People of Kilmservy Village (Rough Hewn Trilogy Book 1)

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To ask other readers questions about Escape , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Mar 14, Cedar Sanderson rated it did not like it. Look, I can live with painfully awkward writing.

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Refusing to cry or show that he'd hurt her, she started talking as though he had not just slammed his hand into her head. Not in modern time, I think, but then again… the whatever-it-was the story began with seems to have been set in the 's.

It w Look, I can live with painfully awkward writing. It wasn't a prologue, and it didn't make much clear except that the action was supposed to be taking place some time later. No, what really ticked me off about this book was the main character, and her supposed motivations. She's married to a man who "Stories of his attacks on women had circulated throughout the village for years. Well, the explanation given in the book is that she was friends with his much younger sister, who disappeared, and so she married this known-to-be dangerous to women man so she could find out more about her friend's mysterious vanishing.

Um, no… or anyway, now I'm thinking the MC is terminally stupid, and if this guy is a serial killer… Anyway. I plough on reading. The wife has fights with the husband, but makes award-winning pies for the local fair, and cans, and has a lovely little painting studio she is allowed to retreat to when she wants. Oh, and she can go visiting, although she'll get yelled at later for it.

But when a visitor comes to her home, and tells her a story, that's when I lose it with this book. The sister-in-law of the MC comes to tell her about the dark past she and the husband share. Now married to the husband's brother, she was violently raped by the husband, and impregnated.

She bore his child, and hid the child in the big city. Furthermore, the husband was raping the lost sister the MC married him to look for, and most likely killed her yes, his own sister, but if you're confused I don't blame you, I was, too.

I'm losing my mind. If this was a paper book it would have hit the wall, with force, but it's on my tablet, which I like.

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Look, I was in a very difficult marriage. Nothing this bad, but holy heck, this MC is stupid. And the person who wrote the book knows absolutely nothing about a true abusive marriage, which is what infuriated me. Nov 15, Christoph Fischer rated it it was amazing. Although it is the second in a series the book is easy to follow as the story is set years after the first book. Our heroine Carrie married the wrong man, Jim, who abuses her in every possible way, but throughout the book we learn even more about the full extent of his monstrosity.

When her old flame comes back into her life she finds a new support and motivation to "Escape" her mi "Escape Rough Hewn part 2 " by Nadia Kilrick is a gripping thriller about a young woman in an absuive marriage. When her old flame comes back into her life she finds a new support and motivation to "Escape" her miserable life. This is a well written, fast paced and deep running drama with strong characters, particulalry our heroine Carrie who is far from the helpless victim I had come to expect when I first read about the story.

Powerful plotting and excellent attention to detail make this a very rich and multifacetted reading with strong subplots and unpredictability. The heart wrenching and gutting moments brought the horros and the drama of the story home with a vengeance. This is a moving and engaging read that won't let you get away until you have finished the last page.

Nov 13, Jennifer Loiske rated it it was amazing. It is brutally honest in places but then again bad things do happen. And yes, those happens to a good people, too. The plotline is so vivid, the characters so believable that the story really got under my skin keeping me on the edge until the very last page. Well written and yeah, definitely hooking! Carolyn Carrie is married to a cruel man who does not hesitate to use his fists on his wife. He thinks he owns her and therefore can do whatever he wants with her.

Layer by layer Carrie finds out what kind of a monster her husband really is and instead of just quietly bending under his iron hand she starts to gather evidence against him. Gabriel is a boy next door who has returned to his home town only to find out that the girl she cares about is married to the devil. I saw the weariness in his wife's face even though she tried to hide it from us. Let's pray they choose to go. That, my dear wife, is all I have to say about the subject tonight.

Dec 15, Nicole Storey rated it really liked it. I found this book very entertaining. The mystery surrounding the Breckenship family was one that kept me turning pages. The characters are 'real' in the sense that I felt connected to them, wanting to help. The descriptions of scenery were so vivid I could smell the wildflowers and fresh water of the streams.

If I have one complaint, it is the ending of the book. I felt as if I'd been torn from one story, dumped into another, and didn't know who any of the characters were or how they fit. In my o I found this book very entertaining. In my opinion, it would have been better to leave off with the characters we'd grown to know and then start a new book with their descendants, explaining them in detail.

I do recommend this book and plan to read the next in the series. This book reminds me of old legends passed around a warm campfire. The author has a wonderful talent for story-telling! Nov 30, Lauri rated it it was amazing. Wonderful Tale People of Kilmservy Village was a very engaging story. The writing was wonderful and I was pulled into the struggle as the families started new lives in the wilderness.

The secrets and dangers hinted at in the beginning came to light later in the book in such a way that I really didn't expect them. Overall, the story was beautiful and tragic. I look forward to reading the next book in the series. Stephanie Johnson rated it it was amazing Jan 10, Linda rated it it was amazing Jul 13, DeEtte Beckstead rated it it was amazing Nov 17, Molteni rated it it was amazing Feb 05, Amy Freese marked it as to-read Nov 02, Autumn marked it as to-read Jan 03, Com added it Dec 09, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

Nadia Kilrick is a short story author and novelist. All of her stories are told in a unique southern voice.

People of Kilmservy Village

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