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Her Final Victim by N.J. Moss
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Let me start by saying holy cow! For a first book NJ Moss hit it out of the park!
Between the character development, and the story line. I honestly can not tell you my favorite part. You have the three main characters Jamie, Hazel, and Millicent. Although Millicent or “Millie”, is the appointed “bad guy'' in this story. Moss worked very hard to make you feel like Jamie or even Hazel could actually be just as much of the villain as Millie! The character development starts fast and stays going. You're thrown headlong into their lives, their feelings, what they think that they want. Although the build up sometimes goes a little slow, it is just Moss’s way of building tension for what is to come. An oh boy is it worth the wait!
It’s kinda funny thinking about the characters in this story. The only one who actually knows what they want is the villain herself. She is the only person who knows what she wants, and really goes for it. But does that really make her the bad guy?
All of the characters at one point or another, have an idea of what they want. And they try to go for it. Which is how they end up in the trouble that they get in. Take this quote from Hazel.
“I meant what I said. If he ever cheated on me, I’d do something drastic.”
Now that alone isn’t really that bad. We’ve all been at that point in a relationship where we have felt the same way. Although in the book we end up finding out Hazel is definitely a class act in her own right. She tries so hard to be perfect. Which really she does have a good reason to want to be perfection itself, although I will not tell you why! It seems like she has a love hate relationship with most of the characters, including herself. But she truely can not be like that with everyone, right? There does seem to be one character she seems to truly bond with. I guess the best way to explain it is that Hazel is like a bad date. Getting to know her will take longer than we want. Unlike a bad date though it ends up being worth it.
Next up are the other characters and settings in the story. I do want to give a warning, even though it isn’t very bad. This book could be a little bit of a trigger for some. One character does get pretty violent, another is stalkery, another is a pig and tries to force his way, and there are some parts of child abuse. Moss has a very talented way of writing all of this. The way he writes these things, they are not too much but they are also just enough to make you go what? He gives the perfect balance. So if you are not extremely sensitive to the things listed above, you will enjoy reading this book. All in all I would give the trigger warning of 3.5/10.
Between the great character development, writing, and just pure enjoyment of this book. I am proud to say that after reading it. It immediately went right back on my TBR shelf.
Between the character development, and the story line. I honestly can not tell you my favorite part. You have the three main characters Jamie, Hazel, and Millicent. Although Millicent or “Millie”, is the appointed “bad guy'' in this story. Moss worked very hard to make you feel like Jamie or even Hazel could actually be just as much of the villain as Millie! The character development starts fast and stays going. You're thrown headlong into their lives, their feelings, what they think that they want. Although the build up sometimes goes a little slow, it is just Moss’s way of building tension for what is to come. An oh boy is it worth the wait!
It’s kinda funny thinking about the characters in this story. The only one who actually knows what they want is the villain herself. She is the only person who knows what she wants, and really goes for it. But does that really make her the bad guy?
All of the characters at one point or another, have an idea of what they want. And they try to go for it. Which is how they end up in the trouble that they get in. Take this quote from Hazel.
“I meant what I said. If he ever cheated on me, I’d do something drastic.”
Now that alone isn’t really that bad. We’ve all been at that point in a relationship where we have felt the same way. Although in the book we end up finding out Hazel is definitely a class act in her own right. She tries so hard to be perfect. Which really she does have a good reason to want to be perfection itself, although I will not tell you why! It seems like she has a love hate relationship with most of the characters, including herself. But she truely can not be like that with everyone, right? There does seem to be one character she seems to truly bond with. I guess the best way to explain it is that Hazel is like a bad date. Getting to know her will take longer than we want. Unlike a bad date though it ends up being worth it.
Next up are the other characters and settings in the story. I do want to give a warning, even though it isn’t very bad. This book could be a little bit of a trigger for some. One character does get pretty violent, another is stalkery, another is a pig and tries to force his way, and there are some parts of child abuse. Moss has a very talented way of writing all of this. The way he writes these things, they are not too much but they are also just enough to make you go what? He gives the perfect balance. So if you are not extremely sensitive to the things listed above, you will enjoy reading this book. All in all I would give the trigger warning of 3.5/10.
Between the great character development, writing, and just pure enjoyment of this book. I am proud to say that after reading it. It immediately went right back on my TBR shelf.