Mud Vein

eBook, 353 pages

English language

Published April 4, 2014 by Tarryn Fisher.

ISBN:
978-1-310-79107-9
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4 stars (2 reviews)

When reclusive novelist Senna Richards wakes up on her thirty-third birthday, everything has changed. Caged behind an electrical fence, locked in a house in the middle of the snow, Senna is left to decode the clues to find out why she was taken.

If she wants her freedom, she has to take a close look at her past. But, her past has a heartbeat...and her kidnapper is nowhere to be found. With her survival hanging by a thread, Senna soon realizes this is a game. A dangerous one. Only the truth can set her free.

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It's complicated. Because LIFE is complicated

4 stars

Wow. Just. Wow.

That was a rollercoaster. It's got this epic feel to it, as we meet Senna, who in the opening chapters wakes up in a strange house, all alone, and discovers she's been kidnapped. We don't know why or by whom, but what follows is a long, introspective journey of her life and the trauma that she's been through, as she tries to piece together who did this and for what purpose.

And there's a lot of trauma. This character is a full, complex, messed up human being. There were things that made me laugh at loud, and things that made me so sad I almost wanted to close the book and never open it again.

It doesn't have a cliched "Happily Ever After" ending, either. No spoilers, but it's complicated, because LIFE is complicated, and the story captures that perfectly.

Oh, and I loved the Acknowledgements!

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  • Suspense