ctep's reviews
426 reviews

Shift by Hugh Howey

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Meg by Steve Alten

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

dark informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

This is truly a YA novel, so older more experienced readers may feel it is sluggish in its attempt to explain basic Criminal Minds terminology. The twist was interesting but rushed. The romance read as desperate and also haphazardly thrown in. I was interested in the concept and hope that now that there is some baseline the books will improve. 

Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book should be a movie. Ugh delish. 

The Serial Killer Whisperer: How One Man's Tragedy Helped Unlock the Deadliest Secrets of the World's Most Terrifying Killers by Pete Earley
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.

Just boring. It didn’t feel like it was going anywhere. 

The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.

So boring. The first part with the killers pov was great. The sense of urgency was there, the character dynamic. 
The MC on the other hand was boring. I don’t want to spend all this time in her head as she laments over how she didn’t actually know her family. Yawn. 

Awakened by James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Wow! What a ride! I think I held my breath every time I opened the book and didn’t breathe again till I closed it. I felt like I was reading a movie script. I actually really hope it gets made into a movie because the blueprint is there. 

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0