באר המשאלות

by Lily White, לילי ווייט, נועה שביט (Translator)

"ספר סוחף ועוצר נשימה שכתוב בצורה מבריקה! ב'באר המשאלות' יש לב פועם ורגישות עמוקה בחסות האפלה". Totally Booked Blog
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היא הייתה המשחק הסופי שלו...
העיתונאית מדואו גרהם מוזמנת לראיין את האסיר הנידון למוות, וינסנט מרסייה, אשר יוצא להורג בעוד שלושה ימים.
היא מקשיבה לווידויו הקודר בניסיון לפצח את התעלומה ולהבין איך איש עסקים עשיר ומבריק רצח ארבעה אנשים וביניהם גם אחותה התאומה.
וינסנט האקזוטי והמסתורי חושף בפני מדואו את כל האמת על אודות ההונאה שרקם ומתרברב בכך שתמרן את אחותה לשם שעשוע בלבד.
הריאיון הופך לקרב מוחות אכזר וחמקמק והשעות חולפות לקראת הקץ – זריקת רעל אחת המאיימת לייצר את הטרגדיה המושלמת ולהשאיר את האמת קבורה עמוק באדמה.
האם תצליח מדואו לחשוף את סודותיו של וינסנט בזמן דחוק כל כך, תוך שהיא מגוננת על סודותיה שלה?

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"באר המשאלות" הוא מותחן פסיכולוגי מבריק וחושני. העלילה תסחף אתכם אל לב ליבה של רשת מעוותת, שנטוותה על הולכת שולל, תככים ומזימות, ואלה לא יניחו לכם להפסיק לקרוא את הספר עד סיומו המוחץ.
לילי ווייט כתבה למעלה מ־20 ספרים, רובם העפילו לרשימות רבי־המכר של הניו יורק טיימס, וול סטריט ג'ורנל, יו־אס־איי טודיי ועוד...

Genres: Dark, Romance, Suspense, Dark Romance, Mystery, BDSM, Thriller

340 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2018

About the author

Lily White is a bestselling author who likes to dabble on the dark side of romance. She is most known for her Masters Series, Target This, Wishing Well, and The Five.

When she isn’t writing as Lily White you can find other books by her under M.S. Willis where she has penned the Control Series, the Estate Series, and Because of Ellison (contemporary romance).

Lily enjoys stretching her writing muscles by continuing to challenge herself with each book she publishes.

Reviews

[The Sassy Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

 
 
~WRITING - PLOT - PACE~
CHRIST ON A CRACKER where do I even start? This book was just SOOO good. Probably one of the best books I have read in AGES. I am honestly at a loss for words because nothing I can say here can capture how awesome I thought this book was. The writing was PHENOMENAL. The pace was perfect. The plot was...gaah...just out of this word riveting. And that ending...OMG. I legit was sobbing like a frigging baby. Just do yourself a favor and go into this one blind. You won't regret it.


~MAIN CHARACTERS~
This part of the review is going to be super vague so as not to give even a teensy bit of this book away. Let me just say that these characters will hook you from page one. They will make you want to smack them. They will make you laugh. They will rip your heart out. They were fantastically well written and each one of them was well developed and multilayered. 


 

~HEAT LEVEL~
Low to Medium. This one had some good spice to it and the frequency of the scenes felt organic to the story.


~ANGST LEVEL - SEXUAL HISTORIES~
Highish. There is a lot going on in this one <--- again I am choosing to be vague as like I said above, this book is best gone into blind. So there is angst coming from a lot of different directions. None of the characters were virgins. There was something in this one that I usually have a major problem with. It did not bother me at all in this case, but if you wish to know more than you are more than welcome to message me.


~IN THE END~
I was legit blown away. I really don't know what else to say about it. It was an amazing book from beginning to the end. So much so that I kind of want to start right back at the beginning and read it again. So much so I want another book so I can continue enjoying these characters. Therefore, it will come as NO surprise that yours truly is going to give this one two HUGE thumbs up. 



 

[Mareeva · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

Once again, I'm the bitch who can't appreciate the simple things in life and just enjoy a good book🤡

My ass is practically raw from dragging itself through this story but I MADE IT. I'll even go as far as to say that this might've been a success, considering when I started, it was a solid 1 star read.

SUMMARY
Read the synopsis because it's actually good and I'm lazy<3

Now listen, usually I'd discourage people from reading spoilers with HUGE plot twist reveals but this book put me through so much shit, I literally don't give a fuck anymore. Read it to compensate for my misery❤. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

Many would say this story has a semi-tragic end, seeing as how Vincent is executed. I know it was meant to be a deeply upsetting endeavor, but the day that fool died was positively the best day of my life.

Vincent, I hope as you took your last dying breaths, you were satisfied, because you've officially fried all my brain cells. My god if that man puffed up any more of his feathers he would surely turn into a peacock.

He thought he was such a special boy. Full of arrogance and intelligence because he managed to manipulate a naive, homeless girl at her most vulnerable👏. Wow Vincent you want a cookie? Here have a fucking cookie🍪.

What Vincent really was is pretentious and delusional to think that everything he says is a gift from god.

Sir, saying things with pretty words and a french accent does not make you profound:)

let's not forget the fact that Penelope's character (h) was the human version of wet clay. She has no personality, no sense of........anything really. She just went along with whatever came at her.
I think even a monkey can manipulate a character who has the development of a newborn baby.

Obviously I didn't realise until about halfway through that Vincent was not the love interest in this so called "romance". That made it a bit better but nevertheless, reading from his POV for so damn long genuinely enraged me. Like I could not stress how much I hate the guy and all his poetic talk.

because of Vincent and really the fact that I was pretty bored, I didn't start to get into the story until I was well past 60%. Which is way too late for me. Honestly, the only reason I didn't dnf was because everyone kept crying about the ending and I was curious why...

Will I cry?😮
Will I finally feel emotions?🥺
Am I gonna be broken for the rest of this week???😲

Me writing this review right now: tearless, emotionless, hopeless


It's a damn shame too because the last 30% were actually good. I was on the verge of giving this 3 stars because the author started throwing plot twists left and right. They were good twists too, my jaw was on the floor, even though I predicted most of them😏 (Yes I'm very proud of myself, let me gloat).

BUT THE LAST TWIST😭😭😭 this book was doing so fucking well and then we get that cheap ass ending.

Literally my face when Maurice (Vincent's brother & the actual love interest) popped outta nowhere:

SIR WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE REALM OF THE LIVING. GO BACK😩😩😩

Not only was Maurice's resurrection an injustice to this entire miserable story, but the author also ruined his character by miraculously curing him of schizophrenia and turning him into VINCENT (personality wise, not literally).

THE SAME VINCENT WHOSE GRAVE I DANCED ON LIKE 5 MINUTES AGO!!!

Maurice was the only character I liked too😪

And then we have the final nail in the coffin. The last sentence of this book pissed me off to no end. LOOK AT THIS SHIT...

knowing that we both would live happily ever ....

...Oh, who am I kidding? ...

We would drive each other crazy, every day and every hour, for the rest of our fairy tale lives.

Once again....


You did not just give us 356 pages of manipulation, mind games, plot twists, death and misery TO HAVE A HAPPY FREAKING ENDING!!!????

You should've ended the book on the execution of that french tas de merde.

Overall: The arrangement of this story, plot and the way it all unraveled was unique and......OKAY FINE....smart, but it really didn't work for me.

[❥ KAT ❥ Kitty Kats Crazy About Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

MY REVIEW can also be found on my blog:
KITTY KATS CRAZY ABOUT BOOKS

WISHING WELL: Is a full length, standalone, romantic suspense novel by Lily White. In this we meet Journalist Meadow Graham & death row inmate Vincent Mercier, secondary character Maurice.

“Once upon a time, there was a dirty girl on the streets and the man who would make her his…”

THEN: We meet nineteen year old Penny, after her father dying she decided to stay with her boyfriend instead of following her other family, things with him didn't turn out quite like she expected. Too hurt, ashamed so lean on her family for help she took to the streets and in the pouring rain, wet, cold to the bone that's how Vincent found her and offered her a job of a lifetime in one of the most affluent hotels in the area.

But things aren't what they seem. And this is where I'm going to leave this, all I can really say is go into this blind like I did, be swept along on a truly epic journey like I was..

NOW: Three days remain until Vincent will be put to death via lethal injection, exactly seventy two hours to confess his crimes out of all the numerous investigators and journalists Vincent has granted to hear his story is Meadow a young journalist.



How far would you go to protect someone you love?

This review is not going to make any sense at all (fair warning) I'm not even going to attempt to write this review up like I normally would because so much happened in this, the good, the bad, the ugly..

I'm sitting here mouth open gobsmacked, reeling from the impact this book had on me. Reeling like an out of control yoyo..

God the emotions that went through me were phenomenal, I can't even pinpoint which one stood out above the rest, they all just came rushing at me. Disgust that this whole story started from a bet, hatred, confusion, wonderment, happiness, sadness, love..



At one point in the story I lost count of the tears that raced down my face, that same critical point in the story I was screaming within, but nothing could/would stop the inevitable from happening. But the ending was quite fitting, bittersweet, I couldn't imagine it ending any other way than it did, perfection. Such a profound, unique journey.

* Teasers are off the authors facebook page *

     

[Sonya ♕Chatterbooks book blog♕ · Rating 4 out of 5]

“You don’t know fear until you’ve traipsed through darkness. You don’t know desolation until you've been tossed to the wolves. You don’t know pain until you’re shown just how disposable you are".

FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!! Yea that word sums up everything that I’m feeling at this very moment. What did I get myself into? What is this pain that I’m feeling in the middle of my chest?! I’m praying that it’s heartburn right now and eventually, it’s going to go away because I do NOT like this feeling! This story was the ultimate definition of bittersweet and let me tell you, both sides will do you in. You think you’re ready for how this is going to end but in truth, you’re not.

Journalist Meadow Graham has been granted an exclusive interview death row inmate Vincent Mercier. Seven years ago, not only was her entire world turned upside down with the murder of her sister, Meadow now has to come face to face with the man who took her life. For the next seventy two hours, truth, lies and betrayal will become the forefront of the untold story of a heartbreaking fairytale in the making.

Be careful what you wish for: that’s a famous saying isn’t It?

“Most women want to believe they can change a man, that there is some magic inside them, some trait, that will make him alter his ways. But people don’t change, not unless they want to.”

Vincent Mercier has never claimed to be a good man. He’s done things for his benefit alone, manipulated women for his own pleasure, and he’s never lost one ounce of sleep from it. Money, power, sexual desire, has always been in the palm of his hand and nothing could make his life more better than to have the one thing that’s unattainable in an elusive plan. But sometimes, life has a way of throwing you the ultimate curveball and when you least expect it, the unthinkable happens.




I really don’t know how to describe what I was feeling throughout this book. This author's writing is simple impeccable and I loved that she took her time with the pacing of the story because it was necessary. We needed to feel every emotion that these characters were going through in the moment slowly and forcefully and this story did that.

I will admit that I guessed a few important bombshells so I didn’t have that element of surprise like most of my blogger friends while reading this one but the last ten percent of this book? BROKE ME!!!! Omg I don’t think my heart will be okay for a long time to come. This sorrow that I’m feeling is certainly bittersweet but I would do it all over again. I would wish for this story all over again.


   

[warhawke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genre: Psychological Thriller
Type: Standalone
POV: Shifting – Multiple
Rating:




Meadow Graham was about to face the man who changed her life. As a journalist, she was given an exclusive interview with a killer who murdered her own sister. Armed with a secret, was not going to waste the opportunity to find closure.

Vincent Mercier was a successful businessman until he was touted as a monster. With three days left until he faced execution, he was determined to enjoy every single second he had left. But what both of them didn't know was each of them held something that would change everything.

This was cruelty. This was primal and raw. This was a man showing a woman who owned her.

I love books that made me feel myriad of emotions and this book made me want to stab someone, laugh my butt off and bawl my eyes out. Yes, sounds exhausting but totally worth it.

Hot and then cold. Gracious and then cruel. Friendly and then unnerving. Vincent Mercier was a puzzle of opposites, the type of person that constantly kept you on guard.

Throughout the book I kept coming up with theories of what's going on. I absolutely enjoy it when a story challenged me as a reader.



I love and hate the characters with each one due to their own individual reasons. Sex was not a high focus in the story but they were the kind of scenes that made me hot and bothered.

She would play his games, and she would walk away the victor.

Wishing Well is a tale of submission and deception. It would appeal to readers looking for an engaging psychological thriller.



🔗 📝 🔗 . . . (F)BR With Twinsie CC & Loyda . . . 🔗 📝 🔗





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[Radd Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

”You can’t hurt a man who made puppets dance by pulling their strings.”

I’m completely stunned!! I went into this book thinking it was going to be a dark read about a psycho, but what I got from this story was so much more and I’m completely blown away.

Did I get a psycho? Yes, then no.
Did I get a hero I disliked? Yes, then no
Did I get more than 1 hero? I think so, but I’m not really sure (how intriguing is that? Lol)

I started out being a little fearful of the rage of one of the characters. What was he capable of?
Then I thought this was going to take a BDSM turn. It kind of did, but it wasn’t as dark and descriptive as other BDSM books I’ve read.
The next turn had me ditching the fear aspect and feeling some sympathy and empathy.
Then I started to get excited about a possible romance that was brewing.
Then the 💩 hit the fan! 😳😳.
Then some of the twists at the end had me falling out of my chair.
Then I was crying? Huh?? How did that happen?
And finally, I wondered who the heck the hero actually was. Talk about a 180 change.

So what did I read? No clue, but it was one hell of a rollercoaster ride.

Quotes
“His crimes weren’t solely physical, his cruelty wasn’t restrained to death of the body alone. He enjoyed imparting his control over the psyche of those around him.”

“Why come if you only intend to glare at me like a cat with her fur stroked the wrong way?”

“You don’t know fear until you’ve traipsed through darkness. You don’t know desolation until you’ve been tossed to the wolves.
You don’t know pain until you’re shown just how disposable you are...”

“Don’t make any sudden moves around him. Don’t scream or say anything. Don’t resist if he scares you. And if you want to walk out of the basement unscathed, just do whatever he wants.”

“Someone had broken this man, had fractured him while keeping him caged,”

[CC · Rating 5 out of 5]

Meadow Graham is a journalist who interviews the one man who holds answers to her sister’s death. While the clock ticks away, Meadow is ready to make him pay for his choices.

“Not only that, but you are my last victim, the woman who will forever mourn the last life I took.”

Vincent Mercier is a successful hotelier and with such resources he is able to satisfy his particular needs. Always in control, he’s able to create a certain world where he pulls all the strings. But with three days remaining before his execution, Vincent is ready to tell all.

“And there it was, the moment I knew she was mine for the taking. The moment her cloak of rebellion faltered just enough for me to read inside and take hold of the desperation within.”

Told in shifting point of views and past/present timelines, what ensues is a tightly constructed plot full of twists and a steady crescendo of suspense. From the beginning, Vincent’s wicked motivations are crystal clear and the anticipation of reading how it will all unfold is enthralling. With Vincent being devastatingly handsome and devilishly charming, he easily ensnares the players in his game.

“Desire is a slippery thing, easing inside a person’s skin to capture, to taunt, to strengthen and spread out until your mind becomes mud and your heart races in an effort to escape your chest.”

Aside from Vincent, the other main characters are just as crucial in this storyline and offer additional impact. Meadow’s role is one that offers contradictory feelings at times and enhances the question of how she will avenge her sister.

This book is exactly what I love about thrillers and Lily White’s writing because while I was racing to get to the end, I kept slowing down to savor every page. Each character is compelling and elicits a range of emotion as the storyline pivots in a calculated direction. Trying to speculate the trajectory of this plot was refreshingly impossible and I loved it!

Wishing Well is a psychological thriller at its finest. This book would appeal to those who want to be completely ensconced in deception and the relationship between sacrifice and tragedy. I highly recommend!



*An ARC was generously provided in exchange for an honest review.*


*This was a (F)BR with Twinsie Hawkey and Loyda!*


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[Carvanz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my gosh!!! Lily White slays me! She absolutely SLAYS me!!! She hooked me from the first word and continued to pull me into a dark, dangerous and twisty world, chewing me up and then spitting me out where I didn’t know what the heck I had just lived through. This book freaking twisted me in every direction making me constantly try to peek around corners to see what was going to happen next and never giving me what I was expecting but slamming me with more twists until I’m now left in a soggy mess of tears.

I can’t even express what an incredible read this is! Don’t read summary reviews! Go into this totally blind. Yes, you may think at times you know what’s going to happen but there is no certainty for it will be just supposition. Each portion gives a little then takes it away until your gasping to just get to the last page to learn how this all ends.

This is not a perfect little fairy tale with all its traipsing’s. This is hard edged and cruel. It’s a story of unconscionable actions that lead to pain and anger and death. You will find yourself not wanting to blink in case you miss a moment, a word, a touch. When you turn the final page, you’ll be yearning to go back to page one to begin the tale all over again.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

[SusanAhh · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Es-tu diabolique ou divine?”



While I am tempted to rely on a favorite expression of mine after I read then try to review something so wonderfully extraordinary and masterfully written as this book. That expression being “I am lost for words.” Quite the opposite is true. There are so many ideas that this author has woven into this suspenseful, dark, brooding and violent fairytale, I need to keep myself in check and not over-share. I promise you this will be one of your reads of the year if steer clear of spoilers and allow yourself to read this book fully from front to back. I promise you will be thoroughly captivated with each moment as it unfolds. If you get to the end without reading it all, you will have missed the intense afterglow that is found in the whole story.

Naturally, as any thoughtful reader is wont to do, you will find yourself trying to second guess what is happening, what will happen and what has happened. Ms. White cures you fairly quickly of this affliction and by giving this up and giving in, it is then you begin to appreciate the brilliance of this story.

The story begins in a forth-right manner. Meadow, a journalist by profession, has been granted a 72-hour jailhouse interview with the charming millionaire, the deviant and self-absorbed Vincent who has been convicted of the murder of 4 people to include her sister, Penelope (Penny). Meadow is after the entire truth of what happened and why it happened and some sort of accounting or owning up of Vincent for her loss. She has researched Vincent extensively and has had the opportunity to thoroughly read Penelope’s diary in which she wrote of her view of the events leading up to her death. For his part, Vincent wants some truth about Penny from Meadow that she has garnered from reading Penny’s diary. They are locked in a battle of wills…each of them unwilling to show the cards they are holding in their hands.

“…Meadow was left to stare at a devil with the face of an avenging angel. Prison had done nothing to strip him of his masculine, feral beauty. With dark brown hair swept back and dusting his collar, Vincent leaned back in his chair, his shackles jangling against the table. Green eyes studied her, the emerald color glimmering beneath the lights above their heads. His cheekbones were aristocratic, his jaw square and dusted with stubble, and his lips as sultry as she remembered them.”

And so it begins…the story of how Vincent met Meadow’s sister Penny or Penelope as he liked to call her and what she was to him in the beginning and what she ultimately became for him. The story is told in alternating points of view. Meadow relating her dead sister’s experiences as she read them written down in Penny’s diary. We feel the gamesmanship between Meadow and Vincent. We hear how carelessly and callously Vincent took in a lovely dirty homeless girl (Dirty Girl) shivering in the rain and made her reliant upon him for her every basic need and how he manipulated her to become the sex toy he envisioned on a dare from a like-minded Dom who only “played” sexual games with submissives.

"Vincent was a gold medalist in attraction, temptation personified, a weapon of cruel seduction that had been honed until wickedly sharp. It was through desire that he distracted and addled the mind, unrepentant for the cheap use of human instinct."

In an effort ease the discomfort Meadow had over Penny being so haphazardly chosen off the street for a casual bet he tries to lessen the blow for Meadow by saying:

"Every so often, fate has a hand in opportunity. With a flourish of delicate fingers, it swirls the air around your existence, creating temptations that are too great, challenges that appear to be insurmountable. But within those moments when you doubt how simple coincidence could have led you to clear waters when you are thirsty, to a banquet when you starve, to the heat of fire when your bones scream for warmth and your heart beats weakly beneath the ice that encases it, you understand that certain events were meant to be, were written in the stars, were deemed by the Gods to be worthy for your life even before you were a twinkle amongst mankind."

As the interview progresses, more and more of the truth of all that occurred becomes clear with Vincent seemingly to lose his composure at times and Meadow loses her composure at other times. The retelling involves dark intense sex scenes on the edge of violence. Once he seduced Penelope, he tells her:

”I think it’s only fair I warn you that in the bedroom I am a man with particular tastes.”

He tells Meadow how he owned Penny’s soul because she kissed him willingly…she did all willingly.

“…Myths. Legends. Fairytales. They all betray the truth about a person’s lips, that their kiss is the means by which life can be given or taken away. It’s never in the physical act of dominance and decimation, it’s in the submission to whim, the simple caress of one mouth against another, the slide of a tongue, the passion that ignites when two people share that single moment of pure bliss. Even a whore will spread her legs for whatever a customer offers, but she won’t give her mouth to him, only because a person’s secrets, their hopes, their dreams, their heart can be found in a kiss."

Meadow surprises and even saddens Vincent when he tells her that after awhile Penny grew tired of his games and manipulations and set herself free from him emotionally as she wrote in her diary:

"For the first time since coming to Wishing Well, the fly had pulled out her pretty silver scissors and snipped herself free of his tangled web. Damn, it felt good to be a fly."

The idea that this story could ever be referred to as a fairy tale will confuse you and puzzle until the last word is read. However, Vincent reminds Meadow that this is indeed the case.

“The reason I always loved fairytales was because of their perfect timing, despite how unrealistic that timing might be. And this story is a fairytale, I hope you know that.”

And so, I hope that I have given you a taste of our diabolical dark anti-hero Vincent in this fairytale. His fate is inextricably entwined in having met his Penelope. I cannot tell you why, but I will always love Vincent. In fact, he will be forever one of my most favorite and loved dark diabolical Dominants I have ever met. Of course, he is not perfect and yes he was morally bankrupt at times but there is something in him that you will discover that may redeem him in your eyes as well. And I am not referring to his mastery of the sensual seductive arts…although not to lie…it may have a little to do with it.

"And he hadn’t been wrong to say that it was the too perfect timing that had made it possible for the story to end this way. As if fate herself had danced the streets of the city, the sway of her hips causing soft winds to blow and push all the characters into place.
Too perfect, that bitch we call fate and her timing."

[Jennifer Kyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 Stars

[♡ Jeri's Book Attic ♡ Jeri the Romance Bibiliophile ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just received my ARC - is it OK to say I am scared ? I read some books by this author and I know what she is capable of - so yeah I am SCARED ...



Dear future Readers,

This book was just as I expected…. – so me being scared was justified –

So this leaves me with the problem what could I tell other possible readers about this book ?
Other than it was #mindblowing ?


Actually to be honest ? NOTHING !
Simply because anything that I could tell would spoiler something that you should better read than hear it from me.
So this does not leave me with much to tell except – you may

- Expect to be dumbfounded
- Expect that nothing is as it seems
- Expect lies
- Expect tears
- Expect the unexpected

oh and in the total contrary to what the blurb might suggest (now here comes my spoiler of the day)

- Expect LOVE

BUT I cannot promise if you will get anything of what I tell you to expect



SO I will promise you

- You will be surprised
- You will not be able to guess what’s going on until the author is allowing it
- You will get well developed characters
- You will not be able to deny your connection to the characters
- You will have MORE than one WTF just happened here moment

And it will probably hurt – there is no denying – so I have to be fair and at least mention it.

And when you turn the final page of this book you will ask yourself what just happened

Lily White is just one of THESE authors – when you see she releases a new book you will know you need to read it and you know it will surprise you but you will never be able to guess how



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[Tania · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm mind blown at the moment still trying to process!!
If i could rate this book any higher I would.
It deserves more than 5 stars.
In true Lily style she has left me dumbfounded.
My emotions are all over the place.

This book contains Love, lies and deception at it's finest.

Meadow is invited to interview her sister's killer Vincent Mercier who is on death row, she has 72hrs to get the answers to the questions she needs for closure. Let me just say I fell in love with Vincent and cried for him.
Nothing and I mean NOTHING is what it seems.

There are so many twists you just don't see coming.

Meadow has her own secrets which come out during the interview. You will have a few WTF moments, while your heart is pounding, you will be on edge, while going on this heartbreaking journey that Lily has taken us on.

"My fear... His fear... Our fear... It was hypnotic and intoxicating."

This is Phenomenal Read that I highly recommend.

[Shabby -BookBistroBlog · Rating 5 out of 5]

All fairytales that have the Princes riding on White steeds to rescue the Damsels in distress....well Lily has upended them ALL! because she created her own Beauty and the Beast(s). A master storyteller redefining the distressed and the rescuers. Never thought I'd see the day to see myths shattered and Fables reinvented!



" In this particular fable - although there is a prince, there is a maiden, there is a villain, there is a kiss, and there is a sunset - the perfect timing is tied to its tragedy.”
I bet Lily doesn't have Cookie Cutters in her kitchen drawers, cause they ain't any in her writing shelves!!! Trust her to deliver one stunner after the other and all super mind bogglers. That's the only constant and consistent ingredient in her books -ample amount of shock factor and generous dosage of mindfucks...enough to give you Heartburn. Cause she doesn't create simple asshole alpha men, no sirreee....she makes them sometimes frustratingly indestructible (Aidan) or coal-hearted unredeemable(Joseph). Then there are times when an "almost tender" side of hers comes to light, she can also create the beautiful colourful soul of Holden Bishop and now we get Vincent Mercier. I don't know how people will respond to this character but for me he was a weighed down soul.
Vincent is an arrogant ass of a business man, transplanted, rather reluctantly from his beautiful Paris home in a concrete jungle in the states.Though Lily doesn't wanna name it, I'll call it Chicago. And as all typical assholes go, he's an overconfident, ruthless dominant, taking pleasure in cutting down his opponents to size and bringing women to their knees.



Other people would refer to him as a sadist, a plague, a scourge that should be eradicated from the world for having so thoroughly polluted the men and women he ran across, but he was simply a scoundrel, one who could tantalize with a secretive smile, one who knew how to stroke and kiss, to mold and shape those who had the misfortune of knowing him.
On a constant lookout for his next thrill, next readily submitting object of sexual gratification, and a missing Je Ne Sais Quois piece of the puzzle, an entity from his life .
The story has so many facets to it, so many interactions that happen between 3 main characters, it's tough to demarcate the boundaries, because they're intermingled. One dynamic has repercussions on the next one. All their lives are enmeshed together and interdependent. It's like a Hall Of Mirrors, if it makes sense. What you see from an angle has another image hidden, visible from only another vantage. Very fluid and constantly morphing relationships, from lascivious to revivifying, pleasures of the skin clashing with remedies of the soul....its a constant tussle. I was rooting for all 3 at one point or the other.
In the midst of it all is a Game of Mexican standoff being played between Vincent and Penny. They're both sitting down at the game of chess of secrets. Each move involves divulging truths and this dangerous Quid Pro Quo will bring the skeletons tumbling out of the closets. I had many a WTF moments listening to both recounting the fateful incidents that would forever change the lives of Penelope and Vincent and the people attached to them. I was looking for closure, turned out I opened Pandora's Box and was so surprised at the troubles that poured out!!



Out of all the characters , i fell head over heels for tortured Vincent the hardest. He was a wounded soul trying to right the wrongs that had been done to him and his family. His volunteering for the Cross to bear was heart-rending and agonising to watch(read)
I bawled, real loud at the some scenes and that drove my hubs crazy with worry. He thought I was having chest pains. Well...i was having them, but for entirely different reasons !!*eyeroll*.his opinion-It's just a book !*gasp* (I need a new bookish husband!)
Vincent is the most fascinating a character in Lily's stable of alphas. He's a rogue, a rascal, a handsome
Other people would refer to him as a sadist, a plague, a scourge that should be eradicated from the world for having so thoroughly polluted the men and women he ran across, but he was simply a scoundrel, one who could tantalize with a secretive smile, one who knew how to stroke and kiss, to mold and shape those who had the misfortune of knowing him. I seriously had my heart stolen by him, crushed by him and bleeding FOR him , all in a matter of a few hundred pages. A very memorable person I've ever read.
Penelope or Penny was a butterfly, spreading her wings in borrowed sunshine
un papillon dans le vent. she's a breath of fresh air, innocent and sometimes naive at heart, very compassionate and gracious. Her growth from a homeless girl to a homemaking soul was steady and gradual. Unaware of her own strengths, she became a crutch for others to lean on and that's her hidden talent



There are a couple of other, very crucial characters that you have to read the book, to meet.
This book stands apart in Lily's Treasure Chest,because it simply overflows with emotions. It soaks into your soul and flows out through your eyes and that's a refreshingly different side of hers we get to see, and I LOVED it !!!
And then at the centre if it all is the Wishing Well ! Filled with so many pennies & so many secrets. Around it trysts take place, kisses are stolen,secrets are buried and identities are lost.
“Tu faites un vœu, et espérons que cela devienne réalité.”
You make a wish, and hope it comes true... just be careful what you wish for



I need to mention something here, I was expecting Vincent to turncoat or renege on some situations, and was horribly surprised by Penny turning over an old leaf !! This unusual change of characterisation is novel, yes. Unexpected , yes. And was it welcome, not by me !!!
So I'll throw a penny and wish that Lily writes another book, cause even though it's a complete standalone book, I want more !!
So buy the book, meet the indomitable Vincent Mercier, but be careful falling in love with him. Cause A) has MINE !! & B) he WILL shatter your heart in a million pieces, for sure !
A monster...
A beast...
A man too dangerous for the world...
Oh Come on now, would you expect any less from a #LilyCraft book !
Every book by her is anxiously awaited and acutely read, it's with absolute, utter delight that I closed the BEST BOOK by her ,
5 "Everything comes with time" stars
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[Lo Bookfrantic · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5★★★★Stars

Genre:  Psychological Thriller
Type:  Standalone
POV:  Shifting – Multiple  

 

❝ I will die in three days, but you will live on in your grief... and your hatred... And for that, I will also live on, until the day you take your final breath .❞

 

Meadow Graham was a journalist who was given an opportunity of a life time.  She was about to interview a killer who murdered her twin sister.  Meadow had a big secret though and she was planning to use it till the even end.

 
Vincent Mercier was on death row; he only had three days left to live and he didn't want to waste any minute of it.  Before he was incarcerated he was a very successful man; is own weakness was his brother.

 

❝  You are my last victim, the woman who will forever mourn the last life I took .❞

 

Lily's writing has become something I really look forward to because I've found the plots and the stories so unique and addictive.   This story in particular managed to give me a bit of ulcer; I honestly was so annoyed by the heroine because of some selfish choices she made that has no justification in my mind.  However; I enjoyed how the author left the ending up to readers imagination.  Those are the best type in my opinion because i have so many things plotting in my head for her i should feel bad about it but I don't haha.

 

❝  You don't know fear until you've traipsed through darkness. You don't know desolation until you've been tossed to the wolves.   You don't know pain until you're shown just how disposable you are.❞

 

Wishing Well was an excellent story written so perfectly; loaded with so many feels and emotions.  This was freaking awesome!! Dark, edgy, and perfect... Well I had one little complaint but that's because I'm just not a forgetful type of person so I only just wished it was longer to see the possibility of some painful suffering hahaha lol.  Overall; the story was unique and the plot was unexpected and perfectly done.  I truly enjoyed this story so much.  Readers who enjoy Psychological Thrillers will find this book appealing.

 

★★This was a F(BR) with War & CC★★

 

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[Mirjam · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 💔💔💔💔stars

'All good things come with time.'



The perfect timing of a fairy tale is tied to its tragedy…

Journalist, Meadow Graham, is invited to interview death row inmate, Vincent Mercier. Given three days to hear his sordid confession, Meadow seeks to learn why a wealthy hotel owner killed four people, including her twin sister.

Sensually exotic and enigmatic, Vincent details his deception while bragging about the amusement he took in manipulating Meadow’s sister.

Their interview is a battle of wills.
His story is a twisted web of coercion and lies.
And the tragedy is too perfect to be real.
Will Meadow discover all of Vincent’s secrets while she fights to protect her own?






I'm so sad! This is not the ending I wanted. I was soooo rooting and hoping for an impossible twist that would end in a HEA family!



This is not just a battle of wills, it is the battle of spell casted by the master puppeteer, the spider weaving his web around the fly that desperately is looking for the scissors to cut free, the fly crawled into the spider’s web when he’d done nothing but crook his cruel finger to invite me

You don’t know fear until you’ve traipsed through darkness.
You don’t know desolation until you’ve been tossed to the wolves.
You don’t know pain until you’re shown just how disposable you are...

I really do not know how to review without giving away spoilers, I just highly recommend reading this masterpiece (again) from Lily White.
The story of the Mercier & Graham family will keep you pinned to your book, it will gut you and stay with you.






'Psychopaths don’t love.
Sociopaths care only for what they can toy with as long as it amuses them.
Schizophrenics develop delusions that can, sometimes, make it impossible for them to believe that another person might love them in return.'


ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

[kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 stars ☆

hala's review is exactly how I feel right now.

[Allison ❤️Will Never Conquer Her TBR❤️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’d been quite some time since I’d read a Lily White mindf@ck book. I’m not entirely sure why except I need to take darker tropes in doses but with every page I turned in this book, I kept asking myself why? Why haven’t I devoured every book she builds in her likely crazy little mind. I mean that with the upmost of respect because Wishing Well is absolutely my favorite Lily White book. Maybe because it is chock full of suspense without a ton of darkness. The kind of book that’s trickle-fed via an interview with a young journalist and a man on death row for the murders of multiple people- including the journalist’s sister.

“By standing where you are, you have a relationship with me already. Not only that, but you are my last victim, the woman who will forever mourn the last life I took. I will die in three days, but you will live on in your grief…and your hatred. And For that, I will also live on, until the day you take your final breath. It’s poetic, is it not?”

Meadow Graham has to know what happened the day her sister died. She can’t let this crazy bastard leave this earth without answers...without her words being spoken because Penny is no longer here to stand up to her killer. So, situated in a maximum security prison, the three-day interview begins. An alternate point of view from Vincent Mercier, and Meadow’s telling of her sister’s diary as she meets Vincent up to the day of her death when the story dies with Penny...

I could not wait to pick this book up each and every time life called and I had to set it down. Chock full of mystery and intrigue, seduction and betrayal, we take a walk back to the days a rich hotelier Vincent Mercier, picks up a homeless Penelope off the streets, gives her a job and a roof over her head. But everything is for a price. Nothing is free. And she paid the ultimate price in the end. But why? How? Read this book and find out...if you’re not too scared :).......

“Once upon a time, there was a dirty girl on the streets and the man who would make her his...”

[Philomena Callan Cheekypee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m speechless. I honestly don’t think I have the words to put into a review to do this book justice. I’ve just finished and my heads in a spin.

THIS IS AN AMAZING READ.

From start to finish it’s true perfection. The storyline is unique which I as a reader crave for.

I absolutely loved this story. If you enjoy psychological thrillers then I recommend this story. I felt that the author messed with my head and I must say I loved every minute of it. There was times while reading this that I wished I was buddy reading it, wanting to share my thoughts with someone, anyone.

I apologise if my review is a mess but it’s the authors fault. How she expects a normal review after reading Wishing Well I do not know. This is definitely going to be one of my top reads of this year.

[Laura Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wishing Well
By: Lily White
5 Quid Pro Quo Stars!!!

I don’t know how Lily White does it but she does. This book has now moved The Director by Lily White out of first place for my favorite books by this author. Like I’ve said before… with Lily White books, you have to read them word for word. Take in the meaning of each and every word typed. You will thank me in the end!

You don’t know fear until you’ve traipsed through darkness. You don’t know desolation until you’ve been tossed to the wolves.

You don’t know pain until you’re shown just how disposable you are…

Meadow Graham has waited for this day to come! Finally granted an exclusive interview with Vincent Mercier. The man who brutally murdered her sister and 3 others.

Will 72 hours alone with Vincent Mercier bring the closure that Meadow is hoping for? Or will Vincent manipulate Meadow just like he did her sister and the others?

I totally pictured during this interview, Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs… Vincent gave me the chills yet was a total turn on at the same time. While Meadow was the head strong, tough as heck back bone journalist who blushes at comments that Vincent makes…

I absolutely loved reading both sides to the story. As I felt like we got even more to this great story by hearing how each felt at the time.

What I didn’t expect in this story was the way it chained me to my couch… As I could not stop reading this one. As the story unfolded right in front of us, the layers peeling back, the emotions that were revealed…I could not stop reading.

What blindsided me was the letter. Insert box of Kleenex here… The tears were flowing…

What would a person do for the ones they love? Besides sheltering the Monster in the basement allowing only certain people to enter…would you give it all up in the name of Love?

If you love books that get your mind thinking…understanding that things are not always black and white. In the society that we live in, there has got to be grey too. This is a page turning romantic suspense book that was done perfectly!!!

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[Nadine Bookaholic · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG Lily White is a freaking genius! This book had me hooked right from the very first page. Vincent is a Manipulation God, he cast a spell on me and is still holding me captive. There were some twists that blew my mind...in a good way ;)

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[Cynema · Rating 5 out of 5]

A BRILLIANTLY TWISTED TALE OF PYGMALION AND MURDER… truth is in the eye of the beholder

“Once upon a time, there was a dirty girl on the streets and the man who would make her his.”

Okay, my mind literally exploded. Lily’s done it again in a twisted Pygmalion tale of psychological games that smacked me upside the head once again. As usual, her writing speaks to me on a subliminal level that blows my mind every time. Truth is in the eye of the beholder as murder, love, revenge, and redemption get all mixed up in a churning stew of zigzagging plot surprises. This is no typical My Fair Lady version of the transformative tale you remember, but one with dark corners, sharp and curvy edges, monsters under the bed, secrets, manipulations, lies and confessions. It’s a moody and atmospheric retelling of a death row confession by a man obsessed with turning a street urchin into “the perfect woman, tailored precisely to [his] specific tastes,” after making a wager with a friend. For a man always in control who owns everything he desires and vows never to be bored -- THIS is the ultimate challenge. “The mastery of a game designed to transform a girl into a woman” by a devil with the face of an avenging angel cursed with irresistibly masculine, feral beauty. “Mercier was a puzzle of opposites, the type of person that constantly kept you on guard.” The ultimate enigma. And then, there’s the Wishing Well -- the only hotel he owned that he designed to remind him of home, with beautiful gardens … a wonderland he’d created in memory of his home in France and the place where it all happens … and the secrets it holds.

Intriguing, yes? But, the story goes beyond that. I constantly questioned Mercier as a reliable narrator in his own story, as much as Meadow and her motives. This book is nothing short of wickedly ingenious and original, as Lily’s devious stories always are. Wealthy and French-born death row killer Vincent Mercier. The vengeful sister of the victim who needs answers. Just 72 hours before Mercier’s execution for her to hear his tale of a life lived in luxury, elegance and decay. Mercier has invited journalist Meadow Graham to hear his confession about her sister’s death, but both have ulterior motives and surprises up their sleeves. She hopes to crush him in revenge before he dies. Make no mistake, their encounters and “quid pro quo” question-and-answer sessions (very Silence of the Lambs) on both sides are a total cat-and-mouse game, and which one has the upper hand is very much up in the air. The psychological warfare was a real page-turner and had my rapt attention from start to finish.

“This is your last chance to confess the truth of your crimes so that the world can know just how cunning and monstrous you were.”
“Be careful with the words you choose, Meadow.” “You may just have to eat them later.”

Fickle fate and so many wild cards play a huge hand in this past and present smackdown, and had me reeling with one revelation and shock after another. I wasn’t certain of anything from any perspective, which constantly had me off-balance and questioning every viewpoint. Meadow counters each of Mercier’s memories with her sister’s journal of the same events. Who and what to believe? I was totally consumed as Mercier relives the beguiling story to Meadow. “Meadow still couldn’t shake the mystery that covered this man like a cloud.” She’s also at war with herself about him, and hating him for killing her sister. And, Mercier throws her off by calling her his last victim -- “the woman who will forever mourn the last life he took.”

I won’t pretend to be clueless all the way through the book, but I certainly wasn’t clairvoyant either. Lily has a magical way of pulling the rug out from under even the smuggest reader. This book was totally captivating and I devoured each crumb and nibble that Lily fed me along the way. And as the last pages stole my breath and incited tears, it lacerated my heart and TORE ME UP, leaving me like a deer in headlights. An outstanding, brilliant read that I will re-read again and again and again …

"What's the catch?" ... "the catch had already begun with Penny none the wiser."

[✰ Charlie ✰ Chisholm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can I just say I love this cover?




Oh wow can If I could give this book more than five stars I would.
One of my Top 5 reads of 2018 #PsychThriller

Meadow Graham goes to interview Vincent Mercier an inmate on death row. She has 3 days to hear his side of the story and to learn why he killed her twin sister plus three other people.
How will Meadow be when she comes face to face with her sisters killer

I not sure what it says about me but I fell hard by the end of the story for Vincent. I may have shed a few tears as well. His story is full twists and turns, lies and secrets. Will he be able to keep all his secrets or will Meadow finally get him to confess all?

But Meadow has her own secrets, will they be discovered? I really like Meadow, such a great character.

This story was so good so many twists and turns I really did not see coming.

The perfect timing of a fairy tale is tied to its tragedy…

I really loved this story from Lily. I was hooked from the start, it has to be one of the best storylines I have read in a long time. I stayed up half the night reading, I really could not put it down such an amazing read.

[Princess under cover · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I’m not sure what to say that I haven’t said in my status feeds. Tho it’s supposed to be a psychological mind bender, I guessed the truth (cuz come on! The author whacks u on the head with hints everywhere!) at 7%. Which doesn’t make for a riveting read.

It flowed well. There were some twists, including Vincent dying in the end, tho I couldn’t give a shit about Meadow.

There were typos, just like the other book I read by this author, but not nearly as many. Still enuf to annoy tho, so 1 star off for that.

The finality of the last pages was less than satisfying. It seemed rushed. And honestly I’m not sure I like who the H became. Like some version of his dead brother, who I never really liked.

Everything I liked about the H seemed gone... refined away.

And the h... she just made some really stupid decisions.the ONLY time I liked her was when she was with Maurice. So, another star off.

Not sure I want to read more by this author.

[Janie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. I loved this book and it was a definite 5 stars all the way until that absolutely craptastic ending. As a reader I went through so much to get to that point and I felt absolutely let down by the ending. There should have been more and one character at the end just pissed me off. I won’t put spoilers because it will ruin the story but I was left unsatisfied. And I guess it’s just me because I don’t see others complaining about it 🤷‍♀️ it was like one character got a lobotomy and I understood some of the feelings but it just left me feeling sad honestly. This author can definitely weave a tale though there’s no doubt about that. I look forward to reading others in the future.

[Natasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was for sure a rollercoster of emotions😭 On one hand i loved it and on the other i hated it bc that ending WTF Lily how could you do that???😡😭

This is somewhat of a romantic suspense/mystery and i can't even write what is it about like my usual spoilery reviews bc i don't want to ruin anything and trust me it is so much better if you go in blindly.

I can only say that this is about Vincent Mercier who is on dead row about to be executed and the journalist who interviews him also happens to be the sister of the girl he killed👀

It's full of twists and turns and all of my theories went up in the air bc i didn't see that plot twist at all😂 I was so sure of my theory and i was like this is so predictable but no it was really suprising how speechless it made me!😭

I did have some issues with certain things and i wished the ending wasn't so rushed and more explained bc i have so many questions okay???

But overall it was such a different and unique story that i'm gonna be thinking about for a long time!!

[Jenny - TotallybookedBlog · Rating 5 out of 5]

“By standing where you are, you have a relationship with me already. Not only that, but you are my last victim, the woman who will forever mourn the last life I took. I will die in three days, but you will live on in your grief…and your hatred. And For that, I will also live on, until the day you take your final breath. It’s poetic, is it not?”

Wow…what a brilliantly written clever and compelling story. The synopsis had us intrigued yet it does not do this book justice. So dark, twisted, passionate and emotional. This Author sure likes to play with the minds of her readers and we applaud her for it. Wishing Well felt unique and we were hooked from the start as the words flowed flawlessly. This review is as always spoiler free and we really do wish every reader to go into this story blind.

‘His grin was malicious, and inviting. A man with no qualms for the pain he caused, for the games he played, for the lives he manipulated, Vincent took pride in his achievements – if they could be called that.’

Vincent Mercier was an enigma. Living his last three days on death row, he’s the only hope for journalist Meadow Graham to discover the truth about his relationship with her twin sister and the circumstances of her untimely death. A charismatic Frenchman with an air of arrogance, aloofness and a compelling and controlling personality. Meadow immediately understands her sister’s reluctant attraction to this man despite him being a murderer awaiting execution.

‘…for this moment it was a means to an end, a moment I briefly wondered if Penelope would remember as the beginning of her fall. From grace. From independence. From a life lived with her own thoughts and desires leading her way.’

Through flashbacks we learn the story of how Penny came to live in the hotel owned by Vincent Mercier. From the dirty streets all alone into a world of luxury and hidden intentions. Everything comes with conditions in life though, and for Penny none were more life altering. Meadow must now relive her sister’s life through the words of a killer.

‘Someone had to love this gentle beast of a man. Someone had to see the light that could exist at the end of his dark tunnel and then take him by the hand to show him.’

The way in which Lily White wrote this story was so brilliant it has a subtle manipulation of mind and heart. You barely see it coming but then it’s suddenly there staring you in the face unapologetically. A plethora of lies, secrets and haunting erotic lust and love. The behaviour shrouds the heart and the true intentions of everyone involved. What a magnificent story which takes a much written about trope and turns it on its head. We highly recommend this to readers looking for something different yet who still craves romance, passion and those unrepentant anti-hero’s we hate to love. Wishing Well has a real beating loving heart and such soul residing in the core of darkness.

“The reason I always loved fairytales was because of their perfect timing, despite how unrealistic that timing might be. And this story is a fairytale, I hope you know that…..However, in this particular fable – although there is a prince, there is a maiden, there is a villain, there is a kiss, and there is a sunset – the perfect timing is tied to its tragedy.”

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[Kahea · Rating 5 out of 5]

***5 ‘You Make A Wish, And Hope It Comes True’ Stars***

Lily White has done it again!

Wishing Well sucked in me from the start, frustrated the hell out of me numerous times (for reasons we’ll kind of address *BSEG*) gave me the FEELS (Yeah, didn’t necessarily expect that either) and left me with a weird mix of ultimate satisfaction with THAT ending while in my head I was thinking “But, but…” Simply put, the mind fuck was real and I absolutely adored it!

Vincent is an enigma, complex and yet simple, and that made him absolutely fascinating. The range of feels I had for this man were crazy. I was wary of him, hated him, hurt for him and in a strange way loved him. Meadow is tenacious and broken, but determined to gain some closure for herself and her twin. I loved her strength and the empathy I had for her as she learned of all that happened to her sister knew no bounds. The battle of wills these two engage in was as sexually charged as it was emotionally charge and reminded me of a fencing match where the opponents parried back and forth, teasing out the weak spot and then going in for the winning strike when the other least expected it.

As for the story. I was hooked, not gonna lie, but there were moments in the beginning where things moved so slow, it was excruciating and I had to put the book down. Not because I was frustrated as all get out, at least not totally, but because if I didn’t I would skip ahead (even to the end ~ I know bad reader/reviewer *slaps own hand*) and this is NOT a book you want to do that with because you will miss something. But then that point came where I didn’t want to put it down, in fact I got kinda pissy when I had no choice but to stop reading, and what you end up with is a story that is so much more than the sum of its parts and has you craving more.

I know, another vague, non spoilery and probably verbal vomit-y review, but it is necessary because (queue the groans) you HAVE to go into this book as blind as possible. As it is, I probably said too much, but it is what it is. This really was a well written and well balanced read. You get a little romance, a little smexy, some humor, and a good dose of heart even as your anticipating what will be coming next from the various players in this twisted tale. And that ending? Despite my inner...turmoil...it is a fitting end.

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[Elle ✟ Søren's ♡ (i'm too old for this shite) · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5* soothe my soul STARS!!

My favorite author has a brand new spanking story.



A journalist Meadow Graham only has three days to uncover the truth behind a charismatic death row inmate, Vincent Mercier. One of the victims is her twin sister. During the interview, Vincent asked Meadow to exchange each other's stories since her twin wrote a diary. Meadow became consumed with angst and disbelief with Vincent's confession.

With dramatic past and present timeline, everything started from Meadow's twin, Penelope was the one who caught in Vincent's wicked webs. Everything seemed nice at first. I liked Penelope because she was really careful. She didn't afraid of Vincent when he "saved" her from the street. She knows there's a catch with him.

The story started slow since they have bumpy relationship. Penelope distrust Vincent but slowly wanting him. No matter how wrong she felt, Vincent always bewitch her. But it wasn't long before another major player to insert himself between Vincent and Penelope. AND I REALLYYY LOVE THIS PERSON! He's no Vincent. He isn't smooth & charming. He's raw and damaged but Penelope tends to him with patiently and fearless.



The story told from dual POV between Vincent and Meadow left me wondering for more. However, my only issue is with the ending. It left me unsatisfied and still wondering. But, no matter how much I re-read Wishing Well, it will always be my number #1 among other Lily White's works. A tragic love story mixed psychological thriller like no other. Personally, I prefer the latest cover than previous.

[Tears Of Venus · Rating 4 out of 5]

I should've known this would mess me up. And it did. Completely. Spectacularly.
The worst part is, I only have myself to blame.
I should know by now that Lily White's books seriously mess with my head, and I do, I really do but what can I say?



Anyway, 1 year later and I still think about this book.
So thank you, Lily White for the emotional damage and thank you, Mina for being a masochist that always comes back for more. And yes I talk to myself, it's...therapeutic.

[Amy Estridh · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The perfect timing of fairy tales are intricately tied to the happy ending. However, in this particular fable - although there is a prince, there is a maiden, there is a villain, there is a kiss, and there is a sunset - the perfect timing is tied to its tragedy."

I want to do this review revealing as little as possible because everyone should go in blind reading this. And if you like dark and twisted tales, you should read this. Like, yesterday.

I was fucking sobbing my eyes out.

"You make a wish, and hope it comes true"