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Well damn. Finishing this book, I have no idea what my expectations were going in, but I certainly wasn't expecting to get as emotionally invested in this couple as a did. At first I didn't like the way Sloane and Leo's relationship started off, but it was explained later, and character-wise, ended up making sense. The passion between the two characters was amazingly written and honestly everything about it was perfectly executed. The sex wasn't overdone, it wasn't eye-roll worthy and it was mixed with the perfect amount of story and romance.

I've used perfect twice now, but I can't help it. A great read and I hope there's more to Sloane and Leo's story!

5/5 Platypires

Reeling from the death of her father, Farris is on the verge of losing everything. When an unexpected offer lands her a summer internship inside a secret government think tank filled with hackers, she leaps at the opportunity to get some answers. Someone has done the unthinkable, penetrating a hack-proof system and stealing vital military intel--which may have lead to her father's death.

Finding those responsible will mean teaming up with old enemies, trusting strangers with secrets of their own, and sacrificing what little happiness she's managed to cling to, all in the name of revenge. But when the trail leads her deep into the dark web and a hacker capable of launching an attack on US soil, Farris and her team will have to go further than they thought possible to bring him to justice and avoid all out war.

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I don't know how Sherry does it, but Digital Horizon was even better than In Too Deep.  This series just keeps getting better and better. We get more action and of course, a few more emotional bits, because apparently, we have to be a little broken by the end of the book, too.

I'm ready for book 4, any time now.

5/5 Platypires

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The story has a lot of potential, but the execution wasn't for me. I didn't really click with the characters, so I wasn't that invested in what was happening to them. It was written much like the ability of the characters. It jumps very quickly from one thing to the next, for my tastes. Perhaps the story and characters could have been fleshed out a little more.

2/5 Platypires

One talented hacker.
One dead body.
One explosive secret.
When one reckless night leads Farris Barnett to the dead body of a classmate, she's as willing as everyone else to write it off as a suicide. That is, until cryptic messages start coming in from someone who knows the truth, and they want Farris on the case. Putting her hacker skills to work, she begins to unravel the life of a victim who might just have been the guiltiest of them all.
Her personal life in turmoil, Farris turns to the only person she can trust to help her get to the bottom of things—a friend on the verge of becoming much more. Together, they confront a killer with a secret not even she could have decoded.
The biggest bombs, the ones that do the most damage, are the ones you never see coming.

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Gawd dammit all.

I loved this installment all the way until the end. The end is FEELS. There better be another one. It can't just end that way. Well, I suppose it could, but it shouldn't. I need more.

In Too Deep is excellent. Now that we know most of the characters, there wasn't as much time dedicated to getting to know everyone, and more action time, which was what I was missing from the first book. This is the second series of read of Sherry's and I think it's safe to say I'm hooked on her writing.

No complaints and I can't really add more without being spoilerly. Let's just say I was a little iffy about someone "new" (quotations because they are introduced in the first book), but I ended up rooting for them early on.

The drama is real and actually enjoyable. Sometimes drama can be eye roll worthy, but not this stuff. Gahhh. I just really need more.

5/5 Platypires and anxiously hoping there will be a book 3.

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I was really excited for this book. I love anything to do with hackers and coders, good or bad. Farris is a great protagonist and pretty relatable. Like Farris, I liked both Reid and Oliver and for different reasons. They both have history and she's caught in between and I liked that drama between them.

I would have liked to have seen more of the 'hacking' side of things, but aside from that it was a really solid book, and I'm looking forward to book two!

4/5 Platypires

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The First Bite is the Deepest drew me in with it's alluring title and synopsis. The synopsis makes it seem as though Stella is the main character, and while most of what is happening is happening to her, the book constantly flips between the perspectives of all her friends; Nadia, Austin, and Jenny. Which brings me to the issues I had with the book.

The flipping of perspectives and switching of scenes within a chapter are not very well spaced. It took me until halfway through the book and picking up the actual kindle copy (I initially received a PDF in exchange for my honest review) to realize that there was indeed notice that something was changing. Usually when perspective changes or a scene changes, there's a noticable space, or maybe asterisks are used, but the spaces were only slightly bigger between paragraphs during a scene change, compared to the spaces between regular paragraphs. This made it very frustrating to read when it seemed like things were just randomly changing with no warning.

I almost stopped reading at the halfway point because of this. I shut down the app and went to bed and decided to give it another try the next day. It was only then that I realized the slightly bigger space between scene and perspective changes.

It also states in the synopsis that this is a "mordant take on vampire romance". There wasn't really a lot of romance with the two main characters and it wasn't really done in a funny way. I have an odd sense of humor though, so I could have just missed what was supposed to be funny about it. We do see more romance with two of the side characters, which I enjoyed a lot more than the romance between Stella and Sebastion.

I did like the fact that it wasn't a typical teen/vamp romance, though I can't quite explain how it's not a typical teen/vamp romance without giving spoilers. Also, I loved the diversity of the characters. It wasn't all 'in your face, look at me I have diverse characters'. It was very natural.

Unfortunately, it ended very abruptly for me. It read as though there was going to be a little bit more and then just ended. I double checked between both copies to make sure it wasn't some error with the PDF, but it was the same for both.

Overall, a very nice premise and story, but maybe not the type of book for me.

3/5 Platypires

Arrrgghhhh. Why does this series continue to TORTURE me. I started reading Unbound on my break at work on Monday (because Maribel kept talking about it), and kept sneaking in pages afterwards. And then managed to get myself a migraine later on in the night, so I couldn't devour it as quickly as I wanted to, but I finished. That's where the arrrghhh comes in.

Actually, the whole thing is just argh. Sage is a stupid buttface. Mature, I know. But jeebus, I wanted to shake her and smack her. And I can't even really explain why because it would be super spoilery. But it was yet another great read in the series.

I only had a small issue with two similar words being used in a sentence. I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but it was a little distracting. For example, right in the first part of Sage's Journal: "Two weeks and I feel absolutely hopeless helpless." There are a few other instances like this. Not enough to ruin the read, but just looks like one of the words was meant to be removed.

5/5 Platypires again!