Coaster by Lorena Bathey

I read Coaster by Lorena Bathey, in exchange for honest review from Tomoson. I received a paperback version of the book.

The book is about a bomb exploding at an amusement park, in which 8 people are killed on the coaster. The book started out with the park, being peaceful, silent, and not open yet. A man was watching the park from above, waiting for disaster to ensue. He was prepared to watch, with a beer, lawn chair, and binoculars. He is wearing camouflage. He also used an automatic detonator so he wouldn't have to push anything and just watch.

The first family to enter the park was Rachael, husband Mitch, daughter, and son. You also have a set of teenagers, girls, waiting in line, ahead of Rachael and Mitch. The book progresses into a brief bio of some more of the park's guests and employees. Some of the mentioned guests was on the ride at the same time, when the bomb went off (p. 37). Death. 22 injured, 14 dead. The 8 people, who was on the coaster, plus 6 more, who was trampled in the aftermath.  Powerful scene. One minute, people were excited. Some were scared to ride the new coaster, and in the next, explosion and death. The bomber was ecstatic, exhilarated, and happy the explosion had gone off without a hitch.  The ride mechanic may take the fall for the accident, since he did the walk through before the park opened. Then, you go into the grief the families feel and the mechanic trying to get good representation.

The book was a good read. It was also hard to read.  I have read Lorena's books before, but this one was from a different cloth. I loved the X. I loved House on Plunkett Street. I loved Coaster.

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House on Plunkett Street

I read the House on Plunkett Street by Lorena Bathey, in exchange for review from Tomoson. I received a paperback copy.  The book was published by Lorena B Books. The book is 3.99 on kindle, free to borrow with Prime, and 8.99 on paperback.

The book is about Phoebe Bertham. She is boring and goes unnoticed. She grew up with a house full of men, in a town where women worked in the home. Her mother catered to the men in the family. Her mother was also an alcoholic, staying mostly in the background, which affected Phoebe.

Phoebe wanted more for her life. She did not want to be a wife and mother. She also wanted to work. She graduated high school and graduated college. Phoebe also wanted to move to California, where she got a boring job with a boring boyfriend She was mediocrity. Wanting more, but not doing anything about it.

Then, some changes came her way. Her apartments decided to change into condos with raised rents. A friend at work, had a cousin, who lived in a rent-controlled apartment and Phoebe was interested. The apartment was older, with lots of character, in addition to Ghosts.. Reminded me of the Disney movie with Eddie Murphy. That house with all the character and the ghosts. Ornate furnishings and carpets.  Phoebe felt people dancing and singing as soon as she entered the lobby. The landlord, Mr. Jameson, is open, inviting, and does not judge people's lifestyles, but their character. Phoebe eventually meets three female Ghosts, in what she thought was a dream.

The book was very descriptive. I chose this book because I had read another Lorena Bathey book recently for review: (The X). The X was an excellent read. Better than what I thought, so I was expecting the same or better for the House on Plunkett Street. One major problem I had was some of the printing was faded throughout the book. There was one line at the beginning of the book (page 8) and a huge chunk of faded ink on page 18 and 28. Other than that, the book was an excellent read.

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The X Book review

I read The X, in exchange for review from Tomoson. The book was written by Lorena Bathey and published by Lorena B Books. 

The book was about a mother, who fights to save her children. The beginning scenes were a little confusing (prologue) but got better as you  moved into the book.

In the beginning, Clarissa is married with two kids. Clarrissa and Ben was married 20 years. Everything appears to be perfect and then, she gets hit with divorce papers. The marriage was having problems. Ben (husband) is acting differently. She does not know what's going on. Her husband gets the kids. She moves out, but not before she causes a little destruction. She moves into a friend's guest house, but

wants to get her kids back. The husband also starts turning the kids against her. She calls daily, but with little to no responses. Eventually, she  hires a private detective to find her kids and figure out what is going on with her ex-husband. Ben is involved in something big (read the book to find out more) and needed the kids to help execute the plan. Ben is under investigation by the government (read the book to find out why) The kids even got bodyguards. As Clarissa continues to search for her kids, her ex finds out--and sends in his goons to help scare her back into submission. Clarissa has to move around to keep the goons off her tracks. She does try to get her kids back during one scene, but it fails badly. The ending scenes are good. Brice (the PI) takes her to a store. Clarrisa goes in alone, but never comes out. This leads to some climatic, dramatic, intense scenes, which goes all the way to the end of the book.

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