Three books. Three anti-heros. Three mindf@cks. It begins and ends with the prison.Underground and unsanctioned.Hell on earth.Some people search for God while serving their sentence.Not even God comes to this jail.The only thing behind these bars is pain.And the devils who run the place?Their stories are the most painful of all.
Prisoned
Garin Woods, Kyle Lang and Billy Shape are childhood friends and they are close and happy hanging out on the dangerous streets of Atlantic City, hustling, stealing and panhandling. Alas, the innocence and happiness dies in The Heart when they’re 14. Life is cruel that way. They end up in very different avenues some voluntarily , some forced. Death, drugs and betrayal splits them apart.
It’s a fantastic, edgy read. But I wonder why was the part of Breath and Beard neccessary. She spilled everything to him anyway. Soul mates don’t torture soul mates that way. But there’s more to it than meets the eye.
I’m sensing connivance, manipulation and doubting truths that spill out of him so easily.
It’s a great, well written story !
Animal
Ok….What in the name of hesus just happened !!??
Did my jaw drop or the Earth was yanked from under my feet ?!?!
Because I can’t believe what I just closed the book on !
Wow….just WOW….W.O.W! I mean I thought I had figured out the story at some points , but Marni said – NO , I’ve got to flip the story one more time ! It’s most complex piece of writing which does the whole Topsy turvy , defying gravity, stunts .
It starts with Tyler , a girl who’s going through normal teenage angst ( she’s 18) and she’s insecure , feeling misunderstood and neglected by her family , and omg-no one-understands-me kind of a phase in life , when along comes a predator. She’s a recruiter of sorts, and lures naive Tyler away with promises of Riches and excesses. But as always it comes with a hefty price .Tyler is recruited for a nefarious company, it indulges in con games and thereforth begins her downward spiral , till she has nothing left.
There’s a parallel story of Beard . He’s a Prison Guard in Venezuela. Only his prison is very private , very violent. He’s the guard and the executioner. Who gets jailed and why is not in his hands , but who gets what punishment and is killed how, is in his hands. And in the hands of his two buddies – Shank & Diego. They three are sadistic to a fault. Cruel and extreme in meting out most violent and heinous deaths to the inmates.
Both the stories run side by side, till they clash. The ensuing explosion is akin to an atom-splitting intensity.
And then comes the punches.
One..two..three…pow, pow, pow !
I fall down from my bed, throw the Kindle at the wall and am sitting on the floor, completely flabbergasted !
It’s very difficult to figure out who’s the actual Animal. It keeps changing form , till you realize what is the true meaning of Animal .
What a thrilling ride, what a fantastic story.
Must read, but buy a back up Kindle, cause yours will end up on the wall – broken !!!
The writing is very taut and thrilling, characters are very black and white, good and bads are separated clearly, no heart changes or turnabouts. The language is very slick and the blind corners will leave you reeling . Heart thumping pace, hot F/F sex , the sex scenes are written so well, I actually pictured them live !!
Excellent work Marni, super awesome story !
Monster
Marni is a conundrum. A shy , introvert looking sweet woman, the kind boys take home to mommy on second date…..until she opens her brain box and out fly these characters !!!
Beard ! Huck ! Toy ! Shank !!!!!!!!!
She apparently ate starburst when she created shank ( I asked) .I’m never eating starburst..ever !!!!!
The book starts with Shank being questioned by Huck (?) What do you know about his mom or why did shank treat her and him so.
My..oh…My… The story is worth telling , and worth reading …and worth losing sleep over !
Shank is craziest MoFo created.
“Shank took whatever he wanted. He never asked for permission. In his mind, nothing was off-limits.”
He is venomous and slippery and toxic and perceptive and crazy and psychotic and cruel and simply the most chilling villain created. His name sends shivers down my spine . His means of torture would make Chengiz Khan gag !. His thirst for blood and hunger for screams of his victims…**shudders** .I’d hate to think there’s a living person(s) out there like him
The characters…… Shank I’ve explained,
Huck is the Outcast Prince, very turbulent, very disturbed.
Toy is my fave. Perfect Bottom and full of heart. His body for his Love, his Heart for Prince
Tyler is an enigma
Arin is Warrior Princess.
There’s The snake pit
There’s a Yellow Snake
And there’s Daddy!! Oh Daddy, you are a pillar of strength !!
The story is of an iceberg-ian proprtions. The 20% you see on top is book 1. The rest of the bulk is hidden below the surface , in book 2.
My mouth was open and all in amazement in the end of book 1, which just snapped shut with book 2 And I’m Stunned, Speechless and WTF did I just read wide eyed. And now, it all come together. Perfectly , I must add.
For the record, I managed to decipher all the hidden clues so the ending was CRYSTAL CLEAR to me.
I was on the right track all along !!. YAY !!! maybe I’m as messed up as marni , so we we were on same bone chilling frequency.
Anywho.
Read. The. Book !!
It’s Brilliantly plotted , fabulously written, and exceptionally executed.!!!
Bravo, applause, felicitations, congratulations, well done Marni for twisting our brains and scaring the shirt out of us with Shank !!**gasp**
It’s 5 SSSSSSSSSSSSSS Stars
This 3 book series was full of suspense and so many twists and turns. It kept me captivated.
The characters were written and the story was intense!