Jun 162013
The One You Love (Emma Holden suspense mystery #1)
Emma Holden’s nightmare has just begun. Her fiancé vanishes, leaving the battered and bloodied body of his brother in their London apartment. Someone is stalking her, watching her every move. And her family are hiding a horrifying secret; a secret that threatens all those she loves. In a desperate race against time, Emma must uncover the truth if she ever wants to see her fiancé alive again.
The One You Love is a fast-paced suspense mystery, full of twists and turns, following in t
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just okay,
This is very readable because it was well written but I wasn’t crazy about it. It’s a long, slow moving psychological thriller. This could be a matter of taste, so I’m talking to readers like me who prefer faster paced action. This one just keeps going on and on about mysterious characters and oblique references to dark secrets in the past. There were many times when I was saying, “get on with it and make something happen.”
I didn’t find any of the characters appealing, especially the main character, Emma. She comes across as weak and insipid and does really stupid things, like going alone into a dark basement with a smell of decomposition, or turning down the acting role of a lifetime because the casting director won’t tell her who referred her to him. The author may have been trying to show her reaction to the stress she was under but I just found it annoying.
Kept reading waiting for what I was sure was going to be a sucker punch ending, and I didn’t figure out who did it beforehand, but by the end I just didn’t care.
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|Please learn English,
Are most of these Kindle freebies self-published dreck? This was god-awful rubbish. The author doesn’t know the difference between the words “exasperate” and “exacerbate” and kept using the latter in contexts that might have been humorous if I had not been so utterly disgusted with this waste of time. (“She was so exacerbated with the situation…”) There is an occasional well-written gem in the freebie pile, but this isn’t one of them.
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|A Tasty Treat,
A simple enough recipe- take one disappearing fiancé, one reappearing ex-boyfriend, one resurfacing celebrity stalker, one brother with a troubled heart, one father who previously disappointed his children and a best friend who is too good to be true. Mix together, toss lightly, and enjoy.
Just when you think you know where this story is going the author skillfully throws a sneaky curve and slams you sideways. This is a true roller coaster ride complete with swift twists and jerking turns. For those who enjoy who dunnit mysteries, this one is served with meat. Well done. May I have another?
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