ehmannky 's review for:

Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The mystery and plot of this book comes together like the slow tangling of a knot and I loved it. I have little stomach for heart-pounding thrillers, and this wasn't that, even though I still couldn't manage to put it down for anything other than going to sleep at 1 a.m. Viridiana dreams of something more than her small and insular hometown, and is engulfed in the promise that the beautiful American tourists may be able to provide her. As you may expect, these tourists suck as humans, and things go rapidly downhill as she tries to figure out how to hold on to her first dreams of escape. I love Viridiana, her character goes down such delightful pathways. Moreno-Garcia is a master, and I am amazed that this is just her first thriller. It's so good!