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The Butterfly Garden

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The Butterfly Garden

By: Dot Hutchison
Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo, Mel Foster
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An Amazon Charts bestseller.

Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden.

In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees...and a collection of precious “butterflies” - young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens.

When the garden is discovered, a survivor is brought in for questioning. FBI agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison are tasked with piecing together one of the most stomach-churning cases of their careers. But the girl, known only as Maya, proves to be a puzzle herself.

As her story twists and turns, slowly shedding light on life in the Butterfly Garden, Maya reveals old grudges, new saviors, and horrific tales of a man who’d go to any length to hold beauty captive. But the more she shares, the more the agents have to wonder what she’s still hiding...

©2016 Dot Hutchison (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
Crime Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller Disappearance Fiction Exciting Scary Disturbing Mystery

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Dark & Twisty

If you like your books dark, twisty, and easy to read, you'll enjoy this one 😊

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Chilling but worth it

Started a little slow but then wow! Could not stop listening. The characters are engaging leaving you wanting more. Really great read.

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first audiobook

maybe all audio books are like this but i sure hope not. why have male & female narrators if you’re going to have the male do a teenage girl voice and the female do several older male voices??? despite the silly sounding narration i still managed to become so engrossed in the book and it’s become one of my favourites.

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One of the best

One of the best I’ve read in a while, Lead up is worth in the end, get to know all the characters and want to see their justice

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Disturbing, finale was disappointing, but creative

It was a creative book, tactfully handling disturbing themes. At times too reliant on dialogue, therefore reading a little bit like a YA fiction. Overall pretty but tragic to read, the ending was a let down however. Seemed rushed and too dramatic. The lead, Maya/Inara, was at times unlikable due to her constant "I'm not like other girls"-esque dialogue, but she grows to be more likeable towards the end. The start of the audio book also has some skips but I'm not sure if that was just me?

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I really enjoyed this book

It was a great book and interesting concept which I really enjoyed. I didn't love the readers voice personally but the storyline was interesting enough to make you forget.

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I couldn’t stop

This book was well written. I love a book I can’t stop reading or listening to.

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The kindness in chaos

Had to pull myself out of an emotional breakdown before work after finishing this book. The main character is kind, brave and fierce. Everything that the terrible people in her life tried to ruin in her. I absolutely loved this and it will stay with me forever.

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Butterfly Garden

This one was ok, I did consider giving up on it not long in as it was slow and boring in the beginning, picked up slightly enough for me to finish it, but wasn’t anything special.

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WOW

What a story, it’s been on my wish list for awhile I wish I’d read this sooner.
Narrative was enjoyable, at times the male narrator come across like he was narrating a comedy rather than something emotion.

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