The Flesh Tailor

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Wow. Kate Ellis has a rather simple, but incredibly vivid writing style; it's incredibly easy to visualise what Kate has described.

The story is engaging, and the characters have good substance. At times it feels a little repetitive and/or the characters are going in circles, and the Nuala sub-plot is enraging.

The "twist" is wild, and the detail is phenomenal.

Overall, fantastic read.

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3 months ago

Mimik

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Mimik
The Flesh Tailor
The Sleepwalkers
A Narrow Door
Sanctuary
Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Sleepwalkers

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3.25/5; I am so intrigued but this one.

The way it is written, as a collection of letters, gives fantastic Bram Stoker-vibes, but done so completely originally.

The way Scarlett is so vivid in her writing style makes it incredibly easy to visualise what she has written; that aspect is excellent.

But, there are some really frustrating parts of the narrative, and the final letter feels like it drags on for too long. The very end also leaves you feeling wholly incomplete.

We'll written, great premise, and glad to have completed it.

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3 months ago

The Sleepwalkers

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The Sleepwalkers
A Narrow Door
Sanctuary
Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Vanish
Stalker
Sanctuary

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The writing style is crisp, the characters well developed and easy to get into the heads of, and the story is interesting.

But, I struggled with the pace, and the characters feel very far apart for a long time.

At about 40%, things start to come together, and the paths start to converge, and the rest of the book picks up with excellent tact and thrill.

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3 months ago

Sanctuary

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Sanctuary
Cardiff, by the Sea: Four Novellas
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Vanish
Stalker
The Sleepwalker
The Dagger's Path