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#13 of 2024! Black Harbor No. 1!
Started: 5/2/24
Finished: 5/14/24
13 Days

I read this book in one day because I couldn‘t put it down. This is a debut thriller from Hannah Morrissey and I‘m so glad I already have the next two books in the series because I have to read them asap to find out what happens next for Hazel.

This had me locked in from the beginning. I hated that the main character was dealing with so much and betrayed by those closest to her.

I won't even justify this one by posting it's cover. I'm not generally offended by "taboo" romance. But honestly, the title and description of this one is misleading in a way that feels creepy considering her and her "fiance" part ways amicably before anything happens with his dad, but I digress.

⚠️ The massive problem here is that their first sexual encounter is *literally* sexual assault bc she's ASLEEP and not able to give consent. HARD PASS.

I‘m very happy that I was able to start 2023 with this book. It‘s a dark, gritty and atmospheric thriller with a protagonist that takes a job as a transcriber at her local police department. I felt like this was a compelling, twisty read and can‘t wait to check out more from this author!

“This is Black Harbor, a purgatory where people mind their own. I could scream bloody murder, and it‘s not that no one would hear me—someone probably would—but they would write me off, convince themselves that I‘m just a rabbit being eaten by a hawk or something.”

This was my #doublespin for #bookspinbingo
I liked it a lot, and it was really different from mysteries I have read. I have her next one queued up on Netgalley, so I really wanted to get through this first. Beautiful writing, very unique story.

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⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Just…no. I‘m not sure how you can take a concept and just totally jack this up. Just yeah, if you‘re going to read it borrow it from the library. It‘s rare I pan a book so fully but…even I couldn‘t force myself to slog through the pure boringness Of the book. Legit didn‘t care about how it ended.