{"id":4196,"date":"2013-11-25T09:35:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T14:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2021-05-31T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T12:13:00","slug":"bad-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4196","title":{"rendered":"Bad Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2iCRllg\">Bad Blood<\/a><\/em> (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/stabenow_dana.php\">Dana Stabenow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2igsOVx\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/bad-blood.jpg?resize=197%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4197\" \/><\/a>So, I was contentedly reading along, noting the parallels between part of this story and Romeo &#038; Juliet, reading, reading, reading, and then I reach the last page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What? What the hell?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>(Looks for another chapter)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the hell?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Is this the end of the series? <\/p>\n<p>I have no clue. If it IS the end of the series, it would have been nice to know that going in. If this is NOT the end of the series, then this was a nasty, dirty trick of a last page.<\/p>\n<p>And really, I don&#8217;t think I can say anything else about this book, the ending was THAT much of a problem for me.<br \/>\nRating: 1\/10 (<em>solely<\/em> for the ending)<\/p>\n<p>Published by Minotaur Books<br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/avg_rating_widget\/15793928\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Blood (2013) Dana Stabenow So, I was contentedly reading along, noting the parallels between part of this story and Romeo &#038; Juliet, reading, reading, reading, and then I reach the last page. &#8220;What? What the hell?&#8221; (Looks for another chapter) &#8220;What the hell?&#8221; Is this the end of the series? I have no clue. 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