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Links Lincoln Public Schools. Then she has like 4 stalkers and more coming. Jul 07, PM. Like the first book, I was scared out of my pants!!!!! But after the other two books, I started to get used to it and its not that scary anymore because its the same routine Jul 22, PM.
Who has that many stalkers! Jul 29, PM. I loved the first book! But after the second and third it was like deja vu! Jan 09, PM. Loved the first book, the second seems a bit too much like the first, but I'm hoping that the third isn't another stalker otherwise I may not read the rest.
Yeah he was creepy I didn't know that it was him till the end, I kept going back and forth from the boss and Ben. I look forward to reading the sequel in the near future for more- action, thrill, and romance. Aug 14, Marie rated it really liked it Shelves: magic , sounds-good , intriguing , teenage-drama , mystery. So smug I guessed the stalker hehe!
I just hope she appreciates all my efforts—all my work to make her happy. Once and for all. This book was making me crazy, I needed to find out who it was and therefore I could not put this down.
She was out in front of school this morning, looking for attention. Like a total So smug I guessed the stalker hehe! Like a total slut. The front of school is her new place to be noticed. Nobody else ever just hangs out there, but she wants to be on display, so people look at her as soon as they pull up. I said the alphabet forwards and backwards and counted up building bricks to keep myself calm.
It was either that or haul off and smack her stupid little face. She wants to see me lose control. I really liked this.
It kept my interest, curiosity and I agitation running the whole pulls of hours it took ,e to read it. I mean how would you react if photographs, letters, phone calls and messages were being targeted at you and you had no idea why and then a tottally hot stranger saves your life, tells you you're in danger and that he wants to help?
This is Camelia's life. And her life and this book completely keeps you guessing and hanging on to find out more.
I thought it was way cool how the author set it up so that every now and then you would get an anonymous chaoter from the stalkers POV. Made the creepy and more realistic! View all 10 comments. Jan 13, Shannon rated it liked it Shelves: , ya , mystery-suspense. Camelia Hammond is starting her last year of school, but instead of looking forward she can't help but look back, to three months ago at the end of the last school year when her life was saved by a beautiful boy who then disappeared.
She still tingles from where he touched her. Yet when, on the first day of school, she sees him, Ben Carter, the new boy with a bad reputation and an even darker history, he pretends he doesn't recognise her and insists he never saved her life.
He avoids her until on Camelia Hammond is starting her last year of school, but instead of looking forward she can't help but look back, to three months ago at the end of the last school year when her life was saved by a beautiful boy who then disappeared. He avoids her until one day in Chemistry class when he accidentally touches her - and all hell breaks loose.
Her infatuation with Ben isn't the real problem, though: her unknown stalker has made himself known and is becoming scarier with each photo put in her mailbox, each gift left by her window. Ben insists she's in danger and that he can help her, but who can she trust? Who is fixating on her? I think, if I'd known this book was going to be a stalker book, I probably wouldn't have picked it up.
I'm not a big fan of the genre. It's very dialogue-driven, which, when not taken advantage of, allows the characters to be under-developed: as they were here.
You don't get to know Camelia all that well, even though she narrates - there's not much going on in her head aside from describing what she sees. Very disappointing. Ben's an intriguing character but you don't get close to him either. I'm wondering if he's the link that will pop up in the other books in the series not yet written , especially considering they're called "Touch" novels.
Can't explain that without giving the only cool element of the book away. It's a stupidly quick read, tells a simple enough story and doesn't delve into the teenage psyche much.
I quite liked Camelia's friend Kimmie. Part of my problem with these suspense books, is that so often supporting characters are set up: they're fodder for our mistrust, our suspicions, and turn out to be nothing more than plot devices. That said, I did find it engrossing - perhaps against my better judgement - so I need to be fair in my rating. Oh, and Ben reminded me of Edward from the Twilight books. Cashing in much? View all 3 comments. Aug 27, Cara rated it liked it Recommended to Cara by: Haley.
Shelves: paranormal , series , , recommended-to-me. This is definitely a suspense novel and it totally delivers on that front. I actually don't gravitate toward this genre but I am more and more as of late. For the most part I'm pretty bad at reading them cause I just can't take it!
I'll flip to the end and see the outcome like a naughty reader, but I forced myself not to do it this time. I'm glad I did because it would have ruined the story. Camelia is a normal girl for the most part, but an event happens that changes everything. A guy named Be This is definitely a suspense novel and it totally delivers on that front. A guy named Ben saves her from a car crashing into her and since then she hasn't stopped thinking about him. She finally sees him again at school a couple of months later, but when she wants to thank him for saving her life he denies everything.
Confusion ensues and Camelia starts to get nasty letters and that's not even the worst of it. So who does Camelia trust? Ben, or all the other people telling her not to? I have never read Twilight , but from what I've heard about it, it does have that kind of quality to it.
I can't say what exactly because that might give something away. I'm not sure how Twilight fans feel about this. I can tell you this: it might seem unoriginal, but lots of authors use this to create a scenario that oozes tension. What I did see as a complete rip-off is the whole pottery scene. I mean did anyone else think of the scene in the movie Ghost? I know it isn't exactly the same but boy it most certainly had that "emotion" to it. I got kind of annoyed that so many guys were crushing on her.
I mean really? But I get why because if we didn't have that many choices of who the stalker could be it wouldn't have the suspense we are presented. The concept is original though. I wish I could say what it is but again that might spoil it for future readers.
I'm hooked enough to read the next book Deadly Little Lies. The book grabs your attention from the onset but I felt it lacked originality with certain scenes and felt I didn't get to know the characters well.
That might be because it is a series and we will get to delve deeper into the characters with the books to come. One of those series to be on the lookout for. Aug 15, Lucy rated it did not like it Recommends it for: Twilight fans. Shelves: teen , mystery , supernatural , Camelia sounds like Chameleon almost died three months ago, when she bent down to pick up her earring in the parking lot and nearly got hit by a car.
Before she knew what was happening, a mysterious hot guy had shoved her out of the way, saving her life, before running off when she tried to thank him. She is, of course, determined to find out more about Ben, the mystery guy.
But when she confronts him in the hall and tries to thank him, he pretends he doesn't know what she's talking about. Camel Camelia sounds like Chameleon almost died three months ago, when she bent down to pick up her earring in the parking lot and nearly got hit by a car. Camelia's chemistry teacher has an annoying practise of decreeing that whoever you're sitting next to on your first day will be your lab partner for the rest of the year.
As luck would have it, the last empty seat in the room is next to Camelia--and then Ben walks in. At first, he acts like he can barely sit next to her. But then he starts to warm to her--even though he warns her that she shouldn't be friends with him, it's too dangerous. Sound familiar? The plot diverges after this little bit of prettied-up plagiarism, and turns into a Mysterious Stalker novel Camelia has a stalker. Ben wants to help her but still--did it seriously have to rip off the most famous crappy YA novel of our time?
Camelia and Ben's relationship is hot, I'll give you that much, but seems to be based on nothing more than his looks she describes him looking yummy and delicious and hot hot hot as often as Bella described Edward as a marble statue of a Greek god and her fascination with his bad boy reputation he reportedly killed his girlfriend back at his old school.
The writing is not amazing--I get the sense that we're supposed to care about and like Camelia's neglected best friends she ignores them in her fascination with Ben but they're really not that interesting--they're actually kind of annoying.
And Camelia's family drama is contrived. This book would be a mild "pass" for me if it didn't rip off Twilight in an unbelievably derivative way. That elevates it to a "can you believe this book? View 2 comments. Feb 11, Ariel Andrews rated it it was amazing. So I absolutely love Laurie faria stolarz. She is an amazing writer and is my favorite author. This book I read in a total of like 4 hours.
I seriously was to enthralled to put it down!!! I definitely didn't see the end coming! Go to thebookhangovercast. Nov 16, Trinity rated it really liked it Shelves: 1st-to-3rd , , 4-stars. This was an awesome book. I really liked this book. It had me guessing every little thing, putting everyone as suspects.
I thought this was a really cool read. I am really ready to reach onto the next book to see what holds. The role that Ben plays is unique, I would not have guessed that would be the issue of what was going on until later. It's nice to know there a few people who don't care about what others think and what they think of others.
She was r This was an awesome book. She was really brave. If there was something I would change about Camelia it would be that she should have gone to her parents or the police when the guy entered her house and left gifts. She would have been a lot safer.
Her pottering skills are intense, I had no idea what to pull of the idea of the car without wheels but it may seem like she can sense the future. It is really cool. And I know that she can sense the future for a fact because right after I finished the book I searched up the second book to see what it was going to be about.
If he would have saved my life I would have thought better of him as well. I didn't know what was going on with him at first, he was acted rather strange. I had a feeling the way he acted was the same way the person on the 2nd point of view was thinking. I had no idea what to expect from him but I'm pretty sure people have a better feeling of him after reading the book. The next book seems great. A love triangle?
I will have to wait until I can get the next book in hand. I though Kimmie's character was just too much to handle. That is why I brought my fifth star down, her character was very irritating and just thought everything was a joke from one of the other guys when it was very serious and Camelia's life was in danger. She was insensitive to Camelia's feelings and only really thought of herself, it was always her her her. Overall, this book was great.
I enjoyed myself and thought this was a nice book to lay down and read I didn't get bored once throughout the book and did not feel as though it dragged, which annoys me all too well. I am looking forward to next book to see what is going on. It seems as though Ben is leaving so what is going to happen to their relationship? And why are there so many secrets? Mar 30, Gabby rated it it was ok Shelves: e-books , thriller , bad-books , young-adult , series.
Originally posted The YA Bookworm i have seen a lot of reviews that this one is very twilight-ish, i didn't believe it cause does the title Deadly Little Secret sound twilight in the making to you??? Aug 02, Devin rated it really liked it Shelves: paranormal. All I can say is, I thought it was Spencer. May 12, Summer rated it liked it Shelves: paranormal , young-adult , mental-powers.
So sixteen year old Camelia feels a little like an old lady. She likes things planned out and organized and she doesn't go out much except to work where she creates pottery.
This all changes when she meets Ben. Ben is a new transfer student with a history. He was a suspect in his ex-girlfriend's murder and even though he wasn't convicted, in most people's eyes he's good as guilty. He gets harassed at school and no one makes friends with him except Camelia. They've met before when Ben saved Camel So sixteen year old Camelia feels a little like an old lady. They've met before when Ben saved Camelia's life. She doesn't believe Ben was responsible for a murder but suddenly she starts getting threatening notes and phone calls and all her friends believe she's next in line to become Ben's victim.
Ben does have a secret, but is it that he's a murderer or is it something else? I liked this book in general, although I thought it had the same problems as the previous book I read.
It had a fun premise, and I liked the writing and main character, but the side characters and the 'mysterious boy' weren't all that interesting to me. I didn't hate Ben though and I felt like he did have chemistry with Camelia. I didn't get too boring for me to not finish it but the best I can say is it's mildly entertaining.
View 1 comment. Jul 20, Dawn rated it it was ok Shelves: teen , thriller. I felt rather irritated with the main character throughout this book. The beginning starts in a Twilightesque scenario where she is saved from being hit by a car when the "new guy" in school pushes her out of the way.
As she is lying there, he touches her stomach for some strange reason, and what with the weird moment of touching and his saving her life, she is drawn to him despite the rumors floating around school that he killed his girlfriend. At the same time, Camelia begins to g 2. At the same time, Camelia begins to get odd things in the mail like pictures of herself with slightly creepy and foreboding messages scribbled on them. Interspersed among the chapters are the internal thoughts of the stalker who has become obsessed with Camelia.
There is a long list of potential suspects, and the book keeps you guessing until the end. But what really irritated me is the fact that Camelia never told her parents or the authorities when the stalker's behavior got exceptionally creepy and this didn't seem realistic at all. Also, the book ends with a cliffhanger, and apparently this is going to be a series? Is every teen book being written going to be a series???
This needs to stop for books where the premise is only interesting enough for one book. Feb 16, Kristie rated it it was ok Shelves: ya. For me this book was about 2. I wasn't extremely excited that the first half of the book was so much like twilight. I know authors are inspired by books but they should make it their own and the first half was very similar - to similar.
I also didn't like when Camelia's best friends, Kimmie and Wes, were in the dialog. They were very immature and annoying.
Wes didn't have a male's point of view and Kimmie sounded like a ten year old. I also didn't understand how every guy that Camelia tal For me this book was about 2. I also didn't understand how every guy that Camelia talked to seemed to liked her. I can't stand books like that. Authors need to make their heroine have flaws. He only reacted to her because he "felt" something when he touched her. There were so many holes and gaps that could have been filled in and expanded upon to make this story flow and be so much more interesting.
This was a quick easy read and I don't think that I'm going to read the next one. I didn't feel connected to any of the characters and don't really care what happens. Apr 07, Brooke The Cover Contessa rated it it was amazing. Ok, so I picked up this book because I am going to get to the meet the author and I wanted to make sure I had read at least one of the books she wrote. I wasn't sure what to expect at all.
I didn't know if I would like to story line, and boy was I pleasantly surprised! Blurb from Goodreads: Until three months ago, everything about sixteen-year-old Camelia's life had been fairly ordinary: decent grades; an okay relationship with her parents; and a pretty cool part-time job at an art studio downtown Ok, so I picked up this book because I am going to get to the meet the author and I wanted to make sure I had read at least one of the books she wrote.
Blurb from Goodreads: Until three months ago, everything about sixteen-year-old Camelia's life had been fairly ordinary: decent grades; an okay relationship with her parents; and a pretty cool part-time job at an art studio downtown. But when Ben, the mysterious new guy, starts junior year at her high school, Camelia's life becomes far from ordinary. She's reluctant to believe he's trouble, even when her friends try to convince her otherwise. Instead she's inexplicably drawn to Ben Ben insists she is in danger, and that he can help — but can he be trusted?
First, I love this cover. Love, love, love it! It's mysterious and full of awesomness. I totally love the anonymity of the cover model. Camelia is an interesting character. She tries so hard to be brave, so hard to stay away from what she knows might not be good for her, but she's not so good at either one.
She doubts herself constantly. She hides things that you really think she shouldn't but at the same time you love her Nancy Drew ways. It's like you want her to figure it out. It's like you are routing for her to do it while still biting back a scream to tell her to go to the police.
And Ben, well, he's certainly a mysterious dude. I just could not figure him out. I was trying to hard to see what it was that was keeping him from diving into his relationship with Camelia, but it was a total mystery to me.
And then when it was revealed, it was something I was not expecting at all despite the title of the series. I could not figure out if I should trust him or shout at Camelia to run the tother way!
I completely love the friend triangle that is Camelia, Kimmie and Wes. They kept me on my toes and really were very entertaining. I have to say that I don't usually like creepy in a book, but the creepiness and mystery of this book is what kept me reading.
I couldn't put it down. The premise is unlike anything else I have ever read. I was not expecting it at all. And I love it!
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