Review: Breaking The Dark - Vilma Iris | Lifestyle Blogger

In her most imaginative novel yet, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell (None of This Is True) launches the Marvel Crime series of thriller books for adults with an original story starring the private detective Jessica Jones.

Meet Jessica Jones: Retired super hero, private investigator, loner. She tried her best to be a shiny spandex crimefighter, but that life only led to unspeakable trauma. Now she avoids that world altogether and works on surviving day-to-day in Hell’s Kitchen, New York.

The morning a distraught mother comes into her office, Jessica would prefer to nurse her hangover and try to forget last night’s poor choices. But something about Amber Randall’s story strikes a chord with her. Amber is adamant that something happened to her teenage twins while they were visiting their father in the UK. The twins don’t act like themselves, and they now have flawless skin, have lost their distinctive tics and habits, and keep talking about a girl named Belle. Amber insists her children have been replaced by something horrible, something “perfect.”

Traveling to a small village in the British countryside, Jessica meets the mysterious Belle, who lives a curiously isolated life in an old farmhouse with a strange woman who claims to be her guardian. Can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for the Randall twins’ new personas? Why does the strange little village of Barton Wallop seem to harbor dark energies and mysteries in its tight-knit community?

A mother’s intuition is never wrong. And Jessica knows that nothing in life is perfect—not these kids, not her on-again, off-again relationship with Luke Cage, and certainly not Jessica herself. But even as she tries to buy into the idea that better days are ahead, Jessica Jones has seen all too clearly that behind every promise of perfection trails a dark, dangerous shadow.

Breaking the Dark, the first book in the brand-new Marvel Crime series, introduces fans to a grittier, street-level side of the Marvel Universe, and will continue with original novels featuring fan-favorite characters like Luke Cage, written by S.A. Cosby, and Daredevil, written by Alex Segura.

Series:

Marvel Crime

Book 1

Can be read as a standalone

Book Type:

Thriller

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Review: Breaking The Dark
By Lisa Jewell

Review: Breaking The Dark

Detective Jessica Jones investigates the bizarre behavior and appearance of two teens after a visit with their father—in this inventive Marvel Crime series starter.

After the trauma of being controlled by a sadistic tormenter, retired superhero Jessica Jones opens Alias Investigations. Her life in Hell’s Kitchen is a chaotic routine of alcohol, boredom, and seclusion until a troubled mother piques her interest with a peculiar case.

Amber Randall claims her twin teenagers return from a visit with their father drastically changed. Their flawless skin, loss of distinctive habits, and obsession with a girl named Belle signal something is amiss—they are perfect, but not right.

Jones travels to a remote village in the British countryside to investigate. There she meets Sebastian (Amber’s ex-husband), the beautiful Belle and her strange guardian, and others who amplify her suspicion of sinister happenings. Soon, she too falls prey to the darkness that lurks in the shadowed corners of the village, and which grows in the nighttime streets of New York. Jessica must unearth long-buried truths before the darkness descends beyond her reach.

This series starter delivers a gritty, fast-paced narrative. Lisa Jewell’s portrayal of Jessica Jones is captivating, highlighting her complexity, strength, and tenacity. Marvel fans will relish in familiar characters and storyline threads, as Jewell takes us on this thrilling adventure with a supernatural twist.

A crackling, cinematic page-turner teeming with inventiveness, thrills, and fun.

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