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Wicked Little Words by B.T. Urruela, Stevie J. Cole

fourclarkes's review against another edition

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4.0

4 ~ 4.5 Stars
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heather_reads_romance's review against another edition

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5.0

Wicked little words

I love reading Stevie's books because she always surprises me. I'm usually pretty good at figuring the story out and I never can with her books. Did not see that ending coming at all. Loved it

amw0621's review

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5.0

Whoa!!! Mind Blown!

I'm speechless and in shock. I was nervous to begin reading since I knew it wasn't my normal type of romance novel. I ended up having a few nightmares over the few days it took me to read this book. However, it was so good and entertaining. I normally predict exactly how the ending is going to happen long before I read the end of a book, but this one was much different. I did not expect that at all. The authors made a great team and gave me very vivid details that played out in mind. Round of applause to the both of you!

ikovski's review

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3.0


hello all you sick motherfuckers!


aaand this is a buddy read w/ young ladies hülya, tuğba, dilek. yeah.

before say anything u need to know "somethings" (of course you do cuz' my personality so fucking important).

- I watched so many -almost every one but all of good ones- suspense and and mystery and thriller and horror(violent ones, not haunted) movies.
- I usually like watching, not reading these genres.
- I watched god damn "a serbian movie" and thrust me after it i had enough.
- I have 'deep web' experience. (dont try to surf the deep web, as its name implies, deep... it's hard to do anyway.)
-> so violence, horror, blood, murder, torture or other sick things dont make my stomach turn or vomit or disgust.
- I'm an obsessive and I'm not proud of. but more than this I have mental disorders (im not a maniac) yes i said this before in my reviews.
-> the big so, the most important thing is: if in book or in movie or in real life, if there is no mental, emotional, "psychological" based reason or moves or fiction or characters, it's not touching me, not even a bit. but if there is, i'm just dying for it.


so, i didnt mindfucked (authors gave into my hand). usually i dont mindfuck. i can pass this. and in this book, any sick things didnt affect me i said why (even at the end cuz it was predictable). and after u read the book u can tell me it was "psychological", no it wasnt. Edwin was, but she isn't. Jax was maybe can be psychological but she is not, at least for me. For authors, Miranda was like a tool to shock me, not make me depressed or sob in tears or pissed from tension. i couldn't get her wounds and bloodthirstiness as mine cuz just like i said, Miranda like created for to be a shock machine, and i didnt and i said why.

at the beginning, fiction was very good, just it shouldnt go like this, to me. my opinion, Miranda should fall in love w/ Edwin. yeah i know i'm a romantic bitch but im not talking about pussifying Edwin's personality. (but either i dont like to read an other bonnie and clyde.) it would be great to read edwin's posessions and all his suffers. even maybe she should kill her, but better than this he should kill her (and others) and then write his last book and then kill himself. (maybe i'm a psychopath too LOL) and i'm talking about pages and lines about his suffer and posession and instability- between killing her or kissing her, between keeping her letting her. so this book would be more powerful, deep and sharp, at least for me. bc i loved reading every fucking sentences about Edwin's madness. so, story should go & end with Edwin. for the records, i love Edwin.

« “It’s what must be done. You’ll see how beautiful this will be. How perfect we will be together. How wonderful our words are. And when they read them… They will read our words. Our words. They will read our words.” »

(even maybe Jax could be more. and btw, why jax fucking rough? u dont have to write a rough fuck scene unconditionally in these kind of book)

but dont worry this is me, i was tensed too, i said 'omg' too but on the other hand it was predictable and meh. i said omg before i get the truth, after i got, i was like *meh, cmon*.

one more thing, i know every sick bastard think same way, move and stop same way, but there r differences. look at history. Edwin was just like others but YOU as a author, suprise me and change all these cliches cuz YOU said at the beginning from Edwin's mouth, he is so clever and watchful and smart. yeah i loved when he lost his control when he saw her with jax but it shouldt that way (i said how into upper paragraph). or such as, why she begged him "Please..." for fuck sake... ŞAŞIRT BENİ BEBEYİM!

this book is the last book
night night, dear
iko

dkayinthedesert's review

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5.0

Mind blown! I am not sure what I can say here except Read this book. Now. It was so twisted, yet done with such vulnerable and relatable characters. The end will leave you with your mouth wide open, and a WTF expression on your face. Makes me want to read it again just to find out if there were tells.

paperbackstash's review

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2.0

Reviewers are correct that the ending is a shocker and the best part of the story, but I struggled staying invested much. The writing style is basic thriller style but, besides the ending wink, the story wasn't very layered. Very review soon.

emmareadstooomuch's review

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5.0

So so so GOOD!!

Fucking disturbing as all hell, and written brilliantly.
The whole book I was convinced I knew where this story was going and how it would end- um I did not.

That fucking twist!! Got me good. Didn’t see it coming at all, which made me love it all the more.

I want to say more, but honestly, you need to go into this book knowing as little as possible. Trust me it’s better that way.

This was probably one of the scariest books I’ve ever read- loved every second of it.

totobatista's review

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4.0

Podés encontrar esta y otras reseñas en mi blog.

"Do you think any of those fucking readers paid attention to my writing before I started killing people? Before I started getting the murders in my own novels as realistic as possible? You bet your goddamn ass they didn't. They want the gore. They want the carnage. They want the mayhem. And goddamn it, I'm going to give it to them."

Llegué a enterarme de la existencia de este libro por pura casualidad al repasar los nominados a los Goodreads awards en la categoría de terror; esta novela perdió con The Fireman (que ni siquiera es una novela de terror ¬¬). La sinopsis me llamó la atención y, aprovechando que estaba en oferta, lo descargué a mi Kindle.
Por la sinopsis creí que iba a ser un libro de terror gore al mejor estilo Jack Ketchum, pero a medida que lo iba leyendo me sorprendió porque es mucho más que un simple libro que busca impresionar al lector con escenas aterradoras o desagradables.
En mi opinión este no es un libro gore o splatterpunk, sino que es una novela de terror psicológico muy bien desarrollada.

La historia es narrada en primera persona, en tiempo presente y cada capítulo es contado desde el punto de vista de tres personajes diferentes: Edwin Mercer (el autor desquiciado), Miranda Cross (la pobre chica que gana el concurso para escribir la novela) y Jax (un detective que está investigando los homicidios perpetrados por Mercer). Estos diferentes puntos de vista y la forma en la cual está escrito hacen que sea imposible de dejar de leer el libro pues te mete de lleno en la mente de los personajes; las personalidades de los protagonistas están perfectamente delineadas y son completamente diferentes, lo cual permite al lector conocer una misma historia desde puntos de vista que son radicalmente opuestos.

Los capítulos narrados por Mercer son verdaderamente impresionantes por la violencia y odio que reflejan (incluso insulta y se burla del lector constantemente), es como leer el testimonio de un verdadero psicópata. Además, el hecho de que el psicópata sea un autor best seller me gustó mucho porque le da cierto toque de originalidad; es como imaginar a un Jack Ketchum o Stephen King inspirándose en asesinatos verdaderos.
Los capítulos de Miranda y Jax no se quedan atrás: la inocencia de Miranda contrasta con la oscuridad de Mercer de forma perfecta, lo cual da lugar a una relación bastante enfermiza y llena de suspenso entre ambos personajes, y Jax no es el típico detective brillante, sino que es un joven detective lleno de dudas, traumas y problemas de autoestima.

Como dije al principio de la entrada, a pesar de que es un libro que trata temas muy oscuros (asesinatos, secuestros y todo tipo de violencia), no considero que pertenezca a la categoría gore, ya que la mayoría de los asesinatos transcurren "fuera de escena" y a partir de las descripciones que realiza Mercer. Si bien estas descripciones son bastante explícitas, no me resultaron tan impactantes como diferentes escenas de otras novelas gore que he leído. En mi opinión, lo perturbador de esta historia es la frialdad que demuestra Mercer al describir a sus víctimas, cómo tiene que contenerse para no matar a todo el que se cruza en su camino y cómo la pobre Miranda cae en su trampa sin sospechar en ningún momento. Es por esta razón que considero que Wicked Little Words puede ser una buena novela para introducirse en el género del gore, porque si bien tiene algunas escenas que te pondrán los pelos de punta y algunos momentos muy turbios, no es de los libros más "salados" que hay en la vuelta.

El final de esta historia es lo que hace que se diferencie de las típicas novelas sobre psicópatas. Si bien disfruté mucho de la lectura y lo terminé en una sola noche, la verdad es que sobre la mitad del libro parecía que estaba leyendo una novela de terror más, uno de esos libros "medio pelo" que no iba a dejarme nada memorable. Por suerte, los últimos capítulos son muy buenos e incluso más adictivos que la primera mitad: toda la tensión que se crea en la primera parte da lugar a uno de los mejores finales que he leído en este tipo de novelas, fue una agradable sorpresa.

Como nota final, otro aspecto bastante novedoso y que disfruté mucho de este libro es que cada capítulo lleva como título el nombre de una canción que está a tono con lo que ocurre en el capítulo correspondiente. Los autores incluyeron el link de una playlist de Spotify para poder escuchar esos temas, lo cual ayuda a meterse de lleno en la historia. Pueden escuchar la playlist en este enlace.

Calificación 8/10:
Wicked Little Words es una excelente novela de terror psicológico protagonizada por tres personajes muy bien construidos. Los diferentes puntos de vista y los capítulos cortos hacen que sea una lectura rápida, perfectamente puede leerse en una sola noche... y créeme que cuando lo empieces no vas a poder parar hasta llegar al increíble final de esta historia.
Dejando de lado algunos mínimos inconvenientes (que no voy a mencionar porque spoilers), es una buena historia de terror, muy recomendable si estás buscando una lectura rápida y entretenida.

ghostlyreader's review

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3.0

This was disappointing. I absolutely loved the ending but all but the last 15% of this book was very slow and not much happened so I honestly couldn't give it a higher rating.

linathebookaddict's review

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5.0

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Title: Wicked Little Words
Author: Stevie J. Cole & BT Urruela
Category: Dark, Thriller
Series or Standalone: Standalone
POV:Multiple
Plot: 5
Characters:5
Scorching Level 5
HEA: Um...seriously?



OMG. What the hell did I just read???
Sick and addictive read. These words sum this book up. Dear God, this duo nearly killed me with their wicked little words.
Miranda is a socially awkward woman who is trying to make a career in creative writing. Her big chance comes when an international best selling author needs someone to co-author a new book with.
Miranda is chosen but she never saw it coming. Edwin is not who she thought he was. He has secrets; deadly secrets.

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Enter a world of murders, sick minds and perversion.
The book is fast paced and even though I guessed what was going on pretty soon, I couldn't stop reading. If you are looking for a collaboration that will make you gasp and flinch in horror, then this is for you.
I recommend this flawlessly woven tale.
5 Stars

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