Synopsis
5 friends. A killer within. WHO WILL SNAP?
In nine weeks Charlie Miller's life goes from absolute perfection to gruesome tragedy. All it takes is one night, one blade, and her boyfriend, best friend and new friends all either end up as suspects or dead.
But Charlie's world of pro football golden boys, law school domination and New York City nightlife crumbles long before sudden death. Nate Westcott, a pierced, tattooed, charismatic lawyer, is a man she can’t have—but a seductive danger she can’t ignore. He’s cocky, infuriating, brilliant and wrong, making her question whether she really is the good girl she wants to be or more like the selfish killer everyone thinks she is.
And her body wants him in ways she’s not supposed to crave.
Despite her desire for it to be how it was during college, Charlie's changing, and so are the friends she thought she knew. Everyone she cares about is at risk because one of them has darkness lurking beneath, and if Charlie wants to survive, she must find that single, poisonous soul.
Because they want Charlie out of the way. And to succeed, they'll kill.
Start at the beginning. Question them all.
In nine weeks Charlie Miller's life goes from absolute perfection to gruesome tragedy. All it takes is one night, one blade, and her boyfriend, best friend and new friends all either end up as suspects or dead.
But Charlie's world of pro football golden boys, law school domination and New York City nightlife crumbles long before sudden death. Nate Westcott, a pierced, tattooed, charismatic lawyer, is a man she can’t have—but a seductive danger she can’t ignore. He’s cocky, infuriating, brilliant and wrong, making her question whether she really is the good girl she wants to be or more like the selfish killer everyone thinks she is.
And her body wants him in ways she’s not supposed to crave.
Despite her desire for it to be how it was during college, Charlie's changing, and so are the friends she thought she knew. Everyone she cares about is at risk because one of them has darkness lurking beneath, and if Charlie wants to survive, she must find that single, poisonous soul.
Because they want Charlie out of the way. And to succeed, they'll kill.
Start at the beginning. Question them all.
Review
★★★★★ stars
I suppose now would be the time to tell you I'd already read parts 1-3 before. I loved them in December when I read them for the first time and I loved them again when I re-read them recently. Parts 4-6 were new to me, but they were as amazing as the preceding three parts. I should clarify that I really wasn't paying attention to when the parts ended. I read them all back to back and didn't even notice when one ended and the other began, I was just trying to find out what happened next!
The magic started with the prologue. It was so unexpected but it really set the stage for the story that came. By the time I'd finished wrapping my head around it I was already knee deep in trying to figure out who had died, why, and who was responsible. My trying to read into every thing that was going on quickly fell away and I was soon immersed in the story.
I've got to hand it to Ketley Allison, she really kept me on my toes. I suspected everyone and about the time I thought I got a handle on a person or a situation, something happened to throw everything out the window and I had to start afresh. I really felt horrible for Charlie, she had no idea who the people closest to her were and the addition of new friends led to a nightmare I don't think she could've even dreamed of let alone been aware it was coming her way. Everyone was suspect.
Honestly, as I got further along into the story, I started having suspicions about everyone, and it didn't help that all of the mind games being played messed with my head as they did with Charlie's. There were so many accusations and ideas running around. Had Slade cheated on Charlie? What did Nate really want? When the killer's motivation was revealed, I was shocked, because I hadn't seen that coming, even if I'd sort of guessed the identity of the killer. The ending was quite satisfying and a surprise. I can't wait to see what Ketley Allison does in her next book. I'm eager to find out how she outdoes herself!
*Thank you to the publicist for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated for them in any manner.*
Ketley Allison Bio:
Ketley Allison is a twenty-something (maybe almost thirty-something) author who believes that supernatural love shouldn’t stop at eighteen. She began her career by writing books as birthday presents for her friends (with her friend as the main character and opposite a super sexy lead, of course) before ending it in order to walk down a path she thought she was supposed to follow.
The writing bug never left her—and, in fact, would often bleed into the official papers she was supposed to write—so now Ketley’s putting down her suit and finally following her dream. While her friends are no longer the stars of her books, she still throws in bits and pieces of them into each and every one of her characters.
As a result, her books tend to focus a lot on friendships as well as love, because let’s be honest, friends are what really get you through—especially when your epic love turns into epic heartbreak.
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Wonderful post, Chanpreet! You make me all gushy inside :) Thank you for participating in the tour!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ketley! :)
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