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Pines by Blake Crouch

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed Upgrade by Blake Crouch and once, I enjoy a book by an author, I want to read more from them. I decided to start with Pines, as it was on Kindle Unlimited and sounded interesting and wouldn’t hurt my head like Upgrade did.  

This book is based on Ethan Burke, and he is a Secret Service agent. He has arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a mission to locate to federal agents who went missing in this town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation turns up more questions than why can’t he get any phone calls through to his wife and son? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep residents in? Or something else out? Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan farther from the world he knew, from the man he was, until he must face a horrifying fact – he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.  

Again, like Upgrade, I loved the main character in this book. Ethan Burke wasn’t taking no shit; he was determined to find out what the hell was going on in this town and to get the hell out of there to be with his wife and son. I found myself rooting for Ethan and really wanting him to be reunited with his family and wanted to give him a hug. I liked the plot and how it was slowly building and mind-fucking. I was so confused but wanted to carry on finding out what the hell was going on.  

I felt like the side characters were underdeveloped. They were only there to move the story along besides his wife and son. Everyone in the book just felt very 2D and I understood why but I just wanted a bit more from them. The plot twists did confuse me slightly with all the memory wiping and future thing. I would have loved for this to be dual POV and for the doctor to have another POV, so the reader knew what was going on and watching Ethan connect the dots. He spends most of the book unconscious or in pain and the hospital.  

I cannot wait to read the next one in the series. I’m intrigued with how this is going to be continued especially with the ending, but we will wait and see.  

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Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was the book club’s pick of the month for July. I had never read of Abby’s work before and was surprised as I've seen her books all over the book community. 

This book has two points of view. The first is Alexis Montgomery and she has her world turned upside down as a wild bet, gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich and a cuddle with a baby goat. She ends up meeting Daniel Grant, a ridiculously hot carpenter who’s ten years younger than her and as casual and chill as they come – the opposite of sophisticated city-girl Alexis. And yet their chemistry is undeniable. Her ultra-wealthy parents want her to carry on the family legacy of world-renowned surgeons, Alexis doesn’t need glory or fame. She's fine with being a “mere” ER doctor. Every minute she spends with Daniel and the tight-knit town where he lives, she’s discovering just what’s important. Yet letting their relationship become anything more than a short-term fling would mean turning her back on her family and giving up the opportunity to help thousands of people. Bring Daniel into her world is impossible, and yet she can’t just give up the joy she’s found with him either. The second point of view is Daniel Grant, and that boy fell hard for the stranger who came through his town one night. He is determined to work with her to make the relationship work, even if it means he will give up his legacy and the town to be with her. He can tell she is holding back, and he wants to help her breakdown those walls and be together. Will she let him in? 

Daniel is a gift from God, I want one, why aren’t all boys his age like this? Why do they have to be in a small town in the middle of nowhere. I loved him and he saved this book from being three stars. If it was single POV, I think it would have been three stars. I loved that Daniel is like we will go at your pace, I don’t care that I'm younger, and I’ll teach you how to live without a maid because I know how to live alone. Alexis took a while to grow on me, but I liked how she basically went fuck it at the gala and was like you want to give me all the power and make me CEO, watch what is going to happen. I love the side characters and how they were all developed, and it wasn’t like there was a character who was needed just to bring the story alone, from the old man who Daniel looks after and Liz at the bar who had a backstory and development within this story. I loved Alexis’s best friend, and I hope she gets her own story with how this book ended. I loved to hate Neil, he got off way too easy with only going to therapy, I would want that man to pay so much for what he did.  

One of the issues I have with this book is the insta-love, I hate that trope so much like you can’t just instantly fall in love with someone and then not expect all hell to break loose because you didn’t know this perfect person that you’ve fell in love with. Also, I don’t like the miscommunication trope, Daniel was aware this was a short fling, but Alexis could have been honest and said look, I've got an ex that’s still in my life because of this and I'm having these issues, so I don’t want to go further, also work is being a bitch and my parents won’t approve of you and I'll lose my inheritance. I ended up sort of rolling my eyes when this was happening, and the third-act breakup happened.  

I will be carrying on with this series and I cannot wait to read the next one.  

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A Thousand Broken Pieces by Tillie Cole

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The first book in this series was gifted to me by Michael Joseph Penguin Publishing. When I heard there was a second book in this series, I was nervous about how a second book was going to be done. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be, but I was on the edge of my seat throughout the whole book waiting for the shoe to drop. 

This book has two points of view. The first one is Savannah Litchfield, we met her in the first book, and she is the middle child of the Litchfields. She lost her sister three years ago and since then she has been living half a life. Her therapist suggests a trip around the world with grieving teens who understand her pain, she has agreed to go clutching tightly to the unread journal her sister left behind for her. The second point of view is seventeen-year-old Cael Woods, and he is angry, it has been a year since he lost his older brother, and his life has spiralled. He was once the most promising hockey player in the junior league, but he can no longer step onto the ice. When his parents sign him up for a trip abroad no part of him wants to go. As Cael and Savannah embark on a journey they begin to find solace in each other. As they start to heal piece by broken piece, could this be the start of a love they never thought they’d feel again? 

I liked how this book was positive. It was sad, but it was positive. It discussed very real and heavy topics that I think are overlooked as teenagers, I think a lot of adults have struggles with their own grief and teenager's emotions can be overwhelming especially with something as huge as death and grief. As someone who has lost someone special to suicide, I am glad that this was an issue that was discussed. There were several forms of grief that was discussed – lost to cancer, school shooting, car accident, suicide and losing a boyfriend or girlfriend like Rune did. The effects of suicide to the loves one is almost as heartbreaking as the fact that someone felt like they couldn’t live on this earth anymore that this was their solution. Hearing Cael talk about how angry he was at his brother to then understanding why his brother did what he did, broke me. I liked that even though Savannah and Cael found each other, they knew that they had to go on separate journey to recover from this grief. That they knew that for the relationship to work, Cael had to get more help alone. I loved the little snippets of Rune and how they met together in Japan to watch the cherry blossoms and how they were loving and grieving together.  

The way that the book was going was that I thought Cael was going to end up hurting himself and was on the edge of my seat, it was making me anxious. With the way that Tillie’s first book happened, I generally think we weren’t going to have a happy ending.  

P.S killing Rune off in the epilogue nearly killed me completely.  

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The Mark of Chaos and Creation by Arabella K. Federico

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I got this book during the one of the Stuff Your Kindle Days, and the cover and blurb sounded interested. It took a while to get into, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, and the cliffhanger was so mean.  

This book is based on seventeen-year-old Karalevine Ruzz and six years ago, she watched the aliens abduct her best friend as she narrowly escaped capture herself. Now the Arianyte Empire has conquered Earth and is searching for the most powerful weapons in the galaxy; children branded with the mark of creation. And Kara is one of them. Kara can’t let go of her rage, the memories of what the occupation took from her, a wound forever left open, even as the rest of the world submits to the powerful tyrants and accepts their new way of life. She is so determined to track down her friend that she plans to abduct Arianyte’s second in command. But when Kara loses control of her volatile magic, she risks becoming a slave and the very weapon the empire wants most. To get what she wants and keep her freedom, it comes at an extreme cost. Kara must decide if she can keep her true identity hidden within Arianyte’s walls as the line between justice and revenge begins to blur. Every day she risks her life. Every day she wonders if she can keep the lies going and if she’s good enough to play this dangerous of a game, and every day she wonders if she’ll make it out of Arianyte’s clutches alive. 

I loved the character development that Kara went on. How she went from this scared and soulless soldier who was angry and wanted to revenge, to still be scared but more confident and having trust in the people around her. I liked that she wasn’t this damsel in distress type, she got herself into this situation and she is going to get herself out of it. I loved that she still had passions and a normal job whilst all of this is going, I feel like sometimes with fantasy where it’s mixed with Earth, it’s like yeah, we don’t have a paying job, and we are living comfortable like how does that work? I loved the side characters in this book from Jance to Ardelle and how they all didn’t trust her at first but then they all ended up loving her for her and wanting to protect her when everything went to shit.  

It did take a while for me to get used to the extra-terrestrial side of the book, I don’t really do space or aliens so I was worried that I was going to struggle with this, once I got into it, there was no problems it was just getting there that was a bit of a struggle. The flashbacks also confused me at times, but that just my simple mind and I don’t like when books jump back and to, it confuses especially in fantasy books.  

The twists and turns during this book had me shook, the cliffhanger was cruel, and I wanted more. I cannot wait to read the second book in this series which I also got on a Stuff Your Kindle Day. I have so many questions and hopefully we will get the answers soon. 

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Liars and Light by Rebecca Camm

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I got this book during the one of the Stuff Your Kindle Days, and this cover and blurb sounded interested. I tried my hardest to get into this book, but something just wasn’t clicking with me. 

This book is based on Nora. She is an Elementum but unlike most of her race, she can wield fire, water, and air magic with equal power. Having been sold to the king as a child, she is now bound to him by the shackle tattoos encircling her wrists, marking her as an Alta – a secret soldier. Commanded to find an Anima who disappeared with barely a trace, Nora works to solve the mystery and finds herself in a city rife with rebellion. Desperate to serve her king, she delves into the lives of the faction, eager to uncover any information that would lead her to find the Anima. In the town, she meets Evelyn. Evelyn is a Lys Alv, healer, sister, daughter and friend. Everything Evelyn has worked for is finally falling into place, but an uneasiness sits in her stomach. Two strangers come hurtling into her path and Evelyn begins to question what she truly wants from life. After an offer to join a rebellion against the king arises, she will have to choose whether to continue following the path laid out before her or start her own adventure. In a magical world where unethical laws are shrouded in speeches of justice and safety, the king moves to gain more control of the people he promised to protect. A divide is forming, lines are being drawn, and two women find themselves at a crossroads. With lingering grief and a rising threat, Evelyn must decide where her fates lie. And Nora, first she needs the power to choose. 

I liked the characters and felt like they all had their own voices and their own reason for doing what they did and how they did it. I liked Nova and August’s relationship and how they are like brother and sister and wind each other but would die for each other. I liked the aspect of a forbidden love between August and Evelyn, and I am so rooting for them. I liked the dual POV, but I would have killed to have the POV to include August especially when the rebellion started, and we knew he was working on the inside and what his plans were with Nova.  

Towards the end of the book, I felt like it went a little haywire, I was sort of losing the plot considering the original plot of fighting Felix seems shot to hell and it was all to do with Evelyn and her journey with grief and the secrets that had been revealed. I felt like as the book went on, the pace got slower and slower when I wanted it to speed up. I felt like the building of the world and the magically powers were a bit hit and miss, sometimes it was described beautifully and slowly and other times it was an info dump to move on to the bigger issue. I feel like King Dominic isn’t a scary or villainous enough for a bad guy, I want to know more. Why is he doing this? Surely, he has spies keeping an eye out of Nora and August?  

For a debut, it was enjoyable, it just went haywire a bit and hopefully the problems will be fixed by the next book.  

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Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callender

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wanted to read this because I have enjoyed Kacen’s previous work. With this being his adult romance, I was so excited for actual adults to act like actual adults, and they didn’t.  
This book has two points of view. The first is Logan Gray and he is Hollywood’s bad boy – a talented but troubled actor who the public love to hate. He has had several tapes be released and has been known for sleeping with everyone in his circle. But there is a much deeper story behind the bad boy persona. Logan is broken and doesn’t know how to fix himself. He was sexual abused multiple times as a child and due to that he shuts himself off, so no one can hurt him again. He lives in the lands of dreams where sex and drugs are available whenever he wants. The second point of view is Mattie Cole, and he is the up-and-coming golden boy, adored by all but is plagued by insecurities. He has made it to Hollywood where being gay isn’t a sin and everyone is quite accepting, but he still feels guilty for his sexuality. The reason – his father hasn’t accepted him and ignores him when he is home, his sister and mum are encouraging and promised to love him no matter what, his father believes he will end up in hell due to his religious beliefs. But now Mattie is working on a big movie with Logan, and they are the leads in the romance film. Logan claimed that Matt had zero talent before they started filming, which send the film’s publicity into a nosedive. To create positive buzz, the two are persuaded into a fake-dating scheme – but as the two actors get to know their new characters, real feelings start to develop. As public scrutiny intensifies and old wounds resurface, the two must fight for their relationship and their love.  

I loved the characters individually; I wanted the hug both to death and say it’s not your fault and then send their asses to therapy. This book is hard-hitting with discussions of child sexual abuse and rape and the effects it can have on a person. I liked the fact that these discussions weren’t minimal or just glossed over. I would have loved for Logan’s dad to actually get into trouble and for everyone to come crawling back to Logan and apologise, I felt like people wrote him off pretty quickly and I would have loved for people to come begging for forgiveness. 

With the fake relationship, you want it to be real and for people not to see through their bullshit and it feels like they don’t even see through their bullshit. It was a friend with benefits mixed with emotional therapy and being honest and open. That's what a friendship is, not a relationship. I wanted cute little gifts and meeting the family and acts of service and showing us that they were more. It didn’t feel like it until they were told to break it off. I didn’t really feel a connection between them besides the fact that Mattie doesn’t treat Logan like a dick. Another issue I had was both POVs sort of blended with each other, they weren’t distinct enough. I was reading Mattie’s chapter, and he was going on about Logan that I thought it was Logan and same for Logan’s chapters, it’s like they were blended at times. I felt like the ending was rushed as well, so we done all this build up for the book to jump three years and Logan’s in New York and Mattie is with Philip, like how did we get to that point? How did Logan do in rehab? I wanted these answers.  

I think it’s the right storyline and a good idea but was executed poorly at times which hurts because I wanted to love it. 

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The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wanted to read this book because anything that Tessa Bailey writes, I’ll read. It's simple as that. I adored the first book in this series and hoped that this one would follow. However, I was slightly disappointed compared to Fangirl Down. 

This book has two points of view. The first is Tallulah. She is smart, vivacious and studying to be a marine biologist. She is also twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, offers her a job as his live-in nanny, she jumps at the opportunity to get paid while living in a super fancy neighbourhood and being around Lissa, his cool but introverted tween. Tallulah wants to keep her head down and get through school without getting any more attention, even though she needs the money from Burgess, she is nervous about living with him and has even asked for extra security measures to be taken. The second point of view is Burgess, he believes his tween daughter needs help with fitting in at school and according to everyone besides Burgess, he needs to get back on the dating scene and Tallulah has decided to show him how. But as the boundaries set by both of them are slowly crossed and Burgess finds himself pulled between his daughter, who wants her parents to get back together, and his insane chemistry with Tallulah, a huge rift is formed, and Tallulah does the right thing and breaks her own heart and walks away. Though Burgess knows it’s for the best – he's too jaded, with too much baggage – a chance meeting, and a new push from his daughter, forces him to put everything on the line and fight to prove he learned his lessons well and is worthy of a happily ever after with Tallulah.  

So unlike Fangirl Down where both are on a character development journey, Burgess has his character development within the last five chapters, the rest of the novel he is a possessive, non-communicated asshole. Burgess knew that Tallulah had gone through hell with her ex/stalker and then says lines that makes me want to throw up and I've not even had a stalker, but if I had a stalker, I would have run for the hills with the way he was talking to Tallulah. Tallulah sort of had a character development as she grows to be more confident but again, they just didn’t speak about the important things and then was wondering why they ended up having a huge fight over miscommunication like Jesus. Plus, if someone locked me in a cupboard for 2 days, it would take a hell of a lot more than a bodyguard whilst doing stupid shit to get over it. She needed therapy. I think it didn’t help that we had such a perfect boyfriend and slow burn with Wells and Josephine and then this book was quite small and besides the smut there wasn’t really anything there, I was waiting and hoping for more. Like the stalker to return, but he was dead so no issues. The main issue was they didn’t want people to get the wrong idea and then his daughter caught them and kicked off like, okay? I would have liked more hockey and the team rinsing Burgess and introducing themselves to Talluah and I would have liked more bonding between Lissa and Tallulah because besides Tallulah doing Lissa’s hair and helping her with lines and knowing her favourite bands, there was nothing and it was pretty basic. 

I liked the age gap aspect especially with Burgess falling first and then he fully shits himself when he realised, he fell for someone who was a lot younger than him, and he couldn’t and shouldn’t like her, but he does. The conversations they did have whilst doing things like skinny dipping and going to single mixers sort of helped moved the book along and you realised why they acted the way they did. 

I will forever read whatever Tessa Bailey writes, but I don’t think anything can top Fangirl Down with this series and I’m also scared if the next book is a stepsiblings romance with Sig and Chloe. 

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Double Cross by Malorie Blackman

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wanted to read this book because I brought a poster with 100 books to read in your lifetime. I’ve been enjoying this series but struggled with the last book Check Mate and I struggled with this book, I feel like there is just a repeated storyline with the children that have been born on the way.  

This book has multiple points of view, however the focus and point of view during this book is Tobey Durbridge. His best friend is Callie Rose, her mum is a Cross, and her dad was a Nought. Tobey is a Nought. Tobey wants a better life – for him and for Callie Rose. He wants nothing to do with the violent gangs that rule the world he lives in. But when he’s offered the chance to earn some extra money, how much could it hurt to just this once say ‘yes’? Callie Rose knows all about the danger of saying ‘yes.’ She knows about terrible mistakes, and violence and revenge, and the fierce divide between Noughts and Crosses. And knowing so much about the past makes her afraid for her future. Because sometimes, one little bad decision can change everything.  

This book is still brutal, yes, it is supposed to be a dystopian and fictional book, but it didn’t feel like it at all. This shows the way that society still is, and it made my blood boil. It just frustrates how people still be like this? This book has a strong storyline. This is a powerful book. I love how we watched Tobey go from being this innocent anti-gang boy to having to process something so traumatic and then going into the gang and getting sucked in by revenge. This book shows what hate and revenge can do to a person and how secrets can rip families apart. 

I would have loved to have the additional POVs from Tobey’s mother and sister and to see what triggered her to start using drugs. I felt like half of this book was repeating the actions of the first three books in this series. I felt like I was reading the same thing over again instead of Sephy and Callum it’s Callie and Tobey. I felt like this book could have been cut in half and we still would have got everything we needed to know and the story and the drama. 

I feel like this has dipped a bit from the original plot of the first book. I think Malorie needs to go back to the original plot of book 1 and remember why this was written rather than going off on a tangent and making a book out of it. I think this book should have ended after the third book and just kept it as a trilogy, and I don’t know how it is going to continue with books five and six.  

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Empress & Aniya by Candice Carty-Williams

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wanted to read this book because I enjoyed the other books by Candice Carty-Williams, this book was in Waterstones during one of my visits and I couldn’t resist. It was a very quick and adorable read.  

When Empress starts at Aniya’s school, they’re not exactly best friends. Aniya is the Queen Bee at school, who never has to worry about where her next meal is, her only biggest worry is making sure she gets good grades and to live up to her parents' expectations. Empress is the opposite, she has a neglectful mother, a dad who is nowhere to be seen, she is expected to look after her little brother, and she can barely afford her school lunch. She is now at a preppy school where she is keeping her head down and trying to get through the day. On her first day at school, she gets an assigned friend of Aniya where she needs to show the ropes of the school. But the two teenage girls get closers and on their 16th birthday, they end up accidentally casting a spell and ended up switching bodies and they quickly learn that friendship is the most important magic of all. South London’s answer to ‘Freaky Friday”, Empress and Aniya is a moving portrayal of the importance of real relationship and the ups and downs of being a teenager.  

I loved the idea of this book, and I loved these two main characters. It was easy to get into. And the plot was easy to follow. Both characters were both very developed for such a short book.  I liked how they discussed serious topics within a short time, and it showed that you never know what is going on in someone’s life and to not make insensitive jokes, I would have loved for the subjects to have been discussed more deeply, it was just slightly mentioned and then moved on. 

I think the thing that I struggled with was because it was so short, a lot was glossed over, and I would have loved more. I wanted to know how Empress did once she was settled at Aniya’s house and how did Aniya’s friends react. Did Aniya stop being friends with Dani and Bolu because of how mean they were being? Did Empress’s mum fight to get her back after she had settled at home? I just wanted it longer. I felt like at times especially during the school chapters was that they were talking like they were twelve or thirteen when these girls were fifteen/sixteen, like you should be worrying about exams and your future not some girl's appearance and how she is acting.  

I would love to see how these girls are getting on at university and how Pauline is doing, maybe we could get a sequel soon 

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Gallery of the Dead by Chris Carter

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I wanted to read this book as the first book was recommended to me by a friend and I instantly loved this series. Some of the books in this series still makes my skin crawl to this day. So, I am always looking forward to the next book in this series and Chris Carter manages to creep me out every single time.  

The main character in this book and series is a detective named Robert Hunter. He has got a new case and him and his partner Garcia has arrived at one of the most shocking crime scenes they have ever attended. In a completely unexpected turn of events, the detectives find themselves joining forces with the FBI to track down a serial killer whose hunting ground sees no borders; a psychopath who loves what he does because to him murder is much more than just killing, it’s an art form. Welcome to the Gallery of the Dead.  

The thing that gets me every time is Chris Carter manages to freak me the fuck out every time, within every single book. Enough to the point where I can’t sleep. Thie mystery and the suspense is brilliant and enough to keep you hooked and you shouldn’t be because it is disturbing but I couldn’t put it down. I was on edge and as frustrated as Robert Hunter to get this case closed. The way that both detectives were close to giving up hurt my heart. Also, I love the fact that the Robert is finally starting to be happy with Tracy and I swear if anything happens to Tracy or Garcia, I'm going to lose it. Let them be happy. The plot twist of this book when we found out who the Surgeon was had me kicking my feet because I was annoyed that I didn’t manage to guess who it was as we never actually met him within the book, it just happened, and they managed to push him aside. I love that Garcia had a shotgun in the car and that he was smart enough to bring a vest. 

Only thing I would say is a weakness, for me personally, is the short chapters. I just prefer bigger chapters. However, in this book it did fit well with Chris Carter’s writing style where it doesn’t work for me usually. I was hooked that after a while the short chapters didn’t bother me as they usually work with other authors. 
 
Overall, the book was an easy and quick read and because the writing was amazing, the storyline gives me the creeps and it was overall brilliant I gave it four stars. I cannot wait for the next book in the series and see how much Lucian is going to cause so much trouble and how much Garcia is going to want to get him as well as Robert.  

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