Playing with Fire

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No one can ever say that Shen pulls her punches. Playing With Fire is an explosive one-two combo of perfection and pure excellence! Grace and West were absolutely incredible. Two damaged people hiding from themselves and their pasts who find one another and the strength to face their fears and traumas. As soon as I got my ARC for Playing with fire , I started reading it and I read it straight forwardly. With her upcoming novel, LJ Shen delivers a wonderful and strong romance with powerful symbolism, with heroes with flaws and so who are far from being perfect and this story wil take your breath away. We can't wait to read the final straw.

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Beautiful writing, great, solid plot and characters that resemble actual people and not models out of a magazine. I fell in love with West and Grace. I cannot recommend this book enough. Amazing chemistry, sizzling scenes and emotion. Read this gem of a book!!! to be honest, i didn't feel much when i was reading this because i didn't feel the MCs romantic chemistry and passion. i guess it was the writing or something especially in West's chapters in the beginning when his nonchalant "romantic" attitude reinforced my nonchalant feelings towards their romance. This book was really multi-faceted in so many ways. It touches on a deep parental concern/nightmare, a marriage on the brink, friendship, musical talent, medical breakthroughs, an international mix, and an arc into a historical time period of tragedy. Now that covers a lot of ground. As I watched him there, I didn’t see the most popular guy in college. The sex god. The illegal fighter. I saw the loneliest boy I’d ever laid eyes on. Sweet, confused, and lost. And I thought, bitterly, he didn’t even know that across the parking lot sat a girl just like him.” I got up and scooped her up, giving people something to look at and talk about for years in this godforsaken town, pressing a dirty kiss to her lips and almost breaking her jaw in the process.But hey, maybe an inexperienced hero can be cute, he can be a false whore!!!!! So don’t you go losing your virginity with any other guy moonshine, maybe there is a sunshine out there wanting him and you would suffer if he only realizes he doesn’t want to have sex with her mid thrust at your’s special place. Normally, I am not too crazy about alternating timelines, as the constant shifts can make for choppy reading, but in this case, everything made sense and came together in the end. The chapters are marked as “Julia “or “Lorenzo”, so we can follow the two stories more easily. Finally, Grace found her voice. "On your feet, St. Claire," she whispered under her breath. "A king doesn't bow to others." I don't know if the content and what these two go through is making me particularly emotional but this book cut deep! Their broken pieces and tattered hearts and bruised souls will reach right out to you. Fire symbolized beauty, fury, and rebirth, she explained. Too bad in my case, it symbolized nothing but my demise."

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I've had to sit with my feelings about Playing with Fire for two days. For me it's not only some of L.J.'s best writing but it's one of the best stories this year. Composer Lorenzo’s story is one of love and heartbreak which led to his mournful composition. Lorenzo was a Jew who lived in Vienna. By 1943 all the Jews in Vienna were deported. The love between Grace and West is, although at times difficult, transformative. Shen brought us REAL ROMANCE, the ugly, passionate, sweet, hurtful, and kind love. My heart was breaking when it was over because I never wanted to let them go. I wanted one million epilogues. Alas, a reread is what I will have to do, and I’m not mad about it. I was completely enamored with Grace. This beautiful woman experienced trauma, pain, death, humiliation. But despite everything, she’s continued to push on. Continued to live her life, little by little. Until a man by the name of West St. Claire came into the picture and completely pushed her outside her comfort zone and showed her just how incredible, strong, beautiful and brave she truly was.Grace shows strengths beyond her age and she won't fall for the notorious bad boy. That is until West shows her that she is worth it. What words can I say to fully articulate well to show my emotion of what L.J. Shen’s word to do to me each time I open one of her books? This was so easy, I love this authors writing anyway but the book appealed to me from the write up and once I started it I couldn't put it down. Of the 100 books I have already read this year I would have to say this one is right up at the top and that is a big statement considering the standard of the books.

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I read this because I had a fabulous holiday in Italy where I read an excellent novel set in WWII Florence which swept me up into a world I didn’t want to leave. When I saw this was set in Italy during the war I thought it might provide a way of prolonging my holiday… This book brings us two broken people going through the motions of college. Both West and Grace have been through fire and looking to rise from its ashes like a Phoenix. Grace with her flawed features and West with his broken promises come together as unlikely pair. They both shine mirrors into each others lives and it is a beautiful thing to read.This book is incredible. I feel like I lived every part of this book. I was so immersed in it. It's beautiful and inspiring and heartbreaking and it really spoke to me. Some books you just know after reading, that they'll stay with you forever. This was one of those books. I LOVED this book! It was definitely one of my favorite stories of Leigh's and I didn't know I needed it until I read it. West and Grace are two beautiful people each going through their own traumas and the aftermath of a tragedy. They are both closed off in their own way because of what happened, they are letting their lives pass them by until the moment they become friends and their walls start crumbling. And their banter and chemistry was so phenomenal!!! when it comes to the // romance and chemistry // i just didn't feel it here especially in the beginning and especially when they started to emotionally connect, he goes and sleeps with Melanie. also, i didn't really get why Grace started hating on West when he literally said one sentence to her the first time they met. in fact, she had more reason to hate on Reign aka West's asshole friend. Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D. Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to Random House UK, Transworld Publishers and NetGalley.)

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As events escalated, Julia knew no-one believed her – Rob was a different man, Aunt Val tried to help. But was what was happening something to do with Julia’s past? She knew she had to find answers before it was too late. Her escape to Venice suddenly found her in intense danger – what secret had “Incendio” unleashed? The ancient music seemed to have a life of its own – would she escape its clutches? Would her life ever be the same again? There, Julia uncovers a heartbreaking, long-buried tale of tragedy and devastation - a discovery that puts her in serious danger. Some people will do anything in their power to keep the truth silent... Seeing as West St. Claire is so popular, keeping most of his peers at arm’s length was something of a conundrum. The chip he carries on his shoulder threw me off-kilter too, but I liked how he wiggled his way into Grace’s life and helped her step out of her comfort zone. What I found disturbing were his inner-thoughts, and it wasn’t until I got well into the read that I discovered why he felt as he did. L.J. Shen reaches new heights with this angsty romance that completely captured my heart. The characters are unforgettable, and the writing is flawless. If you don’t read another book this year, read this one! Every teaser and snippet that has been released of Playing With Fire did NOT prepare me for this story and the emotions that follow it. The emotions that are forced upon you are so unexpected, I felt like I was in a whirlwind being hit in every direction with different emotions and in the end, I was an absolute mess. I know without a doubt this book and the characters will stay with me forever, there’s just no forgetting these two, they’ve etched their way deeply into my heart and I’m captivated by everything that is them.i'm sorry but the whole sleeping with the OW while thinking of the heroine excuse is getting old. it's annoying af. The title, Playing with Fire, is undoubtedly the most apt title ever. I completely understand why LJ Shen sat on it for what seemed like forever. Even the title evokes feelings and emotions...the most difficult part is that they change, morph, and adapt throughout the book. Just when you think you know...you have no idea. He is the mysterious underground fighter who stormed into her sleepy Texan college town on his motorcycle one day, and has been wreaking havoc since. The story opens with violinist Julia Ansdell purchasing an old music book from an antique shop in Rome. Inside the book, she discovers a loose sheet of paper that has a handwritten waltz by someone named L. Todesco.