lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
5.0
*I received a free review copy of Heartbreak Bay. This has in no way influenced my voluntary review which is honest and unbiased.*
Heartbreak Bay brings more of everything I've come to expect from the Stillhouse Lake novels. There is more suspense. There is more heartache. There is more danger. There is more friendship. There is more love. Most of all, there's more hope - even when everything appears hopeless.
Caine is a master at this, and I'm sure she's spent a lot of time on research. Everything just sounds so very true. I firmly believe in Gwen, Sam, Lanny, Connor, Vee, Kez, Javier and all the other characters. They're all extremely well fleshed out. And in Heartbreak Bay, I got the pleasure of some new points of view as well - and this made me a very happy reader.
The way this story unfolds is like a red thread inside of a puzzle inside of one of those boxes that's impossible to open. There's always something going on that I couldn't fully get a grasp on, and thus, my excitement while reading was never ending.
You should pre-order this book right now! It's excellent, and one of my favorite reads of 2020, as well as one of my all time favorite reads.
Heartbreak Bay brings more of everything I've come to expect from the Stillhouse Lake novels. There is more suspense. There is more heartache. There is more danger. There is more friendship. There is more love. Most of all, there's more hope - even when everything appears hopeless.
Caine is a master at this, and I'm sure she's spent a lot of time on research. Everything just sounds so very true. I firmly believe in Gwen, Sam, Lanny, Connor, Vee, Kez, Javier and all the other characters. They're all extremely well fleshed out. And in Heartbreak Bay, I got the pleasure of some new points of view as well - and this made me a very happy reader.
The way this story unfolds is like a red thread inside of a puzzle inside of one of those boxes that's impossible to open. There's always something going on that I couldn't fully get a grasp on, and thus, my excitement while reading was never ending.
You should pre-order this book right now! It's excellent, and one of my favorite reads of 2020, as well as one of my all time favorite reads.
katekate_reads_'s review against another edition
4.0
I’ve really loved this series so much! I highly recommend reading it from the start - it grows and builds and I love the way we’ve seen the characters change as the series goes on.
I think the best part of this series is that the central premise is around something we haven’t gotten to see much. At the beginning of the first book Gwen learns that her husband has been a serial killer. She had no idea what was going on in her own house. We are used to seeing that happen at the end of a story - but this is unique because we get it as the beginning. And instead of the story being about how her husband was caught - it’s about what happens next for Gwen and their kids.
Sadly, the author Rachel Caine passed away before this book was published. I feel like this was a great ending to the series and I highly recommend it to any thriller fans.
Thank you to Brilliance Audio for the advance listening copy.
I think the best part of this series is that the central premise is around something we haven’t gotten to see much. At the beginning of the first book Gwen learns that her husband has been a serial killer. She had no idea what was going on in her own house. We are used to seeing that happen at the end of a story - but this is unique because we get it as the beginning. And instead of the story being about how her husband was caught - it’s about what happens next for Gwen and their kids.
Sadly, the author Rachel Caine passed away before this book was published. I feel like this was a great ending to the series and I highly recommend it to any thriller fans.
Thank you to Brilliance Audio for the advance listening copy.
gina1223's review
3.75
Very fast pace and I was glad to finally have more of Kezia! Not my absolute favorite but it was a good listen
everlywright's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
justab00kl0v1ngg1rl's review against another edition
4.0
I was given a free ARC for my review on NetGallery .I really enjoyed this series of books, as much as you can enjoy reading about evil and twisted psychopaths
kyleesapp's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
denaiir's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not too sad that it was the last one actually, all these people targeting Gwen and her family was becoming more and more unbelievable, I would have prfered the family to be main characters but not directly linked to the perpetrators after the first books with Melvin
3.5 stars
3.5 stars
christiansenmy's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
tigermomnc's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5