse books so you don't hate it but at the same time you didn't like it either. That is how I feel about this one. Lot of potential but doesn't live up to it.

*Genre Blush Mystery -(FYI Blush is a suggestive romance where the love scenes are not graphic.)

There is a part of me that feels like a "tool" whenever I say I didn't enjoy something.. Because I love to read and I really do appreciate and acknowledge all the hard work that goes into creating the book I just read... so just in case this review bothers someone who had something to do with that process....
uh sorry? kinda... sorta...



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