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A Riveting Sequel

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  Review by Ronica Wahi Junction: Still Ticking (Junction Trilogy Book 2) By L.A. Evans First published: March 5, 2021, Lizzie Guttridge. Kindle Edition Pages: 405. ASIN: B08X4GPLPR The plot of this trilogy is unbelievable and outlandish, but there can be no doubt that this plot is also quite creative and unique, and that L.A. Evans is a gifted writer. Read detailed review on Junction: Time’s Ticking – Book 1 of this trilogy here . Book 2 tells the tale from the point of view of Zoe Young, and of course, takes the narrative forward too. To the credit of Evans, when the same incidents are related, it doesn’t seem like the reader knows just about everything already; there is much to learn about the whole affair. Certain instances are understood better as additional dimensions are revealed, as light is shed on some of the things that weren’t clear in their entirety or weren’t appreciated in the correct spirit in Book 1. The thriller runs at a good pace, with many twi...

A Jolting Thriller

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  Review by Ronica Wahi   Primed for Vengeance By Gill D. Anderson Published: August 3, 2021, InHouse Publishing. Pages: 226. ISBN: 9781922578563 Life is uncertain. Life is unfair. Life is tragic. It is just much more so for certain people than for the rest. Among the ones who see life’s most brutal face are those who have a traumatized childhood. Among these are some who become damaged for as long as they live, damaged to the extent that they become a threat to others. One of the characters in Gill D. Anderson’s latest novel Primed for Vengeance thinks to herself, “… We can make choices in life; certain people just choose to stay in victim mode forever. ” (p. 112) Yes, this is the tale of a man – who renamed himself Butch to represent “the tough guy he needed to become, moving forward”- who’s been scarred too much and resorts to violent murders “to gain the recognition he deserved.” For Butch, trauma and what he considered repeated rejection become too mu...