Everett: A Dark Psychological Suspense Novel (Brooke Walton Series Book 1)

By: Jenifer Ruff

Narrated by: Stephanie Dillard

From Amazon best-selling author Jenifer Ruff - a dark suspense thriller featuring a fascinating, twisted protagonist. Everett will make you wonder just how well you know your friends, neighbors, and classmates. Fans of James Patterson, Karin Slaughter, Hannibal Lecter, Dexter, and Gone Girl will be hooked.

At Everett College, perfection has a dark side....

Beautiful and brilliant Brooke, a transfer student with a mysterious past, aims to graduate first in her class at Everett and attend medical school. Her classmates and professors are captivated by her achievements and appearance. Only Jessica, a wealthy socialite fueled by prescription pills and a huge case of snobbery, senses there's something not quite right about the perfect student. What happens during a historic blizzard will settle their differences once and for all.

©2014 Jenifer Ruff (P)2018 Jenifer Ruff

Could be considered a Young Adult (YA) novel

This book was ok and held my interest, it is like a very mild, censored version of American Psycho but with a female college student. The summary makes it seem more intense and thrilling than it is. The main character really isn't that dark or with a disturbing past, to me, the summary implied her to be uncontrollable, doing anything necessary to get what she wants. However, she is more of a troubled girl with determination and unusual interests that will do what it takes to succeed in school. Not saying she is normal or typical, she certainly exhibits characteristics of a person with "sociopathy", but in a very tame way. But the more I think about it, she could be someone on the spectrum with learning or behavioral issues, rather than someone who is really disturbed. She comes from a loving family with supportive parents and cares deeply for her younger siblings so that alone is hard to detach from a supposed sociopathic person. She does do a few violent things – I think only 2-3 instances, but as I said, all quite mild compared to what I was expecting, almost a little "bubblegum" and they weren't even explicitly described, some were just implied. I was not impressed overall and it was extremely anti-climactic –– however, I was entertained and I will likely listen to the sequel just to see if there is more character development. I would not recommend it but this is good for those who like darkly themed books that are rather censored and not explicit.

Love Shane

Shane Ryan is a one of a kind man. He sees all knows all and watch out if your dead because you will be history. I learned that to keep someone from coming back from the dead their bones must be burned and god forbid don't leave even one tiny piece out.
I love this book and how the ghosts of his child hood home protect him. I do hope there is more to come but not sure that Shane can withstand much more from the dead...
I received this free for an honest review from the author or narrator.

She's Crazy!

This was an interesting listen. The author spends a good amount of time letting us get to know Brooke and helping us see how normal she is. Little by little we are given small indications that things just aren't quite right with this girl. An absolutely fascinating story line. It kept my attention all the way through because you want to see where the author is taking the story. P.S. She's absolutely crazy; and even though you can sort of suspect where the author is going, things, it still creeps up on you unexpectedly. I enjoyed it a lot and really liked the characters. The author did a great job writing this one.

The narration was perfect for the book. The narrator gave an excellent performance throughout and perfectly captured the nature of the story.

I received a review copy at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review.

Very predictable

The story was predictable and the dialogue canned and robotic. The first half was pointless character interaction. Maybe this would be better described as a teen book. Not psychological or suspenseful. Only finished it because I bought it. I would not recommend

Very unusual

Brooke is an atypical, somewhat unique character. Stephanie Dillard does a very good job of voicing her and all of the characters in this unusual psychological thriller. Although the story is open-ended, it ends with a satisfying conclusion. This could prove to be a very interesting series.

NOTE: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.