Alexi Venice

I have received an ARC copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book is a great read and in my opinion, would be a great subject for discussion in a sociology class. The book and its narrative covered it all from cultural alliances, conscious biases to great love while allowing us to see behind the scene how trials are conducted. The author did a great job developing the characters and allowing us to see their internal conflicts and their resolutions. The way characters experience conscious bias and the way they respond to it. And then comes love and whether it is worth to risk the career over. Overall it is a fantastic, well-developed book, I am definitely looking forward to the next.… (lisätietoja)

I have received an ARC copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book is a great read and in my opinion, would be a great subject for discussion in a sociology class. The book and its narrative covered it all from cultural alliances, conscious biases to great love while allowing us to see behind the scene how trials are conducted. The author did a great job developing the characters and allowing us to see their internal conflicts and their resolutions. The way characters experience conscious bias and the way they respond to it. And then comes love and whether it is worth to risk the career over. Overall it is a fantastic, well-developed book, I am definitely looking forward to the next.… (lisätietoja)

I wasn't sure if I'd like this book or not, but I do tend to like courtroom novels and the blurb/summary made it sound like a very interesting one, and so I gave it a try.

It's mainly about Monica and Shelby. They don't actually meet anywhere near Monica's lawyer life/courthouse, which was great in my mind. There was tension in their romantic subplot, but, it wasn't 'am I going against you in court or do I have to charge you/defend you from criminal stuff' tension. Instead they meet at a CrossFit studio.

They're not the main story through. That's a court case where Monica's job is to prepare the local physicians to testify (she's the lawyer for the hospital).

Some of the plot points and where the story went was a little too pat here and there (even the ending didn't totally surprise me, although that could be on me, since I've probably read too many mystery/thrillers at this point and am a little jaded), but, on the other hand, there's something to be said for familiarity in a story and it was definitely a fun read.

It's also titled on the front sorta like a series, and if it does become a series I'd definitely try to read more about Monica, Jim, Shelby, Nathan, Matt, and everyone because there are so many interesting threads that were left dangling leaving us just waiting for more!

I received this book via Netgalley thanks to eBookIt and AuthorBuzz.… (lisätietoja)