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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I devoured this book! It was everything you want in a perfect summer read – secrets, exotic location (Greek islands) and the spoiled rich young people. It started kind of slow, but it was interesting enough that I kept reading to find out where this was all going. I can’t tell that I liked any of the characters but that didn’t bother me, it was the reason this story was so good. The ending was a little disappointing, but I hope it means there’s a second book in the works already…
This is a great beach/pool summer read. I highly recommend it!
Thank you Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine – Bantam for a free ARC in exchange for my honest review.
This is a great beach/pool summer read. I highly recommend it!
Thank you Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine – Bantam for a free ARC in exchange for my honest review.
slow-paced
This story was a rough. Two POVs in the story; one reliable and one not.
One POV is a young lawyer too busy to take a vacation?!? lol
One POV is a formerly very rich heiress trying to navigate life as just a normal rich woman.
I’m not even sure what happened at the end??? Sigh.
One POV is a young lawyer too busy to take a vacation?!? lol
One POV is a formerly very rich heiress trying to navigate life as just a normal rich woman.
I’m not even sure what happened at the end??? Sigh.
Katherine Wood's (aka @thekatwritesbooks and Katherine St. John) writes an addictive and suspenseful mystery that plays with your perceptions from start to finish.
Ladykiller is part thriller, part character study, part romance, and it plunges into an opulent world where secrets run deep and friendships are tested under the sun-drenched skies of Greece.
When Gia returns to Greece after her father's death to prepare the estate for sale she mysteriously disappears. Gia's childhood friend, Abby, and younger brother, Benny, embark on a tense search to uncover what really happened. Abby and Benny's journey takes them from Sweden—where Gia fails to show up for a birthday vacation—to the eerily quiet Greecian beachfront property where they once spent a life-changing summer.
All that remains is Gia’s explosive manuscript, a firsthand account that veers between confessional and conspiratorial. But as Abby and Benny dig deeper, nothing is quite as it seems.
What I Loved:
• The alternating perspectives and clever use of Gia’s manuscript keep the reader guessing about the reliability of each narrator.
• The characters’ complex backstories create an intriguing interplay of loyalty, jealousy, and regret.
What I Disliked:
• The ending. WTF.
Ladykiller is part thriller, part character study, part romance, and it plunges into an opulent world where secrets run deep and friendships are tested under the sun-drenched skies of Greece.
When Gia returns to Greece after her father's death to prepare the estate for sale she mysteriously disappears. Gia's childhood friend, Abby, and younger brother, Benny, embark on a tense search to uncover what really happened. Abby and Benny's journey takes them from Sweden—where Gia fails to show up for a birthday vacation—to the eerily quiet Greecian beachfront property where they once spent a life-changing summer.
All that remains is Gia’s explosive manuscript, a firsthand account that veers between confessional and conspiratorial. But as Abby and Benny dig deeper, nothing is quite as it seems.
What I Loved:
• The alternating perspectives and clever use of Gia’s manuscript keep the reader guessing about the reliability of each narrator.
• The characters’ complex backstories create an intriguing interplay of loyalty, jealousy, and regret.
What I Disliked:
• The ending. WTF.
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:
Yes
Good story! Kept me entertained and guessing. Satisfying ending, too!
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I can not believe more people don’t talk about this book!!! It has everything I love in a summer thriller, scandal, smuttiness, and a mystery that keeps you guessing until the very end!!
This will be a book I will keep recommending and won’t stop talking about for a while!
This will be a book I will keep recommending and won’t stop talking about for a while!