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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Saving Grace by Debbie Babitt

September 29, 2021 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

I’m not going to bury the lede, I deeply dislike this book. There is not one likable character, nor one that exhibits more than one dimension of personality. The story alternates between frustrating and non-sensical and the finale twists are eye-rolling. This is a bad, Z-grade attempt to emulate Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Paula Hawkins without understanding what makes those three so good. Mary Grace Dobbs is the newly sworn-in sheriff of her hometown of Redemption, Arkansas in 2019. She got the job after […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: book review, debbie babitt, Saving Grace, Southern Gothic, thriller, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: book review, debbie babitt, Saving Grace, Southern Gothic, thriller, TylerDFC ·
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There is More Than One Way Into a Keep

January 30, 2017 by Classic 2 Comments

I read this for Romance Book Bingo 2017: Man in a Kilt square. I have to have some happy right now and this book is it. I have been reading this since I was 12 or 13 and still have a copy of it on my shelves. The heroine (Johanna) kicks butt. The hero (Gabriel) kicks butt. We actually have a hero/heroine who thank God do not have any rape scenes between them. They reluctantly fall in love with each other which I thought was […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: historical romance, Julie Garwood, medieval, Saving Grace

Classic's CBR9 Review No:23 · Genres: Romance · Tags: historical romance, Julie Garwood, medieval, Saving Grace ·
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    definitely some healing from religious trauma! And, Saved! is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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