Won this one in a Goodreads contest too. Great website; if you haven't checked it out yet I definitely recommend it. So this book was different. Not necessarily a bad different, just...different. So without further ado, formal review:
"Trapped" is the steamy, breathtaking first
novel from author George Bernstein. Jackee Marren, mother of two young children
and wife of the cold, cruel Phil Marren is injured and ends up paralyzed, only
able to blink her eyes, which is how she communicates.
This may seem like a novel with no real conflict but here’s
the twist; Jackee’s accident which left her paralyzed was no accident and she
discovers her almost killer through psychic powers. Yes, you read that right.
Psychic powers. Psychic powers which allow her to read minds and much more. But
don’t be deterred by this bit of the novel which seems unrealistic; it works
well with the plot and if she didn’t have powers there really wouldn’t be much
of a plot because she wouldn’t be able to do anything.
The writing from this novel was average; it was a little
difficult to get over the writing in the present tense because that’s rather
unusual but you get used to it. It wasn’t the most descriptive novel I’ve ever
read but it certainly wasn’t the most non-descriptive. The beginning starts off
a little slow but once it picks up speed, you’ll find this book hard to put
down. I read it in less than two days and I barely have any time to read
anymore, which goes to show that once you get into this novel, you have to
finish it.
The characters were interesting. They're motives weren’t
the most original but I enjoyed reading about them and cared about what
happened to them. Jackee was exceedingly interesting because it seemed her
character didn’t evolve into a better, more caring person but devolved into
vengeful, almost evil type of woman. It was pretty awesome and if that was what
the author was going for he did a fantastic job.
The plot was good; solid and interesting. It wasn’t the
most thought provoking plot in the world; it was pretty obvious who the killer
was and what was going to happen, but it still had a hint of originality to it
and a good twist when Jackee’s powers start to develop. As it went further on,
the plot had some steamy scenes which were fun to read and it got darker as
Jackee’s thoughts got darker. The ending, which I saw coming, was creepy
nonetheless and while I knew what would happen I didn’t expect it to play out
exactly like that. And when I say creepy, I mean creepy in a good way.
Overall, this was a very interesting read. It had a slow
but suspenseful build up to it, and if you enjoy that kind of thing (I did; it
was very well done) then you’ll like this novel. It gets progressively better
and everything falls neatly into place when it reaches the climax. It was never
really explained why or how she got her powers but it wasn’t really essential
to the plot so it can be forgiven. The romance was lovely, with some love
triangles and squares going on and a whole bunch of stuff that you’ll have to
read the book to find out about. So if you’re bored and looking for a steamy,
different read than normal, this one’s for you!
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