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This book is a re-release to audio book, and I was SO happy to be able to read this. Although I am sure it is labeled in the "horror" genre, this book is really a combination of a police procedural, a mystery thriller, with elements of horror. I (mostly) enjoyed the characters in this book, with only a few issues with the main protagonist (at times, she seemed a little whiney and annoying to me.) The horror elements were just right, and not too over the top or gory.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this book. This is my first book written by Jennifer Hillier, and I will definitely read more!

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I love Jennifer Hillier and this was the perfect amount of suspenseful and creepy. I couldn't wait to get into my car to listen to this every day. The narration added to the atmosphere. Such a great one!

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Wow! This was such a ride- the old amusement park setting was perfectly
Creepy then add in dolls and clowns and the atmosphere was set. This author knows how to right a spine tingling thriller and Inlived every page!

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Oh how I loved this crazy intense thriller from Jennifer Hillier. I can always count on her to create a web of twists in whatever she writes.

Eunice Wong was outstanding at narrating the audiobook!

Thank you, Jennifer Hillier, Macmillan Audio & Netgalley for my audiobook! All opinions are my own.

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I really enjoyed the way this was written - I honestly felt like I was enjoying an episode of Criminal Minds and for anyone who enjoys that show - I highly recommend this book! As an audiobook - this book was highly enjoyed! I couldn’t put it down! I just wanted to keep listening. I loved all the characters and I could see the book ending in so many ways! I’m so glad this ebook was redone and turned into an audiobook!

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First of all how creepy is an amusement park with a wax clown museum. If that doesn’t give you nightmares how about dead bodies showing up in a place that’s supposed to fun. Multiple POV’s and twists kept me listening nonstop. Overall would recommend this book.

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Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to this book!

I enjoyed this one and I highly recommend. I am a huge fan of the authors writing !! Simply well done.

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I will read the back on a mac and cheese box if Jennifer Hillier writes it. The drama, the twists and turns, the words written are beautiful even when dark. I have a hard time writing reviews for all Hillier books only because she tells the story like no one else, I don't want to influence a reader before. Go on now, read it.

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Thank you to my partners, NetGalley and
Macmillan.Audio, for the gifted audiobook. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

1. 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 - Is everyone capable of evil? The events of this story will make you question just how far you could be pushed in the wrong circumstances.

2. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 - The setting of this horror story being at an amusement park puts the reader in an uneasy state. A place of joy turns into a place of terror.

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This was a phenomenal thriller that chilled me to the bone. It was more of a police procedural, murder mysery with some thriller aspects tp it. I loved the amusement park setting, and I enjoyed the clown museum as part of the book. The characters were great too. Bravo to J. Hillier to blowing me out of the water with this one!

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Though I enjoyed Hillier's other books, somehow I couldn't really get into this one very well. The pace threw me off a bit and the plot just didn't really grip me. That being said, it's not a bad book and maybe a case of right book, wrong time for me,.

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Thank You to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC. Jennifer Hillier always pushes you outside of your comfort zone. She makes things seem as they are real life because life is pretty messy and dramatic. A fantastic read!!

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Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book! I listened to the audiobook and loved the narrator. I listened to this book in 1 day because I just could not put it down! Another great book by Hillier! I will continue to keep reading her books for sure! Thank you again to NetGalley and I will be recommending this one!

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The audio book had great production quality! I think the voice and pacing worked well. The story itself was twisty and dark, as we've come to expect from Hillier.

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Creepy, atmospheric, and suspenseful, plus a great crime novel. I loved the serial killer storyline, trying to figure out who’s the killer and never quite getting the answer right! I’ve always enjoyed Eunice Wong’s narrations, and she had me hanging on to every word in Wonderland.

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Really enjoyed this captivating murder mystery by Jennifer Hillier, which takes place in a Pacific Northwestern amusement park where the key crimes take place at a Ferris wheel and a creepy clown museum. The characters are well-drawn and the lead cop is compelling and spunky. You definitely get a sense that there is police corruption, as well as weird carnival goings-on, in this small town story right from the beginning. A dark and creepy tone, interesting characters and plot. I would love to see this become a police procedural series. Audiobook was also very well-narrated. A compelling five-star read!

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I’ve enjoyed so many of author Jennifer Hillier’s books, and was so excited to listen to the audiobook of Wonderland. I found myself immersed into this police procedural story, and loved the small town setting.

Wonderland was definitely creepy, and a solid read for thriller season, made even better by listening to this on audio format.

*many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the gifted audiobook for review

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When a boy goes missing, last seen on top of a Ferris wheel in Wonderland, and a rotting body is later found in the same amusement park, Deputy Chief Vanessa Castro sets her sights on the amusement park. If this was a movie we would have the rain pouring all throughout the movie. It was dark, rainy, and horrible.

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Amazing, creepy and very unexpected. I loved this one and I could not put it down. Hillier's writing style is so vivid and realistic, you feel like you are there with the characters

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Wonderland is a carnival/theme park type place, of the old school nostalgic variety, located in the Pacific Northwest. Cotton candy, rides, games, it is the perfect kids/teenagers carnival paradise. There is also a clown museum and a giant Ferris wheel. One morning, a dead body is found at the base of the Ferris wheel, and Vanessa Castro, who is the new detective in town, must uncover the secrets of Wonderland. To add to the mix, Ms. Castro's daughter gets a job working at Wonderland, the coolest place for teens to work. Is Wonderland safe though? Is there a killer on the loose or was the dead body found a one-off accident?

I really enjoyed this fast-paced, edge of your seat thriller. The carnival vibe was so nostalgic and fun. I listened to the audiobook, and the narrator did a fantastic job. The clown museum seriously upped the creep factor. Fans of Jennifer Hillier will not be disappointed in this one!

Special thank you to Netgalley and the publisher, Macmillan Audio, for this Advance Reader Copy audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

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