Poorly written, not worth your time
585915
Recipes repeatedly call for"gluten free white bread flour" but she never says what this is--usually an author has some special blend...  Recipes don't say what size pans to use--one recipe calls for TEN cups of arrowroot flour plus other flours.  Heavy reliance on almond flour which, in my experience, creates very dense, poundcake-like bread.  Thank goodness I only borrowed this book.
3354919
This book was a complete waste of time. I knew from the first chapter that it wasn't going to be great, but I hung in there because the plot intrigued me. It wasn't interesting enough to make up for the awful writing, though. Most of the story read like fan fiction. There were words missing, words misspelled and wording that the author completely misused. Don't get me started on how many times she uses the word "smirk". Also, I understand that the author isn't from the US, but she was writing from the POV of an American, so she shouldn't have used so much foreign terminology.

Another problem I have with the book is that Adrian slept around for about half the book. Then he finally gets with Emily and their sex scenes are nonexistent. Adrian's encounters with all the other women were steamier & more descriptive compared to his & Emily's. If not for all the swearing & innuendos, this story could probably have been a young adult book, it was that vanilla.

Anyway, I would not recommend this book to anyone looking for something even remotely steamy and/or with decent writing because they would not find it here.
3523453
Written like a high school essay. I found it hard to belief it was actually written by a true published author. Extremely poorly written. Run on sentences just copied and pasted emails. No real accounts of the crimes committed. We get it....your mother went to her grave thinking you were at fault. Waste of time.
114224
The story was all right, but the writing is appalling.  The spelling is poor.  The grammar is atrocious.
Don't waste your time on this book!
3358382
I'm sorry, but I couldn't make it more than a few dozen pages into the story.  The writing is very poor, with too much attention paid to irrelevant details and not enough work done on sections that were obviously important.  The characters were all unlikable, and none of them seemed capable of carrying on a decent conversation.  The men are stupid, stubborn, boorish oafs or mere background noise.  The women are obnoxious jerks who can't seem to stop insulting any- and everyone, or they're cardboard cutouts.  The main character supposedly relies on being logical, yet she seems more than willing to go along with ridiculous ideas that have no evidence backing them up, because they fit her prejudices.
If this first attempt is any indication of how poor of a writer the author is, how did she end up being asked to write more of the same, eventually becoming a TV series?  The only reason I picked this book up in the first place was that I had heard about the show, and wanted to see what all the fuss was about.  Since I bought the book used, I'm not giving the author more money to write more horrible stories.  I don't plan on buying another of the author's works.
3562478
I can't see anyone giving this book a good review. It was poorly conceived and poorly written. The author's method of writing quickly is quite clear: list a chapter heading, write one, possibly two sentences about it, and when you list Step One and Step Two, just leave Step One a blank page. The most important part of writing, editing, was obviously missing as the author didn't edit. She probably didn't reread it at all.
I collect books on writing where I can, so I can pass on the good ones in my workshop. Like another reviewer, I bought this on a free promotion day and even free, it wasn't a bargain. My advice is to get your writing advice from real authors who know what they're talking about. Don't waste your time or money on this one.
3217656
Poor writing quality. More specifically: grammatical mistakes, misspellings, overuse of the same words to describe the characters' facial expressions, movements, and emotions (e.g. He gritted his teeth and squared his jaw).

Plot was disjointed and implausible at many times.

Minimal to non-existent character development. No plausible reason to care about the main characters.

There were WAY TOO MANY minor
characters who served absolutely no purpose. Bunch of spoiled a d very shallow rich kids.

I ended up skimming through the rest of the book after 1/3 through.
2686938
I felt this book was a waste of time.  It is poorly written - many grammar errors.
I would not recommend this book to anyone!
3667338
Terrible writing. It reads like a very dry script, with a lot of repetition and telling instead of showing. The book starts with info-dumping that has nothing to do with the storyline or the main characters, and continues on with ridiculous ideas like a man feeling protectiveness toward some woman he saw out he window. Seriously? DNF at 20%
3855739
It's rare that I give up on a book, but this is so poorly written that I couldn't bring myself to suffer through it. There are too many good books to read to waste time on one like this.
3345569
Apparently, the only thing the author knows is guns. The story line is ok, but the writing is horrible. Narrative is full of grammatical errors and mis-used words. Descriptive words are repetitive and unoriginal, and antagonists all die the same death. Don't waste your time!
2337221
I only read this because it looked interesting and it was free on Kindle Unlimited.
But the book was so poorly written and edited, that it was barely readable. The mystery is obvious. The characters' behaviors aren't believable, and there are plenty of gaps in the plot and logic.  I can't believe this book has a 3.5 star rating...If I could have given it a negative rating, I would.  Don't waste your time.
1613695
Okay, I want to say that I started reading this book because a friend highly recommended it to me. While the overall synopsis of the plot has merit and could no doubt be turned into a great story - the writing is absolutely abysmal.
The characters are shallow, and the reader is dragged through each paragraph like a slack-jawed mouth breather with no sense of deductive reasoning to draw on.  Despite the nice plot, I could not finish the book.

Save your money.
4169647
Poorly written. The girlfriend\wife\mother character comes across as simply dumb, and the others as just stupid, not psychotic. Waste of time for the reader.
2450278
Cliff hanger. Not worth the time.  Poorly written. And it wasn't even a cliff hanger that left you wanting more. More like why did I waste my time.....
3405199
If I could give this zero stars, I would.  It's terribly written, with poor punctuation and misused words throughout. I'm glad that I only paid $.99 for it, yet still irked that I paid even that much for this drivel.  It's so bad that I just couldn't bear the thought of even trying to finish it, and I cannot comprehend how any sane person could compare this to Patrick Rothfuss (who is a genius).  Don't waste your time or money on this book.
3281655
It wouldn't let me rate less than one star or I would have. Don't waste your time on this. The writing is so bad we would walk away and go get snacks during the way-too-long exposition scenes. The timeline is so convoluted it's simply stupid.