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A review by jayme_is_all_booked
The Fixer by Jessica Gadziala
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Original Read Date: 09/12/24 - 09/14/24
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐. 5
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Tropes: alpha male, broody MC, damsel in distress, dark (plot), found family, morally grey, protector, rescue, stalker (not MC)
POV: first person, dual pov
Plot: interesting
Ending: ok
Synopsis: Aven is being stalked, but the police won't take her seriously so she reachs out to a fixer to solve her problem. The issue is they don't do stalkers.
My opinion:
Pros: the overall idea of this book is good. Male Olivia Pope with some great side characters and steam. Sign me up. Aven, while initially a loner seems to really embrace the community of people around her and forge unlikely friendship. Quin struggled with his feelings how Aven. Not so much denying them but not realizing there were until it felt like it couldn't happen.
Cons: this book was good, but not great. It felt like two different stories happening at the same time instead of one. I get what happened to Aven was traumatic and would have likely not been something to jump into a relationship day one, but the fact that everything played out with that storyline better the real advancement of their relationship felt weird to me. Especially since they were both drawn to each other from the beginning. It had a lot of potential and I wish I liked the book that I did. I might try the other books just to see if this same trend continues.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐. 5
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Tropes: alpha male, broody MC, damsel in distress, dark (plot), found family, morally grey, protector, rescue, stalker (not MC)
POV: first person, dual pov
Plot: interesting
Ending: ok
Synopsis: Aven is being stalked, but the police won't take her seriously so she reachs out to a fixer to solve her problem. The issue is they don't do stalkers.
My opinion:
Pros: the overall idea of this book is good. Male Olivia Pope with some great side characters and steam. Sign me up. Aven, while initially a loner seems to really embrace the community of people around her and forge unlikely friendship. Quin struggled with his feelings how Aven. Not so much denying them but not realizing there were until it felt like it couldn't happen.
Cons: this book was good, but not great. It felt like two different stories happening at the same time instead of one. I get what happened to Aven was traumatic and would have likely not been something to jump into a relationship day one, but the fact that everything played out with that storyline better the real advancement of their relationship felt weird to me. Especially since they were both drawn to each other from the beginning. It had a lot of potential and I wish I liked the book that I did. I might try the other books just to see if this same trend continues.