Also, can I just say how much I LOVE what Skyscape is doing with their series?! I love that the subsequent books don't take a year to come out. <3
About RESISTING RUBY ROSE: Still reeling from the
heartbreaking events that unfolded on Grissom Island, Ruby Rose is trying to
come to terms with the fact that she’s gone from a vigilante in killer shoes to
a stone-cold killer. Everyone from her therapist to her smoking-hot boyfriend
keeps trying to convince her that she hasn’t crossed over to the dark side, but
Ruby isn’t so sure. It doesn’t help that her nemesis, Detective “Mastermind”
Martinez, is still out there, waiting for another chance to take her down.
When an alleged CIA agent named Skryker shows up and asks
for a meeting, Ruby figures it just means more questions about her case. But he
has information of an entirely different nature and a job offer: join an elite
force of young assassins, including Skryker’s right-hand guy, Quinn Donovan.
Quinn is distractingly charming, handsome—and deadly. Ruby resists becoming a
killer again, but as she becomes more ensnared in a web of deceit, no one
around her is safe.
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My Review:
I actually enjoyed this book better than the first. The first half of this one is less about Ruby being a bad-ass, and more about what being a bad-ass and having killed people has done to her. I liked getting deeper into Ruby's character in this book.
Of course, there's still plenty of action, as Ruby and Liam get pulled into an organization of elite young assassins, and Martinez continues to come after Ruby and what's left of her family.
Quinn is an intriguing and fun new character, and I loved getting to know Damon Silver, Ruby's biological father, better, too. As with the first book, there's room for a sequel without leaving the reader hanging. I will be looking forward to that third book if it comes.
About
Jessie Humphries: Jessie Humphries was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV. She
received a BA from San Diego State University, where she cultivated her love of
the beach, then lived in France, where she cultivated her weakness for shoes,
and finally earned a law degree from UNLV, where she cultivated her interest in
justice. After practicing law for several years she began writing, and,
appropriately, her debut novel Killing
Ruby Rose is a thriller about vigilante justice set in sunny southern
California with a shoe-obsessed protagonist. Jessie currently writes and
practices law in Las Vegas, where she lives with her husband and children.
Social media links:
Website: www.jessiehumphries.com
Twitter: @JessieHwrites
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/MsJhump
