Firstly, 5 stars brilliant, will read again and would freely recommend to family/friends.
The Cover - (I said this in my sneak pick review but I shall reiterate) Eye catching cover. Very eerie. I will read/buy anything with tarot cards on it. The woods that make up the background (It's only clear what it is on up close inspection but that might just be my eyesight) are a great nod to some important locations later in the novel. The fact the card is being held in place by rusty nails, sinister indeed!
The Characters -
The main character Skye is sarcastic and cynical, right on point for how I was as a teenage girl, completely over everyone and their cliche cheerleader lives! (weren't we all?). Struggling to fit in with the crowd dealing with money troubles and way too much responsibility she makes some, shall we say, questionable choices. You get the sense she really didn't mean for anything to go the way it did and she was as well intentioned as she could be given what she was in cahoots about.
The kidnapped girl ? B***h ! Spoiled little rich girl with daddy issues. Clearly well written had me scrunching up my nose at her with every sentence.
The best friend Drew, was actually somewhat of a let down, was not in it as much as it seemed she was going to be. Regretably as she was the main LGBTQ and POC rep in this. (Hope I'm not confusing two characters there). She flit in and out of Skye's life seemingly doing not much other than demanding to be told things and having some very unrealistic expectations. Uou would think she would know Skye's situation since they've been BFFs since like third grade.
The Plot- (as spoiler free as I can manage) We have a kidnapping, a fake psychic, some things that are not what they seem, shady ex boyfriends and blackmail. Yes. All of this. Then to top of the plot point sundae we have TWISTS APPLENTY. Oooooh I did not see any of those coming, great mystery writer here people! Misleads and red herrings whilst still giving you clues that when revealed you're like "oh yeah. Duh, how did I not piece that together?" ... Well because I am not Benedict Cumberbatch and no one gave me a script. I was suspecting just about everyone and rooting for no one! Morally ambiguous ending here you should all know that going in.
No faults found by this reader, have a go at it yourself. I am aware that there are some "triggering" things in here that might appear to be glossed over or not addressed well enough but there are only so many pages people and a writer can only do so much.
This is just my opinion which was in no way influenced by anything but my brain.
The Cover - (I said this in my sneak pick review but I shall reiterate) Eye catching cover. Very eerie. I will read/buy anything with tarot cards on it. The woods that make up the background (It's only clear what it is on up close inspection but that might just be my eyesight) are a great nod to some important locations later in the novel. The fact the card is being held in place by rusty nails, sinister indeed!
The Characters -
The main character Skye is sarcastic and cynical, right on point for how I was as a teenage girl, completely over everyone and their cliche cheerleader lives! (weren't we all?). Struggling to fit in with the crowd dealing with money troubles and way too much responsibility she makes some, shall we say, questionable choices. You get the sense she really didn't mean for anything to go the way it did and she was as well intentioned as she could be given what she was in cahoots about.
The kidnapped girl ? B***h ! Spoiled little rich girl with daddy issues. Clearly well written had me scrunching up my nose at her with every sentence.
The best friend Drew, was actually somewhat of a let down, was not in it as much as it seemed she was going to be. Regretably as she was the main LGBTQ and POC rep in this. (Hope I'm not confusing two characters there). She flit in and out of Skye's life seemingly doing not much other than demanding to be told things and having some very unrealistic expectations. Uou would think she would know Skye's situation since they've been BFFs since like third grade.
The Plot- (as spoiler free as I can manage) We have a kidnapping, a fake psychic, some things that are not what they seem, shady ex boyfriends and blackmail. Yes. All of this. Then to top of the plot point sundae we have TWISTS APPLENTY. Oooooh I did not see any of those coming, great mystery writer here people! Misleads and red herrings whilst still giving you clues that when revealed you're like "oh yeah. Duh, how did I not piece that together?" ... Well because I am not Benedict Cumberbatch and no one gave me a script. I was suspecting just about everyone and rooting for no one! Morally ambiguous ending here you should all know that going in.
No faults found by this reader, have a go at it yourself. I am aware that there are some "triggering" things in here that might appear to be glossed over or not addressed well enough but there are only so many pages people and a writer can only do so much.
This is just my opinion which was in no way influenced by anything but my brain.