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Broken Bones
Goth girls with guns.
Former black operative Lucretia “Luke” Bones is trying to hold her broken family together, stop her cyber-terrorist twin from breaching national security, and get her high-risk civilian contracting group, Bone Squad, off the ground. But that’s turning out to be a lot more work than Luke thought. Especially after her youngest sister stumbles onto a top-secret government super soldier project and brings home an unstoppable killing machine.
Former black operative Lucretia “Luke” Bones is trying to hold her broken family together, stop her cyber-terrorist twin from breaching national security, and get her high-risk civilian contracting group, Bone Squad, off the ground. But that’s turning out to be a lot more work than Luke thought. Especially after her youngest sister stumbles onto a top-secret government super soldier project and brings home an unstoppable killing machine.
186 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 29, 2014
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E.M. Smith
15 books52 followersE. M. Smith came by his redneck roots honestly, his barbwire tattoo dishonestly, and his sobriety slowly. Recovery isn't a sprint, according to his friends, it's a marathon. That's probably why he turned into such a fitness geek when he quit drinking.
You can call him Mason if you want to. He just uses his initials to seem professional.
You can call him Mason if you want to. He just uses his initials to seem professional.
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December 26, 2014
Broken Bones is a double threat. It's a thriller with visceral action scenes to pump a little adrenalin into your bloodstream, but it also brings the funny hard enough to make you laugh out loud. Yep. There's a lot of entertainment value here.
The pace is super quick, and though there's a lot of violence, the tone manages to stay on the fun/exciting side. That's something of a feat considering the amount of loss, conflict and injury these characters have endured both during the events of this novel and in the past. I guess the hilarity helps with that.
The Bones sisters are our main characters - the goth girls with guns in the tag line. I'll not try to sum up the complexities and nuance of their background here, nor will I get into plot, which is equally intricate. To describe the setup of Broken Bones in very general terms, though: These goth girls have big guns, big quirks and big problems, professionally and emotionally alike. They use said guns to solve some of their problems, but the quirks keep complicating matters. All of this leads to a great balance of action, emotion and humor that never slows down or lacks excitement. The plot keeps twisting in ways that put the girls in tougher and tougher spots.
There are glimpses of real darkness that give the action some weight, but like I said, what's "on screen" is much more frequently fun rather than disturbing or depressing. It's also funny. I laughed quite a few times, and several of the jokes stuck with me. I'm tempted to quote one here, in fact, but I can't bring myself to spoil it. You'll just have to read it.
Smith's writing draws you in with clear prose packed with vivid images. Reading this left me with memories of scenes playing in my head as though I'd watched a movie rather than read a book. The pictures in my head aren't limited to the kickass action sequences, either. Smaller things spring to mind just as readily like a girl walking in a graveyard, an agent shimmying down a ventilation shaft, a girl sticking her fingers into the heating vents of an SUV to get warm and many others that are subtler still.
To sum up, only read this if you like being excited and laughing.
The pace is super quick, and though there's a lot of violence, the tone manages to stay on the fun/exciting side. That's something of a feat considering the amount of loss, conflict and injury these characters have endured both during the events of this novel and in the past. I guess the hilarity helps with that.
The Bones sisters are our main characters - the goth girls with guns in the tag line. I'll not try to sum up the complexities and nuance of their background here, nor will I get into plot, which is equally intricate. To describe the setup of Broken Bones in very general terms, though: These goth girls have big guns, big quirks and big problems, professionally and emotionally alike. They use said guns to solve some of their problems, but the quirks keep complicating matters. All of this leads to a great balance of action, emotion and humor that never slows down or lacks excitement. The plot keeps twisting in ways that put the girls in tougher and tougher spots.
There are glimpses of real darkness that give the action some weight, but like I said, what's "on screen" is much more frequently fun rather than disturbing or depressing. It's also funny. I laughed quite a few times, and several of the jokes stuck with me. I'm tempted to quote one here, in fact, but I can't bring myself to spoil it. You'll just have to read it.
Smith's writing draws you in with clear prose packed with vivid images. Reading this left me with memories of scenes playing in my head as though I'd watched a movie rather than read a book. The pictures in my head aren't limited to the kickass action sequences, either. Smaller things spring to mind just as readily like a girl walking in a graveyard, an agent shimmying down a ventilation shaft, a girl sticking her fingers into the heating vents of an SUV to get warm and many others that are subtler still.
To sum up, only read this if you like being excited and laughing.
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