Helpful Score: 2
Continuation of the characters of Rick Bentz and Montoya of the New Orleans PD. The focus of this book is Kristi who returns to school at All Saints College after near death in a previous book. Kristi wants to write true crime novels and thinks she has found her subject.
Four stars
Four stars
Helpful Score: 2
Kristi Bentz survived encounters with a serial killer twice and now is ready to finally pick up her life to fulfill her dream and become a true crime writer. She enrolls in the All Saint College she used to go to before her life took dramatic changes. So much the better that there already seems to be a story only waiting to be written by her. Packed with the necessary information about the missing girls she begins her time at All Saints just to discover her high school sweetheart Jay McKnight is her new teacher in criminology.
Tough all the animosity Jay soon becomes involved in her investigations which were hugely influenced from some suspicions her former roommate voiced.
Kristi puts herself into the killer's focus without knowing he's already behind her wherever she goes, with her name on the top of his list.
Some people are intrigued by classes about vampirism but for some people it goes much further: they not only believe in vampires, they think they are a vampire and they live it.
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Having read lots of Lisa Jackson's books I felt totally detached from this one and its bland characters which weren't too much but the hopping between them and the short chapters were quite tiresome, taking away the little suspense the story had to offer. The book drags, giving the reader the feeling of just putting the book away and read another one.
Tough all the animosity Jay soon becomes involved in her investigations which were hugely influenced from some suspicions her former roommate voiced.
Kristi puts herself into the killer's focus without knowing he's already behind her wherever she goes, with her name on the top of his list.
Some people are intrigued by classes about vampirism but for some people it goes much further: they not only believe in vampires, they think they are a vampire and they live it.
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Having read lots of Lisa Jackson's books I felt totally detached from this one and its bland characters which weren't too much but the hopping between them and the short chapters were quite tiresome, taking away the little suspense the story had to offer. The book drags, giving the reader the feeling of just putting the book away and read another one.
Helpful Score: 2
Lost Souls is a very good read. I was hooked from the first few pages.
Helpful Score: 1
Good book. Liked the main characters. At one point I thought they were introducing too many characters. It got hard to keep track of who was who. Suspenseful. Kept me guessing to the very end.
Helpful Score: 1
In this book, Kristi Bentz, daughter of Detective Rick Bentz, is attending the same college where four girls have gone missing. The local police aren't investigating foul play as they think the girls are runaways. However, Kristi decides to do some investigating on her own, and even tries to follow in the steps of the previous four. The includes taking courses on vampirism, forensic investigation and attending "morality" plays. Is there a cult that's responsible for the girls' disappearance? Could one of the college professors hold the key to what happened? And, as usual, the end of the book isn't a true ending. Although the main mystery has been solved, Lisa Jackson has left the door wide open for a sequel. I give this book 5 stars since it's a nail-biting page-turner. Enjoy!
Helpful Score: 1
This book was just ok for me. I liked it, but not a lot. However, there was an exciting twist at the end, and I like that the villain was completely unexpected.
Amber H. (passionateinkslinger) - , reviewed Lost Souls (New Orleans, Bk 5) on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book actually managed to give me the creepy crawlies. Reading it on my breaks while working midnights, fabulously engaging!!
Helpful Score: 1
As usual Lisa Jackson wrote another great book.
Don't read this just before bedtime or you may have nightmares!
I really enjoyed this fast paced book! This was my first Lisa Jackson book ... definitely going back for more!
An interesting story with real character involvement. The background information is not delivered in real time and sometimes is intrusive in the story line. An exiting sequence of events is interrupted to bring in additional information about a future situation which the story line has not achieved. Overall the suspense is good to excellent and leads the reader to a good conclusion at the climax of the book. Relegious, supernatural as well as police drama makes this a difficult story to place in a type of book. I suspect that suspense drama romance would be a good fit. The reader has good voice characterization and a good range of tone and volume to make the various different characcters stand out during the reading.
I was intrigued, appalled and thoroughly entertained.
Had to read this to feel like I could tie up the New Orleans angled storyline started a while back. Tight writing, unexpected events make a good read.
I thought this book was a predictable formula romantic suspense until the end. Worth reading.
Kristi Bentz wants to write true crime. All she needs is that one case that will take her to the top. She finds it when she enrolls at All Saints College after learning that for girls have disappeared in less than two years. All four girls were "lost souls"-troubled, vulnerable girls with no one to care about them, no one to come looking for them if they disappeared. The only person that believes Kristi is her ex-lover, Jay McKnight, a professor on campus. The police think the girls are runaways, but Kristi senses there's something that links them-something terrifying...As Kristi gets deeper into her investigation, she gets the feeling she's being watched and followed-studied, even. Then the bodies start turning up, and Kristi realizes she is playing a game with a killer who has selected her for membership in a special club from which there will be no escaping death...
Kristi Ben6z wants to write true crime. All she needs is that one case that will take her to the top. She finds it when she enrolls at All Saints College after learning that four girls have disappeared in less that two years.
All four girls were "lost souls"..troubled, vulnerable girls with no one to care about them, no one to come looking for them if they disappeared. The only person that believes Kristi is her ex-lover, Jay McKnight, a professor on campus. The police think the girls are runaways, but Kristi senses there's something that links them - something terrifying.
Then the bodies start turning up, and Kristi realizes she is playing a game with a killer who has selected her for membership in a special club from which there will be no escaping death...
All four girls were "lost souls"..troubled, vulnerable girls with no one to care about them, no one to come looking for them if they disappeared. The only person that believes Kristi is her ex-lover, Jay McKnight, a professor on campus. The police think the girls are runaways, but Kristi senses there's something that links them - something terrifying.
Then the bodies start turning up, and Kristi realizes she is playing a game with a killer who has selected her for membership in a special club from which there will be no escaping death...
If you like books by Lisa Jackson you will really love this book. There's lots of mystery and suspense as well as romance and the chance at rekindling an old flame:)!
A must read!!!!!
Book was interesting, but not quite as action or interest packed as other thrillers/mysteries that I have read before. It is worth the time to listen to, but not one of the best audio books out there.
gave tis book to my daughter she said it was a great book
This is a new author and book for me and I must say it was a fantastic mystery. I was given this book by my sister and I was intrigued and unable to put this book down after the first 50 pages. I read this book in about 3 days because I couldn't put it down.
The mystery was so strange and far-fetched that I fought with my sister trying to determine who did it. When I finally read who did it....I was like.....WOW......who would have known. I loved how the author was able to tie up the end with the start of a new story.
The mystery was so strange and far-fetched that I fought with my sister trying to determine who did it. When I finally read who did it....I was like.....WOW......who would have known. I loved how the author was able to tie up the end with the start of a new story.
Thanks Cosmo for the intro!
Definately held my attention from beginning to end.
I usually read about a book a day... but I have been reading this one for three days and I'm only half way through. I really have no desire to finish it. I so looked forward to Kristi's story but it is same old, same old for Lisa Jackson. Her villains are all cut from the same mold: a sexual sadist fixated on the heroine for some loony reason that usually involves religion. You know, there are other reasons out there that make people kill. The whole vampire cult idea had the potential to be a cool twist, but it just wasn't. I give this book three stars-- it's not bad but not great.
great
Kristi Bentz almost died. She has been a target on more than one occasion because her father, Rick, is a detective in the New Orleans Police Department. Now that she has recovered from a coma, Kristi wants to set out on her own path and become a strong, independent person. So she leave homes and returns to All Saints College where she can pursue her goal of becoming a true crime writer.
All Saints College, however, is having a crisis. Four girls have gone missing from the school in less than two years. The administration isn't particularly concerned and neither are the police, passing the whole thing off as a few troubled young ladies who have run off. They have no concerned families or friends, and are written off.
Kristi begins her own investigation and soon starts to uncover a dark and deadly underbelly that hides in plain sight on the campus of All Saints. With the help of former flame Jay McKnight (who is now her professor), Kristi seeks answers to the vampire cult that may be to blame for the disappearances. Adding to Kristi's already heightened nerves is the discovery that she is living in a room previously rented by one of the missing girls.
With LOST SOULS, Lisa Jackson takes readers back to New Orleans, but this is a different New Orleans. It is scarred, battered and altered forever by the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The damage wrought by the storm plays a role in the unfolding of the tale, and Jackson does a marvelous job of detailing some of the problems faced by the police department, such as evidence lost in floods and how it has changed those who are working to keep the peace. She does this without descending into a weary lament but rather by using it as a thread that secures part of the story to the rest. Subtle but vital.
Kristi certainly has her troubles laid out for her in LOST SOULS, and for one who has endured so much previously, she holds up quite well. Jackson has drawn her as a strong young woman who truly is trying to break free from her past and avoid having to fall back on her father and his position in the police force to assist in her investigation. Even as Jay implores her to seek his help, she refuses, choosing to strike out on her own despite her growing fears.
Jackson again presents us with a psychopath shrouded in mystery, revealed in quick glimpses that hint at identification without giving anything away. Like her previous bad guys, the one in LOST SOULS has the incredible ability to decipher the nature of a victim with great speed, clarifying their strengths and weaknesses, and giving the villain all he needs to manipulate those weaknesses. A great testament to her writing is that it never feels contrived.
LOST SOULS is a thriller, and a fine one at that. It is intense and highlighted with history as well as more current events. The New Orleans of Lisa Jackson's world lives on the page and seems no less real than if you were in the city proper. Fans of her previous work should be very pleased with this latest effort, and first-time readers, while perhaps somewhat lost at the beginning due to not having the character backgrounds, can easily find themselves pulled into the story.
All Saints College, however, is having a crisis. Four girls have gone missing from the school in less than two years. The administration isn't particularly concerned and neither are the police, passing the whole thing off as a few troubled young ladies who have run off. They have no concerned families or friends, and are written off.
Kristi begins her own investigation and soon starts to uncover a dark and deadly underbelly that hides in plain sight on the campus of All Saints. With the help of former flame Jay McKnight (who is now her professor), Kristi seeks answers to the vampire cult that may be to blame for the disappearances. Adding to Kristi's already heightened nerves is the discovery that she is living in a room previously rented by one of the missing girls.
With LOST SOULS, Lisa Jackson takes readers back to New Orleans, but this is a different New Orleans. It is scarred, battered and altered forever by the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The damage wrought by the storm plays a role in the unfolding of the tale, and Jackson does a marvelous job of detailing some of the problems faced by the police department, such as evidence lost in floods and how it has changed those who are working to keep the peace. She does this without descending into a weary lament but rather by using it as a thread that secures part of the story to the rest. Subtle but vital.
Kristi certainly has her troubles laid out for her in LOST SOULS, and for one who has endured so much previously, she holds up quite well. Jackson has drawn her as a strong young woman who truly is trying to break free from her past and avoid having to fall back on her father and his position in the police force to assist in her investigation. Even as Jay implores her to seek his help, she refuses, choosing to strike out on her own despite her growing fears.
Jackson again presents us with a psychopath shrouded in mystery, revealed in quick glimpses that hint at identification without giving anything away. Like her previous bad guys, the one in LOST SOULS has the incredible ability to decipher the nature of a victim with great speed, clarifying their strengths and weaknesses, and giving the villain all he needs to manipulate those weaknesses. A great testament to her writing is that it never feels contrived.
LOST SOULS is a thriller, and a fine one at that. It is intense and highlighted with history as well as more current events. The New Orleans of Lisa Jackson's world lives on the page and seems no less real than if you were in the city proper. Fans of her previous work should be very pleased with this latest effort, and first-time readers, while perhaps somewhat lost at the beginning due to not having the character backgrounds, can easily find themselves pulled into the story.
I'm usually a fan of Lisa Jackson, but this book wasn't very good. The plot was interesting and imaginative. My problem was the use of her usual suspects. Yet again, Kristi finds herself in trouble. yet again, it involves All Saints. Yet again, catholic priests are involved. again, again, again... I think I'm done with her novels
