Vines | Short Review

Vines by Brynne Asher
Series: The Killers #1
on November 1, 2016
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, War
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Format: eBook
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Also by this author: Deathly: The Dillon Sisters
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In the Virginia countryside outside of Washington, DC, Addy Wentworth was on a mission to make a new life for herself. When the opportunity arose, she settled in horse and wine country. Experiencing more than her fair share of tragedy and loss, she had plans for her future, one where failure wasn’t an option. And not just because people and cows were counting on her. She’d poured everything she had into her struggling vineyard, because once she’s in, she’s all in.
After giving himself wholly to the job for ten years, Crew Vega was done. He’d fulfilled his commitment, done his duty, gone above and beyond to settle the score. And the score was high. All he had to do was train his replacements and he’d be out for good.
He had a plan, one that didn’t include getting involved with his new neighbor, a woman who not only kept cows for pets, but treasured her employees as family, and understood him better than anyone ever had before. But when he learned a high level CIA target being investigated for treason was keeping tabs on her?
No, he never planned on that.
And like everything Crew Vega did in life, when he goes in, he’s all in.
Warning: I’m a devout member of the mama club and don’t want to get kicked out by angry mamas. If you aren’t eighteen, turn around, go drink your milk and eat your veggies, it’s good for your bones. And go to bed early, you’re still growing, your body needs sleep. And don’t text and drive. And be nice, sit with the kid who sits alone at lunch. And read a PG-13 book, it’s good for your brain. And go tell your mama you love her. Chop-chop, run along now. I’ll see you back when you’re eligible to vote.

There were moments of this book where I was just…enthralled. And then others where I was kind of bored. So this one was a difficult one for me.

I really loved how into Addy, Crew was. Almost from the very start. But I feel like this book may have just been stretched too long and there were parts that weren’t as interesting. At least to me.

Crew and Addy were actually a really great couple. And I found the build up to their relationship fascinating. I even found all the backstory intriguing–however, once Crew and Addy became a couple, I felt a little underwhelmed.

There is a lot to be said for the side characters, though. Because this is a series that will flesh some of the characters out more later, we just kind of get a little tease of a lot of them. But there was enough there to really keep me wanting to know more.

 

 

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