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Mine First
Is it Love or Obsession?
Lori is a university lecturer.
Addy is a student.
In her head, Lori knows better. But the pull between her and Addy isn’t something she finds easy to resist—despite her friend’s warning about Addy’s questionable past behaviour.
After a fun night out that ends in a major lapse in judgement, Lori wakes up in Addy’s dorm room.
And her whole life unravels.
Mine First is an age-gap thriller romance filled with forbidden love and broken hearts, suspenseful obsession, and a fight to stay alive to reach that ever-wanted happy ending.
Lori is a university lecturer.
Addy is a student.
In her head, Lori knows better. But the pull between her and Addy isn’t something she finds easy to resist—despite her friend’s warning about Addy’s questionable past behaviour.
After a fun night out that ends in a major lapse in judgement, Lori wakes up in Addy’s dorm room.
And her whole life unravels.
Mine First is an age-gap thriller romance filled with forbidden love and broken hearts, suspenseful obsession, and a fight to stay alive to reach that ever-wanted happy ending.
238 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 22, 2020
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May 23, 2021
**'Learn to love and enjoy your writing, also follow your curiosity and passion because what fascinates you might fascinate the readers...'
3.5stars!
Such an intriguing story -- luring plot twist and suspenseful..
3.5stars!
Such an intriguing story -- luring plot twist and suspenseful..
October 30, 2020
Mind bender
Wow! This was a great book and a real spine tingler. Perfect reading for Halloween. Lots of twists and turns and an ending that leaves things wide open for a sequel.
Wow! This was a great book and a real spine tingler. Perfect reading for Halloween. Lots of twists and turns and an ending that leaves things wide open for a sequel.
April 8, 2023
2.5 stars. The plot for this intrigued me so much, but unfortunately this is another case where the writing style/execution made this a pretty difficult read for me. An f/f age gap romantic thriller involving a university professor and the mysterious, perhaps unhinged student she shouldn't be interested in? Couldn't be more up my alley. The writing, sadly, was stark to the point of being bland, and I could hardly manage to picture the scenes in this book, far less the characters. The author didn't really do descriptions, and I can't tell you what anyone in this book looks like (aside from Addy being blonde, and Addy and Em having some muscle as a result of being swimmers).
It seemed really emotionally shallow too; there were certain passages where I could expect some kind of emotional insight after something big happened, and we just seemed to glide around it? Like, the situation was described, but not the character reactions to it? And idk, I don't think that every scene needs to be written that way, or that the reader always has to be told what the character is thinking/feeling, but I just know that I couldn't for the life of me connect with any of the characters and the writing was just way too plain for me. Certain scenes that I thought were important happened off-screen, and a lot of things that should have been said in dialogue, through the characters' own voices, were instead relegated to prose. Romance-wise, this is one of those cases where I actually didn't mind not knowing who the main character would end up with. I was willing to be swayed in multiple directions. But in any case, I really needed the romance to be better developed. More background scenes, more foundation. And the plot? Woof. Alas, painfully obvious, from the culprit to the clearly telegraphed red herrings.
I'm glad I took a chance on this, and really, there's nothing actually wrong with it, so give it a go if you're in the mood for a romantic suspense/thriller. The writing style just really wasn't my cup of tea.
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It seemed really emotionally shallow too; there were certain passages where I could expect some kind of emotional insight after something big happened, and we just seemed to glide around it? Like, the situation was described, but not the character reactions to it? And idk, I don't think that every scene needs to be written that way, or that the reader always has to be told what the character is thinking/feeling, but I just know that I couldn't for the life of me connect with any of the characters and the writing was just way too plain for me. Certain scenes that I thought were important happened off-screen, and a lot of things that should have been said in dialogue, through the characters' own voices, were instead relegated to prose. Romance-wise, this is one of those cases where I actually didn't mind not knowing who the main character would end up with. I was willing to be swayed in multiple directions. But in any case, I really needed the romance to be better developed. More background scenes, more foundation. And the plot? Woof. Alas, painfully obvious, from the culprit to the clearly telegraphed red herrings.
I'm glad I took a chance on this, and really, there's nothing actually wrong with it, so give it a go if you're in the mood for a romantic suspense/thriller. The writing style just really wasn't my cup of tea.
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May 14, 2021
I have loved everything of A.J.'s. Any review I might write would just say the same thing, over and over. "Loved it, can hardly wait for their next, highly recommended". So, consider them written!
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