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A review by manajanee
Living Words by Jenn Bullard
4.0
Okay, so I've given this a 3.5 stars. It would have been more because the writing is fantastic. You're drawn in from the start and I could barely put it down but honestly? The ending kind of ruined it for me. Spoilers ahead:
I found it completely unbelievable and here's why. Continuously throughout the book the guys are shown constant evidence of Anthony's abuse, he attacked her in the club with bruises covering her back and neck. He's constantly sending her threats, managed to avoid the cops because they know he's dirty, they know he had cameras inside their house recording her without her consent and they constantly dealing with her panic attacks etc. Yet a few photographs (taken before they broke up and without her knowledge) are given to them along with a note that claims she's been fucking him behind their back the whole time and they call her a whore, say that she deserved the abuse, asked for it even, isn't a victim blah blah and kick her out? No. That's a complete 180. For starters Link has dealt with an abusive partner who manipulated both him and his friends he should be the first to doubt it. Greg owns a security company and is a contracted killer who has done a deep dive check on him and admitted in one of his POV chapters that he needs to die. Yet he's throwing the photos at her and telling her to fuck off? I'm sorry but even if there was another note that threatened her if they didn't do it i still wouldn't believe they'd do what they did. I'm assuming the cop who shows up in the end is Griff but it's not actually said so there could be the angle that its bait for Anthony but again i don't believe they'd do that not unless they knew he was somehow recording them but still I don't believe it when Greg is for all intents and purposes a mercenary and wouldn't be threatened (physically) by Anthony - he's no match. They're supposed to be several years older than her and have dealt with all of this before with Link. They're aware she's had suicidal thoughts, depressed, having panic attacks and anxiety attacks and even if it's bait or whatever to go ahead and do that knowing it would trigger her? They literally drover her to her accident. Its a really bad storm they've told her to leave both houses and not come back so of course she will get in the car, it's dark, she's mid panic/anxiety attack plus devastated that is pretty much a guarantee she'd have a car accident - either on purpose or accidentally...
I found it completely unbelievable and here's why. Continuously throughout the book the guys are shown constant evidence of Anthony's abuse, he attacked her in the club with bruises covering her back and neck. He's constantly sending her threats, managed to avoid the cops because they know he's dirty, they know he had cameras inside their house recording her without her consent and they constantly dealing with her panic attacks etc. Yet a few photographs (taken before they broke up and without her knowledge) are given to them along with a note that claims she's been fucking him behind their back the whole time and they call her a whore, say that she deserved the abuse, asked for it even, isn't a victim blah blah and kick her out? No. That's a complete 180. For starters Link has dealt with an abusive partner who manipulated both him and his friends he should be the first to doubt it. Greg owns a security company and is a contracted killer who has done a deep dive check on him and admitted in one of his POV chapters that he needs to die. Yet he's throwing the photos at her and telling her to fuck off? I'm sorry but even if there was another note that threatened her if they didn't do it i still wouldn't believe they'd do what they did. I'm assuming the cop who shows up in the end is Griff but it's not actually said so there could be the angle that its bait for Anthony but again i don't believe they'd do that not unless they knew he was somehow recording them but still I don't believe it when Greg is for all intents and purposes a mercenary and wouldn't be threatened (physically) by Anthony - he's no match. They're supposed to be several years older than her and have dealt with all of this before with Link. They're aware she's had suicidal thoughts, depressed, having panic attacks and anxiety attacks and even if it's bait or whatever to go ahead and do that knowing it would trigger her? They literally drover her to her accident. Its a really bad storm they've told her to leave both houses and not come back so of course she will get in the car, it's dark, she's mid panic/anxiety attack plus devastated that is pretty much a guarantee she'd have a car accident - either on purpose or accidentally...