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text 2019-04-03 15:15
TOUR, EXCERPT, REVIEW & #GIVEAWAY - And Every Word Is True by Gary McAvoy
And Every Word Is True - Gary McAvoy

Truman Capote’s bestselling book “In Cold Blood” has captivated worldwide audiences for over fifty years. It is a gripping story about the consequences of a trivial robbery gone terribly wrong in a remote village of western Kansas.

But what if robbery was not the motive at all, but something more sinister? And why would the Kansas Bureau of Investigation press the Attorney General to launch a ruthless four-year legal battle to prevent fresh details of the State’s most famous crime from being made public, so many years after the case had been solved?

Based on stunning new details discovered in the personal journals and archives of former KBI Director Harold Nye—and corroborated by letters written by Richard Hickock, one of the killers on Death Row—“And Every Word Is True” meticulously lays out a vivid and startling new view of the investigation, one that will keep readers on the edge of their seats as they pick up where Capote left off. Even readers new to the story will find themselves drawn into a spellbinding forensic investigation that reads like a thriller, adding new perspectives to the classic tale of an iconic American crime. 

 

@partnersincr1me​, @hotchoc84 (Charlotte), @GaryMcAvoy, #TrueCrime, 4 out of 5 (very good)

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review 2017-11-25 00:00
That Thing Between Eli & Gwen
That Thing Between Eli & Gwen - J.J. McA... That Thing Between Eli & Gwen - J.J. McAvoy I liked the set up of this,I really did. The book did seem long, but I was willing to go with it. I believe J.J. McAvoy is quite youngish-so I could let slide the juvenile elements. (Honestly, I believe the seduction & sex is where this is most evident)

There were plot twists and extras that just got boring. They were just too standard. I did skim, but am marking this DNF - just wasn't for me.

On a last note, I certainly don't count the author out. She shows promise-I'd definitely try again.
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review 2017-01-19 04:07
Cruel Mercy (Detective Sergeant McAvoy) - David Mark

This is the third book by David Mark that I have read. I went back and checked some of my past reviews and I found one thing in common. He likes to start off his books coming out of left field. You start reading and you have absolutely no idea what in the heck you are reading about. This I can truthfully say. Because this is the third book and the third time this has happened. Ha!

So, I will alert you that you should read the first part, put it in a file in the back of your mind, because it will be explained to you later on in the book. Then there will be a little light bulb over your head and you will say Aha, that's what that was.

At first I was like, what in the heck is this Pentinent dude or thing - that will be explained.

I think DS McAvoy is one of the most bumbling detectives out there. He's so big that every one is scared of him. Little do they know, he's probably just as scared. There are some pretty good laughs in this one. It's also pretty gory, creepy, full of mobsters, lots of killing, boxers, perverts, and weirdos. It will definitely keep you on your toes trying to figure out what happened to the three boxers that came to the U.S. from Ireland. One of which is related to McAvoy's wife and is the reason he is there, looking for him.

Poor McAvoy does end up in the wrong places at the wrong time sometimes as well as those boxers. This was a great book and I am glad that I got the chance to read it.

Thanks to Penguin Group for approving my request and to Net Galley for providing me with a free e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

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review 2015-09-23 15:47
So... I Met a Vampire - Paul McAvoy

I received this book from the author in exchange of an honest review.

Those on Goodreads will have seen my updates while I was reading this book, it was a bumpy road, and I have to say that while the idea, and the ending were pretty great, I didn't like how it was executed and there were several things that were just odd and weird. Not only in regards of the characters, but also in regards to how the story jumped around.

One of the problems was the main character and her supposed vegan diet. The book starts off in the future (after the accident), and she is clearly stating that she is trying to be a vegan. However, she doesn't mind eating eggs. This is not being a vegan, if you eat eggs you are just some type of vegetarian, I believe the name is ovo-vegetarian.
However, in the past it is quite confusing. On the one hand you have the before the accident past, where she is eating eggs and stating she is trying to be vegan. However, after the accident and during that challenge part, when asked by Devon, she states she is vegan, nothing about trying, and she even knows she shouldn't eat eggs, or milk or anything like that. And she clearly refuses it.
So girl, could you please decide? You can't be trying to be a vegan, then you are vegan, then trying to be vegan. And you should not eat eggs if you are trying to go vegan.

Next is her amnesia, which was so highly unbelievable, because immediately when she gets to the police, she starts remembering everything, and yes, everything, without any stimulants or prodding. Just like that, she remembers everything. While it helped getting us to the parts of the story, it was a bit too convenient for my liking. I don't mind amnesia, but make it a bit more realistic.

She is also contradicting herself. She is telling someone that she died, found herself in an office with the reaper. However... in the beginning part of the story we see her dying, she sees a figure, someone who urges her to come along and only after a few pages of that, are we in an office. :|

I also didn't like the character that much. At times I really liked her, but I was really confused by how she reacted. At times she was really shy and timid, at other times she would suddenly curse and talk like a teenager with a big attitude and a need for trouble.
At times she is really smart, but at other times she does the stupidest things ever. Like making a deal with that person? Why?

The story itself, and how Jesse found herself alive again, was pretty short. It only took about ~40% of the book. The rest is how it started, and what happens after all that. While it was nice, it was a bit meh, it also felt off. I was like yay, we are finished with the story, now Jess can continue to live her life. Though I had the feeling there was a catch, and yes there was. The rest of the story was even more unbelievable than the first part (which is kind of magical), though it was a lot more exciting. And yes, I know, I know, this is a book about magic, about reapers, vampires, but it just felt odd how we went from point A to point Q in an instant.

And that is also a problem I had, the story jumps around a lot. Mostly it follows a straight line, but often it would just jump off that line and bound to other things.

I also wish that the whole reaper thing was explained more. Seymour is a really interesting character, and I wonder why he had 2 easy challenges and a third that was totally screwed up. I also want to know about his penance and what he did to become a reaper. He was by far the most interesting character of the whole book.

The ending was pretty good, and it was really interesting, though also a bit weird, I know that she has a gift, but this is quite magical. She just got better, she is still having trouble with stuff, and then she can do all that? Wow.

I did like the idea of vampires, reapers giving every millionth death a chance to live again, I liked the idea of a paranormal office, but I feel it could have been executed a bit better.

Oh and I definitely have to give credit to finally having a vampire story without any romance. Yes, you heard me right, this is a vampire book, without a hint of romance. Thank Lord for that. I could use one. Most of the vampire books these days have romance, either small or huge, and I could use a break from those.

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/

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review 2015-09-22 00:00
Ruthless People
Ruthless People - J.J. McAvoy Okay, let's get the ugly out of the way first. Even though I really liked it, the book was far, far, faaaar from perfect.

Some issues I had with it include:

1) Did the author, or anyone for that matter, care to proofread the book? There were typos everywhere and even a couple of grammar mistakes.

2) The cursing became hilarious after the first dozen fucks and bitches and motherfuckers and every combination thereof. It became a turn off since you could no longer take their threats seriously because the word "fuck" came out of their mouths every two words or so.

3) My Italian is very basic so I can't really judge on more than the fact that even I noticed that some of the phrases were not actually correct. You'd think the author or editor would at least care to make sure the few foreign phrases used were actually right. Do not make characters bilingual or multilingual if you can't take the time to make sure even the most basic phrases are absolutely correct. Just... don't. Now, I don't know any Irish so I have no idea if there were any mistakes in there, I would bet there are though.

4) "Family is the most important thing". How many times was this brought up during the book? SEVERAL. SEVERAL TIMES I TELL YOU. Yet, with the exception of perhaps one character or two, everyone doesn't really show to give a damn about family. They all care about their spouses (technically family but not blood) more than their actual relatives. Liam went around threatening to kill pretty much everyone short of his own mother. Melody, well same goes, although I'm not sure she was actually raised in this mindset. Declan and Neal also seemed to only really care about their wives more than anyone else. Even Evelyn (THE MOTHER) was pretty much like "You can touch anyone you please BUT my husband. He's off limits." so she didn't care that much about her own children. What even??? Again, I wouldn't really care if they didn't bring up the importance of family so much. What a bunch of hypocrites.

So well, those were my main issues, and given all of that you'd be wondering why I gave the book four stars when I've slapped better written books with one or two stars.

The answer is simple. This book was extremely entertaining to me. While the typos did bother me, and the cursing had me rolling my eyes (and I didn't care for the sex scenes, which comprised A LOT of pages), I could not put it down. I know that for most mafia nerds the book had a lot of inconsistencies but I didn't really care. Yeah, it was unrealistical as hell, but so what? It might have bothered me more if it hadn't been so much fun to just go along with the crazy.

For a bunch of characters that I really didn't like (With the excepetion perhaps of Coraline and SOMETIMES Declan) they really managed to pull me into their story.

Melody was a bitch. There's really not much else to say about her. She was just unnecessarily mean to a lot of the characters. But you know what? It's been a while since I last read about a female character who truly dngaf. It was...sort of nice. (In a: "I-wish-I-never-meet-someone-like-you-in-my-life, you-colossal-bitch.")

I didn't care for Liam. For a while he was nothing more than your typical alpha male wannabe with daddy issues and a not so secret soft side. *yawns* But I didn't hate him either, and that went a long way.

Neal and Olivia were boring.

Evelyn and Sedric were kind of amusing. I liked them well enough.

Coraline. Oh my precious and sweet child. What are you even doing there? Coraline is honestly the only actually "good" person you'll find in the book.

Declan. He is my favorite male character in the book, although I did hate what he did and how he acted in some parts What's with his random and creepy crush on Melody? It seemed OOC for him tbh, I was reading Coraline and Declan at the same time and I did not understand how he could even THINK of being with Liam's wife. It just didn't make sense. And then he goes and tells her to her face? are you stupid? what happened to you, Declan? I thought it was absolutely unnecessary and only served for people to hate Melody even more. She's treated like there's no one more beautiful and sexy in the world and that is such bs. GTFO.

I think I've rambled on enough. I liked the book for the same reasons some people disliked it.

I enjoyed the violence, the gore, how unapologetically awful the main characters were, how they are not redeemed but instead they push at you to try and hate them, and then they make you wonder if there's something wrong with you as well because you are enjoying it so much.

It was different, it was refreshing, it was original. For once, the title of a book actually delivers. Most everyone in this book was just that, ruthless, and they didn't give a fuck.

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