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Review: Kismet - Amina Akhtar

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Review: Kismet - Amina Akhtar - August 2022 Growing up Ronnie, had a hard life after her parents died in an accident and left her to be raised by her horrible aunt who treated her like a slave. That was until thanks to Ronnie's boss and friend Farrah, Ronnie was treated to some lessons with a life coach Marley. Marley taught Ronnie some valuable lessons including how to come into herself and stand up for herself. This eventually gave Ronnie the courage to stand up to her aunt. She ended up selling her house and moving to Arizona with Marley to get a fresh start. Marley had wanted to move to Sedona, Phoenix as that's the place to be if you are wanting to live a spiritual new age life as the town is filled with crystals, healers, life coaches and an amazing and reputable Health Spa centre. The pair move and in their first week, go hiking and discover a dead body. Someone is killing frauds and scam artists and their defence is the "ravens told them too" as they see the...

Review - #FashionVictim - Amina Akhtar

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Review: #FashionVictim - Amina Akhtar - September 2018 Scrolling through my kindle trying to find something to read on a Saturday morning, I came across #fashionvictim and I was in the mood for a bit of a mystery. This book however turned out to be a very dark ride and a bit odd and weird. The book starts with a magazine writer Anya who sees a therapist and has a vision board to become best friends with her idol/co-worker Sarah. Turns out though that Anya has mental issues and as the book goes along, she takes a sadistic and psychopathic turn when she starts randomly killing people who she believes are standing in the way of her dream and greatness. Some of the ways the people die reminded me very much of Final Destination deaths as one girl died with a stiletto bashed into her head. #FashionVictim in one way was a slow-paced read for me as I had to push my way through the book as I started to find it a hard read about 40% of the way through but figured since I was already about halfw...