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Unleashed by Emily Kimelman Series: Sydney Rye Mysteries #1
on April 19, 2011
Genres: Contemporary Suspense, Mystery Thriller
Format: eBook
Source: Free
Purchase Links: Amazon, B&N, Kobo
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I never wanted to be a hero—never imagined I’d take justice into my own hands.
That was before I found a corpse, before my dog saved my life...before I killed in cold blood.I’d just swapped my loser boyfriend for a giant mutt and picked up a dog walking gig on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Things were looking up until I stumbled onto a dead body. Not only is the guy dead, he’s my client. The police started looking at me like I had something to do with this mess. I’m just a dog walker.
But now I'm going to risk everything to bring a killer to justice.
Because the world needs saving, and sometimes it takes a girl and her dog to do it.
Thrifty Thursday is hosted by Books Of My Heart and the purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free at some point.
Kindle freebie on July 30th, 2017.
Unleashed is book one in the Sydney Rye Mysteries series by Emily Kimelman.
I acquired this and a few others in the series as freebies and figured it was time to give it a try.
This is Sydney Rye’s origin story. Unfortunately I couldn’t get into the story or characters. Joy’s adopted dog was the only thing I liked in the 8% that I read.
I had no connection to Joy and found her story boring. I couldn’t believe she wouldn’t have stoped to think, why is this lady selling her dog walking business, when she said that she had to interview other potential buyers, but within 5min of leaving; the lady is calling Joy to sell. I question this.
I really wanted to like this. It sounded good and who doesn’t like leads men or women who have cool dogs as partners, but Unleashed was not the book for me. If the blurb intrigues you, I urge you to give it a shot. Just because it did not work for me does not mean it won’t for you.
DNF’d 8%
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About Emily Kimelman
I write because I love to read, but I have specific tastes…
If I was offered a job as a professional reader with no strings attached, I would take it. Getting paid to sit around and read while drinking tea all day—I’m there. Since that’s not possible, I became an author.
I write the books I want to read—stories that give me the immersive reading experiences I crave. When a series grabs me, and it’s all I can think about, I’m SO happy. When my inner dialogue starts sounding like the protagonist of my current read, I think, Oh yeah, this is IT. This is what I love.
When I finish a book, and I NEED to immediately grab the next one in the series, that’s the intensity I crave. When I binge read an entire series, I want to feel like my own reality changed—as if the stories I read affected the real world just a little. After a great series I’m a little wiser, a little more grateful for my everyday existence, and a little more aware that my personal perspective is not everyone’s.
Personally, I like to spend time in fictional worlds where justice is exacted with a vengeance, even though good and bad are not always black and white. Give me raw stories with a main character who occasionally makes me laugh, is flawed like we all are, and feels like a friend by the end of the first few chapters. They don’t have to be a friend I always LIKE, per se, but a part of me has to root for them.
For me, the sentence structure is important. Too much passive voice, and I’m out. I do not mind four-letter words at all though. Sex in books can go either way—fade to black or show me the details, but either way there has to be a reason it’s in the story. I’m also into heroic pets, plots that seem totally unhinged but all come together in the end with a BANG, and long series so I always have more to look forward to.
Those are the types of stories I love reading, so that’s how I write. If you’re into some or all of the above then I think we are going to get along fantastically.
Sometimes stuff that doesn’t make sense to me is enough to totally put me off a book. Glad you tried it. I think I might have this one as a freebie, too. We’ll see if I struggle with it when I get the chance.
I agree. I had picked up a bunch in this series for free, but now I won’t be reading any more. I wanted to like it; because I love dogs and leads with dogs, but I just couldn’t get into it. Looking forward to seeing what you might think.
Sorry it didn’t work for you, but now it’s off the TBR pile!
Ya, it’s off the TBR pile and so is the series. Thanks for visiting!
Sorry to hear this one wasn’t good for you.
Thanks. I wanted to like this, but it wasn’t working for me.
I think I probably have this and might give it a try as I love dogs. It’s odd that it is a cozy and there is strong language and killing like that. Thanks for sahring.
I didn’t get very far in the story. I wanted to like this; because I love dogs and characters who have dogs as partners/companions, but unfortunately I just couldn’t get into this. I’m curious to see what you think. Thanks for visiting!