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alicekd's review
3.0
Pheonix Holt isn’t the sort of book I would normally pick up, but I’d seen a lot about it on Instagram and it was a good price on the Amazon Kindle store so I decided to branch out. I was pleasantly surprised, it had enough mystery to keep you hooked and was a nice length too.
I’m not normally a fan of magical/fantasy books (apart from Harry Potter) so I was a bit wary about reading this. I’m glad I did though because I did enjoy it. There was good suspense that kept me reading later into the night than I should have.
The only criticism I have is that I found the author’s writing style slightly off-putting at times. I don’t know the best way to describe it, it sometimes felt as though she was trying too hard to use a range of words, e.g. for walking/saying, as though she’d picked them from a thesaurus. This didn’t detract too much from the storyline though, I just felt the story, particularly dialogue, didn’t flow as well as it could have in some places. Despite this, I would probably still recommend it if you enjoy mysteries which also have some magical/fantasy elements.
My full review: https://aliceandthebooks.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/pheonix-holt-by-gabriella-lepore/
I’m not normally a fan of magical/fantasy books (apart from Harry Potter) so I was a bit wary about reading this. I’m glad I did though because I did enjoy it. There was good suspense that kept me reading later into the night than I should have.
The only criticism I have is that I found the author’s writing style slightly off-putting at times. I don’t know the best way to describe it, it sometimes felt as though she was trying too hard to use a range of words, e.g. for walking/saying, as though she’d picked them from a thesaurus. This didn’t detract too much from the storyline though, I just felt the story, particularly dialogue, didn’t flow as well as it could have in some places. Despite this, I would probably still recommend it if you enjoy mysteries which also have some magical/fantasy elements.
My full review: https://aliceandthebooks.wordpress.com/2015/01/18/pheonix-holt-by-gabriella-lepore/
midnightinfairytales's review
5.0
This book is incredible and I absolutely love it. The story is amazing and so are the characters. It was so easy to read and it is a book you cannot put down because it never gets boring.
silverwing's review
3.0
Initially gave this a 3 star review but I'm upping it to a 4 star. I did really enjoy this. One thing I have to say - Gabriella Lepore is a fantastic author. Her writing style is captivating and kept me interested throughout the book! I've read books by better known authors that were not definitely not written as well as Secrets in Phoenix (previously Phoenix Holt).
Full review to come! :)
Full review to come! :)
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