In Malice, Quite Close

Jul 15, 2012 Sara Snelling rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I am afraid to pick up another book too soon after this one, for fear that it might be much like chasing a fine wine with a pasty toothbrush- letting it linger a bit seems far more attractive. I will say, admittedly, that I was contemplating moving on to another book a bit after the initial excitement had faded- what a mistake that would have been. The story here is great, and full of savory characters and exciting twists, but the language here is the real winner. I praise Brandi Lynn Ryder for...more

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Mar 01, 2012 Kathryn rated it 5 of 5 stars

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The cover of this book is great! I can't wait to get and to read it...

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Aug 19, 2011 Krissie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

I won this book on goodreads from Viking and I am very thankful.

The first chapter will get you hooked.

I would highly suggest this book. All of the lies and betrayls are mixed with what the characters think love is. A great book that kept me guessing until the very end.

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Sep 21, 2011 Gayle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Life Imitates Art

On the same day Brandi Lynn Ryder’s In Malice Quite Close found its way to me, I read a news article about a missing fifteen-year-old girl. Something led the authorities to believe she’d left home willingly in the company of a sex offender who is in his 30s. This item erased my questions concerning how a young girl could just disappear without being taken against her will.
This is somewhat a disturbing story told in a superbly written way that keeps you turning the pages.
Kare...more Life Imitates Art

On the same day Brandi Lynn Ryder’s In Malice Quite Close found its way to me, I read a news article about a missing fifteen-year-old girl. Something led the authorities to believe she’d left home willingly in the company of a sex offender who is in his 30s. This item erased my questions concerning how a young girl could just disappear without being taken against her will.
This is somewhat a disturbing story told in a superbly written way that keeps you turning the pages.
Karen Miller was a waif, a shabbily dressed child living in not the best of circumstances.
A young man of European descent noticed her and was enamored. He spent days stalking her and planning how to make her his own. One night as he hid in her yard, observing her through her lighted bedroom window, he saw Karen’s drunken father enter her room and begin to molest her. This gave our stalker the excuse he needed to “rescue” her.
He began to run into her at various sites until she noticed him and questioned why he was following her. He denied that fact and befriended her, drawing her in as sexual predators so expertly do. He convinced her to run away with him. After he medicated her into unconsciousness, he drew enough blood from her veins to set up a scene that would convince the authorities that Karen had been killed and thrown into the bay.
They drove from California to New York where he gave her a new name, Gisele, and introduced her to the art world as his daughter.
Fifteen years pass in which Gisele married and seven months later had a daughter. Her little family continued to live with her “father”, Tristan. Her husband, Luke, an ineffective painter, discovered a secret room full of nude paintings of Gisele. He suspected the artist to be his “father-in-law”, but Tristan denied having painted the nudes. Everyone else thought Luke painted them himself. The paintings were brought forth to be featured in a special showing.
Meanwhile, Karen’s younger sister, Mandy, who was only nine at the time of Karen’s abduction, and whom Karen thought died years ago in a car accident with her parents, saw an advertisement for the showing and recognized her long lost sister.
This should be enough to whet your appetite. When did Gisele cease being Tristan’s daughter and become his lover? Was Tristan the actual creator of the paintings? Doesn’t Karen herself know who did the paintings?
Add in forged masterpieces, secret passageways, paternity issues, a questionable death and you’re in for a wild ride.
This is a wonderful book of intrigue and mystery. I give it five stars.(less)

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Aug 10, 2011 Cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Karen was just fifteen when her life was turned upside down and changed forever. Karen was just minding her own business reading a book and drinking coffee when she had her first encounter with Tristan. Soon afterwards, Tristan was showing up at all the same places that Karen hung out. Finally, Tristan could not stand it anymore and he kidnapped Karen and faked her death. Tristan and Karen became Tristan and Giese. Lovers behind closed doors and father and daughter to the public eye. Things unra...more

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Aug 09, 2011 Nancy rated it 4 of 5 stars

I don't even know how to review this book! It is multi-layered and not straight-forward in any way. Ultimately, I believe the author is using the complex characters in the book to dispel the idea of truth being the only reality when "truth" does not necessarily exist except in the mind of the interpreter.

It is a disturbing story that is artfully told. I honestly could not put the book down. In fact, like art, interpretation is very personal and represents a culmination of a person's experiences...more I don't even know how to review this book! It is multi-layered and not straight-forward in any way. Ultimately, I believe the author is using the complex characters in the book to dispel the idea of truth being the only reality when "truth" does not necessarily exist except in the mind of the interpreter.

It is a disturbing story that is artfully told. I honestly could not put the book down. In fact, like art, interpretation is very personal and represents a culmination of a person's experiences. Kind of like a Rorschach test only using more than ink blots. The twists and turns the book takes was intriguing and the at last dizzying when coming so fast.

As one character points out, humans love riddles and will obsess over them. Life is full of unsolved mysteries that plague me years later. The author created an enigmatic character, Giselle, that nobody really knew except in bits and pieces. Even when combined in one room, those bits and pieces did not quite make up the entire woman. She was a riddle that became and obsession for many.

The content and the story is very well planned and executed, leaving the more disturbing aspects eclipsed by the novel itself. The mysteries kept me turning the pages because I wanted to know the answers to the riddles which kept revealing more riddles. This one I would encourage to a book group, although not to the ladies in my congregation. Not that I don't think they should read it because I enjoyed it in a twisted sort of way. I simply don't want their version of the truth of me to be interpreted by the books I recommend. For them, I recommend Pollyanna.

Sexual content: High amount and part of Giselle's feelings of worth
Dialogue: Moderate swearing. "F" word used.
Violence: Moderate
Content: Taboo subjects are addressed although not necessarily acted out in the way the reader might have expected. Predatory sexual acts, rape, incest, exhibitionism, voyeurism, among other subjects are broached. Remembering that I am a prude in my inner core, I did not find the approach to be inappropriate. If I am more specific, I will spoil the book.(less)

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Mar 03, 2013 Christine Durkin rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wow!!!! This is her first book and I can't imagine how she'll be able to top it, (but I bet she will). Where did this woman come from? I think she'll be an author that quickly joins the ranks of Anita Shreve, Elizabeth Berg, Anne Tyler, and Alice Hoffman and then completely blow them away.

I'm really picky, I usually bale on a book if it doesn't really hook me with its writing style within the first chapter, (so anything I review, I'm going to give at least four stars.

I fear I may have to adjust...more

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Nov 10, 2011 Kandice rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-in-2011, fiction

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. If I was only giving stars based on writing, I would have given this book four stars. It was very well done for a new novelist. However, the story was very disturbing and not one I would usually read. I don't enjoy entertainment dealing with child abuse.

The book opens being written from the viewpoint of Tristan who abducts Karen (later Gisele) and keeps and molests her for years. The beginning of the book tells us his twisted view on the abduction, and we are given more of his viewpoint as the b...more

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Aug 04, 2011 LORI CASWELL rated it 4 of 5 stars

Tristan Mourault, a Frenchman, and heir to a world renowned art collection featuring Impressionist masterpieces loses himself when sees young Karen Miller in San Francisco. He immediately decides he must have her and lets nothing deter him from that mission. The fact that she is only 15 is inconsequential, he believes he is saving her from the fate of the family she was born into. He does everything he can to win her trust and then makes the calculated plan for her disappearance. Within days Kar...more Tristan Mourault, a Frenchman, and heir to a world renowned art collection featuring Impressionist masterpieces loses himself when sees young Karen Miller in San Francisco. He immediately decides he must have her and lets nothing deter him from that mission. The fact that she is only 15 is inconsequential, he believes he is saving her from the fate of the family she was born into. He does everything he can to win her trust and then makes the calculated plan for her disappearance. Within days Karen Miller no longer exists as she becomes Giselle, his daughter to the public, his lover in private.

The story then moves ahead 15 years to Devon, Washington. An almost magical town and Tristan and Giselle are part of the eccentric art world. Giselle has matured, married and has a daughter. But all is not perfect in this wonderland they have created. Her daughter discovers something that will turn all their lives sideways. Not everyone will survive the revelations uncovered.

I enjoyed what has been called a "haunting" novel. The title comes from a poem by Arthur Rimbaud entitled The First Evening and fits well with this story. The story has also been compared to Nabokov's Lolita. Quite an accomplishment for a debut novel.

I found it to be a suspenseful look at some extraordinary characters in some extraordinary situations. The plot kept the pages turning and then slowed in places to an almost maddening pace and then picked up and slowed again. It was written almost like a dance or a give and take relationship with the reader. Secrets continue to be revealed until the last page and even then this reader is still unsure of the real truth.

The author's descriptions of not only scenes but of the paintings that are key to the whole story are so vivid I was amazed to learn that there was not a real set of paintings to inspire her. They come alive in your mind's eye very easily.

I would encourage readers that after you have read the book to go to The Reader's Guide to learn more about the background of this novel. I will not post it here because there are spoilers in the guide.

It is a fine debut but I caution you to be aware of the ebb and flow because the further you get into the story you will envision the prize at the end. This is definitely a book to be savored slowly and allow it to unfold before you so you catch all the nuances of the story, like the chapter titles. There are many layers, this is more than a mystery, more than a psychological thriller, more than a philosophical look at look at how someone held captive acclimates. This a book that could leave a different impression on everyone who reads it. It can give you the shivers and make you feel a little guilty about enjoying a book that is filled with so much despair. I am anxious to see other reviews of this book and to read more by this author.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Viking. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. Receiving a complimentary copy in no way reflected my review of this book. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” (less)

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Aug 09, 2011 Kyrsten rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads, adult-fiction

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this rather large novel. The title itself was intriguing enough that I had to at least scan the first page. Once I had, as the cliche would go, I hardly put it down.

I really mean no offense when I say that in all of the books I've won through giveaways I never really expected to find one so profound. Perhaps it is my absolute adoration for the artistic world, such was awakened in me during my Honors Art Appreciation class, or even my vague knowledge of th...more I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this rather large novel. The title itself was intriguing enough that I had to at least scan the first page. Once I had, as the cliche would go, I hardly put it down.

I really mean no offense when I say that in all of the books I've won through giveaways I never really expected to find one so profound. Perhaps it is my absolute adoration for the artistic world, such was awakened in me during my Honors Art Appreciation class, or even my vague knowledge of the French language that so engaged me, at least in the beginning for there was so much more that would prove equally entangling if not more.

The language that Brandi Lynn Ryder uses is so refreshing for someone who often finds one too many young adult books, as they truly are of an easier variety on the reading palette. In Malice, Quite Close was a book that uprooted my senses from their hiding place. It made me, in a strange sense, feel alive. Though the main portions of the book can be quite disturbing and a few of the more adult, for a lack of a better word, sections made me want to overlook them I knew that they were in the story for a reason, that Ryder was simply conveying the truth that if the book lacked it we'd all be demanding how Ryder thought she could get away with its exclusion.

No, it was a necessity just as the wonderfully and brilliantly written philosophies. This book will forever be endearing to me as it raised such curious questions and a desire to find the answers that I once searched for long ago. This is a book you will devour, but will leave you hungering for exquisite things that you never knew you had such a gumption for. I must give some credit, however, to my philosophy professor for first instilling such a quest in me, but these hunts too often grow cold with the passing seasons.

It seems that I have gone in quite a circle with my review that does not seem to meet at any point. So to that very point I seem to be avoiding I will simply say, as if anything can be said simply about such a book, the characters were developed and I so grew to love a great many and to hate a few others, surely the effect they were written to produce. The writing was of such intellect that I felt enlightened and, sorry to repeat myself, hungry for more philosophy and art, things we humans overlook too much in a logically ran society, though whose logic it is I'm not quite sure. Again I am off subject, I seem quite distracted, but the book is too blame, my thoughts are so much livelier. The style, too, was refreshing and written in such disarray that I was longing to consume the words more and more, rather I was never bored.

As a side note directly to Brandi Lynn Ryder I'd like to add this: Your writing has such an effect upon your readers. You have such a way with creation and thinking that is both inspiring and slightly frightening and if this book proves anything it's this, you are capable of such brilliant and motivation and I only hope that you continue to keep us living rather than counting down the days we have left. Awaken in us the desire to push limits and to search our libraries, something that people rarely do these days and I must confess I too am much the same, for answers that will continue to keep that little flame of life lit if only for a while longer.

**I won this book in a First-Reads Giveaway. My review is a reflection of my honest opinion and is not influenced by the fact that I got the book for free. (less)

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Aug 15, 2011 Erica David rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

I dunno, I hate to go all Randy-Jackson-American-Idol on a book, but that's kinda where this one left me. It was "Aiiight, dog, maybe little pitchy in parts, but I just wasn't feelin' it." And I was pretty much inclined to feel it because it was free as part of a Goodreads First Reads giveaway. I give Ryder points for pacing and for casting enough suspicion on each of the major players to keep you guessing as to "who done it" right up until the end. Everyone is implicated somehow in the metaphor...more

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Aug 19, 2011 Kristelle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

I was initially captivated by the eloquent way that Ryder writers, but I felt like my heart was not into reading about Karen's story. It may have been due to my inability to fully appreciate the correlation between art and trials in life, but I was not able to fully immerse myself while I read. The storyline is unique and strong I would presume, for many others who enjoy the unraveling of betrayal and deceit. Karen's life as it is portrayed is unimaginable to believe it would happen in real life...more

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Aug 11, 2011 PopcornReads rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, mysteries-thrillers, brandi-lynn-ryder

In Malice, Quite Close: Book Review & Book Giveaway

“I have come to see I’m incapable of drawing clear moral distinctions. For me the question of what can and cannot be done has never been an ethical one. There is no line I cannot smudge with my thumb…I have always been undone by beautiful things, and it might be said that beauty itself was my quarry.” Tristan Mourault

Tristan Mourault is a wealthy French ex-pat living in New York, who is heir to a world renowned art collection he can never re...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Kristen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: to-read-mystery, 2011, favorites

Absolutely magnificent.

Ryder's debut novel is simply outstanding. The premise is intriguing and disturbing, the writing lush and sensual. In the end, this story is about obsession... just not in the ways in which we are lead to believe at the outset.

To discuss it too much is to give too much away. This is a novel to be savored, if you possibly can. It's a serious page-turner, a fantastic mystery. The characters are fully developed, and lovely to behold. Gisele, in particular, is a mirror.

My onl...more

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Sep 12, 2011 LuAnn rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book could only be described as eerie. It’s outright spine-chilling, with its sinister and disturbing theme. Not for the weak at heart, this book is very vivid as it takes the reader in a different kind of world where the rich are capable of getting exactly what they desire, regardless of the consequences to others. Absolutely fascinating, the story delves into the minds of the mentally disturbed, as well as the frightening effects of sexual perversions.

The story revolves around adult Trist...more

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Aug 24, 2011 Agnes Mack rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

In Malice, Quite Close by Brandi Lynn Ryder is one of the tensest books I've ever read. Not only did Ms. Ryder manage to keep me guessing about who-done-it, she kept me guessing about what they'd done. This intricate novel covered decades of time and at every twist there was a turn and where you thought there would be a turn you found a brick wall, except that brick wall turned out to to be a trick wall, except, wait, is that even brick? And who's that guy over there with the shovel?

In the ha...more

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Sep 04, 2011 Irina rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone

Recommended to Irina by: Goodreads Book Giveaway

Shelves: favorites

This novel left me entirely in awe. The complexity of the plot, the depths of the characters, and the beautiful use of language, themes, and imagery absolutely captivated me. The story itself was a gorgeously crafted labyrinth that sprawled through obsession, jealousy, self-examination, self-denial, beauty, and art. Each path of the different plot elements flowed seamlessly into one another yet still retained enough of their own uniqueness that none of them felt over used or repetitive. I loathe...more

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Sep 06, 2011 Rachel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

I won an ARC copy of this book, which was awesome. Thanks Goodreads!

I was first intrigued by the title, which I soon learned came from a poem. This poem was mentioned within the story a few times. The title fits the book extremely well.

This story is full of terrible things. Obsession, lies, murder, forgery, and so on. I was hooked from the very first page. As I read on, I quickly discovered how many layers there were to this story. I kept discovering something new (and usually disturbing) about...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Eric Richards rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is one for those who like a little thinking with their suspense. It is a "literary-commercial" crossover book - which just means that it's a page turned filled with characters that have been fleshed out to the point where you get to know them, and they stay with you long after you finish the book.

Filled with interesting characters, plots twists, and even out-loud moments where you go, "OMG!". (I love it when a book can do that to me)

There are tons of great reviews out there for In Malice,...more

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Aug 16, 2011 Jenn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Read as a First Reads book!

I quite liked this! I was a bit worried when it started that it'd be a twin of Anne Rice's Belinda, but it was definitely it's own book. Be prepared to be a little uncomfortable with the pedophilic overtones, but other than one short scene, there's nothing too graphic/overt. Though even if Karen/Gisele were older than 15-ish, the whole relationship would still be pretty creepy, so Tristan's leanings toward the young are not really the focus of the book.

Anyway, to get a...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Angela rated it 5 of 5 stars

While browsing the new book rack at the public library, I stumbled across this gem. The title was very intriguing to me because I had no idea of the book's content based on the title. After reading the jacket flap, i knew this was right up my alley. This book kept me up all night AND kept me guessing right until the very end! It was refreshing to not be able to immediately solve the mystery. With such complex characters and relationships,I found myself rereading to ensure I didn't miss something...more

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Apr 02, 2013 Sheila rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2013

This is a sleazy novel. It's also a novel I couldn't get out of my head--I kept thinking about the characters when I wasn't reading (or actually listening, since this was an audiobook).

The book is about predators and malice (as the title indicates). There are two types of characters in this novel: sociopath predators (alpha males), and prey (women, children, less dominant males). If you're not one of the three dominant men, you're being deceived, trapped, used, lied to, manipulated, etc. How can...more

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Jun 01, 2012 Marla Mendenhall rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

There is craft, the ability to take the tools of one's trade and make a skillful, technically accurate rendition. And then there is art. Art is that cinematic moment when not a specific image stands out on its own but yet has awakened your senses to an overwhelming experience. It is the soundtrack that draws not singular attention but in blending itself to the visual moment ignites and explodes your emotions. It is the canvas that with indeterminate color mixture and indistinguishable brush stro...more There is craft, the ability to take the tools of one's trade and make a skillful, technically accurate rendition. And then there is art. Art is that cinematic moment when not a specific image stands out on its own but yet has awakened your senses to an overwhelming experience. It is the soundtrack that draws not singular attention but in blending itself to the visual moment ignites and explodes your emotions. It is the canvas that with indeterminate color mixture and indistinguishable brush stroke has captured your imagination and transferred you from the tangible minute to the infinitely eternal. And in a written work, it is not the choice and position of words that one notices but the lingering impact on mind, heart and spirit. It is a sedation of reality, a phantasmal transportation that allows you to go from point A to point B without being aware of the mileage or the vehicle which has gotten you there. That is art. And in Brandi Lynn Ryder's work, In Malice, Quite Close, art is what this author has crafted.

Since reading a short excerpt of this novel presented during the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards writing competition,I awaited this book's publication, wondering if the aroma wafting from the few words offered would make it worthy of a meal. It was, a satiating meal, and not just that of a single plate, but one of a four fork, two knife, three spoon feast. It is an empirical seduction of all senses, emotions and intellect. With herculean David Copperfield slight of hand, Ms. Ryder transforms a volatile subject matter into a sensitive psychological thriller in which the characters are victims only to their own passions and obsessions, and each must traverse the twisted labyrinth of their collective machinations to arrive at the center of their own truth.

This is not a book, however, for those who prefer a piece of one dimensional entertainment, who are not accustomed to noticing the intricate interplay of forces that surround everyone and everything, and who are not willing to explore the introspective evaluation of deeper motive and drive. For those who might be allergic to the subtle intoxication of cacao, I say step away from the three-tier chocolate cake.

There are many books I wish I had written. This is not one of them. In this case, my joy, my greatest exhilaration and gratification, comes from being the humbled reader. (less)

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Apr 16, 2012 Terri rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads, favorites

'In Malice, Quite Close' by Brandi Lynn Ryder is an adventure through a series of lies, deceit and love. Tristan Mourault, a French ex-patriot, finds himself in San Francisco in 1979. It is here he meets Karen Miller, a fifteen year old girl with wide eyes and a need to escape. Tristan feels it is his duty to rescue the young lady from her life, so he fakes her death and whisks her away to an artist's paradise. But this story doesn't end there.

On the surface, this book started to feel like an e...more

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Oct 09, 2011 Caitlin rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011

Rimbaud was one of the heroes of my late adolescence - Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley - what bookish teenager wouldn't love their decadent romanticism. I mention this because the title of In Malice, Quite Close is taken from a poem by Rimbaud and the book itself absolutely delivers on the promise of its title in elegance, perversity, and decadent suspense.

Ms. Ryder has a talent for writing characters that you believe in and root for, even when somewhere a tiny voice in your h...more

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Nov 07, 2011 Mark rated it 4 of 5 stars

In a modern day scenario lifted straight from Nabakov’s “Lolita,” we are transported to New England where Frenchman Tristan Mouralt has installed his new love, Gisele, a fifteen-year old teenager with stars in her eyes and adventure in her heart. As in the afore mentioned novel a young girl is seduced and plied with sexual favors, had her name changed and poses as the daughter rather than the lover of a man much too old for her amorous attention.
Not an original plot line and one that Europeans a...more

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Dec 26, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 3 of 5 stars

The theme of this book has to do with lies, some of which are the ones we tell everyday and others are family secrets that lead the characters to believe things that aren't necessarily so. It's interesting and a bit disturbing. The characters try to see things clearly but there is so much that gets in the way. There's hope for redemption in the end but it's tinged with the possibility that no one could ever live completely free of secrets or ever see things clearly.

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Jun 13, 2012 Khuck rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, audio-book, adult-fiction

This book was darker than I expected, but I should have expected that from the title, I guess. It was a quick pick off the Playaway shelf at DCPL, so I hadn't studied the "back cover" all that carefully. I enjoyed it. It's an intriguing story about the relationship between a 30-something French ex-pat and a 15-year-old that is part-obsession, part-rescue, and parts-other set against a backdrop of the art world and an eclectic collection of adults.

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Jul 29, 2012 Connie rated it 2 of 5 stars

I really should have liked this book. All the elements were there. The writing was exceptional. The plot was original and multi-layered, with surprises. The characters were well portrayed, though they seemed to be painted with the same brush. They were all similarly and psychologically flawed. It added up, for me at least, to a story of debauchery. I felt as if I were reading trash and was slumming in those pages.

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Aug 28, 2011 Kellie rated it 3 of 5 stars

I found this in the new books section of the library and didn't have anything else to read at the time. It was an interesting read - it switched between character's perspectives and time frame. This book did have a few scenes that were inappropriate, just skip on over those.. Even after I finished reading it, I was still thinking about all the ways the characters were connected...

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