I am glad I finally got to this last book in the Lunar Chronicles. When I first started it in July It felt slow to me, but I think that was because my family had come to visit me and my mind was more wrapped up with them. When I decided to pick it back up this month, I found that it was flowing very well for me and I really enjoyed it.
This has got to be my favorite of all the books in this series. The action and adventure was amazing in this one. The imagery and story telling was beautifully done. One of the things I appreciate the most, with this being the last book, is the fact that it was not rushed. Everything came together very well all of it flowed so nicely. I could also tell that the author knew exactly what she wanted to happen and how to wrap the tale up.
The characters were amazing. The were developed so nicely throughout the series. They each had their own flaws which I love the most about characters. I also really enjoyed how each character was introduced gradually into the story line. I think that they all came together really well. Our Antagonists were all very deliciously evil. I loved that and I loved that they were so easy to hate. Of course Queen Levana was my favorite villain in the story. I don't think I ever hated a character this much before.
I recommend this series to anyone who loves YA Fantasy or retellings. The author is a very gifted writer and everyone should experience her gift. I am a little saddened that the series is over, but I can say for sure that is was very worth the read.
I chose this book for my Month of Mystery because it is another book of a very long series in which I have been collection the books, but not reading them. So I thought it about time to pick up the first book and get started on knocking some of these out.
SynopsisAn unidentified skull...
A trail of terrifying secrets...
And a woman whose talented hands could reveal the shocking truth...
As a forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan helps identify the dead from their skulls. Her own daughter murdered and her body never found, the job is Eve's way of coming to terms with her personal nightmare. But more terror lies ahead when she accepts work from billionaire John Logan.
Beneath her gifted hands a face emerges from the skull he has given her to reconstruct—a face no one was ever meant to see. Now Eve is trapped in a frightening web of murder and deceit. Powerful enemies are determined to cover up the truth, and they will make certain that truth goes to the grave...even if Eve gets buried with it.
I knew I would enjoy the plot of this story from the synopsis. I think the story really flowed well and grabbed my attention from the start. It had such great pacing. The story, in parts, were pretty brutal, and I liked that too. I like when an author can wrote and not worry about who they may offend, after all a person can decide to not read the book. There was plenty of action going on this book and it had a nice creepy air to it great thrills and chills. I enjoyed all of the different elements that were in this book. The author writes with great imagery and that is always a plus.
The characters were all written pretty well, there are a lot of good guys and bad guys and readers will find themselves trying to figure out who they like and don't like, I know I did. You get to learn a lot about Eve Duncan in this first book. I do like her a lot, she is a very strong female protagonist, but I find that she is a bit contolling, she always has to be at the reigns, and also she has a bit of an unrealistic outlook on things at times. Other than that, I really do enjoy her as a character and I look forward to how she grows throughout the series.
I can recommend this book really to anyone who likes thrillers, cause this is a nice big thrill ride. I look forward to the rest of the books in this series and I am keeping my fingers crossed that I continue to like them. I think Iris Johansen is a very gifted writer.
I chose this book for my month of mystery because I have been collecting Kay Hooper books for quite some time and it is a bout time that I start getting to them. This was also the only standalone I had of hers, so I tool a chance on it. Kay Hooper is also a first time read for me.
SynopsisDanger wears many faces....
Ten years ago Rachel Grant's fiancé, Thomas, disappeared. His body was never found. Now there's a stranger in town, a man who could be Thomas's twin--or his ghost.
His name is Adam Delafield. He's been watching Rachel for days. He has the locket she gave Thomas before he vanished. And he says he owed her father three million dollars.
But there's no record of the loan—or a shred of proof that Adam is who he claims to be. And he's always nearby as accidents begin to threaten Rachel's life.
Is he an innocent man who only wants to repay a debt? Or a figure from the past with a score to settle? Rachel must expose lies and unravel stories, find out who wants her dead and why...before the next attempt to kill her succeeds.
I was really attracted to the plot of this story. It was very intriguing, and of course I had all kinds of possible scenarios pop up in my head before I even started the book. The book had great pacing and just flowed very well and I did not want to put it down. There are also some great elements in this story such as mystery of course, but also creepy, paranormal, thriller and romance. A lot of great mystery solving for readers, which is always good.
The characters were developed ok. I felt like I would have enjoyed a bit more back story on some of them to make them a little more believable. I did like Adam, but was on the fence with him almost the whole story, not sure if he was trustworthy or not, so definitely pushes readers to keep reading and figure it out. Overall a great story and well worth the read. I look forward to more of her stuff in the near future.
I chose this book for my month of mystery because I have collected many of this series and decided it was time to start reading them rather than just let them sit there. I am glad I finally jumped into this series since it is a very long one.
SynopsisUnder cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a human monster strikes, leaving a gruesome trail of stranglings that has paralyzed the city. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta suspects the worst: a deliberate campaign by a brilliant serial killer whose signature offers precious few clues. With an unerring eye, she calls on the latest advances in forensic research to unmask the madman. But this investigation will test Kay like no other, because it's being sabotaged from within—and someone wants her dead.
Of course I loved the plot of the book since it was on a serial killer. To me that is the best plot for a mystery book. I felt like the pacing was a bit slow though for my tastes until about halfway through the book when it finally picked up and got much more exciting. I did enjoy all the mystery to be solved in this, but was a little let down by who the bad guy was, and it was not what I had expected at all. There was however enough to the story regardless of pacing for me to keep reading.
I really enjoyed the wide array of characters in this story. I like Kay Scarpetta, I like her strengths and her ability to stand on her own, but I am a little disappointed that she really does not have any weaknesses either. She is not that 'perfect' character, but she is not flawed either and I really like my characters to be a bit flawed. Other than that the characters were developed pretty well.
I recommend this to anyone who likes a good mystery with great characters. Had there been better pacing it could have easily ben a 4. I do look forward to the next book in the series and hope for it to be much faster paced.
I discovered this story when I was looking for a book on Audible and decide to get it and read it since it was free. This is a short story and I was really excited to get into a new Zombie story but this is more along the lines of dark humor concerning Zombies rather than a horror. There is also a lot of vulgar language in this one but still gave me a laugh or two. Not bad for being a short and somewhat entertaining.
I decided on reading this book for my Month of Mystery TBR for August. I had heard that her books are standalone books and I had been collecting quite a few, so it was time to start reading some of her works since I had so many. I am glad that I read it.
SynopsisFive women are missing from the sleepy mountain town of Cleary, North Carolina, and a blue ribbon has been left near where each woman was last seen. Lilly Martin has returned to Cleary to close the sale of her cabin. But when her car skids and strikes a stranger, Ben Tierney, as he emerges from the woods, they've no choice but to wait out a brutal blizzard in the cabin. And as the hours of their confinement mount, Lilly wonders if the greater threat to her safety isn't the storm, but the stranger beside her....
The plot was interesting, but I found that it did not flow all that well , it was pretty slow for the first half of the book. I also thought that it could have been cut by about 50 pages. With all of that said it did finally pick up quite a bit about midway through the story and I found that it became quite exciting. There is a lot of mystery involved with this one and I was fooled many times thinking I knew what was going on right from the start. I love the mystery so much!
I did quite enjoy the wide range of colorful characters in this one. So many different personalities with several of those you just cold not bring yourself to trust. I can't say too much more about them without giving something away. I found thme all to be vry well developed with plenty of characters to both love and hate.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves mystery. I just must say you have to be patient for this one since it has a pretty slow start, but hang on because it takes off and spins a great tale. I do look forward to reading more of Sandra Brown's works and keeping fingers crossed that they have a better start to them. This could easily had been a 5 star read if the beginning had a bit ore to it, instead it is getting a 3.5 from me.
This book #3 of the Grant County series. Although this series is not as good as the Will Trent Series I am still enjoying it and plan on continuing with this story.
SynopsisAn apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. But a horribly mutilated corpse yields up few answers. And a suspicious rash of subsequent "suicides" suggests that a different kind of terror is stalking the youth of Heartsdale, Georgia -- a nightmare that is coming to prey on Sara Linton's loved ones.
A small town is being transformed into a killing ground. And the key to a sadistic murderer's motive and identity may be held in the unsteady hands of a campus security guard -- a former police detective driven from the force by the hellish memories that will never leave her. Lena Adams survived the unthinkable and has paid a devastating price. Now the survival of future victims may depend upon her ... when she can barely protect herself.
I find the plots to most of these books are much more brutal than those of the Will Trent Series. So they may not be for the faint of heart. As the story unfolds we are introduced to A LOT of different characters, both the good and the bad, and those you think are bad might be good and vice versa. I thought there was a lot going on in this one, but it was still relatively easy to follow, and I still found the storytelling very fluid, but that is because I find Karin Slaughter an excellent writer. I felt like this one really makes readers think and try to decide who the bad guys are and it really is hard to figure it out. Then the ending of this book blew my mind and just opened me up to a ton more questions that I do hope eventually get answered somewhere in the rest of this series.
The characters, while pretty well developed at this point really kind of disappointed me. I ended up really hating Jeffrey because I found him to be a real ass, making me wonder what Sara still sees in him, and then doubting Lena because she is really showing a side of her that I did not expect to see. Sara, I still pretty much like, she is mostly the same as she is in the Will Trent series. Then there are characters in this book that I was just not sure about, showing that they were one way and end up being something completely different. So there is a lot to sort through and some pretty colorful characters as far as that all goes.
I definitely can recommend this to anyone who is a fan of Karin Slaughter. She is such a gifted writer. I look forward to continuing with this series.
