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Psycho Bride
After finding herself committed to an insane asylum for killing her therapist's fiancee with a crossbow bolt in the middle of their wedding, Kit Renard begins to wonder if she hasn't perhaps made some unwise life decisions. Unfortunately, her second, third and fourth attempts at love don't go much better. At some point when the body count keeps rising, a normal person would have to ask herself, "Is it me?" However, Kit, ever the romantic, remains undaunted and determined to keep marching down the aisle, no matter how blood-soaked that aisle may get, until she finally achieves her Happily Ever After.
220 pages, Paperback
Published February 1, 2018
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May 10, 2019
I found this quicker read to be okay. I didn't think it was awful nor was it spectacular. It was simple and decently written. There weren't many deep turns in it. It was fine for a filler, but not something i would point out to someone in search of the next great read.
February 15, 2019
Disjointed outline of a book
Free on Amazon, New to me author, 1 star because it was a free read. Do not recommend.
Remember in high school and college English courses where you're required to write a story, but first the teacher needs to see an outline or a first draft of the story? Well, with this book you're the English teacher reviewing the outline/first draft.
The story reads exactly like an outline or a general first draft. It is like the author had all these ideas but didn't know how to make them connect and so just threw them together and called it a story. The overuse of "a couple of days later" or other time jumps throughout the book should have been used at chapter endings or beginnings, however this author used them within the same chapter and usually within a three to five paragraph chunk. The conversations were horribly disjointed and juvenile, even for the detective, and only seemed to add to the "first draft feeling" I got from reading this book. The story itself is rather ridiculous, which may be the idea here while you follow a very mentally ill woman hung up on being a bride to the perfect groom, but there are too many far fetched happenings in this book for a reader to connect. Maybe review some of these things, hone in on what point you really want to make and stick to only a couple of outlandish, simplified ideas and build from there? Currently you have too many of the "that wouldn't really happen" to make the reader feel connected, much less interested in what happens in the story. The ending is very bizarre, but I didn't expect anything less as your detective seems unrealistic in the first place, or maybe he was a former mental patient himself?
Just so other readers understand what I mean by disjointed and first draft, this was as it is written in the book. The situation is that Grant is at Kit's door, dropping her off after their engagement party and she's asked if he'd like to come in for a drink (I've copied everything exactly as you'd see in the book.):
"It's tempting, love, but I'd better not. I have an early meeting tomorrow and have to be on my toes. Meet me for lunch?" he asked as he gently kissed her forehead.
"I'll be there. At the Country Club?" she asked.
Grant nodded. Kit blew him a kiss as he walked away. She wrapped her arms around herself. She was in a live stupor. She stepped inside her condo and locked the door when his car pulled off into the night.
Grant pulled into his garage and waited until it closed before he exited his car. He got out and opened the passenger door. The flirty woman from the party exited the car and followed Grant into the house.
The minute they were inside, Grant and his guest peeled off their clothes and left a trail to his bedroom. He picked her up and tossed her on the bed. Before he joined her, he kicked the door closed. She laughed at his antics and squealed his name.
Several days later, Grant was summoned to his accountant's office.
As a reader, this type of writing makes me feel that maybe the author pulled together a first draft and went straight to publishing. I wish I could say this was the only section of the book that was like this, but I can't as this is the book. It is how it is written. I've also read others reviews, and I don't understand how they thought this book was funny? There were attempts at humor, but they fell flat. The characters themselves were flat. It was as if the narrator was someone who was trying to talk about people and situations that they didn't quite know, so they tried and failed at really giving detail.
I would suggest the author get someone willing to help her with building the story and fully fleshing out scenes. With revisions, this could end up being an interesting story.
Free on Amazon, New to me author, 1 star because it was a free read. Do not recommend.
Remember in high school and college English courses where you're required to write a story, but first the teacher needs to see an outline or a first draft of the story? Well, with this book you're the English teacher reviewing the outline/first draft.
The story reads exactly like an outline or a general first draft. It is like the author had all these ideas but didn't know how to make them connect and so just threw them together and called it a story. The overuse of "a couple of days later" or other time jumps throughout the book should have been used at chapter endings or beginnings, however this author used them within the same chapter and usually within a three to five paragraph chunk. The conversations were horribly disjointed and juvenile, even for the detective, and only seemed to add to the "first draft feeling" I got from reading this book. The story itself is rather ridiculous, which may be the idea here while you follow a very mentally ill woman hung up on being a bride to the perfect groom, but there are too many far fetched happenings in this book for a reader to connect. Maybe review some of these things, hone in on what point you really want to make and stick to only a couple of outlandish, simplified ideas and build from there? Currently you have too many of the "that wouldn't really happen" to make the reader feel connected, much less interested in what happens in the story. The ending is very bizarre, but I didn't expect anything less as your detective seems unrealistic in the first place, or maybe he was a former mental patient himself?
Just so other readers understand what I mean by disjointed and first draft, this was as it is written in the book. The situation is that Grant is at Kit's door, dropping her off after their engagement party and she's asked if he'd like to come in for a drink (I've copied everything exactly as you'd see in the book.):
"It's tempting, love, but I'd better not. I have an early meeting tomorrow and have to be on my toes. Meet me for lunch?" he asked as he gently kissed her forehead.
"I'll be there. At the Country Club?" she asked.
Grant nodded. Kit blew him a kiss as he walked away. She wrapped her arms around herself. She was in a live stupor. She stepped inside her condo and locked the door when his car pulled off into the night.
Grant pulled into his garage and waited until it closed before he exited his car. He got out and opened the passenger door. The flirty woman from the party exited the car and followed Grant into the house.
The minute they were inside, Grant and his guest peeled off their clothes and left a trail to his bedroom. He picked her up and tossed her on the bed. Before he joined her, he kicked the door closed. She laughed at his antics and squealed his name.
Several days later, Grant was summoned to his accountant's office.
As a reader, this type of writing makes me feel that maybe the author pulled together a first draft and went straight to publishing. I wish I could say this was the only section of the book that was like this, but I can't as this is the book. It is how it is written. I've also read others reviews, and I don't understand how they thought this book was funny? There were attempts at humor, but they fell flat. The characters themselves were flat. It was as if the narrator was someone who was trying to talk about people and situations that they didn't quite know, so they tried and failed at really giving detail.
I would suggest the author get someone willing to help her with building the story and fully fleshing out scenes. With revisions, this could end up being an interesting story.
October 12, 2017
"All Kit is looking for is her soul mate and to live happy ever after... Hey, even psychos need love too, damn it!"
I stumbled upon this book by accident! This story is a hot mess! But I loved every minute of it. I usually don't care to much for mystery style reads. But this was entertaining and definitely a page turner... I stayed up until the morning because I couldn't put this book down. Kit Renard, is one psycho chica! One event changes everything for her and it's just a chain reaction of betrayal, blackmail, manipulation, murder, mystery and a whole lot of craziness! I loved and envied the friendship between Kit and Catherine. Wish I had a friends like that!! It was nice to see "2" women have each other's backs!
September 3, 2017
Surprised and Very pleased
Couldn't put this down once I started reading. I'm usually not a fan of criminals but Kit is in a class all her own.....a fun read yet with pathos and love.
Couldn't put this down once I started reading. I'm usually not a fan of criminals but Kit is in a class all her own.....a fun read yet with pathos and love.
September 7, 2017
Too stupid.
The plot was too silly and unrealistic. I couldn't root for any of the characters. Move on to a different read.
The plot was too silly and unrealistic. I couldn't root for any of the characters. Move on to a different read.
July 28, 2018
Psycho Bride was awesome
I throughly enjoyed this book and read it in a few hours! Fast and keeps you on the edge read!! You must read this book!!
I throughly enjoyed this book and read it in a few hours! Fast and keeps you on the edge read!! You must read this book!!
April 20, 2024
This was OK. Interesting enough for me to keep reading but nothing amazing.
September 10, 2017
What an unnervingly heartwarming read! It's pretty out there, but I really enjoyed it.
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