Twisted Threads by Kaylin McFarren is a romantic adventure novel, currently resting at the end of a series of novels that i simply cannot wait to read.

The novel begins with the aftermath of a bloodbath, and draws the reader in with the standard questions. "Who died? Why? Where? Who did it? Did they deserve it? And who will die next?"

These questions and more are quickly answered, but while we find the answers we need, we are also handed several more questions as Akira, the heroine, is sent across the world for her yakuza master(s) to seek revenge for the death of a friend.

Akira is a former geisha turned yakuza assassin. Trained in the arts of conversation, entertainment and murder, she is an enigma of truly epic proportions, and born with innate magnetism, and crafted by genetics into a beauty of breathtaking quality, she is truly a deadly blossom …show more content…
With every twist comes a new branch of intrigue and questions, and the answers seem in short supply.

Superbly well written, fast paced, and rapidly dramatic, tempered with sweetness, and hosted by a heroine of class and brilliance to make any reader long to know her, the novel is simply wonderful.

At every chance what i expected rarely came to pass. Bypassing cliches, ignoring mystery standbys, Kaylin McFarren has masterfully crafted a novel of mystery and romance that commands attention, and simply should be read by one and all adults, and has ignited an interest in the rest of her works in me.

Teased with a trapped travel mystery, (think Murder on the Orient Express writ large) over and over the novel takes a different path, leaving the reader breathlessly wondering what will happen next? Who will be murdered? Will the killer be found out? All leading to an astonishing conclusion, the reader cannot help but be satisfied, yet also chilled with the brilliance of the plans, and stunned at the webs of deceit, intrigue and trickery laid out throughout the