Dangerous Boys - Abigail Haas

"You can never really know someone, we are all strangers in the end."





Title: Dangerous boys
Author: Abigail Haas
Format: Paperback
Release Date: August 14th 2014
Genre: YA, Contemporary, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Realistic fiction.
Stars out of Ten: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

It all comes down to this. Oliver, Ethan, and I. Three teens venture into an abandoned lake house one night. Hours later, only two emerge from the burning wreckage. Chloe drags one Reznick brother to safety, unconscious and bleeding. The other is left to burn, dead in the fire. But which brother survives? And is his death a tragic accident? Desperate self-defense? Or murder ...? Chloe is the only one with the answers. As the fire rages, and police and parents demand the truth, she struggles to piece the story together - a story of jealousy, twisted passion and the darkness that lurks behind even the most beautiful faces ..

I am yet again in awe of Abigail Haas and her ability to write these dark, mysterious spine tingling thrillers, with the complex characters and their dark minds. It would build up momentum, tease me, let go and tease me again. It was addictive and intoxicating, I found myself heaving breathing and squealing the entire way through this book. 

I must admit that I didn't think that Abigail Haas would be able to create another book that would leave me in such a mess, but she did. Like Dangerous Girls, Dangerous Boys delves into a wonderfully uncomfortable story with chilling corners. It is as if Abigail wanted to make you feel as desperate as possible, she literally had my emotions in her hands throughout this book. 

The book starts with the thought provoking sentence of; 

Our lives are made up of choices, you see. Big ones, small ones, strung together by the thin air of good intentions; a line of dominoes, ready to fall.

An amazing start to another thought antagonising book.  

The book is narrated from Chloe's point of view. Chloe is  the type of girl who would do everything that she could do to please everybody. Chloe is scheduled to leave her home town of Haverford, Indiana to go to college but her mother is not mentally stable to be left alone after her divorce. Chloe feels obliged to stay back and postpone her plans to go to college in order to look after her. Then Chloe meets Ethan, he proves to be a distraction from the mundane and rather depressing tasks she has to undertake each day. But when Chloe meets Oliver, he hypnotises her, sees through her charades and provokes her. 

Everything starts innocent - a girl relying on a guy to distract her from her problems, only to meet somebody else who unleashes the side that she never knew she had. I think this is what makes Dangerous Boys so intense, disturbing and unsettling.

You can never really know someone. Maybe you think that sounds trite, or perhaps you already learned it a long time ago. But me, I didn’t really grasp it until now: huddled in the corner of the ambulance, watching the medics try to shock life back into a motionless body.

Yes, there was a lot of suspense. Yes, the narration and writing were absolutely impeccable and second to none in this genre. And as much as I wanted to compare the two books Abigail has written I couldn't help but notice that there is a very clean cut between Dangerous Girls and Dangerous Boys. While Dangerous Girls is known for its twists and thrills, Dangerous Boys took another route and went for characterization. Twist wise, once you have read Dangerous Girls, Dangerous Boys is rather predictable (well more predictable than Dangerous Girls) however the dark character developments were a twist in themselves. I loved this route that Abigail went down, we kept delving into deeper and darker roads, weaving among the relationships in such a raw, intense manner. 

Some pieces couldn't be glued back together. Some people weren't for fixing. Sometimes, the only thing to do was burn the whole fucking world down and start again.

The eventual reveal of the darkness within makes us question whether or not we have our own kind of darkness.

All I can say is congratulations to Abigail Haas who has yet again created another beautifully written psychological thriller. Dangerous Something, Dangerous Anything. I will take it Abigail Haas. 

"This is a great YA psychological thriller and it cannot go without saying that Abigail Haas is an extremely prominent writer. Her writing is focussed and flawless. Anyone who wants to read an addictive, intoxicating book should pick up both Dangerous Girls and Dangerous Boys. " - Celine

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Eagerly awaited August, October, November News!

You should all be excited, with The new Lux Series book, Abigail Haas news, Another Becca Fitzpatrick news and another video from Capitol TV (new Mockingjay video). 

I'm going to do this in order of date, so that its set out in chronological order (it seems more logical to do it like this..)

                          Lets crack on! 

THE LUX SERIES 

I utterly love this series, and the first five books utterly kicked butt. As many fans of the Lux series would know that we are all eagerly awaiting the last instalment of this series, and as I spend at least one hour each day looking at different authors blogs, I frequently check out Jennifer Armentrout's blog and we have news about the last book in the Lux series. 

OPPOSITION 

RELEASE DATE : AUGUST 5TH

BLURB:  

Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came.

She can't believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all.

Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal.

They must team with an unlikely enemy if there is any chance of surviving the invasion. But when it quickly becomes impossible to tell friend from foe, and the world is crumbling around them, they may lose everything— even what they cherish most—to ensure the survival of their friends…and mankind.

War has come to Earth. And no matter the outcome, the future will never be the same for those left standing.

TEASERS

1. “Katy

I always had this plan for the off chance I was around for the end of the world. I’d climb up on my roof top, turn up the radio, blast R.E.M.’s It’s The End of The World, and watch it all go down from my lofty perch.

Except real life rarely turned out that cool.

And it was really happening—it was the end of the world as we knew it, and I sure as hell didn’t feel fine.

Everything had changed and we had been the catalyst for it all.”

2. “For once, I don't hurt. I don't worry. I want this.”

3. Her stare was serious as she studied him. "I'm not sure she likes you"

4. "She's not going anywhere soon. Dawson knocked her into next week I think"

5. "We were supposed to have tonight and tomorrow, and many weeks and many months, but we didn't even have another minuet." 

6. "There was a rumble , causing the house to groan and small clouds of dust to drop from the ceiling. The table scuttled over the floor. A chair toppled over, and then another. somewhere in the living room a window shattered. Kat was going to bring the house down."

REACTIONS ON GOODREADS

(MANY GIFS WERE USED) 

These reactions were once the books name had been released and these reviews were posted back in 2013, when we had to wait almost a year for the book. 

"I had one of the happiest moments of my life when I found out that the fifth book was going to be in Katy's and Daemon's POV and that it already had a title. I was dancing around in joy, but then my eyes fell on the date 2014 and I felt like ripping someone's throat out. Okay maybe not that extreme but I still really wanted to punch something."

"AM I IN HEAVEN? OR AM I DREAMING?

PIIIIIINNCCCCHHHHHH ME SOMEONE!

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

*squeals louder*

"So Kate and Daemon got married, Andrew and Ash died, Bethany and Dawson are having a baby, Matthew betrayed his own family then dies, Daemon, Dawson, and Dee turned all Dark Vader on us, and Jennifer L. Armentrout excepts us to wait a freakin century and a half for the release date of the next book?"

                                                    More Daemon, Dawson, and (dare I say?) Archer?

A title of the final book?

But no synopsis...

AND RELEASE DATE SET TO SUMMER 2014!?

DANGEROUS GIRLS... DANGEROUS BOYS? 

After very recently buying and reading this book, it made a huge impact on my emotions. Its an indescribable book, brilliantly written. Celine wrote a review on it, make sure you check it out and then run to your bookshop and read it. 

Imagine my surprise when I was surfing the web and found another book, just like Dangerous girls but with a slightly different title and by the same author... 

I SCREAMED!

DANGEROUS BOYS?

RELEASE DATE : AUGUST 17TH

BLURB:  

Three teens venture into the abandoned Monroe estate one night; hours later, only two emerge from the burning wreckage. Chloe drags one Reznick brother to safety, unconscious and bleeding; the other is left to burn, dead in the fire. But which brother survives? And is his death a tragic accident? Desperate self-defense? Or murder?

Chloe is the only one with the answers. As the fire rages, and police and parents demand the truth, she struggles to piece together the story of how they got there.
A story of jealousy, twisted passion, and the darkness that lurks behind even the most beautiful of faces…

REACTIONS ON GOODREADS. 

Update: OH. EM. GEE. I AM GETTING AN ARC.

"Dangerous Squirrels. Dangerous Babies. Dangerous Half-Eaten Corn on the Cob. I do not care what the hell Abigail Haas writes next - if it has her name on it, I'll be reading it. I'm already evangelical about Dangerous Girls, and beyond excited that her newest psychological thriller maintains the same thoughtful, slow-building creepiness combined with intriguing character development told through creative non-linear structure".

"After the mindf****ry and awesomeness that was Dangerous Girls,

I. CANNOT. WAIT."

MORE BECCA?

After Becca Fitzpatrick's amazing series of Hush Hush, which is about a girl who meets an incredibly mysterious guy in biology only to learn he is as fallen angel, she gets dropped into this surreal world. Becca's writing is laced with detail, she creates a world and characters as if she is writing an unauthorised biography. 

I was very excited when I check out her blog and found that she was indeed making another book, called Black ice. 

BLACK ICE. 

RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 7TH

BLURB: 

Sometimes danger is hard to see... until it’s too late.

Britt Pfeiffer has trained to backpack the Teton Range, but she isn't prepared when her ex-boyfriend, who still haunts her every thought, wants to join her. Before Britt can explore her feelings for Calvin, an unexpected blizzard forces her to seek shelter in a remote cabin, accepting the hospitality of its two very handsome occupants—but these men are fugitives, and they take her hostage.

In exchange for her life, Britt agrees to guide the men off the mountain. As they set off, Britt knows she must stay alive long enough for Calvin to find her. The task is made even more complicated when Britt finds chilling evidence of a series of murders that have taken place on that very mountain... and in uncovering this, she may become the killer’s next target.

But nothing is as it seems in the mountains, and everyone is keeping secrets, including Mason, one of her kidnappers. His kindness is confusing Britt. Is he an enemy? Or an ally?

BLACK ICE is New York Times bestselling author Becca Fitzpatrick’s riveting romantic thriller set against the treacherous backdrop of the mountains of Wyoming. Falling in love should never be this dangerous…

REACTIONS ON GOODREADS. 

THAT COVER.
THAT BLURB.
AND WRITTEN BY BECCA FITZPATRICK?

"aw, if Hush, Hush isn't enough, Becca went ahead and started a new series.

Becca, I'm still paralyzed with the fangirling and admiration for Patch. AND NOW I HAVE ANOTHER BOOK TO TAKE AWAY ANY TRACES OF MY NORMALCY THAT HUSH, HUSH MISSED TO TAKE AWAY? 
I will not stand for this. I call for justice. It's wrong to hypnotize people with your writing. 

Eh, oh well, it's not like I have a social life, anyways. I'm just gonna...you know...pop some popcorn, saddle into my bed, and turn pages of your new book."

MOCKINGJAY NEWS!

After doing a very long post of the news for the upcoming Mockingjay films, guess what got released? No, not the trailer but another Capitol Report. 

(A/N : I almost cried) 

How exciting is this?! I can almost taste the trailer. 

Well I hoped you enjoyed the update. 

I loved the reactions on goodreads, made me realise how crazy and funny fangirls are. 

My bLoG iS BETteR ThaN Your VLoG

ELlIe

Dangerous Girls - Abigail Haas

"Wouldn't we all look guilty, if someone searched hard enough?"

Title: Dangerous Girls
Author: Abigail Haas
Genres: Young adult, mystery, thriller, contemporary

It's Spring Break of senior year. Anna, her boyfriend Tate, her best friend Elise, and a few other close friends are off to a debaucherous trip to Aruba that promises to be the time of their lives. But when Elise is found brutally murdered, Anna finds herself trapped in a country not her own, fighting against vile and contemptuous accusations. 

As Anna sets out to find her friend's killer; she discovers hard truths about her friendships, the slippery nature of truth, and the ache of young love.

As she awaits the judge's decree, it becomes clear that everyone around her thinks she is not just guilty, but dangerous. When the truth comes out, it is more shocking than one could ever imagine...

WOW.

Dangerous Girls is written through Anna's point of view with chapters split up into the present where she is in court, speaking to lawyers, her father, Tate; and into the spring break when Elise was murdered; and occasional flashbacks of Anna and Elise, Anna and Tate, and other friends.

It had been a while since I have read an unputdownable book and this book blew my mind. It was compelling from the very first page with a great, fast rhythm. Abigail Haas's perfect balance of the present and of flashbacks in the past kept the story alive and made me want more, more, more. I consumed this book as fast as fire would consume a forest. The suspense was excruciating. All through the book all I wanted to know was WHO THE HELL KILLED ELISE?!?!?! 

I started this book in the morning, before school started...grave mistake. I literally couldn't concentrate on anything but the book and I even managed to read a few pages in my lessons, hiding the book under the table. I took it with me on the bus to a sport match and THEN had to wait another hour or so (the match) before I could start reading again. I can usually sort of guess what happens or at least have a theory, but this book had me pointing my finger at pretty much everyone and I had no clue what the hell had happened, even though everything was there. You just really have to pay close attention to everything. Abigail Haas doesn't make mistakes, she's meticulous. Everything she writes, she writes with accuracy and for a reason.

AND THE ENDING OH MY GOD THE ENDING.


This might literally be the best book I have ever read.

Abigail Haas is is a cunning queen and we should all bow down to her.









And the cover! The cover is perfect.
This one doesn't do the book justice:

This one is okay but doesn't give the same feeling as the one with shattered glass:

I recommend this book 100% whether you are into thrillers or not. This book is for everyone. However, although Dangerous Girls is classed as YA, it explores some darker elements than usual YA reads. I would class this as one of my favourite books...Yes, it was that good. 

BUY IT AND READ IT STRAIGHT AWAY.

Rate out of 5: ☆☆☆☆☆

(I would also like to apologise for the lack of posts and thank Ellie for posting and updating frequently. Also I am stealing her idea of the layout of reviews: sorry and thanks E.)

-C E L I N E