Dennis's Reviews > Dead Scared

This review will be short and sweet—it wasn't my favorite Sharon Bolton novel and it definitely turned me off from continuing with the Lacey Flint series, sadly. I was obsessed with how it's predecessor, Now You See Me ran it's course, so I knew I needed to give this series a try. Dead Scared starts off epic, and really gripped me immediately in the beginning, however once I got 40% into the story, it became monotonous and tedious to get through. The slow building suspense that I've grown accustomed to by Sharon Bolton fell flat for me in this story. For about 250 pages, we just kept getting dialogue that didn't elevate or move the story along. While I was surprised at the outcome, I was angered by the cliffhanger that this book ends on. After reading 400+ pages of mystery and dialogue, I expect to get a satisfying ending that could hold me over until I can get to the next step in series. I know I'll be in the minority with this review, so please take what I say with a grain of salt. The writing is still strong, the book still has some good scares, and the characters are still as amazing as they were in the first installment.