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A review by bubblewombat
No Way Back by Santana Knox
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Okay so, I didn't care for the first book, and thought I might be making a mistake by picking this up, HOWEVER, it was better than No Way Out, and it ended on a cliffhanger that made me want to continue the series, so there's that.
But in so many ways it's worse (read: darker) than book one, I truly am disgusted and traumatised. And the thing is, the plot itself does have something there, it's giving pretty good Halloween slasher flick vibes, there's just a few scenes that ruin it in between.
One scene is what I feel like a lot of people imagine happens to pedos in prison, but that doesn't mean I want to read about it in graphic detail, you know? That was too much for me so I am pretending I never read it, eyes closed, only happy thoughts etc etc.
Another one is with a cop, but something like that happened in book one already so I was expecting it. And then there's one with Naya and I feel so bad for her, and I wasn't even attached to her as a character, but damn.
If those scenes weren't in the book, easy four stars. But since they are...
Anyway, please check the trigger warnings, this is HEAVY on the horror. I do wonder if we'll get some paranormal elements thrown in because of those little crumbs at the end too.
But in so many ways it's worse (read: darker) than book one, I truly am disgusted and traumatised. And the thing is, the plot itself does have something there, it's giving pretty good Halloween slasher flick vibes, there's just a few scenes that ruin it in between.
One scene is what I feel like a lot of people imagine happens to pedos in prison, but that doesn't mean I want to read about it in graphic detail, you know? That was too much for me so I am pretending I never read it, eyes closed, only happy thoughts etc etc.
Another one is with a cop, but something like that happened in book one already so I was expecting it. And then there's one with Naya and I feel so bad for her, and I wasn't even attached to her as a character, but damn.
If those scenes weren't in the book, easy four stars. But since they are...
Anyway, please check the trigger warnings, this is HEAVY on the horror. I do wonder if we'll get some paranormal elements thrown in because of those little crumbs at the end too.