If you think that sounds like a lot for one book to take on, you would be right. January LaVoy narration was amazing and the only reason I finished the book.Nora Roberts’ new standalone novel, Shelter In Place, is meant to be a romantic thriller featuring the ripped-from-the-headlines issue of gun violence alongside trauma recovery, romance, and family drama all set against the backdrop of tracking and stopping a serial killer. She took a emotional current event & went with it. After slogging through the last hundred pages or so, the ending was so rushed that I was left thinking, 'Thank goodness it's over, but 's over? Just like that?' This book has way too many characters to follow, repetition, too many details.

This book has way too many characters to follow, repetition, too many details. But the story just crawled for me and I thought Reed's 'love affair' with Simone's grandma was totally over-the-top-inappropriate. BUT.the last half of the book could have been cut by about 100 pages. The shooting itself was emotionally charged and catching the killer was filled with suspense. The whole premise of the book really grabbed me.mass shooting in a mall, but the mastermind behind the shooting is still out there, looking for revenge. And as the survivors slowly heal, find shelter, and rebuild, they will discover that another conspirator is lying in wait - and this time, there might be nowhere safe to hide. Another would close herself off, trying to bury the memory of huddling in a ladies' room, helplessly clutching her cell phone - until she finally found a way to pour her emotions into her art.īut one person wasn't satisfied with the shockingly high death toll at the DownEast Mall. In the years that followed, one would dedicate himself to a law enforcement career. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at the video game store tended to customers. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. From Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller Shelter in Place (June 2018) - a powerful tale of heart, heroism.and propulsive suspense.

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