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This is my review for a book I finished last night that has a lot of drama. When I read the synopsis for this book, I thought to myself,”This sounds like it‘s going to be entertaining. I want to see if they end up kicking his ass.” It lived up to my expectations. I had 3 hrs left in the audiobook so I decided to just go ahead and finish it. I stayed up until 4 am to finish it.

It was just okay, it's not the worst thing that I have ever read and that's about all I can think to say about it.

I‘m already at 95, and I am only finished the first 5 letters of the alphabet 😅😅 @TheReadingMermaid I told you that they wouldn‘t all fit in a jar!

I don‘t know, it wasn‘t terrible, I just didn‘t care

This dark debut was originally titled Sticks and Stones, though I much prefer the current title, The Exes' Revenge. Jakeman's novel is not only hypnotic, but incredibly satisfying from start to finish. The pace is spot on, as is the revenge and there is also some dark humour sprinkled throughout which is incredibly clever. I literally could not stop reading and stayed up way too late. Thank you, Jo Jakeman, for taking me on this ride!

"Grief, when it comes, takes many forms. I had lost enough people from my life to have experienced them all. But the tears shed following the death of someone close to you were nearly always the tears of the future. People cry for what will never be, the days they won't spend together, the celebrations they would miss, the conversations they will never have. They are the tears of absence."

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