This might have been my favorite book out of the Touch series. Laurie Faria Stolarz is one of my favorite authors if not my favorite author of all time. This book I awaited for beyond eagerly curious for what was ahead of Cam. Deadly Little Voices has the readers on the edge of their seats as Laurie has her words swarming and wrapping around the readers minds having them convienced that it was this person, or that person. Is Cam. truley insane? Is Cam. friendships strong enough to survive the mystery of the voices that Cam. is now hearing making her more similar to her Aunt. The end got me near tears which never happens to me, the final installment needs to come out ASAP! ( )

Why does every book I read include a lame teenage love triangle? I get that it... no, scratch that. I don't get it.

This was just a book I randomly picked up from my library. The car battery died, I hung out in the library waiting for the repair guy and picked up this one. Turned out to be a very good read for the most part.

My library is relatively new and thoroughly understocked so it makes sense that they have this book which is third in a series of four and none of the others :S So I came into this as a completely new reader to the author and the series.

Sidebar, this is one of the prettiest book covers I have ever seen. Gorgeous!

I liked it from the start because it's creepy. It creates a very haunting atmosphere and, as someone coming in with no knowledge of the series, a desire to know what the fuck is going on.

Camelia hears voices. As does her Aunt Alexia. But her Aunt is wayyy more troubled than teenaged Camelia. Suicidal, hospitalized, batshit crazy Aunt Alexia has moved in for awhile and Camelia begins to find uncomfortable similarities between the two of them. I think the scenes with the two of them were my favourites to read. Aunt Alexia isn't written as a stereotypical crackpot, her dialogue and actions are quite clever. She is definitely a memorable character, might even say my favourite of the book.

The novel is interspersed with letters from Jack to Jill and vice versa, which are initially completely removed from the main story. I thought this was a really clever technique. "Jack" is a stalker and "Jill" his latest victim, and throughout the novel the voices Camelia's been hearing shed more light on Jack's evil nature.

Long story short, Camelia gets to "Jill" in time to save her, though "Jill", real name Rachael, is mute from the attack. Story ends, probably will go into it in book four.

Ok, so Camelia is a pretty interesting protagonist. I love mental characters, so having her hear voices was a great start. She also has two close friends who are fleshed out and have very individual (though in Wes's case also annoying) voices.

The story kept me guessing and second guessing. I was unsatisfied with the ending, I thought the story was better than the ending. It just seemed too rushed and airtight.

Things fall apart pretty much only when it comes to the love interests. Ben and Adam, who as far as I can tell only differ as characters by the fact one rides a motorbike and the other drives a Bronco.

I just hate male characters like this in fiction. All they do is profess how much they care and want to protect our protagonist. Jesus, get a life! Camelia seems very capable of handling herself, but around Ben or Adam she doesn't seem to mind at all how much they say they want to keep her safe and protected. They both each have some sort of psycho-ability as well. At least I think Adam does, he may just know about Camelia's gift. Ben definitely has some superpowers that make it difficult for him to touch others.

Anyway, I got the feeling reading this that the author hadn't intended on writing a triangle. So much of the book is not cliche, but the romance is typical of YA fiction I've been reading lately. Girl likes boy, boy leaves girl to "protect" her even though they're still tots in love, boy gets with most popular/hottest girl in school (which is a loose end that's not tied up at all), boy tells girl he still loves her but they can't be together, girl is sad.

Like I said, I haven't read the series but there is a point where Camelia asks one of her boytoys if he and the other boytoy are "friends again", which leads me to believe they were friends and thus making this triangle even more headdesk-y (new word?).

There's a part I really didn't like where Ben tells Camelia that she should be with Adam, because Ben has already discussed with Adam (without Camelia's knowledge) that Camelia needs constant protection, but Ben has to leave town so Adam's going to take up the job. Why, I don't know. It seemed completely un-Camelia to accept that two boys had decided what should happen with her life without her input or knowledge.

Ben and Adam, because of the stalking, are always in the right place at the right time which is generally right by Camelia when she wakes up after a hallucination (which are quite cool to read, but ruined when she wakes up wanting Ben or Adam).

There was a great chance at the end for the story to redeem itself with regards to this. Camelia goes to "Jack"'s place to save "Jill" and they have a fistfight. Camelia overpowers him, but he trips her knocking her out. Now, she COULD have woken up, grabbed a pen and stabbed his eye or something, but instead she wakes up and everything has been taken care of by Ben. We're told this through "Jill's" eyes as she recounts that Ben burst in and easily beat "Jack" shitless and then saved Jill, but was obviously much more invested in the unconscious Camelia, whom he proceeds to kiss which I found weird. Jill also tells us he wailed on and on about how much he loved her and always will, but she should go with Adam because it's safer.

Camelia wakes up, everything's better, Ben tells her Adam's going to look after her, and Ben leaves. Why Camelia so desperately needs either Adam or Ben still mystifies me. And, though I enjoyed this book, I won't be reading on to find out. ( )

Read the first book loved it. Read the second book loved it. The third book I liked it. But the fourth just didn't seem up to par for me. It was interesting, but unlike the last three book it was hard for me to pay attention to it. I hope the next book is better. But to me I still love this series and the author is an amazing writer ( )

Immediately after finishing the fourth installment of the Touch Series, I was dying to go out and hunt down Laurie Faria Stolarz for a copy of the fifth and final novel of the series. These books, filled with intense drama, suspense, and lustful romance, will keep you on the edge of your seat with every sentence. Once you start reading the first page, you're hooked and you can't stop reading. I read the first book of this series in two hours, and since then I can't get enough of Camelia and her on-going romantic and psychometric issues.

In the fourth book, Camelia's psychometry powers are the strongest they have ever been. She painfully decides to keep her relationship with Ben on hold, and now she's decided to heat things up with Adam once again. But, like always, odd voices fill Camelia's head and she's constantly bombarded with clues to a death of someone or something. Her Aunt Alexia, who is categorized as "mentally insane" is back in the hospital once again, but Camelia suggests that she goes to visit her with her mother. During their visit, Camelia can tell how similar she and her Aunt really are-- especially when Aunt Alexia repeats the same words that Camelia hears in her dreams and during sculpting class. Camelia instantly thinks that her Aunt has something to do with these voices, but she tells her mother that she wants her Aunt to live with them temporarily instead of living in a psychiatric ward, where people think she's gone mental when really she has the same problem as Camelia.

Based on the voices she hears and other clues, she believes that a girl at school, who wants nothing to do with Camelia, is in some serious danger. She tries to talk to her but the girl just wants to be left alone, and threatens to call the police if she keeps getting asked ridiculous questions by Camelia and her friends. In the end, the person in danger is really the girl's cousin or sister, and Ben is there to save Camelia when a mysterious man attacks her and attempts to kill her, but Ben lets Adam take the credit.

The only part of this book that I didn't like is when Ben let Adam take the credit for saving Camelia's life. It's hard to read a book where a girl is in love with a guy when the right guy for her is right in front of her, but he knows that she deserves better than him. The cousin who was in danger is questioned by the police and she describes Ben, the one who saves her and Camelia. She says that she could tell how in love with Camelia Ben was, and how much he cared for her and how he stayed by her until Adam came to pick her up.

If you're looking for a series that will excite you, entertain you, or even make you want to cry, this is the series for you. Stolarz is a fantastic writer. ( )

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I am a big fan of the Touch series by Laurie Faria Stolarz. It’s got everything – mysterious boys, creepy creepiness that has me cowering under the blanket at night, paranormalish aspects that I am desperately trying to figure out…

And so I was all like YEAH when I clutched Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz in my hands for the first time. And I devoured it. Cause Deadly Little Voices rocks.

Before I get started on the story of Deadly Little Voices, let me talk a little about the characters. I was very much pleased with Camelia and (some of) her choices in Deadly Little Voices. She is finally getting it together, I think. More so than in previous books where I wanted to just shake her and point at the obviousness. Ben, as usual, drove me crazy, and I still can’t decide if he’s driving me in a good way or not.

Okay, and the whole story of Deadly Little Voices. LOVEEEDDD IT. I thought the first two stories were kind of a similar and almost a bit repetitive but with Deadly Little Games and Deadly Little Voices, Laurie Faria Stolarz is starting to break away from that and there’s more mystery and new characters and we’re starting to figure out Camelia and Ben’s powers and just. It’s a lot of awesomeness, basically.

Basically, this series is awesome. If you like stalkers and general creepiness and paranormal visions and what not, definitely check out the first book, Deadly Little Secret. And if you read the rest of the series, pick up Deadly Little Voices right away. ( )