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Sacrifice

Author: S.j. Bolton
Publisher: Bantam Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

13 reviews
Sales Rank: 379

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 1.6

ISBN: 0593059115
EAN: 9780593059111
ASIN: 0593059115

Publication Date: February 11, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Read once - excellent book

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Brilliant April 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I read this in two days and really enjoyed the twists and turns. I look forward to seeing her next book and hope it will be as brilliant as her first.

5 out of 5 stars

Fabulous March 23, 2008
19 out of 20 found this review helpful

Both gripping and gruesome, `Sacrifice' is a definite page-turner, that is certain to keep you on your toes. When I first started reading it I wasn't sure that I'd get far with it, the writing was different to those I had read recently. However within a few chapters I was hooked and racing along with the narrative. Tora Hamilton took me a little while to warm to, perhaps this is why I was unsure at the start but I soon became caught up with her life.

The chapters are just the right length to allow you to read a few but feel like you've had a good read, on the other hand if you are like me you'll read this in a few chunks because you've become caught up with the cliff hangers and need to know more! The plot revolves around a discovery Tora makes in the fields on her property. She's found (as can be read on the DJ so no spoilers) the body of young woman that has been perfectly preserved but with a hole in her chest where her heart has been removed, rather brutally as you'll discover.

Within a real time frame of only a few days, a week at the most, Tora makes many more gruesome discoveries along the way including who to trust. All her revelations are connected to Shetland legends and ancient runes with Tora needing to be out of the picture once and for all. Some will know who's involved and who isn't; I couldn't be sure and became sucked into the web of deceit surrounding Tora.

From an uncertain start to a chilling end, this debut is tremendous. An author I will certainly look out for in the future.

5 out of 5 stars

Crawshawbooth reading group March 21, 2008
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

At last a book we all agreed on, gripping,fast moving, more twists and turns than a bucket of snakes in a maze! The description and atmosphere of Shetland was truly breathtaking, the characters believably chilling, a fantastic read that you can't put down, myths,legends,cults and crime you'll trust no-one.Not to be read alone!!

5 out of 5 stars

Sleep Depriving! March 19, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

Like others I read alot of crime/thrillers, often the gorier the better! I can't decide whether it's the setting, characters, plot or plausibility of Sacrifice, but for the first time in a long while I struggled to sleep after reading it!!! I'm not normally a worrier and always read before bed but after Sacrifice I even had a scary dreams about the people in my life that I think I know and trust...!
Brilliant!

5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding March 17, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful

This is truly an outstanding read. Very fresh with lots of twists and turns! Sometimes with a book you know whats going to happen next, not with this book thats what made it stand out and so special. I just hope Tora has plenty more adventures in her!!