After trailing spouse Marah Lenaerts suffers her third miscarriage in as many years, her husband Eden surprises her with a vacation to Malaysia, hoping it will lift her spirits. And it does, as they enjoy trading the bustle of their Shanghai life behind for the idyllic tropical paradise. But while on a diving excursion, they’re taken hostage by a group of terrorists, who take them to a remote … island and hold them there for ransom. The longer that time drags on, though, the more doubts Marah begins to have about their captors’ true motivations.
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predictable nancy drew type book
Did not finish! Couldn’t get into the story line!
Didn’t like
Poor writing, weak characters.
Unsuspected ending.
An annoying wussy heroine and a truly dumb ending!
The ending was very predictable. I wasn’t very impressed.
More of a short story. Easy read.
Disappointing book. Started out to be an interesting read….but then I realized, nothing was going to happen in the water, and the end was just chopped off.
I would NOT recommend this book. There was aVERY explicit sex scene as well as a masturbation scene that were entirely not needed to develop any plot. Plot was ok. Unrealistic. Surprise ending.
4 stars
Thanks to NetGalley and Grenzland Press for sending me this e ARC. Eden and Marah Lenaerts go to the Malaysian part of Borneo for some diving in a pristine environment with lots of wildlife. Then it all goes wrong. They are kidnapped by 4 men armed with M16s. They demand that Marah make a phone call for ransom money.
I would call this a thriller/mystery in that you know who most of the bad guys are. The author drops clues to the identity of the other and I suspected who it was, but there are no spoilers in this review. I liked the ending and the author’s description of the sights, sounds and smells of the jungle.
One quote on sunrise: “Fingers of soft light soon reached down through the thick canopy of the trees, illuminating the darkest reaches of the jungle. The warmth of the sun slowly urged out the delicate scents of the wild coronitas, the moon orchids, and the sampaguita flowers, chasing the nighttime odors of wet, dead leaves, standing water, and the giant Rafflesia flowers that smelled like rotting corpses.”
Very vivid descriptions of the horror they were experiencing. Gave it a 3 because I felt the final scenes were too unbelievable. The end felt flat!
Surprise ending!
Excellent with a twist
Couldn’t put it down.
the ending caught me by surprise.
100 pages of repetition. 33 pages of story. Predictable ending. Boring.
I loved this book.
Not to believable.
Just finished it. Loved the characters and the writing style. Worth a read.