angelerin's review
5.0
AMAZING. I won this book in one of the Goodreads giveaways, and as soon as I received it in the mail I read it. In one day. This book has interesting characters and a great fast-paced plot. It's short and easy to read so I would recommend this book to anyone. I couldn't put it down! Great revenge story. Loved it! Go Audra! :)
anjanavasan's review
4.0
This book was made for Hollywood. Seriously. I can totally picture Angelina Jolie or some other extremely skinny actress playing Audra and winning an Oscar for this.
'Accountable to None' is the story of not one person but over 7-8 different people but it's all focused one, probably the most evil man alive named Olin.
The story begins with Audra crawled in her office hours after being raped and brutally hurt by her boss Olin, whom she met with that night thinking they were going to discuss her promotion to partner at the large Accounting Firm she works at, instead turns out he just wanted to get in her pants (understating it).
The incident left Audra emotionally and physically broken, as she had lost everything while trying to climb the corporate ladder (her friends,family and even her baby), only to be abused and hurt by the company she gave everything to. So, with all the vengeance within her, she decides that she needs her revenge, so she waits, quietly and patiently for five years, without drawing any unwanted attention to herself, to get it.
This is the story of how it all plays out and how Audra gets her retribution.
Honestly, this book blew me away. 'Accountable to None' is not for everyone - it has its dark side, actually, most of it is dark - but me, I like horror stories. From the first page, I swear I couldn't take my eyes off the book. Each of the characters had their own backgrounds explored in depth that made you understand them and hate them within a few pages. 'Accountable to None' was highly suspenseful and felt like going on a fast rollercoaster ride uphill till the moment when it all falls down. Oh, I waited for that moment. I wanted to see Olin crushed. I hated him. He was,to me,
Ashley's managed to create a brilliant villan, a man full of evil and easy to hate. I found myself invested in Audra's requital.
The end of the book believable, but I do feel Olin deserves much worse. Not just him, all the others at the firm really. I guess I wanted more for a man like Olin and also the others, after five years of plotting. Hence, the 4 stars.
Ashley Fontainne's a natural at suspense/mystery/thrillers and I recommend this book to anyone who likes such genres and don't mind some adult & dark content.
'Accountable to None' is the story of not one person but over 7-8 different people but it's all focused one, probably the most evil man alive named Olin.
The story begins with Audra crawled in her office hours after being raped and brutally hurt by her boss Olin, whom she met with that night thinking they were going to discuss her promotion to partner at the large Accounting Firm she works at, instead turns out he just wanted to get in her pants (understating it).
The incident left Audra emotionally and physically broken, as she had lost everything while trying to climb the corporate ladder (her friends,family and even her baby), only to be abused and hurt by the company she gave everything to. So, with all the vengeance within her, she decides that she needs her revenge, so she waits, quietly and patiently for five years, without drawing any unwanted attention to herself, to get it.
This is the story of how it all plays out and how Audra gets her retribution.
Honestly, this book blew me away. 'Accountable to None' is not for everyone - it has its dark side, actually, most of it is dark - but me, I like horror stories. From the first page, I swear I couldn't take my eyes off the book. Each of the characters had their own backgrounds explored in depth that made you understand them and hate them within a few pages. 'Accountable to None' was highly suspenseful and felt like going on a fast rollercoaster ride uphill till the moment when it all falls down. Oh, I waited for that moment. I wanted to see Olin crushed. I hated him. He was,to me,
Ashley's managed to create a brilliant villan, a man full of evil and easy to hate. I found myself invested in Audra's requital.
The end of the book believable, but I do feel Olin deserves much worse. Not just him, all the others at the firm really. I guess I wanted more for a man like Olin and also the others, after five years of plotting. Hence, the 4 stars.
Ashley Fontainne's a natural at suspense/mystery/thrillers and I recommend this book to anyone who likes such genres and don't mind some adult & dark content.
sean31's review
3.0
Taken from my Amazon review
Oh what a tangled web these characters weave - it seems like everyone has something to hide. Audra, the lead in "Accountable to None", spends five years building a paper trail to uncover the whole web, but it's done mostly out of sight as the audience is introduced to the side characters, most of whom can shortly expect their comeuppance.
This sort of story relies on a powerful supporting cast to create an engaging read, and while some characters showed dimension, others fell flat, and regrettably, the flatter characters received most of the limelight.
Plotwise, the pace was quite good, and did not suffer any slow, slogging points. However, it also suffered from being unable to suspend disbelief enough to make itself heard over the myriad problems some of its plot points present. I can't get into details due to spoilers, but I can say with confidence that Ms. Fontainne should have double-checked on what kind of evidence is admissible in court.
Mechanically, Fontainne knows how to create a vivid picture, which is something of a rare talent, but it is bogged down by difficult prose and the occasional error - though I believe "Accountable to None" has undergone some editing since the first reviews, contributing very much to repairing this problem.
All things considered, "Accountable to None" is not a -bad- book by any means, but it fails to live up to the potential of its story.
Oh what a tangled web these characters weave - it seems like everyone has something to hide. Audra, the lead in "Accountable to None", spends five years building a paper trail to uncover the whole web, but it's done mostly out of sight as the audience is introduced to the side characters, most of whom can shortly expect their comeuppance.
This sort of story relies on a powerful supporting cast to create an engaging read, and while some characters showed dimension, others fell flat, and regrettably, the flatter characters received most of the limelight.
Plotwise, the pace was quite good, and did not suffer any slow, slogging points. However, it also suffered from being unable to suspend disbelief enough to make itself heard over the myriad problems some of its plot points present. I can't get into details due to spoilers, but I can say with confidence that Ms. Fontainne should have double-checked on what kind of evidence is admissible in court.
Mechanically, Fontainne knows how to create a vivid picture, which is something of a rare talent, but it is bogged down by difficult prose and the occasional error - though I believe "Accountable to None" has undergone some editing since the first reviews, contributing very much to repairing this problem.
All things considered, "Accountable to None" is not a -bad- book by any means, but it fails to live up to the potential of its story.
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