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The Venue

T.J. Payne

3.7 AVERAGE

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

This could possibly be, dare I say it, a perfect horror novel. 
 
It's insanely readable and compelling. The pacing is immaculate. Loved the camp vibes. 
 
It's so completely believable - both in the setting/events and in the way the characters reacted throughout the book. This just made it even more terrifying as I could really see it happening in this reality (though reading other reviews I may be alone in this!).
 
It's got great LGBT representation. 
 
It’s got hard emotional hits AND really gory body horror. 
 
And the ending was really strong! It felt so genuine and not cheesy at all, which seems to be a struggle a lot of authors have with this kind of ending. 
 
Just wow. This is my first T. J. Payne, but definitely won't be my last! 
dark funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark tense medium-paced
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The perfect wedding doesn't exist, psh.

I went into this blind and have zero regrets. Monstrous characters, tons of gore, incel mentality and a strong eat the rich vibe - i loved it. Will be updating this review later!

3.5
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The premise of the book was interesting and overall liked the very exclusiveness of the venue. But overall the whole reason behind why the characters were doing what they did was a bit weak and sort of dumb. The characters weren’t developed much and I think if they had been a bit more, I would have cared and felt more for the story. Just a meh for me.
tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes