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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
This book was easy to get into. I enjoyed how each chapter was back in forth between Lydia & Merritt. I endulged in this as an immersive reading which I’m glad I did. I did not guess the several plot twist that happened & I think that made this book even better to me. The mastermind was not as smart as they thought at the end of the day.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wow
I thought I had figured out what was going to happen in this book but there were so many twist and turns! I would have never guessed it would end the way it did. I could not put this down!!
I thought I had figured out what was going to happen in this book but there were so many twist and turns! I would have never guessed it would end the way it did. I could not put this down!!
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Underwhelming. I listened on Audio and would have probably DNF’d otherwise. The twists worked well (if a little far fetched) but the ending was abrupt and unsatisfying
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
sad
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:
No
As a Thriller.. I can’t say I’d call this one “thrilling”. Promising, yes.
A young female newlywed goes missing. Nearly 10 years later she reappears on her husband’s (and his current wife’s) doorstep.
The story line is very linear. It reads quick and I wouldn’t say it’s boring but it is.. lacking.
There’s honestly just not enough characters to make it exciting. There’s no red herring and therefore the culprit/ending we expect is pretty much what we get.
A young female newlywed goes missing. Nearly 10 years later she reappears on her husband’s (and his current wife’s) doorstep.
The story line is very linear. It reads quick and I wouldn’t say it’s boring but it is.. lacking.
There’s honestly just not enough characters to make it exciting. There’s no red herring and therefore the culprit/ending we expect is pretty much what we get.
Free uncorrected ARC from Net Galley.
I’ve read Minka Kent before and had this same thought — I like her actual writing. It’s easy and descriptive, includes random details that I enjoy, BUT the stories are lacking. So I like the writer, but not necessarily what she writes.
Lydia was kidnapped 9 years ago (personally I think 9 was too long. She would not have been healthy mentally or physically after 9 years — maybe change it to 2 or 3). She is held captive and has awful things happen to her. Lydia is able to flee her kidnapper when he shoots her in the shoulder and leaves her for dead.
Lydia returns to Bent Creek, Oregon and “surprises” her husband, Luca. She’d only been married to him for 3 months before she was taken. He’s now married to Merritt and has two kids. Spoiler: Luca is the one who kidnapped and held her prisoner for 9 years.
Lydia worries for Merritt and the kids after she finds a life insurance policy for them. She realizes he cashed in on her policy, which is where he got the money to start his successful restaurant business. Well, successful until recently, because now they’re broke.
Spoiler: Merritt is actually the mastermind behind Lydia’s kidnapping. She even found Lydia and told Luca to get her to marry him, I guess so he could take out a life insurance policy on her — Also, somehow that’s never explained, Merritt knew Lydia had no family or friends and would be an easy target. ANYway, blah blah showdown where Merritt kills Luca and leaves Lydia knocked unconscious (except not really) and sets the house on fire but Spoiler: Delphine, whom Lydia just met and has been living with, rescues Lydia. She saw that Lydia had used Delphine’s phone to order an Uber and followed her to the address she provided on the app.
The Luca as kidnapper twist was fun but not totally surprising. But the Merritt as mastermind twist was great!
I’ve read Minka Kent before and had this same thought — I like her actual writing. It’s easy and descriptive, includes random details that I enjoy, BUT the stories are lacking. So I like the writer, but not necessarily what she writes.
Lydia was kidnapped 9 years ago (personally I think 9 was too long. She would not have been healthy mentally or physically after 9 years — maybe change it to 2 or 3). She is held captive and has awful things happen to her. Lydia is able to flee her kidnapper when he shoots her in the shoulder and leaves her for dead.
Lydia returns to Bent Creek, Oregon and “surprises” her husband, Luca. She’d only been married to him for 3 months before she was taken. He’s now married to Merritt and has two kids. Spoiler: Luca is the one who kidnapped and held her prisoner for 9 years.
Lydia worries for Merritt and the kids after she finds a life insurance policy for them. She realizes he cashed in on her policy, which is where he got the money to start his successful restaurant business. Well, successful until recently, because now they’re broke.
Spoiler: Merritt is actually the mastermind behind Lydia’s kidnapping. She even found Lydia and told Luca to get her to marry him, I guess so he could take out a life insurance policy on her — Also, somehow that’s never explained, Merritt knew Lydia had no family or friends and would be an easy target. ANYway, blah blah showdown where Merritt kills Luca and leaves Lydia knocked unconscious (except not really) and sets the house on fire but Spoiler: Delphine, whom Lydia just met and has been living with, rescues Lydia. She saw that Lydia had used Delphine’s phone to order an Uber and followed her to the address she provided on the app.
The Luca as kidnapper twist was fun but not totally surprising. But the Merritt as mastermind twist was great!
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5⭐️ enjoyed the flow of the story, kept it interesting… good twists which were predictable but still shocking… cruelty and lack of empathy and humanity of some characters is scary and the fact that this can happen to someone in RL is just sad