The first half was literally boring, bit dragging, it picked up speed on the second half, but I don't think it needed a twist at the end, it could have been a good stand alone novel. Well let's see how Gwen and the kids will fight their battle, I hope there will be a face-off between Gwen and Melvin Royal. Read more

I trusted no one, I suspected everyone and yet I still didn’t see that ending coming. I decided to listen to this on audio, Emily Sutton-Smith is a fabulous narrator. I’ll definitely look out for her in the future. I have tried reading crime thrillers in the past but I never took to them. As soon as I saw Rachel had written a series like this I knew I wanted to read it because I absolutely love her writing, and I was not disappointed. This book tells the story of a family who have to change their way of life, live under false identities, move constantly, never settling, and never feeling safe, all because Gina was married to a serial killer. Melvin is warped, so are his followers, and so are the people on sicko patrol who torment her, and her children online. Grief, horror, disgust, disbelief, it doesn’t matter, nothing excuses what they posted about her, and the kids, what they threatened. People like them deserve to be in prison alongside her husband. When the body shows up at the lake once Gwen finally feels comfortable enough to make roots, that’s when you really start looking at everyone she’s been in contact with. Trusting people becomes more difficult for Gwen and as a reader you’re left suspecting everyone. I had to stop listening to this a few times, it was intense, and I wasn’t prepared for it to end. It was shocking, twisted, and absolutely brilliant. I cannot wait to continue with this series. Rachel is one of my favourite authors, and she never disappoints. I’m going to go have a strong cup of tea now and try to truly process that ending. Read more

Stillhouse Lake is a dark and twisted compelling read which is absolutely unputdownable. This story follows Gina Royal/Gwen Proctor and her two kids, who are forced to constantly change their identity and location after Gwen’s husband is found guilty of multiple gruesome murders. Gwen doesn’t trust anybody and is always on her guard. But just when she starts to ease a little and starts feeling at home at Stillhouse Lake, despite the presence of Stalkers, Internet trolls and threatening letters from her ex-husband, the killings start in an all-too familiar fashion. This book is a fast-paced thriller with quite a few twists and turns which will keep you guessing and questioning everyone’s motives. It is a highly engrossing page turner, with a perfectly balanced ending to pique the interest and link this book to it’s sequel. But what bugged me the most was the constant repetition of text/Gwen’s internal dialogue, to drive a point home. It was kind of annoying. But other than that, I really enjoyed reading this book and can’t wait to find out how the story progresses in it’s sequel. Read more

Comme d'habitude, Rachel Caine à écrit un livre juste génialissime ! C'est son premier thriller et c'est une grande réussite ! Je ne suis pas bonne pour ne pas donner de spoilers donc je peux vous dire ceci, après avoir dévoré le premier tome, j'attends avec impatience de pouvoir me jeter sur le nouveau qui va bientôt sortir... Je le recommande à tous les fans de polars et d'intrigues : vous allez être bluffés ! Ce n'est pas réellement terrifiant donc même les âmes sensibles peuvent le lire ^^ Read more

I simply loved this racy thriller from Rachel Caine. I had picked up the second book of the Stillhouse Lake series because of a good deal on Kindle and then bought the first book on Amazon based on user rating. I am not at all disappointed with my purchase. This is a gripping thriller and is a definite page turner. I couldn't wait to know what happens to Gina Royal and her children. Gina Royal doesn't realize that she is married to a serial killer (imagine that!) until one day her perfectly ordinary life gets turned upside down. Now she is trying to save her children from the acid trolling on the internet and vigilantes who think she got away easily instead of being put in jail just like her husband. I don't want to give away much about the story for fear of spoilers but this book has a lot of good moments, has suspense and revenge and has a lot of action. Mercifully there is not much gruesome detailing as befits a serial killer's story (which this is not), but there is enough detailing to give a chilling picture of how lives can be altered by other people's actions/scorn. Read more