Will her big break become her biggest mistake?Charlotte Ashe is desperate to get out of her light-relief gig as TVWE’s ‘weather babe’. When an elite footballer hands her a scoop that could make her career, she never expects it to lead into danger…She wouldn’t kill for her career, but she might just die for it.Bad Things Happen is the first book in the new adrenaline-charged series by Ned Kelly … Happen is the first book in the new adrenaline-charged series by Ned Kelly Award nominated writer Rowena Holloway. This page-turning thriller can be read as a stand-alone.
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Another brilliant read from Ro Holloway! Sensational ending with some unique twist and turns. Ms Holloway crafts an extraordinary thriller with well defined characters. The pace is well timed and the build up happens so subtly, you are almost caught off guard. This is one you do not want to miss.
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I was surprisingly pleased with this book! I didn’t know what to expect but I’m so glad I read this book! Bad Things Happen is Book 1 in the Ashes to Ashes series by Rowena Holloway. This story follows Joey Baptiste, who is a professional football (Soccer) player that has witnessed a major crime. This story also follows Charlotte Ashe. She is a weather girl on television trying to become a true crime reporter. Charlotte gets lucky when Joey comes to her with this crime, but Charlotte has no idea what she’s getting into. Her job and life is on the line and Joey is trusting her with everything. Now it’s up to Charlotte to uncover the whole truth behind Joey’s story. Can she do it? I guess you will have to see! I did like the way that the author grabbed you and continued to keep you in suspense the whole time. To be truthful, it was a little bit difficult to keep track of the timeline. Other than that…I loved the characters and the well to be honest the British language! I truly do love books based in the U.K. Things tend to be a bit more forward and raw. The humor is hysterical and I loved how Charlotte is completely focused on her work and doing well at her job. She is determined to prove everyone wrong and prove that she can do the job! I love when the female lead is strong and learns to come into her own.
5 Star
Bad Things Happen : Gripping Psychological Suspense (Ashes to Ashes Book 1)by Rowena Holloway is the first book in the Ashes to Ashes series.I was sucked in from the very beginning and came up for air when I read the last page.This author done an amazing job with the development of the characters and the ability to grab your attention from the start and keep it till the end.At times I was on the edge of my seat trying to figure out what happens next. This is a mystery Thriller that I highly recommend reading I can’t wait to read more from this Author.
Bad Things Happen: Gripping Psychological Suspense (Ashes to Ashes Book 1) By Rowena Holloway. This is my first book by this author and I’m glad I gave it a try. While I had a bit of a time fully sinking into the story at first once it picked up a bit I couldn’t put it down. There’s definitely some moments that had me guessing and on the edge of my seat wondering what was coming next. It does a bit of jumping back and forth time wise but it never felt confusing to me. The characters are complex and compelling making for a very good read.I’m excited to read more from this author. I’m giving this book a four star review and recommend it.
Bad Things Happen: Gripping Psychological Suspense (Ashes to Ashes Book 1)
By Rowena Holloway
This book will definitely take you on a thrilling ride of suspense, twists and turns, murder, and drugs. This story had some wonderful characters in it and it had me wondering what was going to happen next. Is Charlotte going to find the answers shes looking for or is she going to get herself killed? Will this be her big break? This book is captivating and entertaining and will have you at the end of your seat at times. I recommend this book and I look forward to what’s coming in the next one.
Bad Things Happen: Gripping Psychological Suspense by Rowena Holloway
Four Stars
Bad Things Happen: Gripping Psychological Suspense is the first book in the Ashes to Ashes series by Rowena Holloway. This mystery/thriller is the first book I have read by Rowena Holloway, but definitely won’t be the last. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series. This book had me hooked from the very first page and I just couldn’t put it down until the last. Charlotte Ashe is a local weather babe, trying to rise up in ranks to investigative reporter. Joey Baptist’s is a on the rise soccer player, who ran into some trouble. When Joey contacts Charlotte with a scoop and things start happening, Charlotte doesn’t know who she can trust as she investigates what really happened to Joey. This book had me on the edge of my seat with all the twists and turns. If you love a great mystery, I highly recommend this book.
Bad Things Happen (Ashes to Ashes #1) by Rowena Holloway was a suspense thriller that had me holding my breath.
My first read by this author, I didn’t know what I was getting into, but I took that chance and man did it ever pay off. A dark look into London’s football, drugs, secrets and a deadly tip that puts our MC in danger, this read hooked me, and pulled me into the game.
As much as I was absorbed into this book, I will say that the start was a little too info-dumpy. I get that a setting needs to be set, but sometimes holding info back will add to the story instead of just unloading and hoping the reader will stay with you. Also with all that info, I had a time sifting through it, and keeping the facts straight. But once I got pass that, this story dug it’s dark claws in and I got lost in this thriller.
Overall this book is an engaging, entertaining read that will have you guessing, lead astray, and wondering what’s up and what’s down. Paired with an multi layered plot and complex well rounded characters, this book will take you on a dark ride, have you on the edge of your seat and leave you shocked.
So please take my super high recommendation and my stamp of approval that you will not be able to put this book down.
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Rowena Holloway’s Bad Things Happen is the first book in the Ashes to Ashes series. This gripping psychological suspense was a thrilling page-turning read. The element of suspense was expertly timed keeping me fully engaged within the story. The details that were embedded into the story were rich and well thought through. Charlotte’s character shone in this story with her ambitions to move out of where she was presently in life. However, things don’t always play out the way you would anticipate and that is absolutely the case for Charlotte when Joey comes into her life and changes everything. The unknown was riveting to read in this story and seeing where it took the characters within the story.
Bad Things Happen was a great 5 star read and book one in the Ashes to Ashes series.
This is Charlotte and Joey’s story and it was a thrilling, mystery about a secret that Joey, a football player shares with Charlotte. Charlotte is a reporter looking for her big break and when Joey took a chance on her she knows she is on the verge of getting what she wants.
Loyalty and truth? No freaking way. There is no loyalty. And in this life there is only one truth. Everybody lies.
Charlotte is determined to get that secret from Joey, but things take a very dangerous twist. Now that Joey is gone, will Charlotte solve the mystery behind Joey’s death before anyone else gets hurt? Who can she trust?
The story is told in alternating POV going from past to present which helped with understanding the story and being pulled right in. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what was coming next. I really liked the secondary characters. The author does a great job with her writing and pulls you right in. If you’re looking for a good suspense with mystery, twists and turns this is a read for you.
Bad Things Happen by Rowena Holloway is the first book in the Ashes to Ashes series. It is an intriguing and exciting book that will keep you on your toes.
This is the first book I have read by this author and I loved how she developed the story all the way along. She wasn’t scared to twist the story round in a direction you wouldn’t necessarily see coming.
I loved that the story jumped back and forth in time. It added to the suspense of what was happening
This book is a great way to start a new series and for me was a brilliant introduction to a talented new author.
Bad Things Happen by Rowena Holloway is what the title says “A Gripping Psychological Suspense” story. Rowena Holloway does an amazing job keeping the mystery going through out the story. This story has a dark thriller with suspense, secrets, truth, twists, and turns. Holloway makes sure that you have all the information you need to understand the story fully. There are times when I just wanted to close my eyes and get lost into my “happy world” because I was fearful for what was coming. Then BAM!!!! A twisty turn comes and makes me reread what I had just read because I missed the turn to her twist. I would allow time to read this book in one sitting as it moves at a good pace, and for me at least, I wanted to finish to see how everything came together.
A great read about wanting more to life . Charlotte Ashe is a weather girl on TV not content with life. Dreaming of a career in journalism, she is over the moon when a rare opportunity lands in her lap. Despite everyone doubting her, she follows up a lead from her source Joey. When he turns up dead, Charlotte realises there is more to the football club than it seems. Can she uncover the truth before its too late?
A great read. Well developed plot. Well developed characters like Charlotte ambitious and standing up for herself but kind underneath or Joey trying to protect the ones he loves and do the right thing. Great cast of supporting characters like the full of life Maddie or the kind Tam or the annoying Piers.
I loved the visual detail throughout the novel with the lights over the water and London bridge lit up as urban but also beautiful in their own way. And with all the traffic being busy and full of life but making up the character of London. Or the colourful nature of the wine bar and its homely feel contrasting the hospital white walls and emptiness that was beautifully written. The theme of wanting more to life and stuck in a career that doesn’t excite them was emotive and perfectly written.
The switch of perspectives between chapters worked well to display both sides of the story and was easy to follow. The use of the past and foreboding later on was a great idea to show what happened for the events to unfold and also to draw out the suspense as you kept reading to find out what happened stretched over chapters.I also liked the times and dates with the title chapters for a sense of time passing quickly and fast paced action. The only issue I would raise is that it felt slow to start the action despite the fast paced nature of these chapter titles. There was also some repetition in places especially concerning Charlottes relationship troubles and if this was resolved it would be five stars. Overall, a great read and I would give it four stars.
Oh my goodness, what a story!! Rowena Holloway has woven an intricate and fascinating thriller in “Bad Things Happen!” Charlotte Ashe is a determined woman, she came to London to make her big break and has been stuck as a weather girl for too long. So when she meets local footballer Joey Baptiste, she jumps at the chance to tell his story. Like Charlotte, just when I thought I had this story figured out, I was thrown for a loop and oh boy was it a good one! This story was by no means predictable, which I love! Sometimes, I read a mystery/thriller and can figure out the bad guy in no time, but this story really keeps you on the edge of your seat and guessing until the very end! There was a quality to the story I didn’t love and it has to do with Joey. However, overall this was a fantastic read and I can’t wait to dig into the sequel “Less You Know!” So, I give “Bad Things Happen” five stars!
I give Bad Things Happen: Gripping Psychological Suspense (Ashes to Ashes Book 1) by Rowena Holloway, 4 stars.
Joey is an up and comer. He wants to be a star in his sport. Instead, he gets benched for something he did not do. Now his coach won’t even believe that he is innocent. Steaming mad, he goes to the first news reporter he sees, the “weather babe” Charlotte. He is ready to spill the dirty little secrets. Unbeknownst to him, doing this may have caused a lot more trouble than he ever thought possible. But he has to do this to get some quick money and protect those he loves.
Charlotte is tired of being the weather babe. She wants to be a real reporter. She has done it before and knows she can do it again. So when Joey approaches her, there is no way she can say no. She has to convince him that this in his best interest. She NEEDS this story. But the deeper she digs, the more trouble arises. Just what is really going on? Who is behind it all? What will the outcome be?
This was quite an interesting book. For American readers, I will let you know right now, there is a lot of British slang in this book. But don’t let that deter you. It really is an incredible book and I worked my way though those I was unsure of. There are many twists and turns that will leave you dizzy until the end. The author also gives away a big spoiler in the beginning that makes you want to find out why. It reminds me of the detective classics, but with an edgy, modern, suspense reworking. The characters are interesting and maybe not all are whom they appear to be. I was so happy I read this book and was shocked at the end. I want to know more!
If you like psychological suspense, this book is for you.
Bad Things Happen: Gripping Psychological Suspense – Rowena Holloway
4-stars
Bad Things Happen by Rowena Holloway is the first book in the Ashes to Ashes series, it’s also my first book by this author. I will admit that I had a hard time getting into this story, there were so many storylines going on that it almost felt as if it was a second or third book of the series and not the first. However, Rowena provided both past and present moments which helped make the pieces all fall together and they helped me feel more invested in the characters.
Even though I had a harder time in the beginning I still ended up highly enjoying the many suspenseful moments as they kept me intrigued and wanting to continue reading in order to see how it would all play out. As I kept reading, I found myself more and more intrigued and captivated with every twist and turn and every new shocking detail which was added to the storyline.
I’m looking forward to reading more from this author in the future.
Bad Things Happen is the first book in the Ashes to Ashes series. This story is left open to pick up in book two.
I have to say, I’m not a huge fan of sports so I was a little concerned that I wouldn’t like this book, but it actually had me sucked in from the beginning. It isn’t sports heavy and focuses more on the mystery and intrigue aspects. I found the first-person story line for Joey an interesting choice considering what happens to him. One thing I found interesting is that a lot of the characters you kind of have a love/hate relationship with. They’ve all got something that makes you cringe a little bit, but also parts of them that make you love them in some way or other, at least most of them. There were a couple characters that were just…evil. I am interested to see how things play out in the next book.
This is one of those books that starts out strong and incredibly visual. BAD THINGS HAPPEN opens with a breathless car chase and the story continues to be full of twists and turns and quick manuevers.
Told in alternating POVs, the story goes from present to past and back again. It took a bit to get used to reading and I had to read the chapter headings to not only see the WHO but also the WHEN. It is a very detailed story and while I “skimmed” at times, the story kept me engaged from beginning to end. The characters are plentiful and I still have questions which I hope are answered in future stories.
This is the first book I’ve read by this author and I look forward to reading more.
Bad Things Happen: Gripping Psychological Suspense (Ashes to Ashes Book 1) by Rowena Holloway is full of dark secrets and fraught with danger. This psychological thriller will have you on the edge of your seat while the suspense keeps you on your toes. The story often goes back in time but does so little by little just giving you a hint of a little bit more until the whole truth is revealed and boy does it have some twists.
Charlotte Ashe is a weather girl working in London. When a hint of a story is thrown her way, little did she know that it would come with deadly consequences, secrets and lies, painful truths and so many cover ups that she would never be the same. With so many players uncovering the truth from the lies, before it’s too late may just be her undoing.
I look forward to see where the story goes next.
BAD THINGS HAPPEN A gripping psychological thriller by Rowena Holloway
Four Stars
Bad Things Happen sounded like a new movie hitting theaters. Charlotte is looking for the story that will make or break her career. That story just happens to figure some dangerous players. This story was so thrilling. I couldn’t get enough of how well the author wrote this story. Joey is on the run but time seems to be catching up to him. So many secrets and lies. The characters had growth
Bad Things Happen by Rowena Holloway is the first book in the Ashes to Ashes series. Charlotte Ashe is a tv weather girl who is looking for her big break into serious stories. When footballer, Joey Baptiste, gives her the story of a lifetime it is signing his own death warrant. Can Charlotte figure out this story or will Joey’s death be in vain?
This is an intriguing book with good characters and story. It felt a bit disjointed at times because it jumps time periods but I get why the author was doing this in the end. Overall I enjoyed this read and look forward to more in the series. Charlotte is interesting and there seems to be much more to her story that wasn’t revealed in this book.