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umaimah's review against another edition
3.0
I didn’t like Julia, Cass forgiving her was not deserved...
swaye's review against another edition
5.0
Well, that was an easy five stars. I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end and can't wait to dive right into the second book!
mischievous_monkey's review against another edition
4.0
I appreciate this book being available to read through the Kindle Reading Library. I was able to read it for free and enjoyed it enough to purchase the book to read again in the future and to support the author.
fsi's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
sapphic_lit_atl's review against another edition
4.0
Eliza Lentzski's "Don't Call Me Hero" is a captivating novel with a plot composed of second chances, inner struggles, and a sizzling romance (I mean SIZZLING) set in a small town in northern Minnesota. The novel also immerses you in the complex world of Cassidy Miller, a retired Marine battling PTSD, and Julia Desjardin, a city prosecutor (AKA Ice Queen).
This novel is told entirely in a first-person perspective, and offers a raw and relatable glimpse into Cassidy's struggles, her sarcasm, and her awkward charm.
Julia, on the other hand just hides beneath her aloof exterior. Lentzski brilliantly weaves their characters together, creating a magnetic chemistry that simmers with tension, antagonism, and the occasional spicy scene.
The story's well-balanced blend of action, police investigation, courtroom drama, family conflicts, and romance between Cassidy and Julia kept me thoroughly engaged.
Would recommend this book, but totally important to understand that there needs to be a lot of suspended belief here to enjoy it.
This novel is told entirely in a first-person perspective, and offers a raw and relatable glimpse into Cassidy's struggles, her sarcasm, and her awkward charm.
Julia, on the other hand just hides beneath her aloof exterior. Lentzski brilliantly weaves their characters together, creating a magnetic chemistry that simmers with tension, antagonism, and the occasional spicy scene.
The story's well-balanced blend of action, police investigation, courtroom drama, family conflicts, and romance between Cassidy and Julia kept me thoroughly engaged.
Would recommend this book, but totally important to understand that there needs to be a lot of suspended belief here to enjoy it.
misthios_pat's review against another edition
4.0
So, I'm very very very late to this party, but I really liked this novel. I ate it up, the flow/pace was so good I only stopped to check the % read when I was in about 70%. To be honest I'm sad I took this long to read this, even if I only got a kindle last December, because I kept seeing in it my recommendations and kept putting it off. But looking at it as half full glass, it was a sort of delayed gratification, because I'm very pleased with the reading.
Anyway, the power dynamic between Cassidy and Julia was quite enjoyable, got me pissed at some moments, but I had quite some fun watching their interactions. I didn't love how things played in the last quarter of the book, but at the same time I sorta liked? And understand it because I know there is 4 more books with the same MCs. Mind you, if I've read this book when it was released I'd be pretty mad about it. In the end, I guess I'm feeling like I think Cassidy feels at the end, pretty upset. But I cannot not cheer for the couple's happy ending.
In general Cassidy deserves the world but need to grow some spine and Julia, well, bless her heart :)
Anyway, the power dynamic between Cassidy and Julia was quite enjoyable, got me pissed at some moments, but I had quite some fun watching their interactions. I didn't love how things played in the last quarter of the book, but at the same time I sorta liked? And understand it because I know there is 4 more books with the same MCs. Mind you, if I've read this book when it was released I'd be pretty mad about it. In the end, I guess I'm feeling like I think Cassidy feels at the end, pretty upset. But I cannot not cheer for the couple's happy ending.
In general Cassidy deserves the world but need to grow some spine and Julia, well, bless her heart :)
ufoparade's review against another edition
3.0
didn’t ever really get connected to this book at all, but it was pretty easy to read and get through. it didn’t get interesting at all until the investigation really made headway and Cassidy got more involved with Julia. i don’t particularly care for the war flashbacks and veteran stories but i get that it was important to include, just not for me. honestly surprised that I finished this, it really read like fanfiction for a good chunk of it but that was also what made it easy to read. the chain of events in this story and how it all ended up was kind of anticlimactic for me but i think i might try the sequel because of that, was kind of looking for more from this
misha_ali's review against another edition
2.0
I did not enjoy this book because of one thing: Julia. Cassidy seems like an actual nice person who deserves someone who treats her with care and respect at the very least and Julia treats her appallingly during this book. Cassidy helps Julia in a variety of ways, tries to solve a white collar crime and makes herself available physically and emotionally to Julia at every opportunity. Julia's only explanation for being an ass is that she came back to the small town she grew up in because her brother (also a vet, although literally nothing is made of this connection to Cassidy) commits suicide and she feels guilty about abandoning her mother, who is now suffering from dementia and needs around the clock care. Julia is angry and bitter about being in this small town with more money than god, an excellent and well-paid job and being the daughter of the mayor but makes no move to leave it or explain why she can't just take her mother and leave.
Cassidy is treated as an object and then tossed away so frequently, I was waiting for a single flash of humanity from Julia. The most she does is buy a dreamcatcher for her. Then she serves up Cassidy in court to destroy her reputation in the town as a new cop to save her father who she knows is guilty. At the end, Julia has inexplicably decided to move on now and shows up at the same bar as Cassidy with no apology, just a drycleaning bill as a callback to their first meeting there. Cassidy, instead of being angry and expecting at least an apology if not full on groveling, immediately discards her anger because Julia is hot.
That was the other problem with this book. Julia is hot, repeat ad nauseum. There doesn't seem to be much more to her aside from being an ass, being hot, rich and treating people like garbage. There are two more books in this series but I am so annoyed with Cassidy not finding anyone else who is literally a slightly decent human to moon over that I don't want to read them.
Cassidy is treated as an object and then tossed away so frequently, I was waiting for a single flash of humanity from Julia. The most she does is buy a dreamcatcher for her. Then she serves up Cassidy in court to destroy her reputation in the town as a new cop to save her father who she knows is guilty. At the end, Julia has inexplicably decided to move on now and shows up at the same bar as Cassidy with no apology, just a drycleaning bill as a callback to their first meeting there. Cassidy, instead of being angry and expecting at least an apology if not full on groveling, immediately discards her anger because Julia is hot.
That was the other problem with this book. Julia is hot, repeat ad nauseum. There doesn't seem to be much more to her aside from being an ass, being hot, rich and treating people like garbage. There are two more books in this series but I am so annoyed with Cassidy not finding anyone else who is literally a slightly decent human to moon over that I don't want to read them.