Review: GREAT CHARACTERS!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2013
Mayhem takes a dare is a murder mystery revolving around a killer targeting a social networking site originally created by the main character Marisa screen named “Miss Behavin”. Marisa, the protagonist, struggles with some personal issues from being raised in an alcoholic, abusive home to addiction and alcoholism. All of the many interesting and colorful characters populating this mystery novel come with their own pasts and intersect with each other as real people in a flawed world.Author Jada Ryker has a light touch and a good ear for comedy. Her characters lead us very organically through the many interesting worlds of strippers, abusive boyfriends, alcoholic brothers, sexual addiction, co-dependent relationships, friends with benefits and more. I love the characters and I think they are the strength of this work.Jada Ryker very skillfully weaves together the many diverse threads and individuals populating her world to a satisfying and interesting conclusion complete with strong themes of redemption, forgiveness and unexpected betrayal. Don’t judge a book by its cover or an individual by their past mistakes.