anya_doesntmatter's review
4.0
I enjoyed this story immensely! My guess is David. Can't wait for book 2!
lemmily's review
5.0
You guys...
I LOVED THIS BOOK!
Ok, so I joined a reading challenge and this month, for pride, we were asked to read things from the LGBTQ genre. So I wandered into the genres here and looked for some books and picked 4. This was my top choice as I LOVE murder mysteries.
Oh my gosh am I glad I read this book!!! These characters are some of my all time favorites.
Will and Scott are quick witted, snarky, and so completely lovable in every way. They are both fighting to hide who they are from everyone around them. They get pulled into an undercover mission that threatens to shove who they are to the front and it scares them both. Seriously, they are so relatable it’s ridiculous. I adore them both so much!!!
Julie and Grace are the best friends you only wish you had. They tease and torment their partners but it’s all in love and in trying to help them grow.
Then you meet the community of Laurel Heights.
Todd is the sweetest most shy and adorable young man you’ll ever meet but his self esteem is so low and all I want to do is hug him.
Marcus is calm and peaceful. Someone you instantly feel good around. You just feel he’s a safe haven.
Brent is forceful and gruff. He has a way of putting people off with his extroverted tendencies.
Cal, Damon, Jay, Erik, and David aren’t as pronounced in the book though you see bits and pieces and what you see just makes you love the entire community.
This book keeps you guessing from one page to the next. You think you know but then a new hint comes that makes you question your previous thoughts and reasons. It’s great!!!
My heart breaks for these characters. From hiding who they are, to being abused, to losing love, and feeling betrayed. I haven’t read a book this fast in a while. I can not recommend it more than I have.
I LOVED THIS BOOK!
Ok, so I joined a reading challenge and this month, for pride, we were asked to read things from the LGBTQ genre. So I wandered into the genres here and looked for some books and picked 4. This was my top choice as I LOVE murder mysteries.
Oh my gosh am I glad I read this book!!! These characters are some of my all time favorites.
Will and Scott are quick witted, snarky, and so completely lovable in every way. They are both fighting to hide who they are from everyone around them. They get pulled into an undercover mission that threatens to shove who they are to the front and it scares them both. Seriously, they are so relatable it’s ridiculous. I adore them both so much!!!
Julie and Grace are the best friends you only wish you had. They tease and torment their partners but it’s all in love and in trying to help them grow.
Then you meet the community of Laurel Heights.
Todd is the sweetest most shy and adorable young man you’ll ever meet but his self esteem is so low and all I want to do is hug him.
Marcus is calm and peaceful. Someone you instantly feel good around. You just feel he’s a safe haven.
Brent is forceful and gruff. He has a way of putting people off with his extroverted tendencies.
Cal, Damon, Jay, Erik, and David aren’t as pronounced in the book though you see bits and pieces and what you see just makes you love the entire community.
This book keeps you guessing from one page to the next. You think you know but then a new hint comes that makes you question your previous thoughts and reasons. It’s great!!!
My heart breaks for these characters. From hiding who they are, to being abused, to losing love, and feeling betrayed. I haven’t read a book this fast in a while. I can not recommend it more than I have.
lbrick363's review
3.0
Eh...
The suspense was good and I wasn’t sure who the bad guy was, so that’s good. The romance however was predictable and somewhat annoying. It wasn’t a bad book. Just not going to be knocking people over to read book 2.
The suspense was good and I wasn’t sure who the bad guy was, so that’s good. The romance however was predictable and somewhat annoying. It wasn’t a bad book. Just not going to be knocking people over to read book 2.
ciannait76's review
5.0
I hope to all my gods that there is a sequel to this story because the ending....O.M.Gs. the ending!
kumabear's review
2.0
Good book however miss Lisa "THIS IS SO FREAKING ANNOYING" worrall that is annoying... on every 2nd or third page. sometimes more then once per page. made e wanna throw my ereader. however the idea was great
wendylynnm's review
I can’t even rate it, it’s a DNF for me at 20%. I can’t get past the Scott ‘my middle name is dickhead’ Turner or Will ‘I’m built like a Greek God’ Harrison. Why put something like that every time?
suze_1624's review
5.0
Ooh, I enjoyed this.
Snarky MC's scoring points of each other, and acknowledging that their detective skills and gaydars must be suspect when they each come to realise the other is gay. A gentle humour to balance the dark.
And a nasty, insidious dark it is too. The seemingly perfect community is hiding all sorts of secrets in its closets - some obvious and many horribly dark. The perpetrator's identity is kept hidden, giving us a small population of suspects - and I did guess wrong.
The build up is quite tense, with the victim suffering more. Our undercover heroes, as well as discovering each other, move toward unmasking the villain but not without putting themselves in danger.
There is a decent amount of story after the reveal, though I thought Scott's announcement to the precinct was without thought for Will.
And the ending, creepy but got me wanting book 2 already!!
Snarky MC's scoring points of each other, and acknowledging that their detective skills and gaydars must be suspect when they each come to realise the other is gay. A gentle humour to balance the dark.
And a nasty, insidious dark it is too. The seemingly perfect community is hiding all sorts of secrets in its closets - some obvious and many horribly dark. The perpetrator's identity is kept hidden, giving us a small population of suspects - and I did guess wrong.
The build up is quite tense, with the victim suffering more. Our undercover heroes, as well as discovering each other, move toward unmasking the villain but not without putting themselves in danger.
There is a decent amount of story after the reveal, though I thought Scott's announcement to the precinct was without thought for Will.
And the ending, creepy but got me wanting book 2 already!!
shazov's review
5.0
This is a book I've put off reading for some time because I thought it contained a cliff hanger ending. However this isn't the case... there's more of a "there's more to come" feel, rather than an open ending or cliff hanger.
I loved the relationship between these guys in all the different stages. The annoyance, humour, care, angst was all very well handled and written. Just the way I love it.
The one thing that made this a stand-out read though, and what elevated it in my opinion at least, was the fact that the "who-dun-it" part of the story was extremely well done. I honestly didn't know who it was, until it was revealed in the book. And let me tell you, that's not an easy thing to do! So, very well done, Lisa.
Having said that there's not an open ending, I'm still glad that I have the next book waiting to go immediately. I'm not quite ready to say goodbye to Will or Scott just yet.
I loved the relationship between these guys in all the different stages. The annoyance, humour, care, angst was all very well handled and written. Just the way I love it.
The one thing that made this a stand-out read though, and what elevated it in my opinion at least, was the fact that the "who-dun-it" part of the story was extremely well done. I honestly didn't know who it was, until it was revealed in the book. And let me tell you, that's not an easy thing to do! So, very well done, Lisa.
Having said that there's not an open ending, I'm still glad that I have the next book waiting to go immediately. I'm not quite ready to say goodbye to Will or Scott just yet.