Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons by Denise Grover Swank

Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons (Rose Gardner Mystery, #2)

by Denise Grover Swank

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When Rose Gardner reports for jury duty in Denise Grover Swank's New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, she figures she's lucky to get out of a morning working at the DMV. Then, in spite of a disastrous encounter with the new assistant district attorney, Mason Deveraux, she's picked as a juror on a murder case. As the trial progresses and with the help of one of her visions, she realizes that there's more to the story, but there's not a cotton picking thing she can do about it. Or is there?

As if things weren't bad enough, Rose's older sister Violet is going through a mid-life crisis. Violet insists that Rose stop seeing her sexy new boyfriend, Arkansas state detective Joe Simmons, and date other men. Rose is done letting people boss her around, but she can't commit to Joe either. Still, Rose isn't about to let the best thing in her life slip away in the second in this charming series from bestseller Denise Grover Swank.

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Okaaaaay, it's been a while since I read it and I haven't written any review for it. Think it's time to throw in the towel and just collect my notes into here so they won't be forgotten:
*I finally read it! I've been weary of continuing with the series because I know a certain spoiler for the next books and was too anxious to see it play out, but I did it now! :)

*This book kind of made my belief in Joe and Rose's relationship crack. I mean, Joe was just so... needy? I mean, he kept needing reassurances and like... I started feeling like this wasn't entirely healthy, if you know what I mean. But... I also felt like this might have been... intentional? I dunno.

*VIOLET STOP PLEASE.

*Okay, I swooned for Mason. I feel like I'm cheating on Joe by saying this but... yeah, I did.

*Neely Kate is awesome. Glad Rose found a friend! She deserves one.

*The killer was fairly obvious from a certain point on, and it was kind of annoying how everyone ignored key facts like the fact Rose came into contact with him in the courthouse. Meaning, he had some connection to it. Skeeter wouldn't be caught dead there, so...

*Bruce Wynne y'all lol.

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