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Detroit After Dark #4
Ballistic
My name is Lina Tomek.
I have a laundry list of issues, but the biggest is simple: I am a human lie detector. Literally. It isn't something I picked up on the streets or a cheap parlor trick someone decided to teach me. I was born with this curse and made a career out of it.
Now I live in the depths of loneliness, rejection, and abandonment, all because I know what a lie feels like. Truth be told – and with me, it always is – it’s driving me out of my mind.
You've already met my friends Venessa, Macy and Jules, but the fight for our city didn't end with them. In fact, it was gearing up. Detroit needed to get right, and I knew I had to light the fuse, even though it meant embracing the ability I hate.
Blinded by my need for the truth, I made a deal with a tall, determined, ultra secretive male rocking designer clothes and lethal eyes. His name is Anthony Gallo, and though he spoke no lies, I could still sense a hidden agenda.
Turns out that agenda is me.
When a girl with nothing is finally given something she knows is real, you best not try and take it. To protect it she does what any girl from the streets would do...
She goes ballistic.
I have a laundry list of issues, but the biggest is simple: I am a human lie detector. Literally. It isn't something I picked up on the streets or a cheap parlor trick someone decided to teach me. I was born with this curse and made a career out of it.
Now I live in the depths of loneliness, rejection, and abandonment, all because I know what a lie feels like. Truth be told – and with me, it always is – it’s driving me out of my mind.
You've already met my friends Venessa, Macy and Jules, but the fight for our city didn't end with them. In fact, it was gearing up. Detroit needed to get right, and I knew I had to light the fuse, even though it meant embracing the ability I hate.
Blinded by my need for the truth, I made a deal with a tall, determined, ultra secretive male rocking designer clothes and lethal eyes. His name is Anthony Gallo, and though he spoke no lies, I could still sense a hidden agenda.
Turns out that agenda is me.
When a girl with nothing is finally given something she knows is real, you best not try and take it. To protect it she does what any girl from the streets would do...
She goes ballistic.
320 pages, Unknown Binding
First published September 2, 2014
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December 13, 2018
3.5 stars
My 2nd favorite in this series.
Very cool heroine. Badass.
I hope I’ll never meet her.
Human lie detector! Not with me, please! *Lol*
She would call BS with my ‘Good morning’ *LMAO*
If you’re looking for a sweet feminine heroine, it’s not the right book.
Good hero. The best of 4! Great man!
Update for my friends because of the 1st book and its h Vennessa:
I shelved it as safe, but it wasn’t clinical safe, because of the……………….
#you’ll-never-believe-it
………… because of the h!
This one is light on drama, compared to 3 previous books.
Cute epilogue. With babies!!! *lol*
If you’re looking for a different read with untypical heroine – strong, unapologetic, brutal, sassy, damaged, loyal, a bit vulgar, unique – it may be a right book for you!
My 2nd favorite in this series.
Very cool heroine. Badass.
I hope I’ll never meet her.
"Lina Tomek didn’t need anything else.
Except the truth."
Human lie detector! Not with me, please! *Lol*
She would call BS with my ‘Good morning’ *LMAO*
"Because you choose to tell lies and believe them, you’ve changed the course of your lives. Deceit is your ruler now because you refuse to see the truth.
Welcome to the real world grads; the truth is most of you won’t survive it."
If you’re looking for a sweet feminine heroine, it’s not the right book.
"I am no one’s savior. You want to be saved? Go to church. I hear they give you bread and water."
"You can’t trust perfect because perfection doesn’t exist."
"…love isn’t for everyone, but cock is."
Good hero. The best of 4! Great man!
"A real man would never hurt his woman, Lina."
Update for my friends because of the 1st book and its h Vennessa:
"I think of her as a friend," I (hero) defend, needing her to understand my motives. "Yes, I made her think I had interest but that was only to set her in Rogan’s path. I knew they needed each other and gave them both a push."
I shelved it as safe, but it wasn’t clinical safe, because of the……………….
#you’ll-never-believe-it
………… because of the h!
This one is light on drama, compared to 3 previous books.
Cute epilogue. With babies!!! *lol*
If you’re looking for a different read with untypical heroine – strong, unapologetic, brutal, sassy, damaged, loyal, a bit vulgar, unique – it may be a right book for you!
"I don’t believe in premonition, I believe in ammunition."
February 18, 2023
Lina al ser un detector de mentiras humano, ha tenido la vida mas dificil de su grupo de amigos. Sus padres la odiaban por decirles en su cara cuando mentian, niguno de sus "amigos" (ademas Venessa, Macy y Jules) la usaban cuando la necesitaban, hasta el capitan (la unica figura paterna que realmente tuvo) la uso hasta que la verdad lo atrapo. Asi que encontrar con un hombre que no le miente, nunca, pero que tampoco le dice toda la verdad, para ella es algo extraño. Y mas extraño aun cuando se siente seriamente atraida hacia el y no sabe como manejarlo, mas que aislarse dentro de si misma para entenderse. Pero tiene que poner sus problemas de lado y enfocarse en ayudar a sus amigas con la guerra que se les viene encima, ademas de decifrar como el asesinato de los padres de Venessa fue el inicio de todo esto y porque ellas han sido los objetivos principales del lider de este grupo. Pero sera capaz de encontrar la energia suficiente para poder encontrar la solucion? Podra encontrar al culpable antes de que este haga su jugada final? Sera capaz de mantener a Anthony a su lado despues que todo pase?
Al ser el final de la serie esperaba que el misterio fuera mas la base del libro, pero no. La historia principal se basa en la pareja, pareciendo que el "Malvado" solo lo pusieron ahi porque era necesario. Me gusto que esta pareja realmente si evoluciono, aqui si puedes ver a los protas como comienzan con una actitud y poco a poco van entendiendose a si mismos y a su pareja, ademas de acpetar consejos de sus amigos. Vemos como el autor logro unir todas las tramas desde el primer libro y como logro un desenlace "satisfactorio", aunque bastante simple. Vemos como la relacion entre las otras tres parejas ha evolucioando y como su relacion con la prota se fortalece.
En fin, vemos mucho crecimiento de los personajes femeninos, y una buena evolucion de la prota. Incluso es drama es mucho mas sencillo y entendible, y los protas logran sentarse y razonar la forma como solucionarlo, entre ellos o con sus amigos.
Sin embargo, la accion fue muy basica, el misterio del "lider" se veia desde lejos, la "organizacion" que iba a comenzar la "guerra" quedo en solo un personaje egoista y malcriado. Hubo una cantidad de personajes secundarios que podrian haber explotado mas, pero que se usaron de relleno en esta serie.
Pero bueno, la serie es entretenida, y llena de accion. Con unos personajes femeninos fuertes y luchadoras. Maneja una gran gama de traumas y disfunciones familiares, asi que para leerlos tienen que tener en cuenta las advertencias al inicio de los libros, porque algunos de los temas que toca pueden ser muy delicados. Es seguro que buscare leer otras cosas de este autor mas adelante.
Al ser el final de la serie esperaba que el misterio fuera mas la base del libro, pero no. La historia principal se basa en la pareja, pareciendo que el "Malvado" solo lo pusieron ahi porque era necesario. Me gusto que esta pareja realmente si evoluciono, aqui si puedes ver a los protas como comienzan con una actitud y poco a poco van entendiendose a si mismos y a su pareja, ademas de acpetar consejos de sus amigos. Vemos como el autor logro unir todas las tramas desde el primer libro y como logro un desenlace "satisfactorio", aunque bastante simple. Vemos como la relacion entre las otras tres parejas ha evolucioando y como su relacion con la prota se fortalece.
En fin, vemos mucho crecimiento de los personajes femeninos, y una buena evolucion de la prota. Incluso es drama es mucho mas sencillo y entendible, y los protas logran sentarse y razonar la forma como solucionarlo, entre ellos o con sus amigos.
Sin embargo, la accion fue muy basica, el misterio del "lider" se veia desde lejos, la "organizacion" que iba a comenzar la "guerra" quedo en solo un personaje egoista y malcriado. Hubo una cantidad de personajes secundarios que podrian haber explotado mas, pero que se usaron de relleno en esta serie.
Pero bueno, la serie es entretenida, y llena de accion. Con unos personajes femeninos fuertes y luchadoras. Maneja una gran gama de traumas y disfunciones familiares, asi que para leerlos tienen que tener en cuenta las advertencias al inicio de los libros, porque algunos de los temas que toca pueden ser muy delicados. Es seguro que buscare leer otras cosas de este autor mas adelante.
October 6, 2014
Hey Coach,
You changed the game! You have the best players on the team and you're shooting for the playoffs! Rally caps are on but you're already #1 in my book. Keep it up, even if it's just for my benefit! *smirk*
Sincerely,
Your #1 Fan!
You rocked this last installment of the Detroit After Dark series! I love your humor, dialect, and bad as fuck characters! Oh yeah and nice cameo (a badass realtor with an arsenal big enough to make the DPD jealous) you crack me up!
You're lucky you went in the direction you did with Anthony, otherwise I'd be going ballistic if he was anything other than perfect! I can't imagine the chaos going through your head when writing these books but keep drinking the wine, shooting those guns, and tearing shit up in the D...cuz it's working for ya! You may be batshit KrAzY but I wouldn't have ya any other way!
PS. We've GOT to find a way to get your books into the hands of M.M. Your obsession needs to pay off soon, or it may turn into something we'll see on Nightline (Realtor/Author...Stalker?) lol
May 4, 2016
This series is truly a piece of art.
4 crazy bitches planning to smash the web of corruption in Detroit. 4 epic books. A fantastic journey!
If you like rough and gritty dialogs, hilarious characters, hot sex and thick plots, you will love DETROIT AFTER DARK by KS Adkins.
Brutal, book 1, is Rogan and Venessa’s story - a raw alpha male meets his match alpha female…
Brawler, book 2, is Rafe and Macy’s story - a fairy tale romance done fucking Detroit style…
Berserk, book 3, is Max and Jules’s story - buy a bottle of Boones farm before reading!
Ballistic, book 4 – Anthony and Halina’s story - perfect ending to a fantastic and unforgettable series…
If you still haven’t read them then you don’t know what you’re missing, because this series is raw, perfect, just brilliant.
KS Adkins is an amazing author, she writes from her heart and soul and I can’t wait to read her next book, 8 MILE & RION…
Playlist recommended: Eminem.
4 crazy bitches planning to smash the web of corruption in Detroit. 4 epic books. A fantastic journey!
If you like rough and gritty dialogs, hilarious characters, hot sex and thick plots, you will love DETROIT AFTER DARK by KS Adkins.
Brutal, book 1, is Rogan and Venessa’s story - a raw alpha male meets his match alpha female…
Brawler, book 2, is Rafe and Macy’s story - a fairy tale romance done fucking Detroit style…
Berserk, book 3, is Max and Jules’s story - buy a bottle of Boones farm before reading!
Ballistic, book 4 – Anthony and Halina’s story - perfect ending to a fantastic and unforgettable series…
If you still haven’t read them then you don’t know what you’re missing, because this series is raw, perfect, just brilliant.
KS Adkins is an amazing author, she writes from her heart and soul and I can’t wait to read her next book, 8 MILE & RION…
Playlist recommended: Eminem.
September 16, 2014
Wow! What an excellent conclusion to what has got to be one of my favourite series'. Totally kick arse and completely unforgiving I've been on the edge of my seat and shouting at the kindle the whole way through...then brought to tears at the ending. I'm going to miss Venessa, Macy, Jules & Lina and can see myself rereading these :)
September 6, 2015
Adkins knocked it out of the park!
My favorite series for sure this year, in the conclusion of her master piece Lina and Anthony will take you on a nail biting journey.
It's not often you read a book and feel the characters, I mean really relate, there was something about this story that I connected with. I made quick work of finishing as I read every single word and couldn't put it down.
As the story concludes I find myself sad and lost. I looked forward to every bit , I sucked it in, I held it and retained it and I need more.
I'm not ready for this to be over, but I'm hopeful KS will pull through like the awesomeness she is and write me something else I can obsess over.
My favorite series for sure this year, in the conclusion of her master piece Lina and Anthony will take you on a nail biting journey.
It's not often you read a book and feel the characters, I mean really relate, there was something about this story that I connected with. I made quick work of finishing as I read every single word and couldn't put it down.
As the story concludes I find myself sad and lost. I looked forward to every bit , I sucked it in, I held it and retained it and I need more.
I'm not ready for this to be over, but I'm hopeful KS will pull through like the awesomeness she is and write me something else I can obsess over.
September 8, 2014
GOT DAMN!!! Smdh in awe...I fucking loved Ballistic! I love each couple but hands down Tony and Lina is my absolute fave! Abso-fucking-lutely off the hook and the best of the series! Lalalalalaaloved it! Damn my emotions are all over the place and I don't want to give anything away, but everything came to light and you wrapped it up nicely! Damnit I'm still reeling from that reading and I need to take a few to get my shit together lol! Awesome damn job!
September 5, 2014
OMG. This book was probably my favorite of the Detroit After Dark series. If you havent read them yet you dont know what your missing. this series is raw and in you face and makes it easy to relate to all the people in these books. K S Adkins is at the top of my favorite authors.
September 11, 2014
KS is the master! What an Epic book for the end of an incredible journey! I love the chemistry between the characters. I love how the book grabs you from the get go and does not let go till the very end. What a fantastic journey!
September 6, 2014
I really liked this one too but I'm a bit sad because I have to say goodbye to these guys. I really liked Lina and how she grow to love and trust others. Perfect ending to perfect series. :)
September 5, 2014
A truly brilliant & perfect ending to this incredible series.
September 21, 2014
My favorite in the series. Can't get enough of these fabulous ladies!
November 6, 2015
Freaking Awesome series with totally Detroit peps and places. It has everything: Dark comedy, Twisted Love, kinky sex, fighting, guns, blood and gut "O My". Can't wait to read Author's new Book.
June 6, 2022
An actual wrap-up is good for a series! Lots of fun and even more insight to the other ladies.
July 7, 2015
Loved this book....Have to say out of the four couples Anthony and Halina are my favourite. I have liked Halina the most through out the series and this book didn't disappoint.
July 27, 2015
Another winner!!!!! This chick kicks ass.
August 18, 2018
Lina!!!
Whoa! What a book! It didn't end how I thought it would but I still enjoyed it. Couldn't put this series down!
Whoa! What a book! It didn't end how I thought it would but I still enjoyed it. Couldn't put this series down!
December 14, 2019
Loved it
As with all her books, this one didn’t disappoint. The wrapping up of the whole story was awesome and I’m sad it’s over!
As with all her books, this one didn’t disappoint. The wrapping up of the whole story was awesome and I’m sad it’s over!
October 22, 2016
DISCLAIMER TO MY FELLOW GOODREADER
This review is my personal opinion and may contain: spoilers, quotes, rants and swearing.
27 year old Halina "Lina" Tomek is a profiler with a unique ability. From a you age, Lina was able to know immediately when someone was lying. This was often a curse that led to failed relationships, her parents beating her and those in power using her for their own gain. Where Venessa and Macy are bonded as sisters, she and Jules are the same. Jules grounds her. Lina has been been in the background. Until now. She has an important role in stopping the madness. Lina is the missing piece. It all connects back to her.
"People build up walls not to keep other pit, but to see who cares enough to beam them down."
32 year old Anthony Gallo is a man on a mission. Even if that means bringing the fourth musketeer into the shit show when the girls want her far from the front line. Anthony pulled her into the battle by dangling her only links to her humanity, her sisters. Their bond knows no limits. He knows it all comes to Lina. The under five foot tiny terror who sees the world differently than the rest.
"She is a gift. A fucking gift. A gift given to you to nurture and treasure, and you gave that gift away. I found that treasure and I'm keeping it."
Well holy fuck. Who Anthony Gallo is was unexpected and shocking. I have to say as the series wore on, book #4 became the one I anticipated most. Why you may ask? Well come on... the woman human lie detector and the man with the secrets. No really I just understood as the mystery unfolded nothing would be revealed until the end. I was not disappointed. All of it was fucking brilliant. So impressed.
Cliffhanger - no (book #4 of series)
POV - Lina, Anthony, Jules, Max, Venessa & Macy
This review is my personal opinion and may contain: spoilers, quotes, rants and swearing.
27 year old Halina "Lina" Tomek is a profiler with a unique ability. From a you age, Lina was able to know immediately when someone was lying. This was often a curse that led to failed relationships, her parents beating her and those in power using her for their own gain. Where Venessa and Macy are bonded as sisters, she and Jules are the same. Jules grounds her. Lina has been been in the background. Until now. She has an important role in stopping the madness. Lina is the missing piece. It all connects back to her.
"People build up walls not to keep other pit, but to see who cares enough to beam them down."
32 year old Anthony Gallo is a man on a mission. Even if that means bringing the fourth musketeer into the shit show when the girls want her far from the front line. Anthony pulled her into the battle by dangling her only links to her humanity, her sisters. Their bond knows no limits. He knows it all comes to Lina. The under five foot tiny terror who sees the world differently than the rest.
"She is a gift. A fucking gift. A gift given to you to nurture and treasure, and you gave that gift away. I found that treasure and I'm keeping it."
Well holy fuck. Who Anthony Gallo is was unexpected and shocking. I have to say as the series wore on, book #4 became the one I anticipated most. Why you may ask? Well come on... the woman human lie detector and the man with the secrets. No really I just understood as the mystery unfolded nothing would be revealed until the end. I was not disappointed. All of it was fucking brilliant. So impressed.
Cliffhanger - no (book #4 of series)
POV - Lina, Anthony, Jules, Max, Venessa & Macy
November 20, 2018
Ballistic begins with Tony following Lina around and keeping an eye on her. He needs her to figure out the real truth behind his parents murder, but he also wants more from her, maybe more than she can give.
But as these two spend more time together and Lina does her best to find the truth about the past, their relationship gets even more complicated. Tony doesn't know which way is up or down with her, and Lina has no idea how to deal with Tony.
With these two both trying hard to make things work and working together on a case life gets full of even more complications that they may not be able to work out in time.
This book was my favorite of this series. I really loved Tony and Lina together! They made a great couple, both were complicated, and had no idea how to deal with each other. But some how through all of that they tried their hardest to make it work. I admired that a great deal in these two characters.
And the ending was amazing as well! I adored seeing the end and how the rest of them ended up too. I thought this book was really good. Filled with action, drama, romance, and of course some wacky humor.
But as these two spend more time together and Lina does her best to find the truth about the past, their relationship gets even more complicated. Tony doesn't know which way is up or down with her, and Lina has no idea how to deal with Tony.
With these two both trying hard to make things work and working together on a case life gets full of even more complications that they may not be able to work out in time.
This book was my favorite of this series. I really loved Tony and Lina together! They made a great couple, both were complicated, and had no idea how to deal with each other. But some how through all of that they tried their hardest to make it work. I admired that a great deal in these two characters.
And the ending was amazing as well! I adored seeing the end and how the rest of them ended up too. I thought this book was really good. Filled with action, drama, romance, and of course some wacky humor.
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November 19, 2014Lina is a very observint person and can tell a liar off in a blink of an eye. She and the 3 other girls are going to bring detroit down and kill who ever it take to make sure they win.
Tony want to protect Lina from everything and he tries but doesn't always win. Lina is a bad ass.
Tony want to protect Lina from everything and he tries but doesn't always win. Lina is a bad ass.
February 19, 2016
K.S. Adkins always does it right. I loved Lina and Anthony's story and the appearances of the other friends from the earlier books in the series. (Detroit After Dark) is one of my favorite series.
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