*Review* : Deadly Little Secret - Laurie Faria Stolarz

Book review of Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz

Released : 16th December 2008

Finished : 16th March 2011

Source :  Swap
Plot : 5/5
Cover : 4/5
Page Turner : 5/5

Characters : 5/5
Ending : 4.5/5

Overall Rating :

 Some secrets shouldn't be kept...

Up until three months ago, everything in sixteen-year-old Camelia's life had been fairly ordinary: decent grades; an okay relationship with her parents; and a pretty cool part-time job at the art studio downtown. But when Ben, the mysterious new guy, starts junior year at her high school, Camelia's life becomes anything but ordinary.

Rumored to be somehow responsible for his ex-girlfriend's accidental death, Ben is immediately ostracized by everyone on campus. Except for Camelia. She's reluctant to believe the rumors, even when her friends try to convince her otherwise. She's inexplicably drawn to Ben...and to his touch. But soon, Camelia is receiving eerie phone calls and strange packages with threatening notes. Ben insists she is in danger, and that he can help--but can he be trusted? She knows he's hiding something... but he's not the only one with a secret.

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This was one of those books that l didn't know what to expect from and l admit, l didn't actually read the blurb before l did a swap for it. I actually did a swap for it because l had seen this book on so many different blogs and because l trust you lot so much, l didn't need to read the blurb!

When l started to read this l was straight away drawn in, it's one of those books that after the first chapter you know that this is going to be an amazing book. I didn’t realise how amazing! The whole tine l spent reading this book l kept telling the people around me (family) how great it is.

What makes it so great l hear you ask? Everything in the book makes it great!! The characters are really well developed, even those in the background are developed enough that l felt like l knew them myself. This is what made me love the book so much, as the characters have so much depth to them l actually started to feel like l was really there. At a lot of points in the book my heart was beating so fast and l was totally zoned into the book.

Not only are the characters amazing but the story in this book is so engrossing and kept my attention throughout the book, reading it really quickly and in big chunks (Usually read throughout the day instead of for 2 hours at a time). It is just one of those books which are really hard to put down and even when a chapter has ended in quite a 'calm' way, I still wanted to keep reading. 

Overall l really really loved this book, l am pretty sure it will be my favourite of the month and in my top 10 for the year! I loved the added mini chapters which were written by the stalker and also how the action in this book is never ending! I felt the final scene could have been dragged out a bit longer to make it better but l have no ‘complaints!’

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