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Mary Mills #1
What Hurts the Most
You will never guess the ending!
Am I pretty?
Imagine being asked that question standing face to face with a killer. What would you answer?
While her life is going from bad to worse, journalist Mary Mills receives a phone call from her father telling her that her brother has been arrested for murder. Mary decides to go back to her hometown of Cocoa Beach, Florida, which she left twenty years back and has never visited since.
Working with her old friends from the 7th Street Crew, she tracks down the most disturbing and surprising killer this town has ever faced before a shocking conclusion turns everything upside down for them.
Determined to solve the murder and to have her brother acquitted, Mary is forced to face demons from her past she never thought she would have to again.
444 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 20, 2015
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Willow Rose
232 books2,711 followersWillow Rose is a multi-million-copy best-selling Author and an Amazon ALL-star Author of more than 100 novels.
Several of her books have reached the top 10 of ALL books on Amazon in the US, UK, and Canada. She has sold more than three million books all over the world.
She writes Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Horror, Supernatural thrillers, and Fantasy.
Willow's books are fast-paced, nail-biting pageturners with twists you won't see coming. That's why her fans call her The Queen of Scream.
Willow lives on Florida's Space Coast. When she is not writing or reading, you will find her surfing and watch the dolphins play in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Several of her books have reached the top 10 of ALL books on Amazon in the US, UK, and Canada. She has sold more than three million books all over the world.
She writes Mystery, Thriller, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Horror, Supernatural thrillers, and Fantasy.
Willow's books are fast-paced, nail-biting pageturners with twists you won't see coming. That's why her fans call her The Queen of Scream.
Willow lives on Florida's Space Coast. When she is not writing or reading, you will find her surfing and watch the dolphins play in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
Connect with Willow online:
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http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/willo...
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September 8, 2024
I must have forgotten that I was only gifted a short except of Willow Rose’s, (aptly named in my opinion because it suddenly ended as I was just becoming engaged in the novel’s diverse themes) a psychological thriller, “What Hurts The Most—A Mary Mills Mystery, Book 1” by Willow Rose.
From my brief exposure to this novel, there is a lot going on in Cocoa Beach, Florida, as the action opens upon a woman fleeing into busy Highway A1A traffic from pursuers shooting at her with a spear gun to the unfaithful wife of a highly tempered Air Force Base General seducing a naive artist as men crash in to his home.
Everything was getting juicy and THAT’S WHAT HURTS THE MOST… my brief excerpt ended. It definitely left me wanting more.
JoyReaderGirl1 graciously thanks NetGalley, Author Willow Rose, and Publisher BOUY Media for this advanced reader's copy for review.
From my brief exposure to this novel, there is a lot going on in Cocoa Beach, Florida, as the action opens upon a woman fleeing into busy Highway A1A traffic from pursuers shooting at her with a spear gun to the unfaithful wife of a highly tempered Air Force Base General seducing a naive artist as men crash in to his home.
Everything was getting juicy and THAT’S WHAT HURTS THE MOST… my brief excerpt ended. It definitely left me wanting more.
JoyReaderGirl1 graciously thanks NetGalley, Author Willow Rose, and Publisher BOUY Media for this advanced reader's copy for review.
June 12, 2023
WOW!! What an awesome, action packed mystery!!
Several timelines of different characters to lead up to an outstandingly twisted ending!
I was not able to put this book down, at first I couldn’t keep up with all the characters due to the timelines but it quickly moved on in year 2015.
Mary just lost her job in New York and her brother is in jail for murder. She comess back to Cocoa beach to stay with her father to try to help her brother. She is separated from Joey, but quickly starts to confide in him for comfort while trying to piece together her brother's prison sentence and the ongoing murders of a group of friends who went to her high school decades ago.
There’s a serial killer who’s picking off one by one that her close friends from high school knew. Mary and Joey’s friends join up surfing and supporting one another through the murders when it becomes dangerous for all of them.
Several timelines of different characters to lead up to an outstandingly twisted ending!
I was not able to put this book down, at first I couldn’t keep up with all the characters due to the timelines but it quickly moved on in year 2015.
Mary just lost her job in New York and her brother is in jail for murder. She comess back to Cocoa beach to stay with her father to try to help her brother. She is separated from Joey, but quickly starts to confide in him for comfort while trying to piece together her brother's prison sentence and the ongoing murders of a group of friends who went to her high school decades ago.
There’s a serial killer who’s picking off one by one that her close friends from high school knew. Mary and Joey’s friends join up surfing and supporting one another through the murders when it becomes dangerous for all of them.
October 3, 2020
Okay maybe it’s petty but If you’re going to write a book or military members are key characters it wouldn’t hurt you to do a little bit of research. The Air Force and Army are not the same and Air Force members do not call themselves soldiers. It’s an Air Force vase, not Army. Airmen don’t generally spend lots of time at the shooting range. Someone as sick in the head as Liz would definitely have been discovered and kicked out for the stunts she pulled. The story is good, it just annoys me when you easily verifiable facts aren’t correct, even in fiction. Also heart surgery was done on babies in the 70s even little newborns so that part isn’t accurate either. It is a good story though and kept me guessing til the end.
January 29, 2021
In the beginning several different story lines and I question what is this book about? Willow Rose successfully pulls together an intriguing twisting entertaining book. Look forward to reading the next book in this series.
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December 5, 2019
The prologue was promising and I looked forward to reading the rest of the book. However, I couldn't. make it through the first chapter. The narrative is repetitive, several sentences back to back that say the same thing that could have been done with a few well-chosen words. Too much telling instead of showing through action and dialogue got to be boring even in this short read. And the dialogue was contrived. The author is obviously not aware of the organization of the armed services. The Army does not use jet fighters. Those are used by the Air Force and Navy. Nor is there any reason for an Army general to be stationed at an Air Force base. That would be and Air Force colonel or general. With such neglect of facts, I elected not to continue reading.
January 18, 2018
I don't know how this one ended up on my Kindle -- I sure hope it was free. I know to avoid this author. She apparently writes a book a day and never reads, revises, or edits anything - just lets it fall off the end of her fingers then publishes it. Her style is extremely unpolished, boring, telling instead of showing, and amateurish. Her vocabulary is mundane and often inexpressive or downright incorrect. Her plots are very loosely-constructed and are filled with obvious inconsistencies. I noticed that I have another book by her on my Kindle. I must have downloaded a bunch of them before I read the first one. I'll probably give it a look before I delete it.
August 6, 2020
Great story
Willow Rose's books are among my favorite but I wish her publishing company had experienced editors! I am unsure if it is just in ebook format but there are so many errors, typos, etc in all of her books that I have read. This one the page numbering was messed up. It detracts from the story.
Willow Rose's books are among my favorite but I wish her publishing company had experienced editors! I am unsure if it is just in ebook format but there are so many errors, typos, etc in all of her books that I have read. This one the page numbering was messed up. It detracts from the story.
December 3, 2019
Awesome!
Omg!! This book is amazing!! Never saw the ending coming!! I have read a lot of her books and I think this series might end up being the best she has written!!
Omg!! This book is amazing!! Never saw the ending coming!! I have read a lot of her books and I think this series might end up being the best she has written!!
May 13, 2022
What Hurts the Most, by Willow Rose. What an amazing ending for this nail biting, page gripping suspense thriller. Mary was fantastic with her investigating abilities. I normally don’t read books that involve investigative reporters. Don’t ask me why.
But it was something about this book that pulled me in to read it. Maybe it was the authors name that is so original and unique, with a bit of mystery about it, or could it be the title of the book? It could be a collaboration of them both. All that I can say is, that the psychological suspense was very powerful in this story. Just when I thought that the story would lead me down the path to a person who I thought was pulling the strings, I would be directed over to someone else who holds another peace to the puzzle.
I’m very interested to know who the General is. I thought it was a certain person, but I was clearly wrong as that person was incapacitated. The book most definitely is a page turner. I found myself staying up late trying figure out who the General was. I liked that Mary had a number people to rely on in the story.
All the characters made some type of contributions to help Mary in her investigation. I have to say one character really had me scared. Her name is AK. That woman… oh wow! Talk about someone needing some calming medication.
That woman was a well built Tasmanian devil that the military let loose! I found all the suspense very exciting as well as the action jaw dropping. The flashbacks and flash forwards helped explain reasons of why the story was taking the direction a certain way. I thought that this style made the book even more better. It was like you were holding a secret that some characters didn’t have and when it came time for the secret to be exposed, you found yourself surprised and shouting what the heck at the shock of it all.
I so look forward to the next book that comes out. I give this book two snaps and a, Mary, its time to take up some self protection classes. Until next time my fellow readers… read on!
But it was something about this book that pulled me in to read it. Maybe it was the authors name that is so original and unique, with a bit of mystery about it, or could it be the title of the book? It could be a collaboration of them both. All that I can say is, that the psychological suspense was very powerful in this story. Just when I thought that the story would lead me down the path to a person who I thought was pulling the strings, I would be directed over to someone else who holds another peace to the puzzle.
I’m very interested to know who the General is. I thought it was a certain person, but I was clearly wrong as that person was incapacitated. The book most definitely is a page turner. I found myself staying up late trying figure out who the General was. I liked that Mary had a number people to rely on in the story.
All the characters made some type of contributions to help Mary in her investigation. I have to say one character really had me scared. Her name is AK. That woman… oh wow! Talk about someone needing some calming medication.
That woman was a well built Tasmanian devil that the military let loose! I found all the suspense very exciting as well as the action jaw dropping. The flashbacks and flash forwards helped explain reasons of why the story was taking the direction a certain way. I thought that this style made the book even more better. It was like you were holding a secret that some characters didn’t have and when it came time for the secret to be exposed, you found yourself surprised and shouting what the heck at the shock of it all.
I so look forward to the next book that comes out. I give this book two snaps and a, Mary, its time to take up some self protection classes. Until next time my fellow readers… read on!
November 18, 2019
Did not finish. Was not a fan of the writing style or the drain cleaner being poured down a guys throat.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 15, 2020
I enjoyed to characters more than the mystery, but I wasn't crazy about the back and forth in time and withholding how the heroine and main villain were connected.
December 28, 2023
Murder and mayhem.....enjoyed
April 28, 2020
A really good book - hard to put down. Here were a lot of characters to keep straight but it definitely has a twist
August 5, 2020
Another great read by Willow Rose. Can't wait to read the next one in this series!
August 7, 2018
The Synopsis
What Hurts the Most by Willow Rose is the first novel in a “7th Street Crew” series. The Crew is a set of characters from the past which has come together in the present to solve a mystery involving one or more of them. Early on we meet Blake Mills, an appealing free-lance artist, a bit of a rogue and a bit stupid. Doing whatever one wants as one bounces carelessly through life is appealing to a reader such as myself but having a girlfriend who is married to a general, a power in the local community with hints of connections to a dark force is stupid. Something will go wrong and that central thing forms the theme of this novel. Blake is arrested early in the novel for a crime that we readers suspect he probably did not commit. It might be a revenge thing and a frame constructed by the evil general.
Next, in our setup, we meet Mary. She is a successful journalist but possibly pushes boundaries too much in terms of verification of sources. Shades of Fake News. Punishment is termination of employment. She will go back to Cocoa Beach, Florida at the invitation of her father. Her brother, Blake has been arrested for murder. Maybe her journalistic investigative skills can uncover what really happened. Perhaps her financial condition just got better as she can stay with her father. If only she didn’t hate her stepmother, Laura, so much. Laura helpfully returns the hatred in full measure. Good times for Mary’s Dad. And where is Mary’s biological mother? We quickly find out that she is dead but the cause of her death is another mystery. A single mother with a son, Salter, Mary is concerned about financial stability once her severance package is exhausted. Cocoa Beach is where the “crew” will be reunited.
On to Liz. Watch out for Liz. It seems there is something pathological about her. One clue is the way she and her “posse” threaten to physically emasculate a male pickup in a bar. Forcing him to drink Drano was an added painful touch, one not agreed to by every gang member who followed Liz. Does the fact that Liz is a combat veteran still serving in the Army cause her viciousness? Or is it genetics?
There is a backstory of Penelope, Peter, and a couple of kids. This story involves spousal abuse and a strange medical condition. Does one (spousal abuse) cause the other (medical condition)? Add this mystery to the Blake Mills murder mystery.
Mary reunites with her gang, the 7th Street Crew. There is Sandra, her best friend. There is Chloe, a computer hacker. Computer hackers are an annoying necessity in mystery novels. Startling revelations without much evidentiary base have to come from somewhere. And there is a most important character, Mary’s ex-husband and Salter’s Dad, Joey. He appears in a low-key help mode. He doesn’t want to push any reconciliation with Mary, a goal much desired by Salter. It is good that Joey is there with a place to stay for Mary when Laura, the evil stepmother throws Mary out of her father’s house.
And that is the setup for the novel. Nothing more needs to be said at the risk of injecting spoilers. The following line, not a spoiler, is my pick for my favorite line of the novel.
“Am I pretty?” (recurs many times in the novel so I won’t cite a location).
The Author
Willow Rose is a prolific author; I would get exhausted (and probably confused) just trying to count the numbers of books, short stories, novels in a series, and boxed sets that she has published. I just accept her figures in the “About the Author” section that there are more than 50 novels to her credit. She writes Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Horror, Supernatural thrillers, and Fantasy. Good enough. I will continue to just be a selfish reader and enjoy her works as I discover them.
My Opinion
Published in 2013, the novel has 95 chapters. Each chapter has a title that is a combination of a month and year. Chapters range from February 1977 to October 2015 with stops in 1978, 1979, 1984, 1986, and 1992. Months in each of the years vary. This is not a minor point and readers should pay attention. Characters may change names due to either marriage or attempts at deception. I found this to be a feature of Willow Rose novels. It gives her the opportunity to weave backstories with present action, something I believe she does skillfully.
The novel moves fast and, as mentioned, crosses several timelines. It is good but all the Willow Rose novels I have read are good. She is one of my “Go To’ authors for a guaranteed good read. And, so far, her endings have surprised me every time. It should not be surprising that I gave this novel five Amazon stars. At 454 pages for USD 0.99, this is a good deal. This novel takes up to 92% of the 454 pages; the rest is an excerpt from what follows next. After all, this is Book One of the series.
What Hurts the Most by Willow Rose is the first novel in a “7th Street Crew” series. The Crew is a set of characters from the past which has come together in the present to solve a mystery involving one or more of them. Early on we meet Blake Mills, an appealing free-lance artist, a bit of a rogue and a bit stupid. Doing whatever one wants as one bounces carelessly through life is appealing to a reader such as myself but having a girlfriend who is married to a general, a power in the local community with hints of connections to a dark force is stupid. Something will go wrong and that central thing forms the theme of this novel. Blake is arrested early in the novel for a crime that we readers suspect he probably did not commit. It might be a revenge thing and a frame constructed by the evil general.
Next, in our setup, we meet Mary. She is a successful journalist but possibly pushes boundaries too much in terms of verification of sources. Shades of Fake News. Punishment is termination of employment. She will go back to Cocoa Beach, Florida at the invitation of her father. Her brother, Blake has been arrested for murder. Maybe her journalistic investigative skills can uncover what really happened. Perhaps her financial condition just got better as she can stay with her father. If only she didn’t hate her stepmother, Laura, so much. Laura helpfully returns the hatred in full measure. Good times for Mary’s Dad. And where is Mary’s biological mother? We quickly find out that she is dead but the cause of her death is another mystery. A single mother with a son, Salter, Mary is concerned about financial stability once her severance package is exhausted. Cocoa Beach is where the “crew” will be reunited.
On to Liz. Watch out for Liz. It seems there is something pathological about her. One clue is the way she and her “posse” threaten to physically emasculate a male pickup in a bar. Forcing him to drink Drano was an added painful touch, one not agreed to by every gang member who followed Liz. Does the fact that Liz is a combat veteran still serving in the Army cause her viciousness? Or is it genetics?
There is a backstory of Penelope, Peter, and a couple of kids. This story involves spousal abuse and a strange medical condition. Does one (spousal abuse) cause the other (medical condition)? Add this mystery to the Blake Mills murder mystery.
Mary reunites with her gang, the 7th Street Crew. There is Sandra, her best friend. There is Chloe, a computer hacker. Computer hackers are an annoying necessity in mystery novels. Startling revelations without much evidentiary base have to come from somewhere. And there is a most important character, Mary’s ex-husband and Salter’s Dad, Joey. He appears in a low-key help mode. He doesn’t want to push any reconciliation with Mary, a goal much desired by Salter. It is good that Joey is there with a place to stay for Mary when Laura, the evil stepmother throws Mary out of her father’s house.
And that is the setup for the novel. Nothing more needs to be said at the risk of injecting spoilers. The following line, not a spoiler, is my pick for my favorite line of the novel.
“Am I pretty?” (recurs many times in the novel so I won’t cite a location).
The Author
Willow Rose is a prolific author; I would get exhausted (and probably confused) just trying to count the numbers of books, short stories, novels in a series, and boxed sets that she has published. I just accept her figures in the “About the Author” section that there are more than 50 novels to her credit. She writes Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Horror, Supernatural thrillers, and Fantasy. Good enough. I will continue to just be a selfish reader and enjoy her works as I discover them.
My Opinion
Published in 2013, the novel has 95 chapters. Each chapter has a title that is a combination of a month and year. Chapters range from February 1977 to October 2015 with stops in 1978, 1979, 1984, 1986, and 1992. Months in each of the years vary. This is not a minor point and readers should pay attention. Characters may change names due to either marriage or attempts at deception. I found this to be a feature of Willow Rose novels. It gives her the opportunity to weave backstories with present action, something I believe she does skillfully.
The novel moves fast and, as mentioned, crosses several timelines. It is good but all the Willow Rose novels I have read are good. She is one of my “Go To’ authors for a guaranteed good read. And, so far, her endings have surprised me every time. It should not be surprising that I gave this novel five Amazon stars. At 454 pages for USD 0.99, this is a good deal. This novel takes up to 92% of the 454 pages; the rest is an excerpt from what follows next. After all, this is Book One of the series.
July 29, 2016
You will never guess the ending!
Am I pretty?
Imagine being asked that question standing face to face with a killer. What would you answer?
While her life is going from bad to worse, journalist Mary Mills receives a phone call from her father telling her that her brother has been arrested for murder. Mary decides to go back to her hometown of Cocoa Beach, Florida, which she left twenty years back and has never visited since.
Working with her old friends from the 7th Street Crew, she tracks down the most disturbing and surprising killer this town has ever faced before a shocking conclusion turns everything upside down for them.
Determined to solve the murder and to have her brother acquitted, Mary is forced to face demons from her past she never thought she would have to again.
??? What Hurts the Most is a chilling, fast-paced story of murder and revenge.
What did I think:
five stars all the way
OMG I know that I keep saying this but its true ,what a great start to a new series, even know after I finish reading it one question keeps coming to mind: Am I pretty? . Who could of or would ever guess that one little question could give you the hebejebes. In this case it does, or at lest to me it did, so what did I love about this story:
1: how its told : if you don't like books that at first you read what happens in the present then it goes to the past so you can see what happened that led up to the present then this might not be for you , but I loved it,
2: the character's : loved seen how they where in the present and how they were in the past.
3: the twist and turns: and believe me there are some
4: keeps you guessing on how did it
5: and OMG the ending, I ever seen it coming,
6: its a chilling, fast-paced story of murder and revenge
So with that said I hope you go and pick it up for your self and see what I mean. Can't wait to get book 2 of this series.
February 19, 2021
I had great expectations for this mystery, since the author has dozens of best selling series to her credit. I'd never read any of her work before, and hoped this book would open a bunch of new titles to me. It was a tough go. The book is written in first person which, for some reason, drives me crazy, especially as it jumps forward and backward in time, roughly between the 1980s and 2015. I don't really like movies that do that time jumping either. The novel has a good mystery at its core and several back-stories that kept me coming back, although the violently gory murders and several creepy protagonists were not the mystery styles I seek out. The story was very intricate and the plot twists and turns were all well structured and surprising. The novel deals with a series of attacks and murders which took place over several decades in and around Cocoa Beach, FL, which the main character, Mary Mills, grew up. Her past is somewhat of a mystery itself, with details parsed out very slowly through the narrative, but we know she lost her mother and is estranged from her father for unknown reasons. When those shocking details are divulged, other parts of the story start to fit together, but we're never really sure if what we've learned is real. Ultimately, the mystery is resolved and the culprits revealed, but the novel still has a few twists and turns to reveal before the end. It was a good story if you can deal with the tense and time-jumps. I'll give Willow Rose another shot.
May 7, 2016
I loved this book and can't wait to read more about Mary and the 7th st gang. Mary Mills is a reporter for the New York Times just as she gets fired and is wondering how she is going to find a new job and support herself and her young son Salter she finds out her bother has been arrested for murder. She returns to Cocoa Beach to help him. She reunites with her estranged husband, and her old high school friends as of course mystery and murder surround them. The story moves along swapping back and forth between 2015, 1995 and 1992, but never gets confusing because it all pulls together in the end. I love that Willow gives links to some of the articles she used in her research at the end of the book, very interesting. Willow Rose has become my new favorite author, I have to read everything she has written, they are all quite addicting and a great read on my day off. I just love her stories and characters.
September 2, 2018
Another goodread from Willow Rose. It’s an exciting thriller with more normal characters, a group of kids that grew up together as ‘The 7th Street Crew’. Their camaraderie held them together as they experienced trials and tribulations in their lives. Willow’s writing and storyline draws the reader in and makes it all so real like these are real people facing real life issues as in job loss, alcoholism, Munchausen Syndrome and their past. I loved the characters and the story kept me interested and guessing who and why, someone is killing old classmates, one by one. The twisted ending was totally unexpected and so very twisted. I was shocked for Mary and what happened to Sandra was too painful for anyone to endure. Read this book and you will feel it, too, plus you won’t be able to put it down. Cant wait to pick up with the Crew in book 2. Reading it next.
May 26, 2020
Another excellent read by Willow Rose! Rose may be my favorite Suspense/Thriller author to date. This book has so much going on, so many twists that I did not see coming, that there is no way for me to delve into the actual story without going on and on. All I can say is if you like the Murder/Suspense genre you have to give What Hurts The Most a read. This book is the first in Willow Rose', Mary Mill series, and I can't wait to read the rest. Willow Rose never disappoints and often shocks and surprises me.
July 13, 2021
Thank you Netgalley for the copy in exchange for a honest review. The first of the Mary Mills Mysteries this book has several plots that all link together. Mary has just been fired from her reporter job when her Dad rings to say her brother has been arrested for murder. Mary flies home with her son Salter to clear her brothers name. Then some of Mary's old school friends are murdered. Is there a serial killer on the loose? A great thriller with several twists.
May 30, 2023
Shocked by all the 4 and 5 star reviews for this book. The dialogue was repetitive and there was way too much telling instead of showing. The quick short chapters jumping from character to character was confusing and ultimately didn’t add to the story. The characters had no depth beyond their occupation and which crew they were apart of in high school. The plot and twists were predictable.
I usually don’t disagree with the good reads general consensus but this book is just not good.
I usually don’t disagree with the good reads general consensus but this book is just not good.
June 28, 2017
I bet I started this book 6 times over the past year and each time I would read a bit more and before I knew it, I got hooked! I really liked the way the author brought the gang back after a number of years and how all of them rallied around each other in their time of crisis. The storyline kept me guessing especially with how the book began. I will be moving onto the second one!
August 29, 2020
I have read several of this very popular writer's books, but just don't see the appeal. Overly dramatic, unreal plot lines, characters that are straight out of a Lifetime movie. She is definitely not my cup of tea & I'm not going to try anymore.
Perhaps I'm not the demographic or just really expect more from someone who has written so many books. Pure silliness
Perhaps I'm not the demographic or just really expect more from someone who has written so many books. Pure silliness
May 17, 2019
Might be my new favorite series
I love the idea of this big group of friends that all add their own piece to the puzzle. Without a single one of them, none of the pieces fit together. I love it!
I love the idea of this big group of friends that all add their own piece to the puzzle. Without a single one of them, none of the pieces fit together. I love it!
October 29, 2020
Willow Rose is a master at psychological suspense.
What Hurts The Most was an exceptional book with an explosive plot.
The revealing conclusion was such a shocker, not once, twice, but three times. Just when I thought the murders were solved, in came another stunning twist.
Fantastic book.
What Hurts The Most was an exceptional book with an explosive plot.
The revealing conclusion was such a shocker, not once, twice, but three times. Just when I thought the murders were solved, in came another stunning twist.
Fantastic book.
September 7, 2020
Not believable
Not a fan. Not well written. Confusing to follow all the storylines. Not like able characters. Not realistic or believable. I hung in until the end, but was even more disappointed.
Not a fan. Not well written. Confusing to follow all the storylines. Not like able characters. Not realistic or believable. I hung in until the end, but was even more disappointed.
July 11, 2016
Dark mystery.
Parts were very confusing, many characters and their back grounds. Ending was very shocking. Read many books written by this author, couple of them was good.
Parts were very confusing, many characters and their back grounds. Ending was very shocking. Read many books written by this author, couple of them was good.
October 26, 2023
Just at the moment when Mary gets fired from her job at the NYT, she receives a phone call from her father that her brother has been arrested and charged with murder. Mary packs up the car with her son and dog and drives down to Florida to figure out what happened and how she can help her brother.
When Mary gets to town, people she knew from high school start getting murdered, and her old high school gang (the 7th street crew) launch into investigating what happened.
This story is told through multiple POVs and various timelines. The conclusion of the “who dun it” does tie everything together…. But wait!! Then there was a twist that no one saw coming!!! Can’t wait to read the sequel in this series.
This ARC was provided by the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.
When Mary gets to town, people she knew from high school start getting murdered, and her old high school gang (the 7th street crew) launch into investigating what happened.
This story is told through multiple POVs and various timelines. The conclusion of the “who dun it” does tie everything together…. But wait!! Then there was a twist that no one saw coming!!! Can’t wait to read the sequel in this series.
This ARC was provided by the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.
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