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Double Exposure by Rien Gray

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Suspense novel with rival thieves and morally grey characters. I really liked this one and honestly I would love more stories about Sloane and Jillian. I was even more exciting to see the pairing as F/Nonbinary which feels like a rare pairing. A mystery solved by thieves was a fun read accompanied by their fiery relationship made this one an underrated story worth more attention.

becisatree's review

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

sirsangel's review

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

Two thieves. One Museum. Six photos.

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polarbear2023's review

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I see what it's trying to do but it's not working it's kinda cringey

beckyyreadss's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I got this book during one of the Stuff Your Kindle Days and this book sounded interesting, and I loved the non-binary representation.

This book has two points of view. The first is Jillian Rhodes and she lies to everyone she meets. As one of the world’s best art thieves, a life of infiltration and con artistry has left her flying solo, which is exactly the way she likes it. When Jillian is hired to steal a collection of photos belonging to the late – and deeply controversial – Russell Key from the Art Institute of Chicago, everything should be business as usual. Except she has two first, fellow master thief Sloane Caffrey also has their eye on the photos. Second, Sloane is her smoking hot ex. Three years have passed since a messy breakup, but Jillian and Sloane have been getting vengeance on each other ever since. Calling Interpol on each other, busting each other heists. When the Key theft becomes their latest competition, love and loathing ride a fine, shaking line. Trying to destroy each other should be simple. But confronting past mistake is hard, especially when the entire job is starting to look like a setup to put Jillian and Sloane behind bars.

I loved this book, I wanted more from it. 174 pages was not enough. It could be 600 pages and I would still want more. I love the storyline; I thought the action was amazing and thrilling. It was very fast-paced, and the tension was thrilling. The plot twist had me gasping audibly at 2am. I loved the two main characters. I wanted to protect Sloane with my whole heart. Their storyline was beautiful and I adore them. Jillian took a while to grow on me and I think that was because of the whole tough good act and that she didn’t give a shit when she did. I love the romance between Jillian and Sloane and how they managed to work things out. This is the only time where the miscommunication trope is accepted because they were both being screwed over.

The only thing that stopped this book from being five stars was the ending, I wanted to know what was going to happen to the side characters. Did they face punishment? Did it go viral? Did they figure out the plot twist? What happened to Russell Jr?

I just wanted this book to be longer, but if you are looking for a quick and thrilling read with lesbian and non-binary rep, I would recommend this book. I will definitely be checking out more of Rien’s work in the future.

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