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4.5 stars!
"Cardinals were Penn's favorite..."
Just before the start of her senior year in high school, Ella is attacked after a party on her way home. She escapes because a childhood friend Jensen rescued her, but other girls have gone missing. Afraid, Ella decides to take self-defense classes, as her attacker doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon.
But as more and more people begin to disappear Ella begins to think these random acts aren’t so random, that they’re connected to something that happened in the past. Except the person related to all of this died, four years ago….
“Sometimes I needed to get my head out of real life, and reading was the best and quickest way to do it.”
I really enjoyed this book, thrillers normally aren’t my thing buy Armentrout writes them in such a way that I cannot figure out the villain and the plot isn’t predictable. It’s so refreshing because when I normally read a mystery/thriller I can pretty much figure out what’s happening about halfway in. A very compelling and engaging story, I was captivated by everything that was happening, from the attack on Ella at the beginning, her issues at school and the romance with her and Jensen.
I was freaked out that the killer wore a clown mask, that was just too creepy for me. Plus the descriptions of the sounds he made gave me the chills and I had to stop reading this book at night so I could get some sleep without nightmares. The romance between Jensen and Ella was so sweet, JLA writes the best heroes in her books. All of them are very swoonworthy and a tiny bit alpha.
This is a bit mature for YA so I would recommend to older teens and not younger ones, just with the murder and adult content I think this is better for older readers. Just depends on the reader. A fantastic and thrilling read, many people will love this novel of suspense and be guessing until the very end.
“I want to be that guy-the one that when your phone rings, you hope it’s me. The one who holds your hand in the hallway at lunch. The guy who gets to hold you. I want to be the one who gets to touch you. I want to be yours.”
ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review
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"Cardinals were Penn's favorite..."
Just before the start of her senior year in high school, Ella is attacked after a party on her way home. She escapes because a childhood friend Jensen rescued her, but other girls have gone missing. Afraid, Ella decides to take self-defense classes, as her attacker doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon.
But as more and more people begin to disappear Ella begins to think these random acts aren’t so random, that they’re connected to something that happened in the past. Except the person related to all of this died, four years ago….
“Sometimes I needed to get my head out of real life, and reading was the best and quickest way to do it.”
I really enjoyed this book, thrillers normally aren’t my thing buy Armentrout writes them in such a way that I cannot figure out the villain and the plot isn’t predictable. It’s so refreshing because when I normally read a mystery/thriller I can pretty much figure out what’s happening about halfway in. A very compelling and engaging story, I was captivated by everything that was happening, from the attack on Ella at the beginning, her issues at school and the romance with her and Jensen.
I was freaked out that the killer wore a clown mask, that was just too creepy for me. Plus the descriptions of the sounds he made gave me the chills and I had to stop reading this book at night so I could get some sleep without nightmares. The romance between Jensen and Ella was so sweet, JLA writes the best heroes in her books. All of them are very swoonworthy and a tiny bit alpha.
This is a bit mature for YA so I would recommend to older teens and not younger ones, just with the murder and adult content I think this is better for older readers. Just depends on the reader. A fantastic and thrilling read, many people will love this novel of suspense and be guessing until the very end.
“I want to be that guy-the one that when your phone rings, you hope it’s me. The one who holds your hand in the hallway at lunch. The guy who gets to hold you. I want to be the one who gets to touch you. I want to be yours.”
ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review
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dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This gave me some SCREAM vibes. Really enjoyed it. Was surprised that I had actually managed to guess the answers as to who-what-etc kind of early on. I blame it on too many horror movies and CSI and Criminal Minds episodes. But still managed to enjoy it. For a YA this had quite a lot of sexual scenes. There was a lot of teenage lust between the MC and her love interest, which didn't bother me at all ;)
I love this authors books. I first read her back in 2011 when she started the Lux series so when I saw she wrote a YA thriller I had to read it.
Despite this author writing mostly sci-fi and fantasy YA she did a really good job with this book. I was so hooked to the story. And for once I didn’t have any idea who did the crime and was completely surprised when it came out and that is a big win for me.
Despite this author writing mostly sci-fi and fantasy YA she did a really good job with this book. I was so hooked to the story. And for once I didn’t have any idea who did the crime and was completely surprised when it came out and that is a big win for me.
2.5 star read. This book is a lot like the movie "Scream." However, the twist/killer at the end didn't make any sense to me.
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am loving this new side to JLA's writing. It's such a quick, fast read but you are in suspense the whole time. I could NOT put this book down. Definitely recommend!
First off, it was awesome that Jennifer put this up for free on Wattpad. Second off I really liked it. It was fun trying to figure out who the killer was, and I also liked seeing the parts from the past with Penn. Penn was my fave! Full review on my blog https://literarydust.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/review-the-dead-list/
Damn that was awesome! Read it once it was all out and I'm so glad I did! I would not have been able to wait weeks after weeks.
So yeah, it was perfect because it was JLA and everything she writes is amazing.
Furthermore(always wanted to use that word ( , I loved the whole whodunit thing, I don't read many thrillers but this book made me think I should, probably because the romance was also excellent and with a perfect male specimen and lots of cockblocking. So very JLA...
So yeah, it was perfect because it was JLA and everything she writes is amazing.
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