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Finished Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz today.
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Deadly Little Secret (Touch, #1)
Laurie Faria Stolarz
Hyperion Book CH
Read a synopsis of the book on Goodreads
★★★★★
Pretty quick read for me. I really wanted to enjoy the book because I love Laurie Faria Stolarz's Blue is for Nightmares series a great deal... this unfortunately set me up with greater expectations than usual. But I agree with some of the reviewers on here. It's really hard to connect with the characters, despite how interesting they all seem, or want to be seen at the hands of the author. I felt the entire story as a whole could've been expanded upon merely by developing the characters more. I didn't feel the passion between Ben and Camelia, though I liked them when they were together. I don't want to say it, but this book feels like a remake of Blue is for Nightmares to me, only it's not as good. I just found the subject matter so engrossing -- Ben's gift? There could've been so much more to the story with that at the helm, and I think had she taken a different route, it wouldn't have ended up as lackluster as it was. I found the ending abrupt, and minus Ben's leaving, it really was too neat of bow tied around the suspense of a. the entire stalker plot line, and b. when Camelia is actually held captive and Ben saves her (probably the best part of the book). Again, I felt the book could've been so much more! Instead, the author not only goes for a standard plot, but, worse, also ends up bringing nothing new to the table.
I did like the ending, because Laurie Faria Stolarz is amazing with the suspense and horror... I didn't believe for one second it would turn out to be Ben, but I can honestly say I wasn't expecting it to be Matt either. Though you could tell the author was trying to set you up with the dilemma of having a bunch of potential stalkers to choose from, I think she did a great job of keeping Matt from becoming too easy to spot as the stalker. He was on my list, but he was in it enough for me not to intensely suspect him, and sidelined to the point that it was difficult to interpret what was really going on in his mind. Creepy because she's so good at writing him as the normal, everyday guy.
Despite it all, I will check out the second book. Hopefully this was just the start of something better.
Related links: 2009 books and movies, my Goodreads profile
Now I need to figure out what to read next... I didn't expect to finish that one so soon. >_>
I got my hair cut today! And dyed! Yay! Lol, the girl who does my hair got into Twilight because of me, so we were both talking about the movies and books. It's so funny to hear her all spazzy about them because she seriously knows everything now. She was comparing the movie New Moon with the book and saying how much she thought they stuck by the original story, and how much BETTER it was than Twilight. We started discussing the ev0l vamps and, of course, Victoria comes up, but I didn't even mention her hair... she did. Seriously. Five minute conversation about Rachelle Lefevre's awesome-tastic hair. Lol.
Surprisingly, the shirtless boys barely came up. 9-9;
Then I went to Target and bought some toiletries, w00t! I won't go into detail there. Checked out the books because when have I ever gone into a place with books and not done some browsin'? And got the rest of my cards! So be expecting those maybe... in a week or so? Okay, guiz?
OMG, so my mom had a friend staying with us last week, and you know what? He bought us all Christmas presents! :D Mine was in an envelope, so I figured maybe it was just a card and decided to go ahead and open it... no! It was a freaking $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble! :O!!! I can't even get my family to buy those for me usually! This guy barely talks to me whenever he's here, and yet he knows I'm a book-a-holic. Sad, family. Very sad. ;)
Lol, btw, I haven't watched TV in about a week. XD;
Spoilers ahead! Spoilers ahead! Spoilers ahead!
Spoilers ahead! Spoilers ahead! Spoilers ahead!
Spoilers ahead! Spoilers ahead! Spoilers ahead!
Deadly Little Secret (Touch, #1)
Laurie Faria Stolarz
Hyperion Book CH
Read a synopsis of the book on Goodreads
★★★★★
Pretty quick read for me. I really wanted to enjoy the book because I love Laurie Faria Stolarz's Blue is for Nightmares series a great deal... this unfortunately set me up with greater expectations than usual. But I agree with some of the reviewers on here. It's really hard to connect with the characters, despite how interesting they all seem, or want to be seen at the hands of the author. I felt the entire story as a whole could've been expanded upon merely by developing the characters more. I didn't feel the passion between Ben and Camelia, though I liked them when they were together. I don't want to say it, but this book feels like a remake of Blue is for Nightmares to me, only it's not as good. I just found the subject matter so engrossing -- Ben's gift? There could've been so much more to the story with that at the helm, and I think had she taken a different route, it wouldn't have ended up as lackluster as it was. I found the ending abrupt, and minus Ben's leaving, it really was too neat of bow tied around the suspense of a. the entire stalker plot line, and b. when Camelia is actually held captive and Ben saves her (probably the best part of the book). Again, I felt the book could've been so much more! Instead, the author not only goes for a standard plot, but, worse, also ends up bringing nothing new to the table.
I did like the ending, because Laurie Faria Stolarz is amazing with the suspense and horror... I didn't believe for one second it would turn out to be Ben, but I can honestly say I wasn't expecting it to be Matt either. Though you could tell the author was trying to set you up with the dilemma of having a bunch of potential stalkers to choose from, I think she did a great job of keeping Matt from becoming too easy to spot as the stalker. He was on my list, but he was in it enough for me not to intensely suspect him, and sidelined to the point that it was difficult to interpret what was really going on in his mind. Creepy because she's so good at writing him as the normal, everyday guy.
Despite it all, I will check out the second book. Hopefully this was just the start of something better.
Related links: 2009 books and movies, my Goodreads profile
Now I need to figure out what to read next... I didn't expect to finish that one so soon. >_>
I got my hair cut today! And dyed! Yay! Lol, the girl who does my hair got into Twilight because of me, so we were both talking about the movies and books. It's so funny to hear her all spazzy about them because she seriously knows everything now. She was comparing the movie New Moon with the book and saying how much she thought they stuck by the original story, and how much BETTER it was than Twilight. We started discussing the ev0l vamps and, of course, Victoria comes up, but I didn't even mention her hair... she did. Seriously. Five minute conversation about Rachelle Lefevre's awesome-tastic hair. Lol.
Surprisingly, the shirtless boys barely came up. 9-9;
Then I went to Target and bought some toiletries, w00t! I won't go into detail there. Checked out the books because when have I ever gone into a place with books and not done some browsin'? And got the rest of my cards! So be expecting those maybe... in a week or so? Okay, guiz?
OMG, so my mom had a friend staying with us last week, and you know what? He bought us all Christmas presents! :D Mine was in an envelope, so I figured maybe it was just a card and decided to go ahead and open it... no! It was a freaking $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble! :O!!! I can't even get my family to buy those for me usually! This guy barely talks to me whenever he's here, and yet he knows I'm a book-a-holic. Sad, family. Very sad. ;)
Lol, btw, I haven't watched TV in about a week. XD;