Stephanie Carovella left her career, her friends and her home town of Los Angeles, but she couldn’t outrun the demons on her past. When she is lured back by the death of her best friend she enters a world where no one’s safe.
As her deepest and darkest secrets are revealed, Stephanie must find out who she can trust.
Will it be Jesse Carlisle? Her ex-lover and the man she left behind. He would give anything to have her back in his arms, but is it enough?
Or will it be Jase Devlin? Her best friend’s boyfriend, and a man with secrets as dark and dangerous as her own.
Can Stephanie find her friend’s killer or will she discover that she has nowhere to run?
Nina D’Angelo told us all about her book in her Passionate guestpost. It’s climbed to be one of the most popular posts of 2013.
I used to focus this blog on book reviews, but these days I try to keep them to twice a month.
So for me to review a book says something about the quality, even though I’m a picky b*tch. And proud of it!
Here’s the skinny:
1. Page turner (once you hit the third chapter)
The main beef I have with this book is that there are so many characters. I felt like I was being hit over the head with character background from the very beginning.
In the first scene the protagonist is flying to LA for the first time after a long gap. As she sits there she decides to review all the complicated relationships she will be entering into again.
We writers call this an info dump and it’s a no no.
But you would be missing out to stop reading then. Keep reading because it gets really juicy.
I read it over an international flight, and I liked it so much that I was actually reading my kindle as I strolled through the airport. (Yeah, that’s me!)
2. Suspenseful emotions
The book has the vibe of gritty emotions and drama. It reminds me of YA literature because it is so intense, but it’s definitely adult.
There’s a love pentagon or something, and frienemies and secrets.
It’s pretty nuts. But interesting. Interesting nuts.
3. Dark Dark Dark
Stephanie is a criminal profiler at heart. She spends her time trying to get into the mind of a killer that is coming after her and her friends.
Dark stuff man.
But it sure keeps those pages flipping.
Highly recommended! Thanks for the great read Nina.
xx Sofia
