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Shadow of Doubt (The Potentate of Atlanta, #1)
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bookshelves: kindle-unlimited, uf
Apr 25, 2020
bookshelves: kindle-unlimited, uf
Read 3 times. Last read August 8, 2022 to August 9, 2022.
It took me a really long time to pick this book up, even though the series it is spun off from is one of my favorites.
The reason for that is because I hated the character of Amelie, who becomes Hadley to give her a chance at a new life in this series. I didn't think I would like this book, because Amelie did some shit, awful things - hurting people who cared about her and killing people - but never really (imo) took responsibility for it. She likes to hold herself up as a victim, as if she isn't responsible for her choices. She was bitter and envious towards Grier - who had her whole life ripped away and spent years being tortured in a hellhole prison - and even when Grier bent over backwards to help
Amelie/Hadley, she was still a bitter, whiny bitch about it.
I also didn't like that she did all the shitty things to gain power, and now she had it and was being rewarded with a powerful position. That was repugnant to me.
So I didn't think I would like this at all. And for the first 20% or so, she was still that same whiny "my life has been so hard, it sucks, why are things so unfairly hard for me" asshole ... bitching about people watching her like parole officers, her having a small apartment (for free), etc. This bitch should be in jail or dead. The whining was not impressive.
Fortunately, after that, the murders and her need to do work took prominence ... and we got a lot less whining. The story was awesome, and I like Midas and Ford. And when Hadley had something to focus on, she stopped wallowing in bullshit and I liked her quite a bit. And by the end, I was fully invested - I liked the new her, the one trying to work for justice. I liked the rest of the characters in this book. And I'm interested to see where this goes.
Plus, the glimpses of Linus are always welcome... I love Linus and Greer forever.
The reason for that is because I hated the character of Amelie, who becomes Hadley to give her a chance at a new life in this series. I didn't think I would like this book, because Amelie did some shit, awful things - hurting people who cared about her and killing people - but never really (imo) took responsibility for it. She likes to hold herself up as a victim, as if she isn't responsible for her choices. She was bitter and envious towards Grier - who had her whole life ripped away and spent years being tortured in a hellhole prison - and even when Grier bent over backwards to help
Amelie/Hadley, she was still a bitter, whiny bitch about it.
I also didn't like that she did all the shitty things to gain power, and now she had it and was being rewarded with a powerful position. That was repugnant to me.
So I didn't think I would like this at all. And for the first 20% or so, she was still that same whiny "my life has been so hard, it sucks, why are things so unfairly hard for me" asshole ... bitching about people watching her like parole officers, her having a small apartment (for free), etc. This bitch should be in jail or dead. The whining was not impressive.
Fortunately, after that, the murders and her need to do work took prominence ... and we got a lot less whining. The story was awesome, and I like Midas and Ford. And when Hadley had something to focus on, she stopped wallowing in bullshit and I liked her quite a bit. And by the end, I was fully invested - I liked the new her, the one trying to work for justice. I liked the rest of the characters in this book. And I'm interested to see where this goes.
Plus, the glimpses of Linus are always welcome... I love Linus and Greer forever.
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Reading Progress
April 25, 2020
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April 25, 2020
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April 25, 2020
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April 26, 2020
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kindle-unlimited
April 26, 2020
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uf
November 2, 2020
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November 2, 2020
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August 8, 2022
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Started Reading
August 9, 2022
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Finished Reading
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Nov 04, 2020 07:34AM
This is the exact reason why I haven't picked up this series yet. But your review gives me hope! Hope you like the other books in this series just as much....
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I definitely do. I'm rereading these first books now, because book 4 made me so happy that the series is now on my favorites list.
Makes me want to start on this immediately!
If you do, let me know what you think! As I mentioned in the review, there were a few parts in the first half of this book where I wanted to punch her in the throat because she was whining about her life ... as if she deserved anything better than jail. But that goes away and the series just gets better and better from there. I'm re-reading book 4 now. :)
