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Cold Dark Places by Kylie Brant

laurslib's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A

4.0

I knew where this story was headed pretty quickly and typically that would make me hate to continue, but this one kept me hooked and added the perfect twists. This is my first read by the author and I’m ready to check out more. 

brittanysimon's review against another edition

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5.0

WOW. This book was amazing and scary at the same time! I could not get enough, nor did I want to put it down. It literally kept me guessing every move of all the characters. This book was full of twists and turns and it was just so great! Please do yourself a favor and read this book! You will not be disappointed.

deepfriedfairy's review against another edition

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4.0

I loved this book and every character. I will definitely be reading the others in the series as they come out. This was my first time reading a book by Kylie Brant and now I want to look up more of her books.

Eryn Pullman was 9 years old when she was found with the dead body of her mother. Her mother had been stabbed to death and Eryn was found with the bloody knife. A judge sent her to a mental facility and at the age of 21 she is finally getting to go home. The local community is not happy about that though and tries to block their way onto the property. The sheriff has to intervene. A short time later a child-killer escapes from a forensic facility that was a few miles from where Eryn had been kept. Multiple agencies are called in to help find him as fast as possible and hopefully, before he kills another child. In the course of going through the escapee's room and possessions they discover he had an MP3 player but the songs changed to speech. They discover the man had been listening to Eryn's patient notes from her doctor. Why? No one knows but all the agencies are racing against the clock to stop him before he hurts someone.

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ri49ck's review against another edition

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4.0

This one took awhile to come together. There are a lot of different things going on with no clue as to how they are tied together. It moves very quickly at the end after it moved slowly at the beginning. I liked it and hope there will be more now that there are well developed characters.

thewriterlife's review against another edition

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4.0

A good crime read

I liked this book. The author went back and forth between characters and times but did a good job still moving the plot forward.

courtlane's review against another edition

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

4.25

bibliotequeish's review against another edition

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2.0

Eryn has been recently released from an institution for killing her mother when she was 9.
Trying to re-acclimate herself back into her small town Eryn finds herself in the middle of a new mystery.
Sam Aldeen has escaped from an institution for the criminally insane. And he didn't do it alone.

As good as the description sounds, nothing about this book grabbed me, nothing held my attention.
There was a mystery, there was a twist, but when it was revealed it was more of a
'oh, ok' moment and not a 'wow' moment.

There were some loose ends and I guess that is because this will be a series following Cady Maddix, a US Marshall.
I can see why this book would appeal to people, just not my cup of tea.

jpustka's review against another edition

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3.0

This book was a mixed bag for me. It got off to a good start and the ending was fine. I think I would have liked more character development and interaction/connection between the characters. The story was very plot driven and a bit convoluted.

thatrachelgirl's review

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5.0

Pretty good mystery. Would have liked a little more length to the ending. It wrapped up a bit too quickly.