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Performance
Overall
Excellent, Unforgettable, Best of the nest
Very good, thoroughly enjoyed,
Good, Solid, Enjoyed many aspects
STAR RATINGS GUIDE
Kept Me Guessing To The End
THE BIRDICT
💛 This is smart and creepy and has so many layers, each revealed slowly as the story progresses. You’re never sure who to trust and there’s always another question begging to be answered.
💚 Both Gemma and Hayley, the main characters, were likable and realistic. Much of the novel focused on their friendship and bond.
💜 The police investigating could have been a bit sharper in all this, but I understand why the authors decided on this plot point.
💙 There are call backs throughout to famous true crime cases, such as serial killer Ivan Milat and the case of Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio. These were carefully folded within the fictional elements.
SQUAWKING THE TALK
🎧 Aimee Horne does an excellent job. She has a lovely voice and is great at differentiating male/female voices. However, this book needed two narrators. Particularly as Gemma is supposed to have a British accent and it would have been so helpful in keeping track of who was talking to have a narrator comfortable with this.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER: SIMILAR AUDIOBOOKS
❤️️ I love stories about cults. Love them. And the cultish elements were smartly inserted. The isolation, the alienation.
💗 You have to suspend belief in areas. Yes, some cult leaders have manipulated their followers with hallucinogenic drugs, but not to this extent. But I accepted this as part of the story.
If you enjoy this, try The Woods by Harlan Cobern and The Liar’s Daughter.
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Poison Orchids
THE BLURB
Young backpackers Gemma and Hayley arrive at a remote fruit farm in Australia’s Northern Territory, out of money and desperate for work.
The weeks go on, a blur of fruit picking, parties, campfires and wading beneath waterfalls in the nearby hot springs. Until the night the girls find themselves on a dark highway, bruised and bloodied.
Senior Detective Bronwen McKay and psychologist Megan Arlotti question the terrified girls. But Hayley and Gemma are telling two very different stories of what happened to them over the past three months.
Which story is the truth, and what are the girls covering up? A suspenseful thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.
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