Review: The Doctor by Jennifer Bull

Print Length: 275 pages 
ASIN: B00EX5ZORC
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My rating: ★★★★/★★★★★

Book Description:
After the attack at his father’s amusement park, Daniel cannot believe what he’s capable of. He tries to lock himself away and protect those he loves… until he finds out that the monster within did not get there by accident, and the one responsible didn’t stop with him.
Sarah remembers the stories her mother used to tell her; of a place where the sun shone brightly and bird songs filled the air; a place where home wasn’t a cramped cell; a place where your own mind didn’t try to torment you. She wants nothing more than to be free of this living hell… even if that means she won’t get out alive.
Jack is fed up of chasing the serial killer with no name, whose favourite game is creating monsters out of living people. He just wants to catch him before anyone else gets hurt… but reaching that goal becomes much more dangerous than anyone could have guessed.
When these three strangers find their lives colliding on an island from which there is no escape, they must work together if they want to survive; but how do they fight against a force that doesn't really exist? 

So first off let me say that YES, this book jumps between 4 characters but it DOES not switch them off mid-chapter like some books do. At the start of every chapter it lists the characters name so you know whose viewpoint you're reading from. Your 4 main characters are Daniel, Jack, Tez & Sarah. Well, you don't read through Tez's viewpoint, but I still consider him a main character.

This book is about a crazy psychopath that does experiments on people that turn them into Werewolves. These aren't your typical "full moon" Werewolves.. These ones can change depending upon what's going on. It doesn't explain what happened to make the others change, but Daniel apparently changes when he's scared/mad.

Daniel's father knows what he is & apparently rarely lets him do anything. But for once, he let Daniel go to their amusement park (father owns it) at night on Halloween with a few friends. Everything is going great until Daniel & Beth get scared on a ride.. Once they finally get off, Daniel is so scared & angry that he starts to change & yells at his friends to run.

Sarah is a girl trapped in a house full of confusing corridors on a supposed island. Her father kept her & her mother locked up in a cell until one day he took her mother away & Sarah never saw her again. Sarah's father likes to play "games" with her.. He lets her have a chance at escaping but ALWAYS catches her. He lets her think she might have a chance at getting free only to drag her back into her cell to await another time.

Jack & Tez are paranormal detectives, AKA P.A.D.S (paranormal agency's detective service). They show up at a "paranormal" scene before anyone else to get things under control before the "serva" (what they call non-paranormals) arrive. Jack can read minds and can also see and manipulate memories of people. Tez is a telekinetic; can control things with his mind.

Jack lost his mother when he was 7. She just suddenly vanished into thin air. His father went crazy soon after. Jack went to live with his aunt & his father also suddenly vanished. Jack is determined to find & catch the man he refers to as "The Doctor". A few months go  by without any more werewolves popping up, until Jack finds out about Daniel & what happened at the amusement park.

Can Daniel control his inner-wolf? Can Jack catch The Doctor? Can Sarah finally be free? You'll have to read the book to find out!

Review: Asylum by Amy Cross

Print Length: 535 pages
ASIN: B009OKRB3Q
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My rating: ★★★★★/★★★★★

Book Description:
After shooting her little brother dead, Annie Radford is sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment. Hearing voices in her head, Annie is forced to undergo experimental new treatments devised by a mysterious old man who lives in the hospital's attic. It soon becomes clear that the hospital's staff, led by the vicious Nurse Winter, are involved in some dark and horrific plans.

As Annie struggles to survive the hospital, she learns more about Nurse Winter's own story. Once a promising young medical student, Nurse Winter also heard voices in her head. What kind of signals are being transmitted from the basement of the hospital? Who is the old man in the attic? Why are living human brains kept in jars? And what is the dark secret that lurks at the heart of the hospital?

This volume contains all 8 books in the series.

Book 1: The New Girl
Book 2: Doctor Lava
Book 3: Husk
Book 4: A Case of Crows
Book 5: Life of Horror
Book 6: The Nun and the Janitor
Book 7: Tragedy Day
Book 8: Burning Down the House 

As some people have griped about (especially on Amazon), this book DOES jump around quite a bit but as long as you read the chapter titles, you'll know whose POV you're reading about. People complain about books where you don't learn much about the main characters & then they complain when you DO actually learn a fair bit about the main characters. 

This book lets you know some back-story to the main characters & then lets you see their POV when certain things are happening.. Yes, this means there's some repetition to it, but it works for the story. For example (no, this isn't in the book).. You have Nurse Winter & Eddie eating lunch together & it's Nurse Winter's POV. She sees Morris walking down the hallway & sneers at him. Then in the next chapter you're reading Morris' POV & he's walking down the hallway, sees Nurse Winter & Eddie eating lunch & then sees her sneer at him & thinks she's a bitch. (If any of that made sense) 

These books draw you in & have you wanting to know whats going on. This is the first series (or book in general) that I've read in a LONG time where the entire story isn't predictable. Every time I though I had something figured out, I soon found out I was completely wrong! These books are twisted & disturbing. The main disturbing part of them is that some of the treatments of these patients used to happen awhile ago & most likely STILL do. Mental hospitals used to take advantage of their patients & do inhumane experiments on them because well, whose going to believe them? If you want to be left wondering what's going on until the very end, I highly suggest these books!