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4 Unlucky For Some Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The first thing that grabbed me about this book was the Tagline
THE SERIAL KILLER ISN'T ON TRIAL.
HE'S ON THE JURY...
I mean, that just screams 'buy me' right?
This is #4 in the Eddie Flynn series...did I know this before i bought it? No, no I did not!
Luckily it didn't sway me from following the story, I read it as a stand alone, and apart from a couple of references to a previous crime, and a marriage problem between Flynn and his wife, I didn't feel that I missed out on any important information.
Thirteen is a legal Thriller (if you hadn't worked that out already) and follows the story of Eddie Flynn.
His new job? Defending Robert 'Bobby' Soloman, a hugely famous Hollywood actor who is accused of murdering his new wife and his security guard.
It seems, and also comes across as an open and shut case, but things aren't always as they seem.
What is great about this story, is that along with the accused, we also follow the serial killer Kane.
Kane is a killer on a mission, his mission is to get himself on that jury, in fact, he will do anything to get on there.
Kane is a sociopath, he is very clever, cunning, and totally brutal, he has no feelings for anything, or anyone, and boy do we see it!
Told in first person (Eddie) and third person (Kane) narrative, we get to look inside the mind of a serial killer from both sides, and what a fab ride it is!
🎧🎧 - Narration by Adam Sims
Another new narrator for me, he did a great job narrating this book, his character voices were fab and i thoroughly enjoyed it.
If you like a Courtroom Thriller then you'll love this one.
The first thing that grabbed me about this book was the Tagline
THE SERIAL KILLER ISN'T ON TRIAL.
HE'S ON THE JURY...
I mean, that just screams 'buy me' right?
This is #4 in the Eddie Flynn series...did I know this before i bought it? No, no I did not!
Luckily it didn't sway me from following the story, I read it as a stand alone, and apart from a couple of references to a previous crime, and a marriage problem between Flynn and his wife, I didn't feel that I missed out on any important information.
Thirteen is a legal Thriller (if you hadn't worked that out already) and follows the story of Eddie Flynn.
His new job? Defending Robert 'Bobby' Soloman, a hugely famous Hollywood actor who is accused of murdering his new wife and his security guard.
It seems, and also comes across as an open and shut case, but things aren't always as they seem.
What is great about this story, is that along with the accused, we also follow the serial killer Kane.
Kane is a killer on a mission, his mission is to get himself on that jury, in fact, he will do anything to get on there.
Kane is a sociopath, he is very clever, cunning, and totally brutal, he has no feelings for anything, or anyone, and boy do we see it!
Told in first person (Eddie) and third person (Kane) narrative, we get to look inside the mind of a serial killer from both sides, and what a fab ride it is!
🎧🎧 - Narration by Adam Sims
Another new narrator for me, he did a great job narrating this book, his character voices were fab and i thoroughly enjoyed it.
If you like a Courtroom Thriller then you'll love this one.
I flew through this book so quickly, it was highly triggering for me to read at some points as i have myself recently left an abusive marriage, and although it was never physical, the psychological scars are still there, and that is the thing, you cannot see these bruises on your heart, but you can feel them, they are always there!
I highlighted so many passages in this book, that i had to come up with my own colour coding, Yellow for abuse (Physical/Mental) Blue for Izzy the MC Gaslighting herself, and Red for her mother Gaslighting herself, and Orange for anyone else!!
This is just horrific, the poor girl is just being abused everywhere by everyone, her step father is not only abusing her, but also her mother, and she is too controlled by him to speak out about it.
And now she is getting abused and raped by the local scumbag school kid.
This was a really good read, but please be aware that this could be extremely triggering for some people to read about the abuse, and although it isn't graphic, there are clear cases of Gaslighting and Manipulation that scream RED FLAGS even when other people are saying "Aww isn't that nice how much he cares for you"
I highlighted so many passages in this book, that i had to come up with my own colour coding, Yellow for abuse (Physical/Mental) Blue for Izzy the MC Gaslighting herself, and Red for her mother Gaslighting herself, and Orange for anyone else!!
This is just horrific, the poor girl is just being abused everywhere by everyone, her step father is not only abusing her, but also her mother, and she is too controlled by him to speak out about it.
And now she is getting abused and raped by the local scumbag school kid.
This was a really good read, but please be aware that this could be extremely triggering for some people to read about the abuse, and although it isn't graphic, there are clear cases of Gaslighting and Manipulation that scream RED FLAGS even when other people are saying "Aww isn't that nice how much he cares for you"
