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Vices (2014)

by Nash Summers(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Loose Id LLC

series

Cold Hard Truths

review 1: I NEED THE NEXT BOOK NOW.Holy cow. Wow. This review is going to be all over the shop...I can't think straight and I love every word I've just read.Nash Summers is a talented author. Versatile doesn't even begin to cover her writing styles. From the sweetness of A Different Dance to the quirkiness ofOutshine the Stars to the understanding of Carte Blanche to the corrupt, hardness of this story, there is no way anyone could call her pigeon holed."So I'd lie there, lingering in that space between sleep and consciousness, and let him touch me in all the ways he wanted."This story is about a dysfunctional, dystopian future. A world where the rich are rich, the poor are poor and for some like Jones the state owns your butt. As far as the world is concerned you don't exist. As fa... morer as you are concerned, you obey orders and don't feel...anything. The world Nash has created here is amazing. I can see so easily the bleak horror of the lives of these people, the corrupt and ugly world in which they live. For most the only light and joy is through the escapism of virtual realities. I'm really at a loss for words to describe how amazingly well the hopelessness of this future society was written.This story reminded me of a Matrix/Bourne Identity hybrid. Yet it was completely different to both. It was clever and clear and freaking brilliant. This is not an MM book. It is a book whose MC likes other men. It is futuristic, dystopian, hard to read...but so bloody brilliant. God, I'm making no sense. I'll have to come back and tidy up this review.The characters - I love Jones, Carver and Bruno. I am not ready to give these characters up - I need to know all about them. More...I want more. I love soft and cute and marshmallow-y...this was none of those things and I wanted to hug these characters better and promise them a better life a better future...but I'm just going to have to trust Ms Summers will do this in the next book. It is fair to say that in this story the characters did not have it easy, she was relentless with them.I have to add in a note about the hotness - call me twisted but some of the scenes in this book were very hot! Being the romance vulture I am I had to find it in there, the promise of love beneath the pain. It's there...a little...in parts. Maybe."He kissed me. He kissed me like a thousand promises were being exchanged through that one kiss." ...my notes just say 'swoon'.I think the long and the short of this review is, I loved this book. It's not an easy read if you don't like hurt but it's brilliant. Really, effing brilliant.(As reviewed by my alter ego Lori x
review 2: Intense, gritty story set in a dystopian future. Not a typical romance, yet the love is there, just revealing itself in unconventional ways.So well written, the words flowed beautifully, with the perfect amount of showing over telling. Any exposition was done seamlessly, a natural part of the story. The quality of the writing blew me away.Some parts of the story hit me like a punch in the gut, and it hurt to breathe. I felt the characters' conflicted emotions, and their fears, and it caused much anxiety and worry. At times an uncomfortable read, but this story definitely got its hooks into me. I was completely engaged from start to finish, and I await the next book with great anticipation :) less

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