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No Place to Hide by Harper Ashley, Wren Hawthorne
3.75
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Angels or Devils - The carnival of sins blurs the lines  

The playlist threw me off, I've never seen that before. But, I don't hate it. So, on that front - I loved the uniqueness. Now that's out of the way - this was a scorcher. I mean call the fire department already there were flames.

"What if I’m more afraid of myself and the lines that I didn’t even know I was willing to cross." (Awakenings come in different forms, this one is one of the most sintilating)

Romance Plot/Storyline/Themes:
Character Development/Favorite Character:
●Jackson is bad to the bone. Well not really but for the purposes of this outward persona,  he's a dark night hottie with a dark heart.
"I think I can tell before he can that this guy isn’t someone he wants to mess with." (Blair on Jackson)
●Blair is the stereotypical belle breaking her high society chains and searching for a thrill. Still, for all her predictability- I do like her.

Favorite/Curious//Ludicrous/Unique Scene::
Uhm ... Jackson identifying claustrophobia and then coming up with a temporary fix in the form of a mask.  See, he's definitely not as bad a dude as he thinks he is.

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes
I have a tendency to write checks with my mouth that my fists have to cash later. (Jackson on that hairtrigger temper)
"There is no place here for perfect Blair " (Blair's awakening coming on fast)
“We are two machines barreling down the tracks at full speed and at any
second we will crash into each other, an explosion that would rock this
carnival to its core”
(Blair on love)

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:  I forgot about Carnivals, this brought back memories and then promptly squashed them under spice.

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