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The Kill Club
By Wendy Heard
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Jazz will stop at nothing to save her brother.
Their foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens thirteen-year-old Joaquin’s life. Over and over, child services fails to intervene, and Joaquin is running out of time.
Then Jazz gets a blocked call from someone offering a solution. There are others like her—people the law has failed. They’ve formed an underground network of “helpers,” each agreeing to eliminate the abuser of another. They’re taking back their power and leaving a trail of bodies throughout Los Angeles—dubbed the Blackbird Killings. If Jazz joins them, they’ll take care of Carol for good.
All she has to do is kill a stranger.
Their foster mother, Carol, has always been fanatical, but with Jazz grown up and out of the house, Carol takes a dangerous turn that threatens thirteen-year-old Joaquin’s life. Over and over, child services fails to intervene, and Joaquin is running out of time.
Then Jazz gets a blocked call from someone offering a solution. There are others like her—people the law has failed. They’ve formed an underground network of “helpers,” each agreeing to eliminate the abuser of another. They’re taking back their power and leaving a trail of bodies throughout Los Angeles—dubbed the Blackbird Killings. If Jazz joins them, they’ll take care of Carol for good.
All she has to do is kill a stranger.
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Wendy Heard
Wendy Heard was born in San Francisco and has lived most of her life in Los Angeles. When not writing, she can be found hiking the Griffith Park trails, taking the Metro and then questioning this decision, and haunting local bookstores.
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Reviews for The Kill Club
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Would you kill a stranger to save a family member?The Kill Club explores this concept, in which you kill a stranger for a stranger, and then the torch is passed on for someone else to kill for you. We delve deep into the moral ambiguity of right and wrong, and all the shadowy places in between.I loved Jazz and Joaquin. Their characters have incredible depth, and I couldn’t help but empathize with their situation.The pace is quick and steady. We go along with Jazz as she’s sucked into a situation that quickly spirals out of her control.I was fully on board throughout the first half of the book. But then the plot began pulling at the seams of plausibility. And, finally, the big reveal, for me, was a major letdown. The mastermind’s motive is flimsy at best. I don’t want to say more on this because I don’t want to give any spoilers.While the story is wrapped up at the end, we are left with a dangling thread for a possible sequel or series.*I received a review copy from the publisher, via NetGalley.*
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jazz is determined to remove her brother, Joaquin, from their foster mother's home. Carol refuses to make sure Joaquin gets his much needed insulin. Plus, Carol is abusive in more ways than one. Jazz has had enough! When she receives an untraceable phone with an untraceable text message, Jazz takes a huge risk. My heart went out to Jazz throughout this whole story. She is one tough lady just struggling through life. She gets kicked around but keeps getting up and fighting back. Then, when the Kill Club contacts her, she struggles with what is the right thing to do. I admired her in more ways than one. Not sure how I would have responded in her situation. Talk about intense! This story just gets better and better as it moves along. Then...there are these crazy twists and turns which throws the reader for a loop! Just when I thought I knew how this story was going to turn out...it did a complete 180 degree turn! This is a lightening fast read and not to be missed! I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I am still mulling over the events in this book after finishing a day ago. Definitely a page-turner that kept me on the edge of my seat. The premise seemed straight forward. You have been repeatedly abused by someone. You receive an anonymous call. There is a permanent solution to your “problem” – All you have to do is kill a stranger first. But somehow it all goes wrong. Unable to trust anyone, our protagonist Jazz is hell-bent to protect Joaquin however she has to.In the second half of the book there were just too many twists and turns, in my opinion, to maintain the integrity of the story. And while we may like to see the evil pay for their behavior surely we want to know what they did. As the bodies build up in the story we are not told why they deserved to die. That bothered me. And above all there was no real explanation for the biggest twist that came about halfway through the book. Contrived twists thrown in just because unexpected twists are all the rage now just does not work for me. There has to be a reason for the twist – it has to make sense.The author did a great job in blurring the lines between killing that is justified and killing from anger. I often asked myself what I would do at that point of the story – and the answer sometimes scared me. Thank you to the publisher for providing the advance egalley. The opinions expressed are my own.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unique premise surrounding the very real tragedy of child abuse. Characters are sparely written, and they shine. I will be thinking of this book in the years to come.