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rinseandread's review
4.0
Loved the story line thought out all of the series. The characters are well developed and real. The books follow Jess in her professional and personal life, just like in reality, they are very intertwined.
I binge read them one after the other starting with Silence and continuing through to the Wedding.
My personal dislikes about this series:
- too much romance (just not my cup of tea, I'm into the murder, mystery and suspense)
- too much repetition towards the end of the series. (I get the need to help people who may have picked up the series mid way through, but since I read them in succession I grew tired of reading the characters back story again and again)
I binge read them one after the other starting with Silence and continuing through to the Wedding.
My personal dislikes about this series:
- too much romance (just not my cup of tea, I'm into the murder, mystery and suspense)
- too much repetition towards the end of the series. (I get the need to help people who may have picked up the series mid way through, but since I read them in succession I grew tired of reading the characters back story again and again)
poisedpenpro's review
5.0
Another Winner!!! Vile is a great addition to the Faces of Evil Series. I have read every book in this series and they just keep getting better and better.
asphaltcowgrrl's review
This series just might kill me. All I'm sayin'.
And now that I'm not submitting this book for review in other places, I can amend my earlier comment. By a lot.
The Faces of Evil series by Debra Webb is one of the most engrossing, addicting series of romantic thrillers I have ever read. I received the first four novels at once, for review, and devoured them in something like three weeks. I was hooked long before I received books five and six in the mail.
As with every book in this series, Vile picks up immediately where Vicious left off. Meaning, each and every novel so far has ended in an ‘holy guacamole you did not just stop right there’ sort of way. Although cliffhangers like these can be extremely difficult to deal with, it makes picking up the next in line so much easier to do. There’s no set up, no gentle easing into the story – nope – you’re grabbed by one arm and drug right back into the middle of the action. Vile isn’t any exception.
Vile is, to date, the most intense installment in this series. Not only does Jess have her usual issues to deal with – internal strife at work, dead bodies, her family, etc. – but also an entirely new set of issues arise in the form of a pregnancy, someone trying to frame Dan, and oh, yeah: Eric Spears’ newfound following of nuts. Vile finally starts to bring together some of the bits and pieces Ms. Webb planted in earlier novels, helping to draw the strings just a bit tighter.
I’ve mentioned this in other reviews, but truly the thing that makes these books so readable is the big bad: Eric Spears. Why? I’m not entirely certain, but my theory is this: he seems so normal. Not like the crazies you see on Criminal Minds or other shows like that, the kind that you can see coming a mile away. No, The Player is handsome, he’s smart, he’s charming and he’s rich. He’s that reclusive businessman that no one gives a second thought to because he’s ‘just a little eccentric’. Oops – we mean he’s a serial killer, sorry.
I know that in the end, Jess, Dan, and the Birmingham Police Department are going to bring him down, and I’ll be sad when it happens. Partly because some tiny bit of me wants to see him thumb his nose at the world, but the biggest part of me screams, “There’ll be no more books once they do!”
On the flip side, book nine – Heinous – releases on my birthday.
Disclaimer: I bought and paid for this e-book with my own hard-earned money because I’m a tiny bit addicted to this series. And maybe Eric Spears, too. Just a little though.
And now that I'm not submitting this book for review in other places, I can amend my earlier comment. By a lot.
The Faces of Evil series by Debra Webb is one of the most engrossing, addicting series of romantic thrillers I have ever read. I received the first four novels at once, for review, and devoured them in something like three weeks. I was hooked long before I received books five and six in the mail.
As with every book in this series, Vile picks up immediately where Vicious left off. Meaning, each and every novel so far has ended in an ‘holy guacamole you did not just stop right there’ sort of way. Although cliffhangers like these can be extremely difficult to deal with, it makes picking up the next in line so much easier to do. There’s no set up, no gentle easing into the story – nope – you’re grabbed by one arm and drug right back into the middle of the action. Vile isn’t any exception.
Vile is, to date, the most intense installment in this series. Not only does Jess have her usual issues to deal with – internal strife at work, dead bodies, her family, etc. – but also an entirely new set of issues arise in the form of a pregnancy, someone trying to frame Dan, and oh, yeah: Eric Spears’ newfound following of nuts. Vile finally starts to bring together some of the bits and pieces Ms. Webb planted in earlier novels, helping to draw the strings just a bit tighter.
I’ve mentioned this in other reviews, but truly the thing that makes these books so readable is the big bad: Eric Spears. Why? I’m not entirely certain, but my theory is this: he seems so normal. Not like the crazies you see on Criminal Minds or other shows like that, the kind that you can see coming a mile away. No, The Player is handsome, he’s smart, he’s charming and he’s rich. He’s that reclusive businessman that no one gives a second thought to because he’s ‘just a little eccentric’. Oops – we mean he’s a serial killer, sorry.
I know that in the end, Jess, Dan, and the Birmingham Police Department are going to bring him down, and I’ll be sad when it happens. Partly because some tiny bit of me wants to see him thumb his nose at the world, but the biggest part of me screams, “There’ll be no more books once they do!”
On the flip side, book nine – Heinous – releases on my birthday.
Disclaimer: I bought and paid for this e-book with my own hard-earned money because I’m a tiny bit addicted to this series. And maybe Eric Spears, too. Just a little though.
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