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Thirty-Nine Again
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I flew through this book. I started it Friday and finished in Sunday, despite a very busy weekend.
It's Sabrina O'Hara's 39th birthday. Ok, it's actually her 40, but since she had breast cancer on her 39th, she's giving herself a re-do. Her life is very normal - she's an accountant, her live-in boyfriend is a lawyer. They have a very vanilla lifestyle. That night of the birthday, while she's sleeping off a bottle of wine, she wakes up to someone stealing her boyfriend's computer and her sexy personal trainer comes to save the day. Turns out her boyfriend is wanted for a human trafficking ring and the Feds aren't convinced that Sabrina wasn't in on it, too. Sabrina has to clear her name and try to overcome the betrayal of the men in her life and not die in the process.
This book is fast paced, action packed and fun. Sabrina is funny, smart-mouthed and courageous. Agent Double-0-Sexy, aka Evan, is dreamy, caring and strong. I loved him. But despite the great characters Reynolds has written, she's also brought to light the difficulties post-mastecotmy/lumpectomy women go through, not only with their self image, but with their relationships. This is set in Baltimore, which is fitting since Maryland has the highest breast cancer rate of the country. Yep, you heard me right. What is up with that? Also, the rate of spouses cheating/leaving their partners after the diagnosis of breast cancer (not just any cancer, breast cancer) is incongruously high. Again - what is up with that? Reynolds touches on this, which lends it an authenticity which I appreciated - particularly because she is not a breast cancer survivor.
Anyway, I loved this book and I look forward to her next "chick noir" novel. I definitely recommend it to fans of strong female characters and mysteries/thrillers.
On a side note, the only thing that confused me was Evan's age. He's 33 in 2008 but was in the first Gulf War? If I read that wrong, someone please explain it to me, but I was 31 in 2008 and the gulf war happened when I was in 8th grade...which would have made Evan a sophomore in high school and too young to be in the military.
It's Sabrina O'Hara's 39th birthday. Ok, it's actually her 40, but since she had breast cancer on her 39th, she's giving herself a re-do. Her life is very normal - she's an accountant, her live-in boyfriend is a lawyer. They have a very vanilla lifestyle. That night of the birthday, while she's sleeping off a bottle of wine, she wakes up to someone stealing her boyfriend's computer and her sexy personal trainer comes to save the day. Turns out her boyfriend is wanted for a human trafficking ring and the Feds aren't convinced that Sabrina wasn't in on it, too. Sabrina has to clear her name and try to overcome the betrayal of the men in her life and not die in the process.
This book is fast paced, action packed and fun. Sabrina is funny, smart-mouthed and courageous. Agent Double-0-Sexy, aka Evan, is dreamy, caring and strong. I loved him. But despite the great characters Reynolds has written, she's also brought to light the difficulties post-mastecotmy/lumpectomy women go through, not only with their self image, but with their relationships. This is set in Baltimore, which is fitting since Maryland has the highest breast cancer rate of the country. Yep, you heard me right. What is up with that? Also, the rate of spouses cheating/leaving their partners after the diagnosis of breast cancer (not just any cancer, breast cancer) is incongruously high. Again - what is up with that? Reynolds touches on this, which lends it an authenticity which I appreciated - particularly because she is not a breast cancer survivor.
Anyway, I loved this book and I look forward to her next "chick noir" novel. I definitely recommend it to fans of strong female characters and mysteries/thrillers.
On a side note, the only thing that confused me was Evan's age. He's 33 in 2008 but was in the first Gulf War? If I read that wrong, someone please explain it to me, but I was 31 in 2008 and the gulf war happened when I was in 8th grade...which would have made Evan a sophomore in high school and too young to be in the military.
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