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Don’t Rush Me

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Fun, fast read. Kept me interested. I did feel like if this person was so attractive and had been fighting off men all her life she might have gotten a little better at defending herself by that point.. like maybe carry some pepper spray? I liked the world-building. I liked the side characters. I just wanted her to be less a victim waiting to happen, and it made the ending kind of frustrating...why didn't she do that all along? Why can she suddenly do that?

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I have some really mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand the world was really interesting, the storyline had plenty of action, mystery, and some potential for romance, and I liked the friends and family that was built. But. And for me this was a pretty big stumbling block. The constant references and flashbacks to her repeated rapes and sexual assaults was over the top, and quite frankly, a little bizarre. And the victim blaming of herself! What is that! She says she is too alluring and men just can't help themselves around her, and she wishes she could control it. Excuse me? No, just no. This book almost seemed to have split personalities, because one minute our heroine would be all kicka$$, and the next excusing her rapists. I would really suggest a reedit of this book, because I definitely think it could be really good.

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I enjoyed this book, it was entertaining and had a great main character in Nora. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series as this book felt more like an introduction to a set of characters. The adventure was interesting but there was a lot left unexplained and definitely needs another book to continue the Nora story.

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It's been a while since I've discovered a new Urban Fantasy series. The Nora Jacobs series seems to have everything I love about UF: a mystery plot, a heroine who can take care of herself, and a wide variety of supernaturals. May calls them Underworlders - vampires, werewolves, trolls, fae, and a few whose natures haven't been revealed yet. It even has a supernatural law enforcement agency, the Federal Underworld Agency, and I love those. It's old school and I really enjoyed it.

But here's the thing that bugged me: there are just so many triggers! I'm not particularly sensitive to references to rape and abuse but if you are, this is not the book for you. Nora grew up in the foster system and was abused and assaulted frequently throughout her childhood. She references those experiences several times and even has a few flashbacks. They serve a purpose in the story, but I still think it could have been toned down. She's also kidnapped and violated in the present.

Nora also has what she calls a curse, but comes to believe is some Underworld in her family tree. Men have always been attracted to her, sometimes to the point of obsession and abuse. The whole thing feels too much like victim blaming, even though she's the one doing it. Everyone else seems to go along with it when she explains. I know that victims often blame themselves and I hope that Nora works through it over the course of the series, but at this point it makes me a little bit uncomfortable.

Despite all that, I basically felt like Don't Rush Me was a fun book. I liked Nora, her psychic skills, and the supporting characters. I love the found family theme, which enforces that "old school UF" feel I was talking about. I'm curious to see where the series goes so I'll be on the lookout for book two.

3.5 stars

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