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|author=Rosemary Hayes
|reviewer= Alex Mitchell
|genre=Teens
|summary= A dark and intriguing thriller, full of excitement and insight.
|rating= 5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=272
|publisher=Troika books
|date=June 2015
|isbn=978-1909991187
|website= http://rosemaryhayes.co.uk/wpf/
|video=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>190999118X</amazonuk>
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'She's his mark'. Rachel's on the run. Naïve, homeless and emotional, she's easy prey. But for whom?
Ex-boyfriend Adam and his gang? Or for Jack, who she's only just met? Though Jack seems to have his own agenda. Rachel must work out who to trust – and fast. Against the odds, can two teenagers change their future?
The story is split into three narratives. The main narrative is a third-person narrative detailing Jack and Rachel's journey, from their initial meeting up until the end of the book. There are also two different first-person narratives by Jack and Rachel, both describing how they came to be in their current positions. It's a very effective and personal way to develop the two characters.
The two main characters, Jack and Rachel are well written. Jack is portrayed as intelligent, resourceful and artistic, while also being able to go completely unnoticed in a crowd. Rachel on the other hand, is portrayed as being illiterate, rebellious, materialistic, and very, VERY needy. She also suffers from some kind of mental illness, as she constantly hears voices in her head, which tell her to do bad things (hence all the trouble she is in). The two of them share troubled pasts which they desperately wish to forget and move on from. The two of them on the run from Adam, Rachel's ex, who got her addicted to drugs and intends to sell her for underage sex, but also has something else in mind as well...
The atmosphere in the book is one of extreme tension that Hayes expertly creates. Jack and Rachel frequently avoid trouble, both with the law and with Rachel's ex-boyfriend Adam. The author manages to create a feeling of intensity through both Rachel's and Jack's thoughts, which are effectively written to enhance this and add a great deal to the pacing of the book.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and I would definitely recommend it to others.
Further reading:
[[Poison Heart by S B Hayes]] and [[Choker by Elizabeth Woods]], two similarly styled teen thrillers.
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|title= The Mark
|sort= The Mark
|author=Rosemary Hayes
|reviewer= Alex Mitchell
|genre=Teens
|summary= A dark and intriguing thriller, full of excitement and insight.
|rating= 5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=272
|publisher=Troika books
|date=June 2015
|isbn=978-1909991187
|website= http://rosemaryhayes.co.uk/wpf/
|video=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>190999118X</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>190999118X</amazonus>
}}
'She's his mark'. Rachel's on the run. Naïve, homeless and emotional, she's easy prey. But for whom?
Ex-boyfriend Adam and his gang? Or for Jack, who she's only just met? Though Jack seems to have his own agenda. Rachel must work out who to trust – and fast. Against the odds, can two teenagers change their future?
The story is split into three narratives. The main narrative is a third-person narrative detailing Jack and Rachel's journey, from their initial meeting up until the end of the book. There are also two different first-person narratives by Jack and Rachel, both describing how they came to be in their current positions. It's a very effective and personal way to develop the two characters.
The two main characters, Jack and Rachel are well written. Jack is portrayed as intelligent, resourceful and artistic, while also being able to go completely unnoticed in a crowd. Rachel on the other hand, is portrayed as being illiterate, rebellious, materialistic, and very, VERY needy. She also suffers from some kind of mental illness, as she constantly hears voices in her head, which tell her to do bad things (hence all the trouble she is in). The two of them share troubled pasts which they desperately wish to forget and move on from. The two of them on the run from Adam, Rachel's ex, who got her addicted to drugs and intends to sell her for underage sex, but also has something else in mind as well...
The atmosphere in the book is one of extreme tension that Hayes expertly creates. Jack and Rachel frequently avoid trouble, both with the law and with Rachel's ex-boyfriend Adam. The author manages to create a feeling of intensity through both Rachel's and Jack's thoughts, which are effectively written to enhance this and add a great deal to the pacing of the book.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and I would definitely recommend it to others.
Further reading:
[[Poison Heart by S B Hayes]] and [[Choker by Elizabeth Woods]], two similarly styled teen thrillers.
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{{amazonUStext|amazon=190999118X}}
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