Nice twist to the story half way through.

This one took me a bit to get into - I wasn't super in love from the first line. But it picked up, and it brought me along for the ride. Overall, I ended up quite enjoying The Prettiest One... and it helps that it was free via (formerly) Kindle First. I'm definitely open to giving another James Hankins novel a read!

This was a Free Bookbub read. Not my usual type of book, not much of a Thriller fan but I'll give anything a chance. I really liked. I liked the characters and was fascinated by the circumstances. I read it fast to see how it was going to unfold.

I really liked the ending. Thank you James Hankins for giving Caitlin/Katie/Katherine the ending she deserved.

I would read another book by this author.

Not very 'thriller' but I didn't hate it.
Hated josh more than at the start at the end. Bix was the ruggered hero.
Didn't hate but didn't love. Not much else to review today.

This was a fine read. It was interesting enough that I kept reading, but the ending was not a surprise. The only real surprise was that One-Eyed Jack and Bob had nothing to do with Twin Peaks. I kept waiting for some sort of clever reference to appear, and alas it never did.

I thought that when reviewing the involvement of one of the main characters in a past issue, an issue was closed that latter would be reopened, so at the climax you may feel the author betrayed your trust. Still, a reasonable thriller.

After reading the first few chapters, I was hooked. However, the plot revealed its secret half way thru the book (with unbelievable story). In addition, many points were repeatedly told in the same way with nothing to add or change in perspective. By ~80%, everything was clear and I lost my interest. But I had to know the ending which was personally disappointing.





---Spoilers---

- The fact that Caitlin was able to act like Katie whenever she wanted, is weird.
- The argument subject between Josh and Caitlin was a well-kept secret and a surprise in a bad way, especially when it was used as a convenient tool to get the Bogeyman physically involved.
- Bix was just an arsehole who wanted to go out with a wife. And his reason was "she didn't wanna talk, so I didn't give a damn". And right, he taught Katie "many things"... I'd rather read a book without him and had Caitlin discovered her lost memory piece-by-piece herself.
- Was Josh really in love with Caitlin to risk his life helping her find lost memory? Or was he trying to redeem himself without reminding her that he cheated? Well, it didn't matter. I mean what he did to help her didn't matter one bit.
- What in the world with those fake hands. I expected there was some big plot about them, but nope. Just a scam of a dead man.
- Finally Caitlin was confused about who she really was after living for twenty some years. But whatever let go the guy who owned a gun, lived in bad neighborhood, and could make a fake ID and sell a stolen car.

''Twas a good, smooth read.

Abandoned. Read first chapter and last. That was enough.