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Allison Brennan is one of the best mystery-suspense-thriller authors writing today! I have been a big fan of her books since I read my first, THE PREY. I have read all of them (in order :) just because I have to*) and STALKED ranks among my favorites.
STALKED grabs the reader from the start and keeps you on the "edge of your seat" --chapter after chapter. I didn't want to put it down which earned me some frowns from my family over the recent holiday.
She is a master storyteller, weaving in just enough back story to give the book depth and the reader enough knowledge. The mystery is compelling and complex; with gritty and genuine characters. She's not afraid to kill-off likable characters for the sake of the story. (It happened in KILLING FEAR. I still remember my shock and indignation on behalf of a certain character. I am sure I wrote to Allison, "how could you?")
STALKED continues Lucy Kincaid's story--Lucy is now (finally) a new trainee at the FBI Academy in Quantico. She has grown so much as a character from a teenage victim to a smart, intuitive and brave young woman. Her relationship with Sean Rogan deepens. I believe this is the 5th Lucy and Sean story. My only criticism of this book is I wish there was more romance--okay, sex, in it. Like the "proverbial carrot" Lucy and Sean's relationship is dangled in front of the reader. :)
Favorite characters return in this book, FBI profiler Hans Vigo (goes all the way back to THE PREY), FBI agents Noah Armstrong and Suzanne Madeaux, Assistant Director Rick Stockton, sister-in-law, Kate Donovan, brothers Dillon and Patrick Kincaid and of course Sean Rogan. I love this about Allison's books--we get introduced to intriguing, sometimes flawed, characters and we get to see their personality develop and evolve in a later book. I hope Noah and Rick get a book of their own sometime. (SOON!)
Thank you Allison Brennan for giving us another fabulous read!
STALKED grabs the reader from the start and keeps you on the "edge of your seat" --chapter after chapter. I didn't want to put it down which earned me some frowns from my family over the recent holiday.
She is a master storyteller, weaving in just enough back story to give the book depth and the reader enough knowledge. The mystery is compelling and complex; with gritty and genuine characters. She's not afraid to kill-off likable characters for the sake of the story. (It happened in KILLING FEAR. I still remember my shock and indignation on behalf of a certain character. I am sure I wrote to Allison, "how could you?")
STALKED continues Lucy Kincaid's story--Lucy is now (finally) a new trainee at the FBI Academy in Quantico. She has grown so much as a character from a teenage victim to a smart, intuitive and brave young woman. Her relationship with Sean Rogan deepens. I believe this is the 5th Lucy and Sean story. My only criticism of this book is I wish there was more romance--okay, sex, in it. Like the "proverbial carrot" Lucy and Sean's relationship is dangled in front of the reader. :)
Favorite characters return in this book, FBI profiler Hans Vigo (goes all the way back to THE PREY), FBI agents Noah Armstrong and Suzanne Madeaux, Assistant Director Rick Stockton, sister-in-law, Kate Donovan, brothers Dillon and Patrick Kincaid and of course Sean Rogan. I love this about Allison's books--we get introduced to intriguing, sometimes flawed, characters and we get to see their personality develop and evolve in a later book. I hope Noah and Rick get a book of their own sometime. (SOON!)
Thank you Allison Brennan for giving us another fabulous read!
