Wonderland
Ratings14
Average rating4.2
This one has several elements that immediately interested me. Murder at an amusement park- YES. Female detective-YES. High body count - YES. Plus- Jennifer Hillier added in a creepy clown museum- so much perfect Spooky Season fodder. I had such fun reading this!
New detective arrives in Seaside and immediately sets to solving a brand new homicide that morphs into much larger missing persons cold cases. Nothing like a creepy amusement park as the backdrop for sex crimes, stalking and murder. This is a good old school thriller. Satisfying read, solid conclusion.
This book was a fun read. There were somethings in the book that I recognized like the name of the park Wonderland and Tiny Tims donuts but it never truly clicked until the authors note. Anyway, I enjoyed the ride!
This might have gotten 5 stars if it hadn't had so much unnecessary language. I was hooked from start to finish.
LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH the setting was icing on the cake and the ending ended perfectly to me. i definitely want to read everything jennifer hiller has read because this one is a new favorite for me
I really enjoyed this one! I'm so glad I chose this as my last read for 2023!
The premise of this sounded really interesting to me. Carnivals, circuses, amusement parks are all settings i really enjoy. However, this book.... Was not it. The majority of the plot points revolves around an older woman taking advantage of teenage boys (18, but still wildly inappropriate since there was a power dynamic) but then they a full on 18yo man kiss one of our main characters who is FOURTEEN. And it's not portrayed as predatory or problematic. Like yeah he says “you're too young, I forgot” after the kiss but it's just glossed over???? Like okay gross.
There's also some very uncomfortably worded sex scenes that were minor infractions but still bothered me and grossed me out.
And I'm mad at the reveal cause the villain was the only character I actually liked.