312 reviews for:

The Venue

T.J. Payne

3.7 AVERAGE

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Quick and fun read.

Definitely worth the 99p I paid for it.

The premise was great and the story moved at a quick pace.
dark tense fast-paced
adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Venue is like if your favorite summer slasher was a book not a movie.
dark 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
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

My first two star rating of the year. I liked the premise of this one, and I think it would make a really fun slasher film, but this book never really took off for me.
I wish we'd found out more about Caleb and Lillith, especially Lillith. She just generally came across as a psychopath whereas Caleb came across a little be more complicated. Their relationship seemed very hard to get as well, and I wish there'd been more from their POV so the reader could have got inside their heads a bit more.
The book starts off well and I enjoyed the build up of tension as the wedding has this odd atmosphere. The rest sort of fell flat for me though to be honest. Which is a shame because I read In My father's Basement and it was a much better book.
dark tense fast-paced