What do You think about Deep Freeze (2005)?
You know what really pisses me off? When I love the premise of a book, when the blurb on the cover leads me to believe that I'm in for one sort of story when really I'm in for a basic grocery store romance thriller. What I really really hate is when a book isn't all that good but somehow you have to finish it just to see how things get wrapped up. And, I'm not even sure everything did get wrapped up. There were a couple hints earlier in the novel that I don't think were referred to ever again...or maybe not so much hints as important background about the psychotic.In the end there were just too many writing devices and cliches that made me grind my teeth. No less than four characters were described as having "blue/brown/green eyes that seemed to miss nothing". It's like she found her favorite phrase and couldn't resist driving it into the ground. If she described the lead character as "the lawman" one more time it would have been a world record. And while in real life people do wallow in their miseries constantly, hearing about the lead guy's friend dying every chapter and the lead woman's sister dying every OTHER chapter, in the EXACT SAME WAY made me wonder if I'd misplaced my book mark and I was actually reading the same pages over and over again. This could have been a dark, creepy, bleak stalker/psycho novel but ended up being a Lifetime movie in print.
—Jessica
HER BIGGEST FAN...When she wakes up, she's very cold. Colder than she's ever been in her life. She can't move or speak. And then she sees him. The one who took her. And before she dies, she wishes she could scream...IS ABOUT TO BECOME ...Former movie star Jenna Hughes left Hollywood for an isolated farm in Oregon to get away from fame. But someone has followed her - an obsessed fan whose letters are personal and deeply disturbing.And while Jenna's already shaken up by what she's seen on paper, she'd be terrified if she knew what Sheriff Shane Carter is investigating. It's a shocking case that started with the discovery of a dead woman in the woods. Now two more women are missing, one of whom bears a striking resemblance to Jenna...HER WORST NIGHTMARE ...As a winter storm bears down on the pacific northwest, a merciless killer's grisly work has only just begun. And Jenna is Getting Closer to meeting her biggest fan.. one who wants nothing more than to see her dead..
—Patsy
I've read a few books lately that I've ended up comparing to Lifetime movies, and this is one of them. Light and relaxing, it holds your attention but lacks in true depth or substance. I liked the characters, the small town setting, the snowy winter landscape. However, I found myself only mildly curious about who the killer was - it could have been anyone. At 500 pages I'd say it's about 100 pages too long, although I wouldn't say that it drug on painfully. I'd definitely only recommend this one for reading during the cold winter months when you just want something fun and easy, not too mentally challenging, to curl up with. A small bonus - in the epilogue, it gives a little teaser for the second book in the series, which is kindof cool.
—Kelly
