Review: Doll House by John Hunt

Doll House by John Hunt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It should have been the start of a exciting new phase in Olivia`s life,leaving home,moving to university and making new friends but on her very first night she is kidnapped,thrown into a van and transported into a pink living nightmare,the doll house of two twisted psychopaths.

Five years later Olivia`s dad Harry is now a alchoholic who is only holding on to his job because of the sympathy of his bosses.Then one day a miracle happens,he answers the phone and hears a voice that he never thought he would hear again.

Olivia is alive,after enduring years of being beaten,raped and tortured she has killed one of the kidnappers and escaped with three other girls that she found in the house of horrors where they were being held prisoner.Unfortunately Olivia`s nightmare is far from over,one of the kidnappers is still at large and he wants his living doll back.

This dark twisted thriller is voiced by Olivia,Harry,Jen who is one of the girls that Olivia saved and the kidnappers.The person who is still at large is a cruel,twisted individual who could be any one of the male characters who feature in this story.The twists and turns really keep the reader guessing and I changed my mind about the psycho`s identity a number of times.The story is very dark and intense at times,the torture scenes are quite graphic but the rapes are only implied and not gone into in a lot of detail.

I really enjoyed this gripping thriller,the story doesn't take long to get started,there is a constant sense of menace and danger and a nerve shredding final confrontation.It's a very well written book,the characters are realistic and believable and I think this would make a very good film.I would happily recommend this book to any reader who enjoys a dark,creepy thriller.

Many thanks to publishers Black Rose Writing for a arc of this book via netgalley in exchange for a honest review.