Loosely based on the Slenderman stabbing from a couple years ago, Mister Tender's Girl follows the survivor of a brutal assault as her deeply buried past comes out of the shadows once more. A joke dating profile and junkie ex-boyfriend emerge at the same time and raise Alice's always-simmering suspicions.
Establishing a character's voice, even when writing in first person, can take several chapters. However Alice leaps off the page from the start, a palpable and relatable young woman. Her paranoia quickly infects the reader and lends an air of tension even to establishing chapters. Short, workman-like sentences keep the pace brisk. There's a lot of background offered up in the opening chapters, but it appears to be setting up an outstanding mystery with a real-life inspiration!
Establishing a character's voice, even when writing in first person, can take several chapters. However Alice leaps off the page from the start, a palpable and relatable young woman. Her paranoia quickly infects the reader and lends an air of tension even to establishing chapters. Short, workman-like sentences keep the pace brisk. There's a lot of background offered up in the opening chapters, but it appears to be setting up an outstanding mystery with a real-life inspiration!