Asylum Lake

I would give this 1 and 1/2 stars if I could. I didn't like it, but it is too bad, because the idea could have been a good one. It could have been creepy and scary, but was trying to do too many things....be scary, romantic, funny, serious...it didn't work all in the same book. I was excited that it took place in Michigan, so I was familiar with many locations, but the ridiculous overuse of cliches in this book ruined even that. It was poorly written and poorly executed and the Kindle edition wa

I have to start my review by doing something that I never do...address issues raised in a few of the negative reviews. The biggest being a remark made about Mr. Evans depiction of a particular religious faith. It was one paragraph in a book and it was from a character POV. The criticism is without merit and I urge any who consider passing on this title based on such a volatile statement to ignore that review and purchase the book.So, Asylum Lake revolves around Brady Tanner and is one of those s

Asylum Lake roped me in right from the beginning, from the moment we meet Brady Tanner – a wonderfully tragic character that I couldn’t get enough of. Evans did a fantastic job portraying Brady as a broken, yet resilient character (refreshing, since all too often this translates into a giant, pathetic mess of an MC). The story switches constantly between past and present, but it was done very well and I was never confused by the lack of chronology. Actually, Evans incorporated the past events so