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Cold Dark Souls by Candace Wondrak

fffggg's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

2.25

nessan651's review against another edition

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5.0

Omg

Oh my god, I feel so sorry for poor Stella and even worse when she finds out the truth about callie.
Usually I don't read this type of series and not going to lie was a bit slower reading first book but I'm hooked, I'm just glad Stella has Ed Lincoln and killian to keep her busy

emersonreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

2.5

This book just makes me want to not even try to read the third book, so I most likely won't. This year I'm trying not to force myself to finish series or books that I don't think I'll like, and this series is one of them.

This book kind of went downhill extremely fast. I don't know where it went wrong but at some point I just caught myself skimming and not fully reading. I felt that there were things that were so repetitive, I don't know how the first book was as good as it was and then this one kind of fell off somewhere. Lincoln got on my nerves even more in this book, Edward is still a cinnamon roll that could kill you, and Killian was still a bit weird and wild at the same time. Stella on the other hand kind of started getting on my nerves in this book and I think its part of the reason I won't be finishing the series. 

Like I said I went into this looking for something similar to the Mindfu*k series and now I don't even want to relate the two books. Yes, they have like small similarities but other than that they're completely different stories. 

megath92's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

3.75

nothingcoherent's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

honeyitsbee's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

5.0

Now this is book was something, that’s for sure.

I was instantly drawn to this book because of Stella. She was quite strange from the start… yet some of her thoughts were strangely relatable. I found her oddly refreshing… well at the start at least….

Now we are Not gonna talk about how big of a red flag that may be for me and move on-

Where the Linc and Edward are concerned… well…. they’re certainly off their rockers. But hey! where’s the fun in them being not i suppose 🙂
I do like them tho… especially Ed.

Now let’s get into the real stuff…
  I’m not sure how exactly i knew… but i knew from early on… that something was off about Killian. But you see that first POV we got from him? that was when i pieced everything together — “Killian is another fucking Psycho!” is basically what i concluded at that point. I was kinda guessing at that point but idk i just had a bunch i suppose…

AND BOY OH BOY WAS I RIGHT! ( i’m totally gloating rn ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ) See when those other murders started and miss stella was on about her Angler Maker or what not… it became SO obvious just how deeply obsessed Killian was with her. How badly he wanted her attention.  Also the fact that poor Sandy was missing from work was a dead giveaway too..

But ya know what i did NOT expect? Callie. CALLIE. WHATEVER THE FUCK HAPPENED TO CALLIE?! my brain actually did not wrap my head around completely what had happened at the end… one thing is certain tho : Stella is A LOT more off the deep end than i was led to believe. Did she kill her awhile back and just did not know what to do with herself that she made herself believe she was still alive and well in that mind of hers? or… did she become obsessed with her a while back and killed her… but then still  claimed her to be her best friend because she liked her or something??! i don’t know. i really don’t fuckin how but you better believe i will find out!

i do have to say tho… i’m not sure i should be surprised about Callie… obviously she was not completely sane to as chill as she was the whole time. But it only obvious after the fact how many signs of some type of psychopathy.. she showed of maybe something like a sociopath… but she doesn’t exactly fit the description. But she doesn’t fit that of a psychopath either… she doesn’t try to decide people by acting “normal”… as much as she supposedly tried to blend in she did not try to conform or deceive people in that way…

anywayssss i digress! i’m no psychologist so i can’t tell what the fuck is wrong there but my point was there were some giveaways that something deeply wasn’t right.



If you’re wondering whether or not to read this book… well… i can’t actually tell you that because rick not trying to traumatise someone. But if you know already that you’re into this sort of stuff then, yes. I would never, recommend this to anyone i know  (for obvious reasons) but i can say that i did really enjoy this book. I found it quite interesting and they do have some hella plot twists at the end. 

cacereslikecasserole's review against another edition

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2.0

DNF at 30%. Ok fellow readers I reached my limit on the creep factor. My desire to find out what happens was outweighed by the legit description of the FMC torturing and murdering someone. Won’t be finishing this series

tarynor's review against another edition

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3.0

Better than the first! Stella got some agency, and things got SUPER gory and messed up.

jennallopez23's review against another edition

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4.0

Amazing

I can’t wait to finish the next book I’m so hooked at this point I don’t wanna put it down 10/10 recommend

caytiecadence's review against another edition

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4.0

Still good. Waiting for the big twist in 3. Need to know what the heck is going on with the roommate situation!!!