Getting Your Read On: One Fell Down by Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen + $25 and Book Giveaway

When Mikaela York opens an anonymous blue sympathy card with the nursery rhyme “Jack and Jill” written inside, she doesn’t know what to make of it. But soon after, Mikaela and her fiancé are in a tragic car accident, resulting in her husband-to-be’s death. Then when Mikaela’s grandmother loses her life in a hiking accident one year later, an old man gives Mikaela another mysterious blue card at the funeral. After the service, Mikaela’s grandfather asks that she oversee the renovations on his bed & breakfast in New Zealand. When she arrives, Mikaela meets Tui Davies—the inn’s manager—and Brentin Williams, the man Tui expects her daughter to marry. Tui helps Mikaela retrieve a doll from the cellar vault, but the doll turns out to be an evil omen that Mikaela is told she must get rid of before someone is murdered. Meanwhile, the old man from the funeral is bent on revenge and is plotting against everyone who has ever wronged him, and Mikaela is next in line. But until she discovers the killer’s contact in New Zealand, whom can she trust? And while Brentin attempts to help Mikaela overcome her grief, she must decide—is she ready to love again?

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First of all, what do you think of the cover for this book? It's so bold and really stands out, doesn't it? It's so unlike any other covers I've seen. I like it.

This book has a younger feel to it. It's more like a YA book than an adult book but the cast is a good mixture of ages and personalities. I loved the New Zealand setting and the Lord of the Rings references. I really hope I'm able to visit that country some day. But, I surely don't want it to go like Mikaela's visit!

This book was a slower paced suspense novel. The story itself moves along at a good pace, but for a suspense novel, it was just a bit slower than many I have read. There were bits of creepy and mystery that maintained a gradual build until the explosive ending. Everyone was a suspect to me at one point or another and I liked that. Well, we know the person behind the evil pretty early on, but we don't know who is acting on his behalf. That's the bit of mystery! Mikaela didn't know who to trust and I didn't either! This one is less of a romance and more of some romantic interest here and there (mostly on Brentin's side) until the very end.

I enjoyed this book! It was a fun diversion.

Content: some violence and deaths

- I received a copy of this book free from the publisher. A positive review was not required and all opinions expressed are my own.