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Love is Red

Love is Red, May 2015
The Nightsong Trilogy
by Sophie Jaff

Harper
Featuring: Katherine Emerson
384 pages
ISBN: 0062346261
EAN: 9780062346261
Kindle: B00MTSKGD2
Paperback / e-Book
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"The perfect storm of psychological suspense, horror, romance and the supernatural."

Fresh Fiction Review

Love is Red
Sophie Jaff

Reviewed by Lynn Cunningham
Posted May 31, 2015

Mystery Woman Sleuth | Mystery

Katherine Emerson is a thirty-four year old woman looking for the dream of true love when she meets David Balan and an intense man named Sael. Both of these men bring out different sides of her personality and, even though she wants to choose the safer option of David, Sael still pulls at the darker, more passionate side of her. Every time she believes that she has made her decision, something happens that makes her unsure once more. This is not the most important thing going on in Katherine's life, however. There is a ruthless serial killer stalking the city, spreading fear among the population as he kills one woman after another in a horrific, ritualistic way. What Katherine does not realize is the vital role that she plays in his fantasies and that she is the ultimate prize. Her roommate and best friend, defense attorney Andrea Bowers is a single mother with a five year old son. Adorable little Lucas has recently developed a "gift" of sorts. He sees blood soaked women that he calls "The Ladies." They seem to be using Lucas to help warn Katherine of something, but will she believe him before it is too late? LOVE IS RED is one of the most unique and amazing books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. There is so much going on in the plot that I was completely drawn into this creepy and shocking world; a world that I went into quite willingly. Sophie Jaff is a true word smith. There is simply no other way to say it. Her use of imagery and colors to describe emotions is one of the most captivating writing techniques that I have seen. She has crafted a story that is simultaneously beautiful and terrifying. Readers should be warned, however, that LOVE IS RED is not a book to be read lightly. It is spellbinding, but it is not the typical sort of story that you might expect. Nothing has prepared you for a book such as LOVE IS RED, yet it will be one of the most horrifying and remarkable reading experiences that you will ever have. Soak in everything that it has to offer and you will not be disappointed.

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SUMMARY

Redefining the thriller's tale of the hunter and the hunted, This electrifying, hypnotically beautiful debut spins dark suspense and literary fantasy into a mesmerizing story of survival. Katherine Emerson was born to fulfill a dark prophecy centuries in the making, but she doesn't know it yet. However, one man does: a killer stalking the women of New York City, a monster the media dubs the "Sickle Man" because of the weapon he uses to turn his victims' bodies into canvases for his twisted art. People think he's the next Son of Sam, but we know how he thinks and how he feels . . . and discover that he is driven by darker, much more dangerous desires than we can bear to imagine. He takes more than just his victims' lives, and each death brings him closer to the one woman he must possess at any cost. Amid the city's escalating hysteria, Katherine is trying to unknot her tangled heart. Two very different men have entered her previously uneventful world—handsome and personable David, alluring yet aloof Sael—and turned it upside down. She finds herself involved in a complicated triangle . . . but how well does she really know either of them? Told from the alternating viewpoints of Katherine and the Sickle Man, Sophie Jaff's intoxicating narrative will pull you in and hold you close. As the body count rises, Katherine is haunted by harrowing visions that force her to question her sanity. All she wants is to find love. He just wants to find her. Ablaze with fear, mystery, and possibility, Love Is Red is the first book in the Night Song trilogy. With this unforgettable novel—one that combines the literary and the supernatural, fantasy and horror, the past and the present—Katherine's moment of awakening is here. And her story is only just beginning.


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