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A review by slc333
Vicarious by Paula Stokes
4.0
I received a preview from Netgalley and I must say I CANNOT WAIT til I can get my hands on the whole thing. I haven't given it a rating because I want to wait til i read the whole thing but it is currently on track as a 4 or 5 star. It is action-packed with a great mystery, fascinating characters and I cannot wait to find out more.
Edit 9 July 2017
So I finally got my hands on a copy aaand that was a total mind fuck. I mean I knew things weren’t going to be as they seemed ( you could just tell it was that kind of book) but I still was not expecting that ending. No I wont say more even in a spoiler it would ruin the entire book if I did.
I liked Winter and how determined she was to find out what happened to Rose. She was an interesting mix of vulnerable, strong, stubborn and compliant. After an action packed start it slowed somewhat in the middle but was still interesting in terms of the mystery and finding out about Rose’s life before the action picks up again at the end. However, as dramatic and interesting as the ending was it felt too rushed and abrupt, particularly given how slow the pacing was in the middle part of the book. I know that the story will continue in the next book so not everything needed to be tied up but there should be some sense of resolution and there was none. It was like the story just stopped in the middle because it has hit a certain word count. It didn’t have to be that way. I mean we have chapter after chapter of Winter watching Rose's vises and speculating. Then you have this big reveal from which there is a ton of fallout but before we (or Winter) can process this – bang, bang a couple of other things happen in quick sucesession and the story ends without processing or dealing with the fall out.
Edit 9 July 2017
So I finally got my hands on a copy aaand that was a total mind fuck. I mean I knew things weren’t going to be as they seemed ( you could just tell it was that kind of book) but I still was not expecting that ending. No I wont say more even in a spoiler it would ruin the entire book if I did.
I liked Winter and how determined she was to find out what happened to Rose. She was an interesting mix of vulnerable, strong, stubborn and compliant. After an action packed start it slowed somewhat in the middle but was still interesting in terms of the mystery and finding out about Rose’s life before the action picks up again at the end. However, as dramatic and interesting as the ending was it felt too rushed and abrupt, particularly given how slow the pacing was in the middle part of the book. I know that the story will continue in the next book so not everything needed to be tied up but there should be some sense of resolution and there was none. It was like the story just stopped in the middle because it has hit a certain word count. It didn’t have to be that way. I mean we have chapter after chapter of Winter watching Rose's vises and speculating. Then you have this big reveal from which there is a ton of fallout but before we (or Winter) can process this – bang, bang a couple of other things happen in quick sucesession and the story ends without processing or dealing with the fall out.