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Merissa (11953 KP) rated Kindred (The Darkwoods Trilogy #2) in Books

Mar 31, 2023 (Updated Apr 10, 2023)  
Kindred (The Darkwoods Trilogy #2)
Kindred (The Darkwoods Trilogy #2)
J.A. Redmerski | 2021 | Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult (YA)
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
This story continues 7 months from the end of Book 1 but it takes you straight back into the story. The second book in a trilogy can sometimes be a weak link, only really there to link book 1 to book 3, but not this one. This story continues along with the story but gives you more insight into the characters, both main and secondary, and their feelings for each other and the others whose lives intertwine with theirs.

There are a few twists and turns in this story, some that you can see building up and others that blindside you. It is emotionally laden without being bogged down and takes you along with Adria onto her journey into madness. Isaac is still coming into his own and is not sure about much apart from Adria but something will happen which makes him take a stand and I feel that he grows so much because of it.

This whole story is quite simply blowing me away and I have already started Book 3 - The Ballad of Aramei.
 
* Verified Purchase ~ January 2013 *
 
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
July 19, 2017
  
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Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Before He Finds Her in Books

Feb 8, 2018  
BH
Before He Finds Her
Michael Kardos | 2015
6
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
In 1991, Ramsey Miller holds a huge block party for his neighborhood. Then, the story goes, he drunkenly and angrily murdered his wife and young daughter.

However, that's not exactly the case: his daughter got away, via the Witness Protection Program, and is living in a small town in West Virginia. Renamed Melanie, she lives with her father's close friend and his wife; it's a cautious life, as her father was never found. However, as she nears 18, Melanie is tired of this life of secrets and hiding. Finding herself pregnant, she decides she doesn't want this life for her own child, so she heads back to her hometown to find her father herself.

The book weaves in Melanie's current life and discoveries with narrative of Ramsey's life leading up to the days of the block party, allowing us to figure out what happened along with Melanie.

This novel started out really well, and for a while, I was thinking it was going to be one of my favorites read so far this year. However, it soon petered out a bit, and the more I thought about it, I liked it less. There are just some odd plot holes that doesn't really make sense and leave you wondering. Further, even accounting for her upbringing, Melanie as a main character is so "blah" and doesn't stand up for herself, thereby making it very hard to root for her. I really found myself pulling for Ramsey at many points. Lots of potential, but doesn't really follow through.