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Red or Dead

The Pledge by Kathleen Kent

December 1, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

This one followed the same pattern as the Hunger Games trilogy: interesting first book followed by an excellent second and a concluding one that basically made me say “Eh, ok, I guess that’s an ending.” Part of why I loved (indeed loved) The Burn, the second book in the Betty Rhyzyk trilogy, is because I thought Kathleen Kent did an excellent job covering Betty’s PTSD from the end of the events of the first book. Too often, series writers put their characters through hell only to have them […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Betty Rhyzyk, Dallas, Kathleen Kent, LGBTQIA, mystery, Texas, The Pledge

Jake's CBR13 Review No:183 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Betty Rhyzyk, Dallas, Kathleen Kent, LGBTQIA, mystery, Texas, The Pledge ·
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