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Billie Wichkan (118 KP) rated Out of the Pocket in Books

May 22, 2019

For over a century, the town of Green Beach has frightened its children with the tragic legend of Joshua Thorne. Hes the reason it not only locks its doors at night but nails its windows shut. Steeped in romance and revenge, his is the kind of story Angela Ironwright lives for.
When the specter of Joshua appears to her, insisting shes the only one who can help him piece together the fragments of his own murder, she follows him without a second thought into a place he calls the Pocket, a beautiful hidden world of jumbled memory and imagination. But the Pocket holds more than magic and mystery. Before long, its other reclusive inhabitants begin to call out to Angela, warning her not to trust Joshua and begging for her help to escape his dark power.
Angelas sure there must be some misunderstanding, and shes determined to set it straight. Otherwise, finding justice will mean betraying the only boy whos ever liked her.
Smart and genre-savvy, Out of the Pocket is a dark, honest, subversive take on the modern paranormal love story.

The plot is about a girl named Angela who doesn't have a great life in reality being ignored or ridiculed by others gets pulled into a fantasy where she falls in love and goes through perilous adventures.
Very good characters with a good story line. The characters are real with strangeness thrown in.
Love all the twist and turns.
You find yourself very surprised in a good way by this book.
This was my first from this author and I look forward to more.

I received a free copy via AXP Authors but this is my own honest voluntary review.

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Zuky the BookBum (15 KP) rated In a Dark, Dark Wood in Books

Mar 15, 2018

In a Dark, Dark Wood

Ruth Ware | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry, Thriller

8.0

(22 Ratings)

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Also find my review here: http://bit.ly/28MAUwP

DNF at around 80%

I was so ready to love this book! I'd been wanting it <b>forever!</b> So when I finally got my hands on it I got straight to it and starting reading, but oh dear god, how wrong I was to be excited about this.

Now I'm not saying this is a badly written book, or the characters are boring etc etc, I actually find the writing style of Ware really nice to read <i>but</i> I thought the plot was so incredibly predictable it was honestly hard to keep my eyes from rolling every 5 pages. I know I'm not the only one who thought this because I spoiled the ending for myself by reading some of the answered questions relating to the book just so I wouldn't have to put myself through the last 20%.

The ending is the biggest load of crap ever (sorry to be so harsh). It's ridiculous! Plus I totally guessed it as soon as we found out about Clare & James.

Personally, my recommendation to you is don't waste your time or money on this. If you're looking for a thriller go read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1509092035">Behind Closed Doors</a> instead. It's so much more tense and thrilling than this novel that I can assure you, you've probably read 5 times already because it's plot is so over done.

You might be wondering why I gave this 2 stars when all I seem to be doing is hating on it, but Ware is a good writer and her characters are well developed and interesting.... she just needs to work on her plot development.

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Kristin (149 KP) rated Vengeance is Mine (Benjamin Tucker, #1) in Books

Dec 7, 2018

Disclaimer: I received an e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

Ben is a reporter, and he's been brought in to shed light on a new case that's baffling local law enforcement. With his keen investigative knowledge and sharp eyes, they're hoping he can tell them how this killer is managing to get into women's homes, considering all the doors and windows are locked except the front one as he leaves the grisly scene behind. Aside from this, Ben has a few of his own issues: He's supposed to be writing a mystery novel, but his brain's stuck in reverse, and he doesn't feel like it would be anywhere near as good as his first book, a true-crime novel. He's also having to deal with his ex, who's determined to take half the royalties from that first book, seeing as how he worked on it while they were still together (divorces are grand, aren't they?). Even beyond all that, it turns out this current killer has more than just a passing fancy with Ben, and poor Ben gets dragged along for the ride as this story heats up.

I definitely enjoyed this novel, as I always love a good mystery/thriller. The main characters were very personable, and I like how Ben tries to use his skills as a journalist to not only do what he's been asked by law enforcement, but also to try and figure out just why this killer is obsessed with him. There are certainly some shocking twists all throughout the story, and I can say that I was on the edge of my seat more than once, trying to speed-read so I could get to the next jump.

4 1/2 stars