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HE STARTED IT

SAMANTHA DOWNING
Middle Sister
4/5 star rating

4 Stars

Beth, Portia, and Eddie have to recreate a road trip their family took many years ago in order to get their inheritance. Each of them have secrets and will stop at nothing to get what is theirs.


What on earth did I just read?!? That was insane! I kid you not, I finished this book at about 10:30 PM and I was still thinking about that ending at about 1 AM, as I lay in bed, unable to sleep, because, like, what?!?


For the vast majority of this book I was wondering where this was all going. Everyone was keeping secrets, we’ve got weird things happening all over the place, and stuff isn’t adding up… Which is normal for a Samantha Downing book. I’m still not entirely sure that everything came together in the end like it usually does in her books, but perhaps, this time, that was the point…


I’m almost having to refrain from re-reading this book right now to see if there were clues that I missed. But, I feel like this feeling I'm having about this book is all due to that stinking ending!! Don’t get me wrong, I loved it! I just also feel sort of betrayed… I really don’t wanna spoil anything about it so that’s all I can say on that topic.


As far as Samantha Downing books go, this one isn’t my new favorite, but I definitely enjoyed my time reading it. Well, for the most part. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good psychological thriller. Just be warned, this one has a lot more language in it than any of her other books that I’ve read.

Big Sister
4/5 star rating

4 Stars

 He Started It was a wild ride! From the first page of the book, to the very last, I was left guessing what would happen. The whole thing was one big puzzle that I could not figure out. We bounced back and forth between present and past timelines throughout the story and I really enjoyed that. It added to the mystery and kept me from being able to put the book down. There were several shocking moments that made me gasp. The conclusion was insane. Looking back, I think there were some good hints, but they were hidden so well that I couldn’t make any sense of them. I loved the road trip theme of the story even though this one was pretty twisted. Overall, I found myself sucked into this story because I needed to make sense of it. If you like suspense, mystery, and plot twists, I’d highly recommend this one!

Content Warnings (may contain spoilers)
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CONTENT RATING

LANGUAGE

5 on a scale of 1 to 5

Frequent profanity including 14 F words.

VIOLENCE/GORE

5 on a scale of 1 to 5

Lots of death in various ways. 

SPICE

1 on a scale of 1 to 5

Male/Female relationships. Maybe a kiss or two…

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