J.D. Robb discussion

After reading Blindsighted as our Jan. Book of the Month, several of us plan to continue the Grant County series. Feel free to join us. We will begin Kisscut, book 2, in Feb.

Here is a link to the series: Grant County Series

Karin Slaughter is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of fifteen thrillers, including UNSEEN, CRIMINAL, FALLEN, BROKEN, UNDONE, FRACTURED, BEYOND REACH, TRIPTYCH, FAITHLESS, COP TOWN, and the e-original short stories “Snatched” and “Busted.”

Slaughter was born in a small southern Georgia community, and now resides in Atlanta. She is widely credited with first coining the term "investigoogling" in 2006.

I'm in for reading the next book in the series.

I still have several books to read in Jan. so it will probably be Feb. for me. However, if others want to start sooner, I'll see what I can do later in Jan. I am looking forward to Kisscut!

I can't start until next month.

I already started it...I needed a new binge anyway right? These are available on Scribd BTW

I will start in Feb too.

That's good...I am doing several series at one-a-month & it's working out really good. So we'll plan on the next one in Feb.

I got Blindsighted from Scribd, Dawn...I agree, it's a great deal.

Just started Blindsighted and am again hooked on another author, count me in for monthly reads.

Great Lisa. We'll read in Feb.

Lol Lisa, amazing how quickly that addiction can grow

I know Dawn, but work gets in the way of reading!

Yea,Mir did for me too...until I got to retire. Now I can read a book a day. Lol

Okay I hate Lena in book three

I've come to like her & sympathize with her in book 1...I'll let you know what I think after reading book 2 forward.

Well, now I am back to feeling bad for her closer to the end of book 3. This is kind of like my love/hate relationships wth Laura Kinsale's heroines.

Dawn, You will keep that love/hate relationship going with Lena, She is a frustrating character. I love and hate her even miss her sometimes lol.

Totally agree, Sheri!

Great. She is definitely one of those characters you just want to knock some sense into. I actually caught myself liking her, feeling horrible for her, hating her, then feeling sorry for her again in about 5 chapters. Whew, she exhausts me

Dawn I am right there with you. I feel the same way about Lena. and it only gets worse through out

But don't you just have to love complicated characters? All the things you're describing just make her more human to me. I'm not a fan of the one dimensional, to good to be true, always perfect characters. Characters like Lena keep me guessing & keep things interesting.

Oh, me too, Sandra. I love when I go back and forth, getting mad at them and then really liking them again.

completely agree Sandra I feel the same way

Yes, I do like the complicated..las is evidenced by my love for Eve Dallas, and all of LUra Kinsale's books, even Faces of Evil. But this girl is stretching my limits. Maybe because I was in law enforcement for 28 years and know for certain she would never get away with any of this attitude crap, but really as I go on, she just gets to be a bigger and meaner bitch.

You know her better for sure Dawn as I've only read the one book...and even within it, my feelings were back & forth a bit on Lena. I ended up feeling a lot of sympathy for her & admiring her spirit. I'll have to see how/if that changes as I read more.

I am finding that everyone is right...she is such a mess that you can love and hate her in just minutes. But I do admire her survival spirit.

Just finished book 6, and what I assume to be the end of the series. For those who have read them..."NO!"

So I'm guessing that means you don't like the final ending?

Dawn, have you just read Grant County or have you continued on into the next series...it's my understanding the two combine after that.

Dawn wrote: "Just finished book 6, and what I assume to be the end of the series. For those who have read them..."NO!""

I've heard the ending is controversial and, yes, that's the end of the series.

I have not checked these series out but have been told the following:

For anyone who is interested in checking out this series, please note that it's important to read them in order since the author wrote two separate series that eventually merge. Here's the order in which they should be read:

Grant County Series:

Blindsighted
Kisscut
A Faint, Cold Fear
Indelible
Faithless
Beyond Reach

Will Trent Series

Triptych
Fractured

Georgia Series/Will Trent series continues (merging of two sets of characters)

Undone
Broken
Fallen
Unseen

I understand exactly what u are talking about Dawn. I could not believe how they ended the series. you will want to start the will Trent series. they cross over

Sandra ~ ♥ Cross My Heart ♥ wrote: "I have not checked these series out but have been told the following:

For anyone who is interested in checking out this series, please note that it's important to read them in order since the auth..."

Here's the Will Trent series list

Sandra ~ ♥ Cross My Heart ♥ wrote: "I have not checked these series out but have been told the following:

For anyone who is interested in checking out this series, please note that it's important to read them in order since the auth..."

I read Triptych before I read Blindsighted and don't recommend doing that. Slightly spoilerish.

Sandra ~ ♥ Cross My Heart ♥ wrote: "Here is a link to her Books in order site:
http://mysterysequels.com/karin-slaug..."

It matches the series listing here on GR.

Sandra...nope. And since you are five months from finishing that is all I will say. I actually read the last few pages six times, certain I read it wrong. Not sure I am willing to get invested in any more of her characters.

dawn you don't want to stop now. I am telling you, you won't be disappointed going on to the next series.

I totally second Sheri! I was a bit apprehensive at first but I swear it only gets better

I really hate the thought of reading 6 books only to get disappointed...I don't like when authors do that. But I know these characters merge with the Will Trent characters at some point so I'll just hope for better endings then, I guess. Unless something changes my mind, I'm in it for the long haul.

you won't be disappointed Sandra

Thanks...I hope not. It's a lot of books to read only to be disappointed with the series. You've read them all, right Sheri?

yes I have and waiting for the New one to come out in 2016. I hate waiting

Oh I know...it's always hard when you're caught up in a series & waiting a long time for the next book. I have a long way to go in this series to get there! lol Although, I will count it as 2 series - Grant County & Will Trent. I do intend to read them all though.

Damn. My compulsive need to find out the rest of the story after the end of Grant County made me want to read the Will Trent series, kind of. I skipped the first two books just to get to Sara and now I am hooked on Will and Faith. Ugh.

Okay I really must say...I dislike Lena more and more with every book I read

I was the same way Dawn. I love Will and Faith. make sure at some point you read the first two they are really good to. Lena is a big frustration to me. there are times I love her and hate her. Enjoy the rest they only get better. Love me some will

I'll be continuing the series straight through...I don't have it in me to skip books! lol Up in Feb. is

Oh, I will have to go back for the first two. Slaughter is certainly a master of cliffhangers

Dawn, Triptych was incredible. Stop. Go back and read it now. And, there's Will Trent backstory that's important.

Sigh. I am in the middle of Broken. I should stop right now, or after this book?

After that book.