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3.04 AVERAGE
3.04 AVERAGE
This book is absolutely bananas and messy AF. Every time I thought the stakes couldn't be raised or another twist couldn't happen, I was proven wrong. I enjoyed it, but don't know if I'd call it "good". The pacing didn't totally work for me and I fell like it could have been 50ish pages shorter. But I do love thrillers where everyone is a bad person and I absolutely couldn't put it down.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2.75/5
Kelly was not my favorite character in the book; her behavior was unbearable. One minute she is fearing for her life and the next minute she is obsessed about them. The story was intriguing at the beginning, but after they engaged in the sexual relationship, the plot became boring and I just wanted the story to end.
Kelly was not my favorite character in the book; her behavior was unbearable. One minute she is fearing for her life and the next minute she is obsessed about them. The story was intriguing at the beginning, but after they engaged in the sexual relationship, the plot became boring and I just wanted the story to end.
dark
tense
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
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Kelly needs a change of scenery when her relationship hits the rocks. The only issue? It's early days of the pandemic and there is nowhere for her to go. But then her recently rekindled friend, Sabrina, offers to host Kelly in her pod at her beautiful home outside of DC Somewhere between healing heartbreak, sparks flying, and the suspense around their enclosed mansion, things take a turn for Kelly.
***
I have to say, I loved the suspense and sexiness of this novel. I know a lot of reviews didn't want to put it in the thriller category, but I actually think it works. Sure there's the suspense of the romance, but there's always something sinister lurking under the surface. There's some great balancing between wanting the romance and being nervous for Kelly.
All that being said, it didn't fully connect for me in the end. I definitely didn't see the ending coming, but not in a good way. In a, OKKK WHATEVER, way. I just didn't feel satisfied.
I'd still recommend just for the first 80% alone.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC!
***
I have to say, I loved the suspense and sexiness of this novel. I know a lot of reviews didn't want to put it in the thriller category, but I actually think it works. Sure there's the suspense of the romance, but there's always something sinister lurking under the surface. There's some great balancing between wanting the romance and being nervous for Kelly.
All that being said, it didn't fully connect for me in the end. I definitely didn't see the ending coming, but not in a good way. In a, OKKK WHATEVER, way. I just didn't feel satisfied.
I'd still recommend just for the first 80% alone.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC!
mysterious
tense
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
The fact that no one killed Kelly - when I would've happily volunteered! - is a disappointment I cannot get over. She had one brain cell and it was barely even interested in keeping her conscious. The stupidity of this woman, I cannot. She literally just spent the entire book latching on to the last thing out of people's mouths and going: that must be the truth! About absolutely anything! Every time! And, honey, no, it was just the last thing you heard, those aren't the same things, you pretty little idiot. Sabrina going, 'you just go along with everything!' YES, that is, in fact, your entire personality and you should be embarrassed about that and yet somehow you don't seem to be??? I didn't even care who did it or why or any of the plot by the time we started getting answers, I just wanted to get out of this stupid woman's head because it was PAINFUL to be in it.