by McCormick Templeman
Lets just say I expected more of this book.. : Fom the blurb, I expected horror, thriller, mysteries and more. What I get? Well um lets see, drama, drama, more drama and a lot of cheating and romance. : Most of the mystery only happens here and there, the mystery or the deaths aren't even that much ...
Via http://onlectus.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-little-woods-by-mccormick-templeman.htmlTempleman’s The little woods is slow in action but lovely to read. I mean, it is cataloged as a thriller but there is more of Cally going on that the actual mystery. However, the suspense was good enough to keep me ...
I really did not care for this book. I read it for my YA book club and…if it hadn’t been a book club pick, I would have given up at less than 50 pages in. The writing style annoyed me, particularly the fact that the narrator’s dialogue is completely inconsistent with the language used in the narrati...
I really enjoyed the whole ongoing mystery in this book. I have read a few reviews and they say that the reader knew the outcome before it happened, but I honestly had no idea how the missing children and Iris connected. I was accusing everybody! There were loads of red herrings, and I ate them up, ...
Any time I see a book about a boarding school I am instantly interested. I don't know what the intrigue is for me. Maybe the idea of being a teenager and being away at a cool boarding school somewhere, or maybe it's the fact that there is always something mysterious that happens. Always secrets of s...
An eerie setting, a boarding school, a few missing girls - where do I sign up? I love the idea of this book, the vibe throughout is mysterious and slightly creepy. Yeah, maybe it wasn't perfect, it needed better characterization and some things made the plot feel a bit discombobulated, but I had a g...
Before I began reading The Little Woods by author McCormick Templeman, I looked it up on Goodreads and read a few reviews that expressed mixed emotions. Some of them gave high appraisal while others were more… harsh. Basically, I saw that there was a lot of 2-3 star reviews and I have to admit tha...
I like well-written mysteries like The Little Woods... and I especially like when the author successfully incorporates creepy characters and a foreboding atmosphere.I'll be honest, there's some predictability within the plot of The Little Woods, but this novel is both beautifully written and engagin...