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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Blog Tour: The Lucky Ones by Tiffany Reisz

Author; Tiffany Reisz
Publisher: MIRA
Date of publication: February 13, 2018

They were seven children either orphaned or abandoned by their parents and chosen by legendary philanthropist and brain surgeon Dr. Vincent Capello to live in The Dragon, his almost magical beach house on the Oregon Coast. Allison was the youngest of the lucky ones living an idyllic life with her newfound family…until the night she almost died, and was then whisked away from the house and her adopted family forever.

Now, thirteen years later, Allison receives a letter from Roland, Dr. Capello’s oldest son, warning her that their father is ill and in his final days. Allison determines she must go home again and confront the ghosts of her past. She’s determined to find out what really happened that fateful night — was it an accident or, as she’s always suspected, did one of her beloved family members try to kill her?
But digging into the past can reveal horrific truths, and when Allison pieces tog
ether the story of her life, she’ll learns the terrible secret at the heart of the family she once loved but never really knew.

The Lucky Ones is another book that I have recently finished that I needed to really think about before deciding if I like it or not.  In the end, I did like some of the book.  However there were parts that I thought unnecessary that kind of ruined the book for me.  The story involves Allison, who was fostered by Dr. Capello for a few years when she was a child.  After an accident, she went to live with her aunt.  Now Dr. Capello is dying and she has been asked by her foster brother to return to the house to say her final goodbyes.

I did enjoy the mystery aspect of the book. The truth of what happened was kind of shocking yet interesting. I thought the reveals and twists were well planned out and the ending was a surprise.  I actually liked Allison's character despite some of her choices.  She was kind of apologetically a breath of fresh air.  

What I didn't care for was the "romantic" part of the book.  It's hard to talk about without giving away spoilers.  I'll just say that two of the relationships in the book really didn't sit well with me.  They made me really uncomfortable and had a certain "ick" factor that I couldn't dismiss.  I'm not even sure they were necessary for the book at all.  It would have been fine without them.  So I'll chalk this one up to "liked it, but didn't love it".



About Tiffany Reisz


Tiffany Reisz lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband, author Andrew Shaffer.

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EXCERPT TOUR:
Monday, January 22nd: Books & Spoons
Tuesday, January 23rd: The Sassy Bookster
Wednesday, January 24th: A Literary Vacation
Thursday, January 25th: The Book Diva’s Reads
Friday, January 26th: What is That Book About
Monday, January 29th: Snowdrop Dreams
Tuesday, January 30th: Book Reviews and More by Kathy
Wednesday, January 31st: Palmer’s Page Turners
Thursday, February 1st: Suzy Approved
Monday, February 5th: Clues and Reviews
Tuesday, February 6th: Bibliotica
Wednesday, February 7th: From the TBR Pile
Thursday, February 8th: Books a la Mode
Friday, February 9th: Jathan & Heather
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REVIEW TOUR:
Monday, February 12th: Rockin’ & Reviewing
Monday, February 12th: Into the Hall of Books and @intothehallofbooks
Tuesday, February 13th: Clues and Reviews and @cluesandreviews
Tuesday, February 13th: Read Love Blog
Tuesday, February 13th: @anniabbauer and @beach.house.books
Wednesday, February 14th: Palmer’s Page Turners
Thursday, February 15th: 5 Minutes for Books
Friday, February 16th: Bibliotica
Monday, February 19th: Patricia’s Wisdom
Tuesday, February 20th: Books a la Mode
Tuesday, February 20th: Katy’s Library and @katyslibrary
Thursday, February 22nd: Tales of a Book Addict
Friday, February 23rd: Kritter’s Ramblings
Friday, February 23rd: Novel Gossip and @novelgossip
Monday, February 26th: Jathan & Heather
Monday, February 26th: Jenn’s Bookshelves
Tuesday, February 27th: @athousandbookstoread
Tuesday, February 27th: Kahakai Kitchen
Wednesday, February 28th: From the TBR Pile
Wednesday, February 28th: The Lit Bitch
Thursday, March 1st: A Chick Who Reads
Friday, March 2nd: Not in Jersey
Monday, March 5th: Snowdrop Dreams
Tuesday, March 6th: Bookchickdi
Wednesday, March 7th: West Metro Mommy Reads
Thursday, March 8th: Hoser’s Blook
Friday, March 9th: Thoughts on This ‘n That
Friday, March 9th: What is That Book About

1 comment:

Heather J @ TLC Book Tours said...

Thanks for being a part of the tour.