Beneath The Scars - A.M. Carroll 1/5 stars
I received a copy of Beneath The Scars from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
So what I thought would be a pretty decent suspense thriller turned out to be less about suspense, and more about romance, and annoying characters that almost induce vomiting. When you read a blurb you can almost guarantee that you know what you're getting into. Not the case here at all. If anything, the suspense is almost nonexistent, and the focus is mostly on Jay and Lacey, and it could work if they weren't so annoying, and well, let's just say they're boring. Nothing about this novel is suspenseful, and shouldn't even be classified as such. Even women who like this kind of stuff would be disappointed in Carroll's novel. It promises a great deal, but falls flat almost immediately,
Part of the problem are the characters. In any novel you want characters you can like, or even identify with, but here, these aren't people you like at all. Lacey is annoying and spends half the book pining for Jason who happens to be a jerk, and a womanizer. Even cheesy romance novels will give you characters to cheer for. It's painfully obvious here that these two will end up together, and that should be the blurb. The stalker or whatever is just an afterthought. It's not powerful enough to move the novel at all, and the resolution is just meh at best. Carroll isn't a bad writer, but the blurb is very misleading. If you're a fan of suspense well, you'll be swearing halfway through Beneath The Scars. There's no suspense here, and the only joy comes when you finally finish it. You may not even be able to do that. I skimmed through half of it just so I could be done with it. Maybe there is an audience here for this type of deception, but I can't say I liked it because I didn't. Not at all.
With every novel I read and review, I try and focus on something redeemable about the novel. Some plot, or character that stood out, but here? It was just boring, and pretty predictable. I may be in the minority here in trashing this novel, and I feel bad because there is a lot of potential here, but it's wasted on a weak plot and characters who act like characters in a cheesy novel. Why is the blurb so misleading?? Why was I swearing halfway through this novel? Do people really act like this? So, if you want a cheesy romance with very little suspense this is right up your alley, but for those looking for a serious good suspense thriller you should look elsewhere.
I received a copy of Beneath The Scars from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
So what I thought would be a pretty decent suspense thriller turned out to be less about suspense, and more about romance, and annoying characters that almost induce vomiting. When you read a blurb you can almost guarantee that you know what you're getting into. Not the case here at all. If anything, the suspense is almost nonexistent, and the focus is mostly on Jay and Lacey, and it could work if they weren't so annoying, and well, let's just say they're boring. Nothing about this novel is suspenseful, and shouldn't even be classified as such. Even women who like this kind of stuff would be disappointed in Carroll's novel. It promises a great deal, but falls flat almost immediately,
Part of the problem are the characters. In any novel you want characters you can like, or even identify with, but here, these aren't people you like at all. Lacey is annoying and spends half the book pining for Jason who happens to be a jerk, and a womanizer. Even cheesy romance novels will give you characters to cheer for. It's painfully obvious here that these two will end up together, and that should be the blurb. The stalker or whatever is just an afterthought. It's not powerful enough to move the novel at all, and the resolution is just meh at best. Carroll isn't a bad writer, but the blurb is very misleading. If you're a fan of suspense well, you'll be swearing halfway through Beneath The Scars. There's no suspense here, and the only joy comes when you finally finish it. You may not even be able to do that. I skimmed through half of it just so I could be done with it. Maybe there is an audience here for this type of deception, but I can't say I liked it because I didn't. Not at all.
With every novel I read and review, I try and focus on something redeemable about the novel. Some plot, or character that stood out, but here? It was just boring, and pretty predictable. I may be in the minority here in trashing this novel, and I feel bad because there is a lot of potential here, but it's wasted on a weak plot and characters who act like characters in a cheesy novel. Why is the blurb so misleading?? Why was I swearing halfway through this novel? Do people really act like this? So, if you want a cheesy romance with very little suspense this is right up your alley, but for those looking for a serious good suspense thriller you should look elsewhere.
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