| Title | : | Ulysses Exposed (Blaire Thorne #1) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 |
| Publication | : | First published July 26, 2019 |
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Secrets always reveal themselves. As I discover more of who I am, I realize I may be the monster everyone warned me about...
I should have died. Instead, I wake with strangers beside me in an unknown place and healed from my near-fatal wounds.
They say I have no powers, that I'm only human. But I have amnesia and no longer able to mask who I truly am and now everybody knows what I am.
I'm no longer safe.
Can I trust the vampire who saved my life? And can the were-leopard tasked with helping me understand my past, accept me for who I really am before the threat returns to finish what they started?
Ulysses Exposed is a dark adult urban fantasy with a hint of romance.
Fans of True Blood will be transported into a new world where nothing is as it seems.
Reader discretion is advised, recommended ages 17+ due to language and sexual content.
Ulysses Exposed (Blaire Thorne #1) Reviews
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🆗❌ Plot
🆗❌ Characters
❌ Dialogues
DNF at 31%
I was intrigued by this book, the synopsis sounded good, but it fell short.
The initial plot is intriguing, but I didn’t care at all for the bland uni-dimensional characters. The poor dialogues, and weak plot didn’t help. I couldn’t get into this story, everything felt forced and some parts didn’t make much sense. The girl has no memories at all, she almost died, but sure, why not go to a club with the hot guy she just met two days after her horrible ordeal…
I just stopped at 31% because I didn't care at all what happened to the characters, and I had no motivation to continue reading this book, when I could be reading something much more interesting.
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Well things happened, and there was a plot.
However, I don't know if it is just me and my brain drain right now affecting my enjoyment- but it felt like there was no connection going on in the story. Like the emotions and events of the book didn't feel like a fluid story or it was pretty flat? Don't know how to describe it really.
Like one moment someone tried to kill the h and she can't remember anything, then theres a secret organization reveal and dead body, then the strange empty romance vibes (?) between the 2 leads, then the strange powers, then the vampire attack x 2, then her colleagues are just...there, then the witches drama, then the blood curse, then the mummy, then the stones, then the dreams, then the jealous vamp/council randomness, then then then.... it was like a roller coaster of flat plot lines.
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So overall, maybe it just me and I'm in a weird reading mood-but its on KU so if you're looking for a vamp, were, witch story with mystery then maybe check it out and you might have a better experience that me! -
Attention!!
Rarely have I read a book that held my attention so completely. The characters are dynamic. The story is thrilling. And the ending--is a cliffhanger (of sorts). -
A novel for fans of the early Anita Blake books.
A woman close to death is rescued by a vampire and two Weres. The attack has caused amnesia and now the woman needs to figure out how she is connected to the vampire and his allies.
The pace and prose of the book are good. The amnesia is an interesting literary device to avoid having to info-dump on the reader as the woman can ask questions of her supernatural host to fill in the reader about everything. It also allows the author to hide things from the reader which is usually difficult to do well in a novel written in first person.
The novel is similar in style to Laurell K. Hamilton’s writing and her Anita Blake series, maybe a little too familiar at times. If you are waiting for the next Anita Blake novel to drop, this series will certainly scratch that itch while you wait. -
(FYI I tend to only review one book per series, unless I completely change my mind on a series, so want to change my scoring down a lot. -- I tend not to read reviews until after I read a book, so I go in with an open mind.)
Liked the basic idea, not the execution. Didn't like any of the characters.
Given the era the book was set in, I found the dialogue to be 'off' because contractions were not used when it would make sense. Even though I tried to read things as we'll, not we will, we're not we are, etc. it didn't really help.
Even when time was short, the author still didn't use contractions, like a normal person would do to quickly convey their message! I don't mind not using contractions in historical fiction or if its a character or a species thing, but when its not the case it takes me out of the book. I keep thinking that the author is doing it to hit word count, because the characters do not sound natural but stilted.
First time read the author's work?: Yes
Will you be reading more?: No
Would you recommend?: No
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How I rate Stars: 5* = I loved (must read all I can find by the author)
4* = I really enjoyed (got to read all the series and try other books by the author).
3* = I enjoyed (I will continue to read the series)
or
3* = Good book just not my thing (I realised I don't like the genre or picked up a kids book to review in error.)
All of the above scores means I would recommend them!
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2* = it was okay (I might give the next book in the series a try, to see if that was better IMHO.)
1* = Disliked
Note: adding these basic 'reviews' after finding out that some people see the stars differently than I do - hoping this clarifies how I feel about the book. :-) -
This book starts fast and furious with the heroine having amnesia and not knowing her name or anything about herself. It is definitely a paranormal mystery with violence and assorted vampires and were-types. The vampires actually save the heroines life--then bits and pieces start to come back to her--
Will she totally regain her memory and will she be able to reconcile who she is with the fact that the vampires saved her--at least some of them!!
Definitely not a book for young readers as the author says below!! I have to admit it kept me reading!! -
Memory lost
New to this author.I liked the storyline a little different for supernatural but there was times it was all over the place.I was unsure who her love interest was ment to be there was there plus the father of her child? Did she love him or is he really not the father just a guard.I felt sorry for seb in the end he was nothing but kind to her.I have a question why did the stones not give her memory back? I'm interested to see what happens now so I'm off to read book two -
Good series start
If you’re interested in a pleasant paranormal read, and like series, this book’s a great start! It leaves a lot of questions unanswered, but that’s what series do....drag you into the next book whether you want to go or not! I’m all in. -
Good story
I enjoyed this story about an assassin who has lost her memory, and left for dead. She is rescued by a group of supernaturals who try to help her piece together her past. -
Different.
But does our heroine need rescuing, a LOT.
No she's not a damsel in distress, the folks around her out her in the firing line.
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2.5/5
Five things:
- Dark urban fantasy with minimal romance (this was a plus to me!)
- Amnesia
- Were-animals and vampires
- Assassins
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While I did skim through to finish it because the plot was interesting, I disliked all of the characters. In addition, I found the dialogue very stilted, which continued to throw me out of the story.
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This was a fun thriller with a bit of romance. A very small bit. There is a fair amount of swearing and one somewhat explicit scene. The chemistry between Blaire and Sebastian is a slow burn which is somewhat refreshing. Too many shifter books jump straight to sex. I like how their relationship is developing. I'm interested to see what happens in the next book.
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I had high expectations for this book after reading the synopsis but it ended up just being ok for me.
