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A review by chandlerainsley
Blood to Dust by L.J. Shen
3.0
something different from lj shen
i've made it pretty clear over the years that lj's standalones don't tend to work for me. and i don't think this book is an exception, but i was kind of impressed by how different this one was.
the book is about a girl who is running from her enemies & the ex con who is helping her do it. the tone is dark and bleak & the pace of the story is break neck. really the only thing that identifies this book as an LJ one are the sex scenes. and i kind of enjoyed that!
i think when authors find a formula that works for them they tend to stick with it, with good reason. but i guess it's nice to know that lj can give us something a lil different.
if you're in the market for a dark romance and are kind of sick of a lot of the cheesiness of the genre, i think you might really enjoy this. i didn't love it because it didn't feel very romantic but it definitely did feel realistic. not much else to say but i think if lj writes another dark romance i would deeeefinitely give it a try.
i've made it pretty clear over the years that lj's standalones don't tend to work for me. and i don't think this book is an exception, but i was kind of impressed by how different this one was.
the book is about a girl who is running from her enemies & the ex con who is helping her do it. the tone is dark and bleak & the pace of the story is break neck. really the only thing that identifies this book as an LJ one are the sex scenes. and i kind of enjoyed that!
i think when authors find a formula that works for them they tend to stick with it, with good reason. but i guess it's nice to know that lj can give us something a lil different.
if you're in the market for a dark romance and are kind of sick of a lot of the cheesiness of the genre, i think you might really enjoy this. i didn't love it because it didn't feel very romantic but it definitely did feel realistic. not much else to say but i think if lj writes another dark romance i would deeeefinitely give it a try.