Helpful Score: 3
For me, one measure of a truly exceptional novel is remembering the storyline and the characters long after I've read it. DIE FOR ME and SCREAM FOR ME (the first two novels in the Vartanian trilogy) were both tremendous efforts by a new-to-me Karen Rose. And months after reading both, the novels are almost as startling clear as when I read them. The last of the trilogy, KILL FOR ME, carries on the same tradition of excellence.
Karen Rose packs quite a wallop. The relentless Ms. Rose pulls no punches in KILL FOR ME as she leads readers through a shocking maze of rape and mass murder toward a vicious child sex ring--whose ringleaders remain a mystery.
And the chills and the depravity just keep on coming.
Susannah Vartanian has never come to terms with her own haunted past, yet it seems her past is about to converge with this new horror exposed in KILL FOR ME. Teaming with her brother Daniel's partner Luke Papadopoulous, these two lead characters work to expose the evil targeting Susannah with a terror campaign. And more... This pair's attraction and subsequent, sometimes shaky romance, is one of the bright spots of KILL FOR ME.
Ms. Rose sketches some wonderfully vivid characters - particularly Luke and Suzannah, whose strengths and vulnerabilities are laid bare in KILL FOR ME. In addition, Ms. Rose does an exquisite job with nasty Daddy Vartanian (who is dead throughout the Vartanian trilogy) but whose legacy of wickedness lives on. Through flashbacks to the past, readers are given a pretty clear picture of a brilliant, warped mind. And let's not forget good ol' Simon Vartanian from DIE FOR ME...
The dark, edgy, creepy KILL FOR ME is the stuff of nightmares and a fitting conclusion to a brilliant trilogy. Ms. Rose takes readers on a twisty, clever journey teeming with secrets, deceits and interesting surprises.
Karen Rose packs quite a wallop. The relentless Ms. Rose pulls no punches in KILL FOR ME as she leads readers through a shocking maze of rape and mass murder toward a vicious child sex ring--whose ringleaders remain a mystery.
And the chills and the depravity just keep on coming.
Susannah Vartanian has never come to terms with her own haunted past, yet it seems her past is about to converge with this new horror exposed in KILL FOR ME. Teaming with her brother Daniel's partner Luke Papadopoulous, these two lead characters work to expose the evil targeting Susannah with a terror campaign. And more... This pair's attraction and subsequent, sometimes shaky romance, is one of the bright spots of KILL FOR ME.
Ms. Rose sketches some wonderfully vivid characters - particularly Luke and Suzannah, whose strengths and vulnerabilities are laid bare in KILL FOR ME. In addition, Ms. Rose does an exquisite job with nasty Daddy Vartanian (who is dead throughout the Vartanian trilogy) but whose legacy of wickedness lives on. Through flashbacks to the past, readers are given a pretty clear picture of a brilliant, warped mind. And let's not forget good ol' Simon Vartanian from DIE FOR ME...
The dark, edgy, creepy KILL FOR ME is the stuff of nightmares and a fitting conclusion to a brilliant trilogy. Ms. Rose takes readers on a twisty, clever journey teeming with secrets, deceits and interesting surprises.
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