The Venus Trap

By: Louise Voss

Narrated by: Sarah Coomes

Jo Atkins' sixteenth year was disastrous: She lost her dad, was assaulted by a stranger, and then had her heart broken. For the last twenty-five years, she's believed that nothing could ever be as bad again.

She was wrong.

Now, still smarting from her recent divorce, pretty, self-effacing Jo finally gathers the courage to enter the dating scene. She meets Claudio, whom she vaguely remembers from her youth, but after a few dates decides he's creepy and politely tells him "thanks but no thanks".

But Claudio has no intention of letting her go.

Instead of never seeing him again, Jo wakes up sick and terrified, handcuffed to her own bed. She is given a week to prove her love for Claudio--or he will kill her.

Claudio, it turns out, is a man with nothing left to lose.

The Venus Trap tackles the emotional impact of divorce, the perils of modern dating, and the age-old powers of lust and obsession.

©2015 Louise Voss (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved

Disappointing

Honestly, it was a struggle listening through this. The present-day moments were fine but the past memory stuff really didn’t interest me. I was at the point where I was hoping there was some big twist at the end that made all that backstory matter and it was disappointing when nothing really came of it.

Eh..

The description made this book sound more sinister but he turns out to be a self discovery journey for are protagonist. As she's Captive, She finds in starts reading her Journal from when she was a teenager and Starts to learn More about who she is, how she's loved, and been loved. Just thought it would be a little more Suspenseful and Dark

fun!

Fun, timely, relatable, and scary too. Remindede of some exes, haha! Give it a go!

Finally came together

A great story that held my attention the whole book through. Some parts were confusing but I listened to them a second time. It all made sense. A few times I actually felt sorry for him, not lasting very long after he proved to be the creep he really was. Worth the credit or money, you'll find a great story indeed!! 😀😀😀

Very well written and performed"one room suspense

I would never have tried Louise Voss if it not for her collaborative mysteries with Mark Edwards'; I am glad that I gave this book a listen because I would have missed this gem of a book if I hadn't. Excellent character and plot development does a skilled job of reminding us that one's truth is comprised wholly by their interpretation of individual events and the experiences that shaped them as they grew to adulthood (and as such, we continue to grow and change. as does our own individual reality and our perception of it). I also found this a wonderful introduction to a truly GIFTED British vocal actress, the narrator - who followed every crescendo of the novel's ebb and flow with an amazing vocal acting talent. This book is a good demonstration that when your are listening to a novel that the very best writing can be improved by a skilled narrator (as well as ruined a lack of vocal acting ability: luckily this work is solidly in the former category, so much so that for the first time I could see myself purchasing a book solely by narrator that performs it, as long as it is in my category or categories of preference (in my case mysteries/ suspense/ thriller or at the outside contemporary fiction). The writer and narrator deserve a standing ovation for this captivating offering and because " Needs must"; you must give it a listen!