Kate Ellis – Wicked Little Deeds

‘Wicked Little Deeds’ by Kate Ellis is a Young Adult thriller story. This is my first Kate Ellis book and most definitely won’t be my last!

From its creepy town mascot to the story of its cursed waterfall, Burden Falls is a small town dripping with superstition. Ava Thorn knows this well – since the horrific accident she witnessed a year ago, she’s been plagued by nightmares.
But when her school nemesis is brutally murdered and Ava is the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if the legends surrounding the town are more fact than fiction.

Whatever secrets Burden Falls is hiding, there’s a killer on the loose, and they have a vendetta against the Thorns…

A creepy and dark mystery that even held a dash of romance for me, I couldn’t get enough. Ava Thorne is struggling to see the brighter side of life in Burden Falls, but when your Uncle sells the family home to the worst person in the world, it isn’t surprising. As well as her parents dying the year before and, as the story unfolds she becomes the main suspect in the murders that are happening in the town. I felt for Ava straight away. The murders that she is suspected of are not pretty. In fact, Kate Ellis has brought some pretty gruesome killings to Burden Falls.

The characters are all really well done, as I said I really felt for her, her strength shines through in the story and I felt like I was with her throughout. Burden Falls itself, for such a small town has a lot of creepy myths and happenings. I loved this, I was hanging on to every, single word…just waiting for the next shock to arrive! The author hasn’t missed a beat when it comes to bringing the dark and eerie to the story, I had goosebumps at certain times while reading this book too!

If you love a dark, creepy proper murder mystery that is so well written you feel like you are part of the story look no further, it is here.

A massive thanks to The Write Reads and the publisher for my gifted copy of the book to bring my own views on this tour.