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The Killing Game #1
Invitation to Die
Two women have gone missing in two weeks: the first, found dead, was slashed and dumped in a back alley in Boston. The second was discovered by a child in a Swan Boat Ride. As fear intensifies, Hunter, the head of the FBI Behavioral Unit, calls his star criminal profiler, Tracy Wrenn, to help on the case. Even though she had plans to become engaged that evening, Tracy quickly cancels her plans and rushes to Boston to help.
A beautiful, young professor of criminal psychology, Tracy has become renowned for her success at cracking cases no one else can. With her unusual insights and unique point of view, she is relentless at probing the inner minds of murderers. When a third woman goes missing, and when Tracy finds herself in danger, everything intensifies. In a shocking turn of events, Tracy finds out more not only about the killer, but about herself--and learns that nothing is what is seems.
Book #2 in The Killing Game will be released soon.
A beautiful, young professor of criminal psychology, Tracy has become renowned for her success at cracking cases no one else can. With her unusual insights and unique point of view, she is relentless at probing the inner minds of murderers. When a third woman goes missing, and when Tracy finds herself in danger, everything intensifies. In a shocking turn of events, Tracy finds out more not only about the killer, but about herself--and learns that nothing is what is seems.
Book #2 in The Killing Game will be released soon.
266 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2015
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About the author
Jaden Skye
154 books139 followersJaden Skye has always been fascinated with mystery, wrongful death, lies, deception and the power of the truth to prevail. Her romantic suspense/mystery novels feature strong female protagonists who must overcome insurmountable obstacles, and through them, she seeks to get to the very heart of the nature of justice and love.
Her first three novels, DEATH BY HONEYMOON (BOOK #1 IN THE CARIBBEAN MURDER SERIES), DEATH BY DIVORCE (BOOK #2 IN THE CARIBBEAN MURDER SERIES)and DEATH BY MARRIAGE (#3 IN THE CARIBBEAN MURDER SERIES) are now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble elsewhere. Please feel free to visit her site, www.jadenskye.com to stay in touch.
Her first three novels, DEATH BY HONEYMOON (BOOK #1 IN THE CARIBBEAN MURDER SERIES), DEATH BY DIVORCE (BOOK #2 IN THE CARIBBEAN MURDER SERIES)and DEATH BY MARRIAGE (#3 IN THE CARIBBEAN MURDER SERIES) are now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble elsewhere. Please feel free to visit her site, www.jadenskye.com to stay in touch.
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May 11, 2018
Tracy is working for the FBI as a profiler. I think I genuinely started to hate her as a human being when the author wrote about Tracy being able to eat whatever she wanted without getting fat, at one point when she was off to present about a gruesome murder she wore a "lovely" biege dress! Every male character in this was pathetic. They fall over themselves to tell Tracy how amazing she is, how happy they are she is on the case, because they are stupid morons who don't have a clue. Tracy's almost fiancé seems to completely change his personality when she has to go and do her job. Yet we are supposed to believe in her professional judgement which is based on being able to "read people". Her amazing insights seem pretty standard to me. She also wanders off alone with complete strangers, she is patronizing, grating and irritating but apparently gorgeous, with a natural way with people. I am supposed to believe that a father concerned about his kidnapped would give a crap about Tracy? The plot is dull and if you have managed to plow through it you will know who the killer is well before Tracy. I miss Temperance Brennan.
May 5, 2022
Sooooo ..... after being locked out of my Kindle app I've decided to have a bit of a clean up in my various "Books Read" lists. First cabs off the rank are my DNF pile. If I DNF'd it and have absolutely NO intention of reading it again, I'm changing my rating to 1 🌟 and deleting it off my Kindle. Life is too short at my age for crappy books!!
Original Review:
I've never been in the position where I've felt I had to write a few lines before I'd even finished the book ..... & I've barely begun!!
The main character Tracy has no redeeming qualities - she's conceited, egotistical & seems to be suffering from Superwoman syndrome - only she can save the day!
The writing seems stilted with superfluous words, as if the author is just trying too hard.
However I will plow on & see if it improves.
Page 35 of 203 on my e-reader.
Sorry just couldn't read any further!
Original Review:
I've never been in the position where I've felt I had to write a few lines before I'd even finished the book ..... & I've barely begun!!
The main character Tracy has no redeeming qualities - she's conceited, egotistical & seems to be suffering from Superwoman syndrome - only she can save the day!
The writing seems stilted with superfluous words, as if the author is just trying too hard.
However I will plow on & see if it improves.
Page 35 of 203 on my e-reader.
Sorry just couldn't read any further!
April 13, 2016
Based on the numerous typos and formatting issues especially with consistency with indentation, I would say this book was self-published. Since I have considered self-publishing, I certainly have to give Starr credit. I have read worse by authors who did find a publishing house.
The book was written in an amateurish manner. The writing style was almost clinical, and she made a lot of mistakes common to beginning writers. She tended to tell a story rather than show the story. She used way too many adverbs and needs to make a goal of close to zero adverbs per book. Instead of an adverb she needs a stronger verb or again show the reader what is going on. Instead of: Tracy walked slowly; Tracy trudged along. Or Tracy walked with her head down paying more attention to the cracks in the sidewalk...blah, blah, blah.
The author had too much redundancy. Tracy was "sure of it" all too often. Starr used too many cliches. And she didn't know how to create interesting conversations with the characters relying on phrases like joined the conversation. Instead of: "Yes, I'll do it," Tracy sounded excited. How about an action tag like: "Yes, I'll do it," Tracy nodded with a smile.
Finally, Tracy needs to add some interesting twists to her plot. I knew it was Tad, the minute she put in a section about him. I also gathered early on there was a church connection. The forensic psychologist needs to be smarter than the reader.
As a solitary writer without a publisher, putting out a good book is a challenging task. What Starr needs is someone like me who would enjoy hearing her ideas and playing devil's advocate with the plot and help her add depth to her characters. She also needs someone to help find all those types and correctly format her manuscript. Her idea is great and has a lot of promise. Hopefully she will take efforts to improve her work.
The book was written in an amateurish manner. The writing style was almost clinical, and she made a lot of mistakes common to beginning writers. She tended to tell a story rather than show the story. She used way too many adverbs and needs to make a goal of close to zero adverbs per book. Instead of an adverb she needs a stronger verb or again show the reader what is going on. Instead of: Tracy walked slowly; Tracy trudged along. Or Tracy walked with her head down paying more attention to the cracks in the sidewalk...blah, blah, blah.
The author had too much redundancy. Tracy was "sure of it" all too often. Starr used too many cliches. And she didn't know how to create interesting conversations with the characters relying on phrases like joined the conversation. Instead of: "Yes, I'll do it," Tracy sounded excited. How about an action tag like: "Yes, I'll do it," Tracy nodded with a smile.
Finally, Tracy needs to add some interesting twists to her plot. I knew it was Tad, the minute she put in a section about him. I also gathered early on there was a church connection. The forensic psychologist needs to be smarter than the reader.
As a solitary writer without a publisher, putting out a good book is a challenging task. What Starr needs is someone like me who would enjoy hearing her ideas and playing devil's advocate with the plot and help her add depth to her characters. She also needs someone to help find all those types and correctly format her manuscript. Her idea is great and has a lot of promise. Hopefully she will take efforts to improve her work.
July 18, 2025
It's not often I don't finish a book but this was one of them. The writing is terrible, and I'm not just talking about the numerous mistakes in the kindle addition.
January 13, 2019
I don't usually find myself unable to finish reading a book. It's even more rare that I stop reading one before I even finish the first few chapters. The problems with this novel are numerous and begin with the number of typos almost from page one. I can overlook some mistakes, but not when they're so obvious. The next problem are the facts of profiling. Unless things have changed I haven't heard about, the process and ideas used by the main character are far from the way things are done. And finally, the main character is called to help a man who the author describes as the head of the FBI Behavioral Unit and then makes him sound like a complete idiot who has no clue what he's doing. And all of this in the first couple of chapters.
August 23, 2017
Mixed feelings
I think this book could have been a lot better than it was. The story line was ok - I couldn't wait to find out who the killer was (although I did know way before they announced it). But the characters were just blah. I didn't like a single one. First you have Tracy, the star profiler, who is smarter than everyone (which I thought was funny seeing that she made mistakes that the supposed best profiler in the country wouldn't have made. I won't explain because it would be a spoiler) and more beautiful than everyone (as you can tell by every man fawning over her, and by her "lovely" clothes and by the way she "tossed her hair over her shoulder" on her way to the front of the room to discuss a killer). Then you have every male character that gushes over her, throwing compliments at her every chance they get. Except for August, who seemed to hate her and acted like a petulant child most of the time. And last, but not least, you have her soon-to-be fiancé, who has a complete meltdown and personality change when she has to cancel plans because of a double homicide.
I think this book could have been a lot better than it was. The story line was ok - I couldn't wait to find out who the killer was (although I did know way before they announced it). But the characters were just blah. I didn't like a single one. First you have Tracy, the star profiler, who is smarter than everyone (which I thought was funny seeing that she made mistakes that the supposed best profiler in the country wouldn't have made. I won't explain because it would be a spoiler) and more beautiful than everyone (as you can tell by every man fawning over her, and by her "lovely" clothes and by the way she "tossed her hair over her shoulder" on her way to the front of the room to discuss a killer). Then you have every male character that gushes over her, throwing compliments at her every chance they get. Except for August, who seemed to hate her and acted like a petulant child most of the time. And last, but not least, you have her soon-to-be fiancé, who has a complete meltdown and personality change when she has to cancel plans because of a double homicide.
August 4, 2017
This was my first time reading this author and I was disappointed. I read a lot of suspense/psychological mysteries and this book was a difficult read - I put it down a couple of times and then got back to it. I was surprised to find it was part of a series and that this author has written many other books.
While the story at first grabbed me, there were just too many things I found implausible: Tracy meets with a man from the tip line; she shares info about evidence in the case with an individual she is interviewing; her relationship with Wess seemed disjointed, distracting and it never came together. Why was he behaving that way? What was up with all of the drunk phone calls? Why was he acting as though he wasn't aware of the demands of her job? Why did she keep indulging him?
Additionally, I figured out who the killer was before the book revealed it...never a good thing.
While the story at first grabbed me, there were just too many things I found implausible: Tracy meets with a man from the tip line; she shares info about evidence in the case with an individual she is interviewing; her relationship with Wess seemed disjointed, distracting and it never came together. Why was he behaving that way? What was up with all of the drunk phone calls? Why was he acting as though he wasn't aware of the demands of her job? Why did she keep indulging him?
Additionally, I figured out who the killer was before the book revealed it...never a good thing.
November 24, 2017
I am in the first few pages now, and I am wondering if the FBI guy Hunter is really really dumb, or if he is skeptical. He seems to taking everything for granted! Like if there is a clue, he seems to go - "Bah.. not interested", "Not important", "Do we need this now?".. Not sure how he is being potrayed in the remaining pages. :/
January 13, 2018
Amateur writing
This book reads like an author's first attempt. The events are disorganized and the ending completely disconnected. The author over does the idea of making the main character a heroine to the point it's annoying she receives praise for nothing. And the boyfriend adds unnecessary drama which isn't resolved in the book.
This book reads like an author's first attempt. The events are disorganized and the ending completely disconnected. The author over does the idea of making the main character a heroine to the point it's annoying she receives praise for nothing. And the boyfriend adds unnecessary drama which isn't resolved in the book.
February 15, 2020
So I have a lot of thoughts about this book. Some good.
Many, not so good.
So, a quick briefing about the story for anyone who might not know -
Tracy Wrenn is a superstar criminal profiler who is the best at her job and everyone loves her. She's gotta find a killer who has already killed two woman, whilst dealing with adickhead of aself-centred fiance-to-be.
Okay, cool, you've got the basics down. Now, let us have a look at the story itself.
I'm going to start with a positive, to get it out of the way.
POSITIVE
* There must have been something, for a lack of another word, charming about this book for me to sit through and finish the entire thing willingly.
NOT SO POSITIVE
This is where my many notes throughout the duration of the story come in handy.
* So, I'm not going to lie, I didn't particularly like any of the characters. I didn't relate to any of them and I couldn't see myself wanting to be their friend, either.
You've got how often it's mentioned how beautiful Tracy was and how men would fawn over her (especially when it didn't necessarily seem relevant and almost like a bit of an attention grab) but how she didn't think about that, or didn't care about it (which, the multitude of times it is mentions causes my difference in opinion on that and also pushes on the point that it seems like an attention grab.)
You also have almost every single male character basically coming onto her, going all out with the compliments, even when they seemed inappropriate, either in the situation, such as
There's also the asshole fiance-to-be who seems to be involved only to stress Tracy out, despite how much she discusses how they caught on so well and have had a fantastic relationship (honestly, I don't see it), and as bait for the other male characters to talk about how amazing Tracy is and how much she deserves a better man. Insert obscene amounts of mindless compliments here.
Honestly, there's so much going on, so I'm going to quickly wrap up the last few things I took issue with.
No one listened to Tracy, despite how obviously stupid the idea to not listen to her was.
Tracy goes on tangents of speculation, especially during presentations at meetings, and people act as though it is solid information.
The grammar is horrendous and unchecked throughout the entire book.
The fact that basically no one does their job properly except for the people who are included for a brief second because they aren't important.
There's a lot but this review has me drained, so if you're interested in finding out more of my thoughts, I've got my notes throughout the course of reading this book available for viewing.
Final thought:
Despite how many issues there were with this book, it's characters, parts of the story, whatnot, I still want to read the sequel.
March 13, 2018
If it wasn't for the awful spelling and grammar mistakes then I would've rated this two stars, but it's so unprofessional for a published book to have not been proofread that my only option was to give this one star.
The plot isn't bad. I think Starr had a good basis for the story line but it's undeveloped and at times very boring: if you chisel it down to the simple story I think it has a lot of potential. But I found myself skipping over a lot of paragraphs that bored me and found that I still understood the plot and what was happening which says a lot about the necessity of most of the writing. If it doesn't add anything then don't put it in. Also the structure is very strange. It's a mystery/crime book that makes it very obvious who the killer is. You can write this type of book like this, for example Capote's In Cold Blood, but it has to be done well. I knew who the killer was as soon as he was introduced thus causing me to instantly loose interest.
My biggest issue was the characters. I hate Tracey Wrenn. She is poorly written it's unbelievable. She's boring and awful at her job. Starr spends so much time in the book telling us about how amazing Wrenn is at her job (and practically everything else) but Wrenn misses vital points that are very obvious. I knew right from the moment it was mentioned what the key link between the girls is. If you wanted to creating a shocking "wow I didn't realise that" moment, you need to make the characters smarter than the reader and hide key details effectively. It made me so infuriated when Starr stops the narrative to tell us Wrenn looks particularly good that day as she's had time to replenish her makeup and change outfits. The male characters are just as awful. They throw themselves at Wrenn and constantly compliment her which I don't believe is very professional for a top FBI case. They're all severely underdeveloped and bring characters that I couldn't help but either feel nothing towards or hate. The only character I felt was okay was Tad but that's probably because in comparison to the others he's not a boring idiot.
I wish Starr had proofread the novel and spent more time on the character development and plot because it has potential. I think this book needed a few more years before it was published, it just was not ready. Unlike other people, I don't care about whether it was free or cost money. Yes this book is free but I don't believe that should excuse it from upholding some sort of standard. Regardless of how much you pay for a book, it should at least not contain drafts within the novel, spelling and grammar mistakes and continuity errors.
The plot isn't bad. I think Starr had a good basis for the story line but it's undeveloped and at times very boring: if you chisel it down to the simple story I think it has a lot of potential. But I found myself skipping over a lot of paragraphs that bored me and found that I still understood the plot and what was happening which says a lot about the necessity of most of the writing. If it doesn't add anything then don't put it in. Also the structure is very strange. It's a mystery/crime book that makes it very obvious who the killer is. You can write this type of book like this, for example Capote's In Cold Blood, but it has to be done well. I knew who the killer was as soon as he was introduced thus causing me to instantly loose interest.
My biggest issue was the characters. I hate Tracey Wrenn. She is poorly written it's unbelievable. She's boring and awful at her job. Starr spends so much time in the book telling us about how amazing Wrenn is at her job (and practically everything else) but Wrenn misses vital points that are very obvious. I knew right from the moment it was mentioned what the key link between the girls is. If you wanted to creating a shocking "wow I didn't realise that" moment, you need to make the characters smarter than the reader and hide key details effectively. It made me so infuriated when Starr stops the narrative to tell us Wrenn looks particularly good that day as she's had time to replenish her makeup and change outfits. The male characters are just as awful. They throw themselves at Wrenn and constantly compliment her which I don't believe is very professional for a top FBI case. They're all severely underdeveloped and bring characters that I couldn't help but either feel nothing towards or hate. The only character I felt was okay was Tad but that's probably because in comparison to the others he's not a boring idiot.
I wish Starr had proofread the novel and spent more time on the character development and plot because it has potential. I think this book needed a few more years before it was published, it just was not ready. Unlike other people, I don't care about whether it was free or cost money. Yes this book is free but I don't believe that should excuse it from upholding some sort of standard. Regardless of how much you pay for a book, it should at least not contain drafts within the novel, spelling and grammar mistakes and continuity errors.
January 8, 2021
Stilted, choppy writing, minimal character development. Poor grasp of police procedures in multiple places,
. this main character, who is supposed to be the star profiler is trite and shallow, as are the bulk of her *amazing, astonishing observations*. The authors presentation of her, not anything I saw reading the book! The author has other characters awestruck by her insight, and presents them as stupid or unable to see how incredible Grace? (Whatever her name is) is at her work. She may be better at writing books that are not set in a police setting, I doubt she writes any better bringing characters to life. I was done with the book was a mystery after 2 games and was going to give up. Then I decided to treat the book like a comedy and was able to find numerous laughs..... Still shaking my head that the author thinks this is a quality read. I have no doubt it Will be very quickly forgotten.
. this main character, who is supposed to be the star profiler is trite and shallow, as are the bulk of her *amazing, astonishing observations*. The authors presentation of her, not anything I saw reading the book! The author has other characters awestruck by her insight, and presents them as stupid or unable to see how incredible Grace? (Whatever her name is) is at her work. She may be better at writing books that are not set in a police setting, I doubt she writes any better bringing characters to life. I was done with the book was a mystery after 2 games and was going to give up. Then I decided to treat the book like a comedy and was able to find numerous laughs..... Still shaking my head that the author thinks this is a quality read. I have no doubt it Will be very quickly forgotten.
June 10, 2017
Sooo.... this wasn't my favorite, but I started so I couldn't not finish it. To me, this book just felt slow. It felt like you could skip certain pages and not miss anything. The ideas were cool but the characters, I felt, weren't developing well. They would change their minds quickly or their actions would simply be explained as "it's just because I'm amazing and the best at my job that I got to this conclusion" which doesn't fly well with me. Also, the actual "clues" in the book felt given away to you or that there were no clues for the reader to find on their own. This book was very "I'll fill you in when it's time to fill you in." Though I didn't stop reading it, I was bored, I felt like there were to many easy outs used, and that the characters were kind of simple. I wouldn't really recommend this book, but if the descriptions given by others makes you interested, jump in!
May 25, 2018
SPOILER!
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This book was just flat. As soon as Tad was introduced you knew he’d be the killer, and everything was quite predictable. I don’t think Tracy was very likeable at all, and all the men in her life were quite pathetic. There were loads of spelling mistakes, has this even been edited? On two occasions Tracy was referred to as Tina which was just annoying, and on multiple occasions the first quotation mark was missing from the dialogue so you wouldn’t know someone was talking until the end of the sentence. I powered through as I don’t like giving up on books, but I don’t recommend it.
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This book was just flat. As soon as Tad was introduced you knew he’d be the killer, and everything was quite predictable. I don’t think Tracy was very likeable at all, and all the men in her life were quite pathetic. There were loads of spelling mistakes, has this even been edited? On two occasions Tracy was referred to as Tina which was just annoying, and on multiple occasions the first quotation mark was missing from the dialogue so you wouldn’t know someone was talking until the end of the sentence. I powered through as I don’t like giving up on books, but I don’t recommend it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 12, 2020
I was very disappointed with this book. The narrative includes far too much repetition of thoughts and the dialogue feels very clumsy in places. There are some typos in the book and a short section is even repeated. The characters felt very one dimensional and it didn't lead anywhere it was immediately obvious who the killer was. Are we really supposed to believe that Tracy was concerned with what she was wearing? Beige is not lovely! Wessex was a ridiculous character who I presume was supposed to inject more tensionut made it feel like a teenager's hormones were at play. As for every man she met thinking she was stunning, what is this - a throwback to Barbara Cartland?
January 19, 2018
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review
This is basically a story about FBI procedures using a profiler, but is not a dry and bare bones presentation. From page one, the author sucks the reader in with a murder and from there until the end, there are twists, turns, plots, subplots, suspects, and even romantic interests to keep the reader interested. The characters are well developed and thought out, action is intense, but not overblown, and the climax will have you wondering.
This is basically a story about FBI procedures using a profiler, but is not a dry and bare bones presentation. From page one, the author sucks the reader in with a murder and from there until the end, there are twists, turns, plots, subplots, suspects, and even romantic interests to keep the reader interested. The characters are well developed and thought out, action is intense, but not overblown, and the climax will have you wondering.
June 1, 2019
Great book. Will be reading more in this series. There is a bit of a twist towards the end regarding the killer. It seems like this criminal profiler and the FBI can not catch a break on these killings. There are no clues and the victims were taken during daylight hours. Another girl has been taken so the pressure is on to find this killer before he leaves another posed dead body to be found. I loved the writing in this book. I never got bored, things didn't drag out, and there was always something going on that holds your attention.
January 1, 2020
Boring and emotionless
The writing is juvenile and the book has many editing errors as well. You don't build a respect or liking for the main character so I found it difficult to get through the book. The better storyline for this book might be the main character's relationship with her fiance, although why he's included in the storyline is curious as he's thrown into the story here and there and without any substance. I can only suppose the writer will build on this in future books. The ending is too pat and felt rushed.
The writing is juvenile and the book has many editing errors as well. You don't build a respect or liking for the main character so I found it difficult to get through the book. The better storyline for this book might be the main character's relationship with her fiance, although why he's included in the storyline is curious as he's thrown into the story here and there and without any substance. I can only suppose the writer will build on this in future books. The ending is too pat and felt rushed.
June 4, 2020
I read the ebook, under the psuedonym Jaden Skye, also showing the same cover and series name.
The story basis is good, the ending somewhat expected with a twist.
Remember, I read an ebook, which are usually like a Reader's Digest Condensed version, it seems. There were puntuation, capitalization, and grammatical errors. The sentences were chopped and poorly written. Very amateurish, and poorly written.
It could be an editor's fault, or just poor writing style, that also falls back to an editor, or lack thereof.
The story basis is good, the ending somewhat expected with a twist.
Remember, I read an ebook, which are usually like a Reader's Digest Condensed version, it seems. There were puntuation, capitalization, and grammatical errors. The sentences were chopped and poorly written. Very amateurish, and poorly written.
It could be an editor's fault, or just poor writing style, that also falls back to an editor, or lack thereof.
August 9, 2017
Interesting mystery
I liked the premise of the story and found it to a page turner at times. The main character was fairly well written, but some of the other characters I had the urge to slap them and say this is not how you as main or secondary characters are supposed to act. I did like the character of the killer though and the premise of why the person acted the way they did. I think there the w Ritter should have delved more into the killer's background.
I liked the premise of the story and found it to a page turner at times. The main character was fairly well written, but some of the other characters I had the urge to slap them and say this is not how you as main or secondary characters are supposed to act. I did like the character of the killer though and the premise of why the person acted the way they did. I think there the w Ritter should have delved more into the killer's background.
March 22, 2018
Poorly written and poorly edited. The story was choppy and didn't seem to flow.
I decided to ignore the editing and writing style but couldn't get past the unrealistic and unlikeable characters. I finished the book since I had already invested so much time in it I might as well. I feel like there is the promise of a really good book in there but the story telling needs focus, flow and character development..
I decided to ignore the editing and writing style but couldn't get past the unrealistic and unlikeable characters. I finished the book since I had already invested so much time in it I might as well. I feel like there is the promise of a really good book in there but the story telling needs focus, flow and character development..
December 2, 2018
I found it very hard to get into. It starts with a protracted lecture from Tracey Wrenn--mostly information that I didn't find very interesting, especially with the scene going on so long. Beyond that, I never really felt like I connected with the characters or the plot. The plot took way too long to get going for my taste.
Note: Some versions seem to have the author as Jaden Skye while others say Julian Starr.
Note: Some versions seem to have the author as Jaden Skye while others say Julian Starr.
December 25, 2019
Where to start? I won't say I didn't enjoy the book but the formatting errors and typos were enough to frustrate me. That along with the fact that I was able to determine from very early on that the culprit had multiple personalities as well as had a pretty strong suspicion of who the killer was left me wanting more from this story. It had potential but just didn't fully live up to it. I will still read book 2 one day and hope that the author has improved since the first one.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 18, 2021
There were a lot of mistakes in this book, but I enjoyed reading it anyway. A dual personality killer never occurred to me; I was suspecting several people, including the actual killer but there just wasn't enough evidence to pin it down.
It wrapped up nicely at the end, but I would have liked to know what happened with her "almost' fiancee because a lot of attention was paid to him throughout the book.
It wrapped up nicely at the end, but I would have liked to know what happened with her "almost' fiancee because a lot of attention was paid to him throughout the book.
February 12, 2023
invitation to die
Interesting story and characters. However book really needs some good editing. For instance, the names Paster Boyd and Paster Logan were used several times for the same person. That’s not the only character whose name got switched. Also sentences had repetitive words inserted or sometimes words left out of the sentence. It Caused confusion in story line and I had to go back to see if I was misremembering what was happening. Could have had five stars.
Interesting story and characters. However book really needs some good editing. For instance, the names Paster Boyd and Paster Logan were used several times for the same person. That’s not the only character whose name got switched. Also sentences had repetitive words inserted or sometimes words left out of the sentence. It Caused confusion in story line and I had to go back to see if I was misremembering what was happening. Could have had five stars.
June 28, 2017
Psychological thriller
This novel had lots and lots of potential. The heroine was a forensic psychologist working with the FBI however most of the characters were stilted and the male characters were undeveloped and appeared to be threatened by the heroine. They also appeared way too unknowledgeable about serial and/or spree killers.
This novel had lots and lots of potential. The heroine was a forensic psychologist working with the FBI however most of the characters were stilted and the male characters were undeveloped and appeared to be threatened by the heroine. They also appeared way too unknowledgeable about serial and/or spree killers.
August 8, 2017
It was a free book so no money lost...
I was interested in the storyline but the typos, grammatical errors and personality of the main character diminished my interest. There was a good story to be written; this fell flat.
I thought the ending was thrown together and I encourage the author to never use the word "lovely" ever again
I was interested in the storyline but the typos, grammatical errors and personality of the main character diminished my interest. There was a good story to be written; this fell flat.
I thought the ending was thrown together and I encourage the author to never use the word "lovely" ever again
September 27, 2017
Needs editing
This book is in need of an editor. I found all the errors to be distracting. And I'm sorry to be so critical, but I didn't find the book to be well written. The plot was okay, but the characters were one-dimensional, and the dialogues were simplistic. I would not recommend this book.
This book is in need of an editor. I found all the errors to be distracting. And I'm sorry to be so critical, but I didn't find the book to be well written. The plot was okay, but the characters were one-dimensional, and the dialogues were simplistic. I would not recommend this book.
April 5, 2018
Good book it deserves five stars....
It’s a good book and the characters are well developed, I loved the story and can’t wait to read the rest of the series. But the thing that drove me nuts is that the author kept putting Tina instead of Tracy when she talked about Tracy and it was super confusing. If this was fixed the five stars would be well deserved.
It’s a good book and the characters are well developed, I loved the story and can’t wait to read the rest of the series. But the thing that drove me nuts is that the author kept putting Tina instead of Tracy when she talked about Tracy and it was super confusing. If this was fixed the five stars would be well deserved.
July 20, 2017
Wish ZERO was an option !
Your writting is very immature...actually sucks . Waste of eyesight. Everything is lovely this, lovely that. You give the impression this little twirp is based on yourself....or what you want to be.
Your writting is very immature...actually sucks . Waste of eyesight. Everything is lovely this, lovely that. You give the impression this little twirp is based on yourself....or what you want to be.
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