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The Prisoner by B.A. Paris
3.0

Special thanks to the author, publisher, & netgalley for my advanced readers copy.

This wasn’t a personal fav of mine for various reasons but it was easy to get through. The premise was interesting but I didn’t really connect with the MC. Part of that was due to the story itself being a bit confusing. Those timeline jumps do it every time for me. I feel like if we’re going into the past then make it make sense. There needs to be a reason this was placed into the story.

A few of the timeline jumps only made sense because it answered questions about why certain things were happening. Like how Amelie ended up married to Ned. The reasoning behind it occurring and the events that followed were a little over the top.

I was also a little annoyed with the timeline jumps because I don’t necessarily want to be told verbatim why something is happening. Build the suspense by giving us clues we can piece together then by the end of the story have the “Ohhhh okay” I see why this happened moment. Shock me!!! I didn’t really get that with this. Honestly the story was bland.

The character development could’ve been better. I didn’t really connect or get attached to any of them.

Everything started off so well but by the middle I pretty much started to lose interest. The ending was rushed and just wrapped up everything.

This wasn’t the best thriller I’ve read but overall it was simply okay. So, I recommend you read at your own will!!!