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The Seventh Victim

By: Mary Burton
Narrated by: Johanna Parker
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It's been seven years since the Seattle Strangler terrorized the city. His victims were all young, pretty, their lifeless bodies found wrapped in a home-sewn white dress. But there was one who miraculously escaped death, just before the Strangler disappeared.

Lara Church has only hazy memories of her long-ago attack. What she does have is a home in Austin, a job, and a chance at a normal life at last. Then Texas Ranger James Beck arrives on her doorstep with shattering news: The Strangler is back. And this time, he's in Austin.

He's always craved her, even as he killed the others. For so long he's been waiting to unleash the beast within. And this time, he'll prove he holds her life in his hands - right before he ends it forever....

©2013 Mary Burton (P)2013 Tantor
Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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"Best-seller Burton ( Before She Dies) delivers action-packed tension as a cold case becomes new again...a compelling romantic thriller." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Not what I was expecting -_-

I obtained this book via the romance package. I normally do not read romance, but since the level was "shimmering" I figured it probably wasn't too heavy on the romance. I wouldn't consider it a romance at all; a side from the 'soft-core' porn portion. There was a twist (kind of) but, I feel like I had already figured out how the book was going to end up based on one interaction between two of the characters. Also, I am confused as to why there are 3 books in this series, that seem to have zero ties to one another? I mean, I am saying this just given the descriptions of the other two books. They don't seem to be a "trilogy" at all therefore, I probably won't listen to the other novels. Since the narration was alright, I gave the book an overall 4, but the story was lacking. There were a few things that bothered me, which I will go into below.
**SPOILERS**

I don't understand in what world (being a survivor myself) a person who has been traumatized not only once, but twice, immediately sleeps with someone IN THE SAME DAY, not even 8 hours later???? I was very frustrated by this. It was almost as though the author knew they wanted a sex scene, so they forced it in there near the end? It was so random to me, and extremely unbelievable. There was hardly any lead up to the sex scene. When the book got to this part, I admittedly was triggered. I mean, maybe survivors heal by sleeping with others shortly after their abuse - it's just been highly unlikely in my own life, and lives of others that I know, or have read about. The book would have been much more enjoyable with a sex scene before the second abuse, even then.. there was no leading up to it at all. =/ 2/10 stars there...

Another thing that seriously bugged me, is the dog being "hurt" more than once. I mean, being drugged is enough, but being kept in a closet, then being shot was just too much for me. I am already sensitive to that type of thing, but I feel it was excessive here. I understand that the author was trying to convey how much the main character loved her dog, and the perhaps the dog has been the only thing she's been able to love since her abuse a decade ago, but that could have been successful without hurting the poor dog so many times. :(

These two things were a big enough turn off for me that I am too nervous to listen to the other books in fear there is more animal cruelty or unbelievable intimacy with a victim.

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Terrible narration

The person reading ruined it for me. Even though I liked the storyline her voice was too fake and forced.

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So good!!

Ok so first off I thought the narrator was going to drive me nuts because she speaks crazy fast. I was like wohh there slow down, but then after a while I loved her. The most amazing accents and voices, all different so you could totally tell what character was speaking. The mystery is crazy and I really thought I had it figured out and I kind of did, but then there's this twist at the end that had me shook. Lastly I loved the little romance going on in the background cuz I always love that stuff. And I like how it wasn't all love at first site or first or just about sex. It kinda grew as the story went on. Really loved this book, going to read all her books now.

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Good

This is a story about a serial killer with an unexpected ending that you won’t believe the ending.

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good story

easy to listen to, loved the story line. so far haven't been disappointed in Mary Burtons books

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Texas cliche

you can expect every Texas cliche to be in this book. with that said, good story. nice twist. like the authors other books better.

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Great Twist!

Although I figured out who was who by mid-book, it was a terrific twist to the story! It wasn’t easy, but I was looking for all 5he clues I could find! Job well done!

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Outstanding

This book was amazing. I loved the surprise ending. The reader was very good and very easy to listen to. Being a Texas State Trooper myself for over 23 years, I really enjoyed how a lot of the information in regards to the Department was accurate and it was very apparent that Mary Burton did her homework in regards to that.

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Enjoyed very much

I am interested in continuing with this series. I think this story was a little over the top, but it kept me engrossed nonetheless. Narrator was very good.

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Addendum to Original Review

11/10/24 - Addendum to Original Review "Great Story BUT..." :

Apparently, I can't edit my original review so here's my update after listening to the entire audiobook...

I originally left a review after listening for 2 hours because it was EXTREMELY ANNOYING trying to distinguish who was talking during a conversation between two male characters AND the narrator READS WAY TOO FAST which almost made it feel like an AI was reading. Thankfully, SLOWING DOWN the AUDIO to 85% helped tremendously because it actually sounded more normal at that speed.

I must admit the narrator did a better job imitating the different female characters than she did the male characters but the male character voices did seem to improve after the first 2 hours or so. I'm glad I was able to struggle through to the improved portion because I would've missed out on a good story. Because I don't know if the speed problem was a recording issue or a narrator issue, I only deducted one star instead of two from the performance. In the future, I'll give the narrator 5 stars if she improves the male voices and speed.

I very much enjoyed the story and although I found parts of it somewhat predictable, I didn't know the exact steps that would happen for the events to occur. There was one surprise gift I didn't expect near the end and I REALLY ENJOYED THAT PART!

In summary, I enjoyed it enough to listen to the next audiobook in the series and as for The Seventh Victim, I'd rate it 4.6 if I could give it the mathematical average of the 3 scores I rated.

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