After the absolute shocking Brett cliffhanger of Black Orchid, which btw, just wait kiddies, you ain’t seen nothin yet. Texas Thrills picks up not long after Black Orchid left off. Abigail is now living in small town Texas, bored to tears, Sara ‘sunshine’ Scott. I almost snorting coffee out my nose when I read that, really Donaldson? That was too funny.
To say Texas Thrills was twistier, darker, more devious and deviant than the first book, well hang on because you are in for one heck of a roller coaster ride of surprises and plot twists.
I would read and then hit a point and say WTF! And have to go back a few pages and reread, then go WTF! At other points Donaldson had me literally holding my breath. The cat and mouse between Abi and Brett was so intense. Brett is absolutely psychotically unhinged in his obsessive belief that he and Abi are soulmates. And he’ll do anything, I mean anything to prove it. Abi on the other hand, is the epitome of feminine rage come to life. She takes what she wants, when she wants it, and anyone who gets in her way, dies. As brutally and bloodily as possible. This is a match made somewhere.
Setting it in Texas and tying it to Abi’s backstory is absolutely brilliant, I was thrown by the plot surprises, almost as much as our FMC. They were brilliant and kept her and us, guessing as to what would happen next. I will say the ending was exactly what I wanted to happen. It just took me, and Abi, awhile to get there.
And AV Donaldson, is the Queen of Twisted Epilogues.