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Traps and Specters: Stories

by Philip Fracassi (Goodreads Author)

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"D7 is a story about a haunted jukebox that is so freaking dark. A couple looking for a late night drink are suddenly trapped in a bar with a jukebox that at first just wants them to dance, but then it wants so much more. Their is a great final twist and a good mystery surrounding the haunting. Great writing on the couple and the interpretation on communicating on looks alone. This story was a novella 4.6." — 6 hours, 39 min ago

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Vengeful (Villains, #2)

by V.E. Schwab

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Ryan said: " Vengeful continues the dark story of the Victor Vale and Eli Evers feud. This story was pretty epic I did not like it as much as the first one, but it is still pretty amazing story, and captured the tone of the first novel while adding new characters Vengeful continues the dark story of the Victor Vale and Eli Evers feud. This story was pretty epic I did not like it as much as the first one, but it is still pretty amazing story, and captured the tone of the first novel while adding new characters you will loath and love, and keeping the theme of revenge.

The plot: After the events of Vicious, Victor is back but soon he realizes he is not whole. He keeps dying then reviving himself. He wants this fixed and hopes some other EO can eventually fix him, He starts tracking them down and kills them when they can't help to not lead them away from the new organization who is tracking down EO's. Little does Vale know that Eli is helping them track this EO down while in his prison cell in an agreement that they will not experiment on him anymore. Eli doesn't know Victor survived there last battle but clues start pointing to his old foe, which he keeps secret from Stell, who started the organization after the events of Vicious which track EO's and imprison them and perform studies. A new EO Marcella who can erode anything, craves power, and quickly starts taking over the city. Stell makes a deal with Marcella that he won't go after her if she can lead him to the EO killing healers. Sydney is against the killing but agrees she has found out that Mitch has killed her sister and doesn't know what to do with the information. Sydney has met a new EO that can shapeshift named June and not told Victor or Mitch about it, it's unaware if June's intensions are genuine or if she has a plan involving Sydney.

What I liked: The dark tone is set early. The characters we love or loathe are all added upon and grow. The structure is the same as Vicious where it jumps around in time but leads up to an event. This one adds characters to the same structure but it manages to still make sense and not confuse the reader like Paula Hawkins' Into the Water did as the follow up to The Girl on the Train. The conclusion was really epic and wrapped up a lot of individual story lines. This novel gets pretty gory and described so well. The ending was complete with room for expansion.

What I disliked: I think a little too much time was spent on Marcella and not on other characters especially Victor, at the end of the novel I couldn't figure out what he even wanted to live for, it seems like death would've been more preferable.

Recommendations: If you're a fan of the first book you must continue this epic story. A fan of the superhero genre and what this book adds to it. This is a good step up novel from Young Adult to Standard Fiction. I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars, it was almost a five for me. ...more "

Dec 23, 2018 01:39AM · see review