Michael Turcotte wants nothing to do with his so-called gift—the ability to see other people’s fates simply by touching them. Michael decides to spend his summer searching for answers about his past. He can’t rest without the sounds of forgotten tragedy echoing through his dreams, but reconstructing his memories will come with a whole new set of problems even he can’t foresee.Detective Samantha … Samantha Reilly has always looked out for Michael, but now that she’s taken him into her home, she fears her maternal instincts are lacking. When a brutal gang sets off a chain reaction of crimes, Sam struggles to choose between the two most important things in her life: her job and her new foster son. Fate intervenes when Michael is kidnapped, forcing her two roles to collide.
As Michael’s past meets Sam’s present, their bond will be tested while a city crumbles around them. They’ll need all their skills and a lot of luck in order to survive.
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My Thoughts – 5 out of 5 Unicorns – I loved it!!!
***I choose what I read and review based on what intrigues me!! Yes, I received a review copy of this book, but no one tells me what to think, feel, or write about any book! I want to add this to my library in the future!
The cover is intense and grabs your attention!
This is the 2nd book in the series, and I would recommend reading the books in order. You will want to know what happened previously especially with the other kids. This is for adults due to the violence.
Michael and Detective Reilly are back as the main characters in this book. Michael has questions about his past and family. Sam is trying to protect him as always. Bad things start happening all over town and starting with the court house. Sam has a bad feeling. Sam has a lot of trouble, and Michael is a part of it. This book definitely gives you some heebie jeebie moments throughout, and it kept me guessing what was going to happen next! And it always surprised me. I really got hooked on Sam and Michael’s story! Of course by the end there were more questions, so I need / want to read the next book to see what happens next!
I highly recommend to anyone who likes mystery, suspense, thrillers with some paranormal, and tons of action! I couldn’t put this book down!
4.5
Book source ~ ARC. My review is voluntary and honest.
Fifteen-year-old Michael Turcotte lives in Fall River, Massachusetts with his guardian Detective Samantha Reilly. When Michael was three his parents were involved in a murder-suicide and Sam had been keeping an eye on Michael all through the foster care system. After the events in Seeing Evil, Sam becomes his guardian, but they are having difficulty finding a comfortable even ground. When Michael is kidnapped Sam breaks out all the stops to find him and figure out if they want to use him for his special ability – seeing people’s fates by touching them – or for some other reason. All Michael wants is for the curse to stop. In the meantime, the past is coming back to haunt them, but they have no idea why.
Man, oh, man! How to write this review without spoilers is quite the challenge. So, I won’t. If you have not read Seeing Evil, then you really should in order to have a richer experience reading this one. Michael and Sam’s story continues and while there are bad guys doing bad things in the city, what is really interesting is what’s going on with Michael, his nightmares, and how his past is tying into his present. Seriously, this is impossible to write. I’ll just say, read it! But read book 1 first. Trust me on this.
Freaking me out from the getgo. Jason Parent has that ability and uses it well in Hearing Evil, Book 2 of the Cycle of Evil series. I love getting a glimpse inside Jason Parent’s head.
If I hadn’t already been claustrophobic, I would be now.
Because Hearing Evil is Book 2 it makes it harder to write a review without giving away too much for those of you who want to read Book I, Seeing Evil, which I highly recommend reading before moving on to this one.
Michael is one of the unfortunates. Life has dealt him a bad hand. His gift keeps him apart, alone, except for Sam. He has the ability to see people’s future with a simple touch.
His vision foretold the future, but his nightmare may be trying to tell him something else.
Back and forth, from Michael to Sam – it keeps the suspense simmering on a slow boil.
So intense. I fear for Sam and Michael, an unlikely family. Can they save each other? Evil, so much evil. If you like your stories a bit on the paranormal side with a mix of the human filth drug up from the bottom of a pond or crawling out from under a rock, white knuckled reading that leaves you asking why them, what have they done to deserve this, then Hearing Evil is for you.
I love to open my mind as I open a book and let the author take me to a place I have never been. Jason Parent makes that so easy for me.
WOW. Just WOW. I love that I could not figure out what twisted, scary path Jason was taking me down. So much action. A woman cop and a child psychic…can they heal each other?
I was traveling when I read this, but took notes whenever I had the chance. I wanted you to know how much I loved it and every chance I got I picked it up again. But, maybe, because I was traveling, it didn’t grab me as much as the first book, Seeing Evil. If you feel the need to have a good scare, I highly recommend it.
I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Hearing Evil by Jason Parent.
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Detective Samantha Reilly has always looked after Michael, ever since his parents were killed in one of her crime scenes. Michael is not your normal, everyday teenager. He has a gift of seeing someone’s future just by touch. He considers it more of a curse and wears gloves so as to not touch anyone.
However, his visions are changing. Now when he’s in the middle of a vision, he can also hear … and what he hears is scaring him.
His dreams and visions take him back to the tender age of 3, when he lost his parents. He wants to know all the details .. the things Samantha has kept from him.
But when Michael is kidnapped by someone from his recent past, his visions turn deadly. But someone else is watching him, whispering to him, and they want to keep him for their own nefarious reasons.
This is an excellent follow-up to SEEING EVIL. Samantha and Michael are solid characters, made believable by this author’s writing ability. Samantha wants to be Michael’s mom, but her job is constantly in her way. She’s put in a position of maybe having to give up one or the other. Michael is level-headed … most of the time.
Throw a vicious gang of thugs in the mix and this becomes a fast-paced, action packed suspense.
This one can be read as a stand-alone, but reading SEEING EVIL first will answer a lot of questions about Michael that are touched on in this book. Always better to start at the beginning.
Many thanks to the author for the digital copy of this crime fiction suspense. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
This second book in the Cycle of Evil series by Jason Parent was such an entertaining and engrossing read that I had to finish it without taking a break. I enjoyed the cat and mouse between both the physical and spiritual realms and players. And, of course you can’t forget what a gift or curse, depending on your viewpoint, that Michael has, and how that either helps or hinders Sam in her quests for justice. This is a voluntary review of an Advanced Reader Copy of this book from Hidden Gems Books.