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evavroslin's review
4.0
In this thriller from JG Faherty, Leah DeGarmo is a veterinarian who has the unique ability to cure humans and animals of everything from gunshot wounds and broken bones to cancer. The only catch is that she has to transfer the sickness to someone, another human or another animal, because if she doesn't expel it from herself and transfer it elsewhere, she will get stuck with the illness and can die.
It doesn't take long for the wrong kind of people to find out she can do this after an exciting inciting incident at a McDonald's. She saves the life of a police officer, John, and they become romantically involved but both of their limits are severely tested in this book. Toward the second half of the book, there are more surprises, including some new unexpected side effects that keep things interesting.
Overall, "The Cure" is an entertaining novel that will keep the reader guessing as to what will happen next. The reader will feel Leah's torment and emotional conflicts very vividly as well as John's, which I thought enhanced the story. Although I won't spoil the ending, this is the kind of book where a sequel could easily come about should the author wish to continue the story. If you like tightly-plotted and fast-paced thrillers with supernatural elements, you will enjoy this book.
It doesn't take long for the wrong kind of people to find out she can do this after an exciting inciting incident at a McDonald's. She saves the life of a police officer, John, and they become romantically involved but both of their limits are severely tested in this book. Toward the second half of the book, there are more surprises, including some new unexpected side effects that keep things interesting.
Overall, "The Cure" is an entertaining novel that will keep the reader guessing as to what will happen next. The reader will feel Leah's torment and emotional conflicts very vividly as well as John's, which I thought enhanced the story. Although I won't spoil the ending, this is the kind of book where a sequel could easily come about should the author wish to continue the story. If you like tightly-plotted and fast-paced thrillers with supernatural elements, you will enjoy this book.
cdcsmith's review
2.0
The concept was excellent, but the writing was not much better than mine. There was a lot of repetition in the events, but the same descriptions tended to get used over and over as well. And then the 2 main characters... there insta-love I can almost make sense of because they are sharing a series of events that would be likely to cause people to develop quick attachments to each other. The worst though...how do two supposedly smart people continuously make so many stupid ass choices? All the characters that are people (there are a lot of animals) seem to. Every. Flipping. One.
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