Community Reviews
Something about Kera is book 2 in the dating app anthology series.
This story introduces readers to a character named Kera whose life is completely altered after impulsively meeting a guy she matched with on a dating app after learning of her husband's infidelity. Jamison, mentally unstable and dangerous, happens to be Kera's nightmare match but for him it's love at first sight.
Jamison's character is sadistic, dangerous and by no means a victim. But, the real mastermind behind the chain of events intentionally used him for his own selfish purposes. Which just made me wonder how much blame can be placed on his character if he was also being manipulated?
The main thing that made me confused was the timeline from when the initial match happened and where the story picks back up at. What had Jamison been doing in that long stretch of time? There's a few themes in this book that seem to be Octavia's staples--but I won't give spoilers to what those are.
My Cons:
<spoiler>The story delivers an unsettling and horrific tale on the potential dangers of dating apps and linked up with strangers. But it was mainly plot driven and lacked character depth and umpff for me. The narrative on the surface felt stilted; instead of describing in visuals and details, readers are directly told the actions, thoughts and motivation of the characters. It all just felt like a hyperbolic attempt to be a horrific, stalker/killer story. Was this because it is a part of a series and things had to have the same tone/style/voice? IDK but the story didn't scare or give me that true shock factor.</spoiler> But it was unnerving.
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