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Review/Rant: Shattered by Joan Johnston
Casee's review of Shattered (Bitter Creek Series, Book 8) by Joan Johnston.
Nine years ago Kate Grayhawk Pendelton walked into Wyatt Shaw's life—and out of it the next morning. Now Wyatt's back—and has the power to shatter Kate's future with the man she loves.
By reputation, Wyatt Shaw is a brutal killer who always gets what he wants. And he wants Kate and her twin eight-year-old sons.
Texas Ranger Jack McKinley is hot on Wyatt Shaw's trail. The presumed heir to the D'Amato crime syndicate is threatening to steal the woman he loves.
Holly McKinley is fighting to keep Jack from leaving her for another woman. Now the secret she's kept for over twenty years may save their son's life, and cost her the only man she's ever loved.
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I can't tell you exactly what I was saying as I was reading this book. What I can say is that Joan Johnston really screwed her readers on this one. Shattered is the newest book in Johnston's Bitter Creek series. I have doggedly stuck with it (waiting for Jack and Kate to FINALLY get together) only to end up feeling completely screwed over at the end. I felt like Johnston was giving the proverbial finger to her readers while writing this book.
The Bitter Creek series started way back in 2000. In 2005, The Next Mrs. Blackthorne was released. It was supposed to be the story of Clay Blackthorne and Libby Grayhawk (which it was to a certain extent). It was either in this book or the one before it (The Rivals) that Kate and Jack first meet. Kate is nineteen and instantly falls for Jack. Sparks fly, etc. Jack is older and more jaded. He rejects Kate, which sends her into the arms of another man. Nine years later, they meet again. Kate is widowed (or so she thinks) with twin boys. Jack is going through a divorce. It's finally their time. At the end of A Stranger's Game (2009), Kate and Jack are as good as together. Then Kate's husband comes back from the dead. Obviously you think that is the obstacle that will come between Kate and Jack. Nope.
The bottom line is that Kate and Jack DON'T END UP TOGETHER. OMGWTFBBQ. It's bull shit. The story would have been good if JACK AND KATE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO END UP TOGETHER. There is no sense to be made from the fact that Kate and Jack END UP WITH OTHER PEOPLE. And who they end up with is so fucking cliched. Jack ends up with the wife he was going to divorce. Kate ends up with the man she had a one night stand with, resulting in the birth of her twins.
In the midst of all that, Kate's husband decides that he wants revenge on his bitch of a wife and her lover. Then he decides to blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blabety blah.
The end.
1 out of 5.
This book is available from Mira. You can buy it here or here in e-format.
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seen this series around but have never read any of it. Now do not think I plan too. That is stinky!!
Oh, I just hate it when authors do that! I'm so sorry.
I've never read the series...but all that build up so that they can be with other people?
Sorry it didn't go well for you Casee!
Ouch ! Thanks for the review ;-)
Holy shit on a stick, that frickin' sucks! I would have been royally pissed had I read this series. I'm glad I didn't.
I haven't read this series, but can only imagine that this would seriously piss me off. My condolences.
I was unfortunate enough to be one of those people who has been waiting for this book since 2005! I went over to barnes and noble ready to pick up the book, but i have this thing where i like to read the epilogues before i buy the book. it was a good thing that i did! when i found out that kate and jack didn't get together my heart plunged to the ground! i walked out of the store thoroughly and completely depressed! i can't believe joan johnston did this to her loyal fans!!!!!!
ouch! I read and liked this book, but I had not read any of the previous books and did not realize the extent of the history between Kate and Jack; I didn't like Jack at all based soley on his actions in this book.
Patti, you're lucky you hadn't. My grade wouldn't have been nearly as bad if I didn't read the prior books.
So here it is December 2011. I just read my first Joan Johnston book, a strangers game, is there any reason to keep reading the sequel and or sequels????
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