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ClarityClankrantt · 10/12/2024 19:45

Does anyone recommend this author?

I've got a few of her book but I'm wondering which to read first.

Without any spoilers which one should I start the ball rolling with?

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chickenwings2 · 10/12/2024 23:49

I find her books easy to read. I started with the couple next door and loved it and since read loads since.

ObtuseMoose · 11/12/2024 16:45

I thought The Couple Next Door was terrible, really poorly written with stupid people doing stupid things.

thehousewiththesagegreensofa · 13/12/2024 13:10

I don't particularly rate her as I think her use of language is quite basic and they are a bit formulaic. However, they have proved good for young teen DD who hadn't really read anything for ages as they move at a pace and they're quite clean. I can't remember the name of the first one she read (which I'd read and then suggested she try when we were stuck on a delayed plane) but the most graphic detail in a sex scene was the women sitting up in bed and covering her breasts with a sheet and, when a girl got kidnapped and kept in a basement, she was taken regular meals and there was nothing really about the psychological impact on her. I don't really want DD reading graphic/gory scenes just yet - which is why I insisted she read this rather than the MC Craven book that DH was proposing and which was a much better book.

leafybrew · 17/12/2024 08:59

ObtuseMoose · 11/12/2024 16:45

I thought The Couple Next Door was terrible, really poorly written with stupid people doing stupid things.

😂

That's the sort of thing I'd write.

However on this I have to disagree as I quite enjoyed this book. It ain't Jane Austen but it is an entertaining read.

Spaceid · 17/12/2024 09:02

ObtuseMoose · 11/12/2024 16:45

I thought The Couple Next Door was terrible, really poorly written with stupid people doing stupid things.

I agree, it made me angry! The editing was also very poor.

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