3.78 AVERAGE

dark mysterious tense fast-paced
challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

2.5 stars rounded up.

This was somewhat predictable, but there were some ridiculous and far-fetched twists.

The dog Merlin seemed to fade away after his ice cream eating debut with very few mentions afterwards.

I am pretty certain I’ve said this in previous reviews for Kiersten, but her books are more young-adult and have me rolling my eyes at the communication between characters.

Still a quick read and ends well (for most of them)

3.5 stars rounded up.

I really enjoyed the creepy, eerie feeling to this entire book. From the moment Jack’s mother moves in, strange things begin happening and Loren is convinced her mother-in-law has something to do with it. Afterall, what does she really know about her new husband and his family?

I had been waiting and waiting to be genuinely creeped out by a book and I found it!! It wasn’t so much that it was actually scary but more so the fact that I could see all of this happening n real life and THAT would be terrifying. Can we say….SINGLE FOR LIFE!
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-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: Yes
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Yeah so this would've ended very differently if this was reality which made it someone frustrating to get through.
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes