Game of Fear: A Psychological Thriller

by Glede Browne Kabongo

• ISBN10: 0692539727
• ISBN13: 9780692539729
• Publish Date: 18 February 2016
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Brownestar Publishing
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 300
• Language: English

Reviews

[Nadz@Totally Addicted to Reading]

Game of Fear, book one in the Fearless series, was never on my radar. However, when I signed up to review Autumn of Fear, I discovered that this was the third book in the series. Readers can read each book as a standalone, however, I think it’s best to read the books in order.

Abbie, a high school senior, is looking forward to graduation and attending the college of her dreams. Everything is going well, but it all comes crashing down when she found a cryptic note in her locker. The person behind the note is blackmailing her for a mistake she made in the past. A mistake which, if found out, would lead to expulsion and destruction of her chances of attending a prestigious University. Can Abbie find out the identity of her blackmailer before times runs out?

The story plunged me into the world of rich students. It had me hooked from the first page. Curious to learn the identity of the blackmailer and the motive behind the blackmail, I eagerly flipped through the pages to get the answers. Also, I needed to know the mistake Abbie made that had the potential to destroy her future. I spent most of the story trying to figure out the identity of the blackmailer. To say it surprised me to learn who was responsible would be an understatement. It flabbergasted me. It goes to show not everyone who eats and drink with you can be trusted.

I admired Abbie. I found her to be smart, strong and determined. She refused to let the blackmailer control her and would do everything in her power to stop the person destroying her life. She wasn’t perfect, which made it easy to relate to her. I watched her attempt to navigate a relationship while trying to handle her problems on her own.

In typical high school fashion, there was the mean girls’ clique. A group of girls who made their mission to destroy fellow students who they thought were beneath them. The leader had her own issues dealing with, and for some reason she hated Abbie.

Although classified as a psychological thriller I would consider it such. It is more of a mystery as the pacing was slow for a thriller. Despite the slow pacing, there was never a dull moment. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and what made them tick.

Overall, I enjoyed the time spent in the world created by Glede Browne Kabongo. I already have book two, which follows Abbie as she navigates college, queued on my Kindle. I recommend this to fans of young adult mystery. This review was originally posted on Totally Addicted to Reading

[readingwithwrin]

“Are you crazy? Abbie Cooper is an uptight goody two shoes who freaks out if she’s five minutes late for school. Who are you? What did you do with Abbie?”

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I believe this is the second book in a companion/duology series?
I don’t think it is necessary to have read the first one, because I was still able to understand what was going on and who everyone was, because they talked about what happened in the first one and how it affected everything.
Abbie Cooper is an overachiever, and closed off person to everyone besides her friends/family. She has the typical school life where all of the teenagers are trying to get into Ivy League schools, and we all know that means sometimes illegal things go on in order for them to do their best.
Then we also have mean girl Sidney who hates Abbie and wants to ruin her life.
But the real storyline of this whole book is Abbie and “The Avenger”. The Avenger has a photo of Abbie doing something that could get her expelled and looks like she is doing something else as well. It would not only ruin her high school life but stop her from getting into an Ivy League school as well, and the fallout from it could hurt the ones she loves to.As Abbie tries to find out who it is and why there doing it. We also see her fall for Christian a rich boy who is a ladies man and she vowed she would never fall for. I actually liked them as a couple. The balanced each other out. He made Abbie not be so serious all the time and she helped me start caring about family and other important things like that.
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I also really like her friendship she had with Callie and Frances. They all really cared about each other and were there when they needed each other.
Throughout the story we see Abbie change and become more open to people. She asks for help when it was needed and took matters into her own hands when she knew she had to tell her parents what she did.
For me this wasn’t really a psychological thriller. I never really felt scared for Abbie or any of the other characters besides Sidney as we found out why she was so bitter.
I did enjoy this story I just didn’t really like the ending. It felt like the person who was doing it was hardly mentioned in the book at all.


I received an ecopy of this book from Xpress Book Tours in exchange for my honest opinion. Thank You.