Great book

An excellent story well narrated. Very hard to put the book down. Would highly recommend it

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Excellent story

An excellent story. Not just the usual but something different. Would recommend. Great reader. Will try more from this author.

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Drama <br />

another brilliant story filled with all matters of twists and turns to make you keep listening till the very end

writing was way too simplistic

after struggling through the first few chapters i wondered if i had made a mistake and purchased a young adult genre book. it had so many good reviews but i just couldn't struggle through any longer. maybe it gets better further on but i won't be finding that out. worded in a very young simplistic style.

I was a captive audience until the end!

Absolutely loved the tale! I was laughing out loud, crying and even ranting with the characters!

Tragic events that lead to love.

Anther page turner from the pen of Lesley Pearce. At times horrific, this story depicts the uglier side of life and all its depravity.

Credibility Stretched Too Far

This book was certainly filled with tension but credibility threads broke repeatedly whilst the tension was at its greatest. Beyond Belief. I'm one who is prepared always to let imagination take over, but this was too much for my free and easy acceptance of solutions when all that is left is failure and despair. Convenient solutions that are not only unbelievable but absolutely impossible are too much.

A Baby Boomer Orientated, Gothic-Inspired Horror

If you like a gripping horror story with a truly awful villain, you will enjoy this book. Lesley Pearce has written a compelling novel with an interesting assembly of characters. While none of these are totally convincing, there is an undeniable quality of realism running through the novel that helps to transcend the sometimes gainly plot. The author, and probably the publisher, have conciously chosen to dwell on the taboo, selecting a number of themes such as peodophilia and survivor guilt as a means to pique the jaded interests of their readership. There is a sense of moral outrage that undergirding this novel and it is a compelling element of the narrative. There also seems to be a deliberate attempt to shine a light on the unspoken realities of victims of peodophilia and child slavery. This almost seems like attending a lecture at times. There are a few plot holes and some scenes are so unrealistic that they detract from the story. in particular, the way the boy bounces back from his awful experiences and is almost immediately chipper and articulate is hard to accept and seems like the heavy hand of an editor has been allowed to hack away at parts of the text that dwelled upon the child's recovery. perhaps the novel should have ended when the police arrived at the shack and found it 'empty'. instead we have a contracted attempt at resolution which is very middle-of-the-road and not handled as adroitly as the rest of the novel. However these criticisms are more directed at the heavy hand on the editorial tiller, which was not as deft as it should have been, and not at the story or the quality of writing itself. I have to admit that the characters were hard to forget and that the story was hard to forget. There were times when the story was impossible to put down. And of course the narration, by Rosie Jones, was perfect, blemish-free and really strengthened the weaker points in the story. Overall I would definately recommend this book if you are into this genre of writing.

was great loved it

was so good engrossing story line well read will read more of the author GREAT