Book 35 / 100
Book: Stirred (Jack Daniels/Luther Kite Thriller)
Author: J.A. Konrath & Blake Crouch
ASIN: B0050KIRDC / ISBN: 9781612181462
Pages: 505
In the thrilling conclusion to both Konrath’s Jack
Daniels series and Crouch’s Andrew Z. Thomas / Luther Kite series the writers
pit Konrath’s heroine, Jack Daniels, against Crouch’s villain, Luther Kite in
an insane battle and race against the clock.
Jack, heavily pregnant, has been living on a knife edge
waiting for Luther to make the move he promised when they last met (at the end
of Shaken), and it’s beginning to take its toll, on her, Phin and their unborn
daughter.
With Jack’s health on the line the men in her life try to
convince her to do the right thing, but Jack is spurred on by Luther’s
reappearance and continued killing. But that’s just the beginning as Luther
manages to kidnap Jack and her boys and deposits them somewhere worse than
imaginable… A real life representation of Dante’s nine circles of Hell!
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stiff Drinks. Reading this book was
bittersweet to me, it’s strange to become so attached to characters in a book
that you didn’t write, but I guess that’s a sign of a great writer, they pull
you in and never let you go. I admit before this book I didn’t know anything about
Crouch’s Thomas/Luther books, but the character is above and beyond the worst
villain Jack’s faced throughout the series, another reason it’s bittersweet.
And Luther’s real life version of Dante’s Hell… Without
giving too much away, is absolutely insane in its interpretation. That alone
makes reading this book worth it, even if one does feel bad for the people in
there.
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