Rule #1: Participation is mandatory.
Rule #2: If any one person refuses to play, the threats to all players will come to pass.
Since this is my game, allow me to introduce myself. I am the conductor. Just as musicians in a symphony must follow the conductor's direction, the selected students and staff of Trenton University must submit to my commands . . . or risk massive chaos and deadly consequences. Even that pesky university cop, Markus Haas, who thinks he'll find a way out of the impossible dilemma in which I've trapped him. Oh, the surprises I have for him.
Ready to play?"
Author: Caleb Breakey
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Series: Deadly Games (book 1)
Y'ALL! I was READY for this book!! I mean, READ THE SYNOPSIS!!!! 👀💀
I love a good thriller, especially when there is a head mastermind pulling all of the strings. This book was totally up my alley...hypothetically.
There is a point where there are too many characters and too many moving parts! This book fell into that category. I had to work REALLY hard to keep track of the cast, and at some point in the book I forgot about some of them.
Don't get me wrong, I understand there needs to be multiple angles for a "game" like this to work. I think it was too much in book form. Please don't egg my house, but I think this would've been better suited as a movie. That way you could really SEE everything that was happening, and multiple POV makes sense.
I know the technology stalking is ENTIRELY plausible, however the actual motive made the whole scheme really outlandish and unnecessary.
There were a few storylines that weren't completed, and not in a cliffhanger way, but in a "totally forgot that was in there" way. I had no clue this was going to be a series, so I wonder where the author is going to take these storylines and the series as a whole.
I spent most of the book utterly confused, and not in a good way. The "bad guy" completed blind sided me (props to the author), but I didn't really understand his mindset behind "the game".
The 1st person POV character, Markus, really got under my skin. He was SO selfish in all of this actions and jumped into every situation without thinking.
I'm so beyond sad I didn't fall head over heels for this book. We win some, we lose some.
I'm sure there is an audience for this type of thriller, probably super visual, quick minded people!
I can't get over the pure GENIUS that went into writing this book! It was definitely the work of a mastermind. (who might watch too many crime shows 😏😉) A ton of imagination went into crafting this story, though it wasn't for me.
I rated it a 2.5/5 stars.
*I received this book from the publisher**All opinions are my own*
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