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helenphu's review
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
spinmeyouryarns's review
4.0
3.5 stars
Interesting plot, though a little dark.
The romance element felt a little on the back burner, but I really loved the friendship evolving between Tory and Faith.
Interesting plot, though a little dark.
The romance element felt a little on the back burner, but I really loved the friendship evolving between Tory and Faith.
amyreadsbooks3's review
3.0
Good, but not my favorite. The ending ruined it for me. It was too abrupt and didn’t feel connected to the rest of the book.
stephnajera's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
ms_michaele's review against another edition
2.0
This likely would have been 3 stars, but the narration was terrible.
The book could also really use an epilogue, it felt unfinished.
The book could also really use an epilogue, it felt unfinished.
pvevans's review
5.0
I really liked this book. I did listen it, and I liked the narrator.
I did guess the killer staight off though. I thought it was pretty obvious. But all in all a good book.
I did guess the killer staight off though. I thought it was pretty obvious. But all in all a good book.
bekies_reads's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Violence
junkie_forthe_written_word's review
1.0
12/11/12 I would just like to make a small note for authors writing about the south.
On Sweet Iced Tea. <-- This is the natural state of tea below Virginia. Nobody says, "Would you care for an iced tea?" Because it's just tea, it's understood to be sweet and iced. Nobody says, "Hey let's go out for an iced tea!" Because you have it right there in your house and if you don't, it's because you've run out and you will have more in 10 minutes. When you go to a restaurant, no one orders iced tea, they order TEA and it comes to the table sweet and with ice.
I understand this is confusing because the rest of the world has a different idea of tea. The first time I traveled outside of the south I was at a restaurant and I ordered tea and they brought me a coffee cup full of hot water and a tea bag and some sweet n low, and I was all:
But please understand, here, if you want that kind of tea you're going to have to say, "Yes, I'd like a coffee cup full of hot water and a tea bag with some sugar on the side." BECAUSE THE NATURAL STATE OF TEA IS SWEET AND ICED, you don't have to specify.
12/12/12
This book was, I guess, supposed to be a murder mystery and a romance. It failed at both.
The best part of this book, for me, was that it was set in the Pee Dee area of SC and mentioned many towns I'm familiar with, even Dillon. There my thrills ended.
The romance, or lackthereof, was... mmm... unromantic. I've had more sparks fly with inanimate objects than these two characters had with each other.
The murder mystery, yeah, about that. There are rules when writing a murder mystery. You have to give clues and then follow through with them. You can't just give no clues, or give misleading clues, and then BAM on the last 3 pages reveal a murderer who was under absolutely no suspicion and no clues are given that he's a skeezehead. I mean really that's not giving your reader even the slightest chance to figure the crap out, it's cheating.
Also a psychic, really?
On Sweet Iced Tea. <-- This is the natural state of tea below Virginia. Nobody says, "Would you care for an iced tea?" Because it's just tea, it's understood to be sweet and iced. Nobody says, "Hey let's go out for an iced tea!" Because you have it right there in your house and if you don't, it's because you've run out and you will have more in 10 minutes. When you go to a restaurant, no one orders iced tea, they order TEA and it comes to the table sweet and with ice.
I understand this is confusing because the rest of the world has a different idea of tea. The first time I traveled outside of the south I was at a restaurant and I ordered tea and they brought me a coffee cup full of hot water and a tea bag and some sweet n low, and I was all:
But please understand, here, if you want that kind of tea you're going to have to say, "Yes, I'd like a coffee cup full of hot water and a tea bag with some sugar on the side." BECAUSE THE NATURAL STATE OF TEA IS SWEET AND ICED, you don't have to specify.
12/12/12
This book was, I guess, supposed to be a murder mystery and a romance. It failed at both.
The best part of this book, for me, was that it was set in the Pee Dee area of SC and mentioned many towns I'm familiar with, even Dillon. There my thrills ended.
The romance, or lackthereof, was... mmm... unromantic. I've had more sparks fly with inanimate objects than these two characters had with each other.
The murder mystery, yeah, about that. There are rules when writing a murder mystery. You have to give clues and then follow through with them. You can't just give no clues, or give misleading clues, and then BAM on the last 3 pages reveal a murderer who was under absolutely no suspicion and no clues are given that he's a skeezehead. I mean really that's not giving your reader even the slightest chance to figure the crap out, it's cheating.
Also a psychic, really?