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    Sweet Damage
    Sweet Damage
    Sweet Damage
    Audiobook8 hours

    Sweet Damage

    Written by Rebecca James

    Narrated by Craig Baldwin

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    An intense psychological drama about love, friendship and betrayal from the internationally bestselling author of BEAUTIFUL MALICE. When Tim Ellison finds a cheap room to rent in his dream location, it seems nothing more than a wonderful stroke of luck. Despite the fact that the owner of the house, the mysterious Anna London, is unfriendly and withdrawn, he takes it. But when strange and terrifying things start happening in the house at night, Tim wonders if renting the room has been a terrible mistake-- until his feelings for Anna start to change. But as Tim falls for Anna, her past comes back with a vengeance...and he finds himself caught in the middle of the storm.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 2, 2014
    ISBN9781490650203
    Sweet Damage
    Author

    Rebecca James

    Rebecca James worked in publishing for several years before leaving to write full-time, and is now the author of several novels written under a pseudonym, as well as The Woman in the Mirror under her own name. Her favorite things are autumn walks, Argentinean red wine and curling up in the winter with a good old-fashioned ghost story. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two daughters.

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    • 4/5
      After devouring the debut novel Beautiful Malice from Australian author Rebecca James a few years ago (and giving it 4 stars), I was very excited to read her latest novel, Sweet Damage published early this year.Set in Syndey, Australia, the novel opens with Tim living with his ex-girlfriend and her current boyfriend. In an effort to improve his living situation he replies to an ad for a cheap room in a huge house in an expensive part of town.Anna is the owner of the house and appears to have no social skills, however, the fact that she is a little 'weird' seems to be the only catch. As Tim slowly gets to know her though, strange things begin to happen in the house.Sweet Damage is an entertaining read, and once again is great for YA readers. There's a real sense of Sydney on the page, my favourite quote being: "...the water [was] tinted an unbelievable shade of Brett Whiteley blue..." Page 111.I can easily imagine Sweet Damage being made into an Australian thriller movie, although I'd have to look away from the spider scene.You can read the first 14 pages of Sweet Damage for free, by clicking on my original review at Carpe Librum.
    • 3/5
      Tim's ex-girlfriend Lilla has a strong hold on Tim, he can't seem to completely want her out of his life. Things start to change for Tim when he takes a room in the big old house of Fairview and meets Anna, a young girl who owns the house but has a whole range of mental problems and a terrible grief stemming from a horrible incident in her past.Many unlikable characters in this one, Lila especially. Tom seems rather blah until the end. Plenty of secrets are revealed,and some are life changing. A good, rather light read with some twists I didn't see coming. ARC from publisher.
    • 4/5
      So it's the middle of exam preparation. Haven't been reading heaps, just a little bit to help me unwind. Yesterday I picked up this book, read maybe four (very short) chapters in my study breaks. That night after I'd had enough of studying for the day, I told myself I'd read for half an hour and then have an early night.Two and a half hours later, I was closing the book after reading the last page, completely unaware of how much time had gone by. I had just kept flipping the pages, the story reeling me in, until I couldn't stop until I knew what happened. The writing wasn't fantastic, but I enjoyed the setting (Manly!) and the characters, who seemed very real. Tim's your typical Aussie bloke, who doesn't really know what he wants to do with his life, happy to surf morning and work nights; Anna has agoraphobia, and is sad and mysterious; and Lilla, well, everyone knows a girl like Lilla. Brash, over the top, can make you feel extremely uncomfortable as she's prods at you with her words, pretending not to notice she's being inappropriate. I was rooting for Tim and Anna almost from the start, then I had the thought that maybe Anna was actually a psycho and would end up killing Tim, then I wondered if maybe she would kill herself? I had all these different theories but I tried to convince myself not to get too attached because I felt like something would happen to one of them. But I couldn't pick which direction it was going to go until it had happened or a page or a paragraph before it happened. That makes for a great read.The only thing was, by the end there were still a few loose ends that didn't quite tie in - although most of it did quite nicely. There was just a couple of things that happened that weren't explained, unless we were supposed to assume the outcome.A fast paced read, quite clever, not exactly the 'chilling and nail-biting suspenseful storytelling' as promised on the cover but still an enjoyable book. 
    • 5/5
      A great book filled with colourful characters that really come to life to the reader. Anna is a damaged young woman with many demons in her past, trying to survive the grappling fear and anxiety that has taken over her mind. It’s hard not to fall in love with her despite her awkward behavior and mental issues, as Tim soon realizes after moving in as her tenant. But when strange things start happening in that house, he is no longer sure what or who to believe. The author has an impeccable sense of timing, delivering details of the intrigue in exactly the right proportion – giving away just enough to satisfy our curiosity but leaving us wanting more. I also tremendously appreciated the way the author switched perspective from Tim’s to Anna’s in each chapter – it gave the book an added dimension that turned it from a good book to a great one in my opinion. I will definitely seek out other books from this author in the future.