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When reclusive novelist Senna Richards wakes up on her thirty-third birthday, everything has changed. Caged behind an electrical fence, locked in a house in the middle of the snow, Senna is left to decode the clues to find out why she was taken. If she wants her freedom, she has to take a close look at her past. But, her past has a heartbeat…and her kidnapper is nowhere to be found. With her survival hanging by a thread, Senna soon realizes this is a game. A dangerous one. Only the truth can set her free.

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"Sexy. Suspenseful. Heartbreaking. Empowering. And that just describes the writing - wait until you devour the story. Nothing I say will do this book justice. It's the best book I've ever read. Simple as that."(Colleen Hoover, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe Someday)

"A love story. A horror story. An absolutely moving story. Five stars!!!"
--Maryse-Maryse's Book Blog

From the Author

Dear Reader...
I am a writer and words are my weapon. I want to hurt you. I want my words to be salt, and I want to pour them into your open wound. I want my words to be jagged pieces of mirror that you can see yourself reflected in. I am a sadist otherwise known as an artist. My books are a call to women who have been doubled over by heartache, bound by boredom, captives of a past that will not let them go, victors of a past that tried to kill them. I have a disease you see, it's called human nature, and I am fascinated by it. So, if you choose to read Mud Vein remember that about me. I'm not writing to entertain you, or to make money, or to have my book propped neatly on a shelf in Target. I write to explore the dark corners of myself, and I want you to come with me. I'm a little bit like you. I think you'll see yourself in the pages of Mud Vein. I haven't told you very much about it on purpose. I want you to go in blind. I want you to stumble across a thought, a sound, a hurt-which you had thought special to you. And realize I have felt them too, someone you have never met. If you choose to read Mud Vein, please don't ask yourself what it says, ask yourself what it means. And once you read my black words, on a white page, e-mail me and tell me your interpretation. I can't wait for your thoughts.

Tarryn Fisher

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JHVUQ70
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 5, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4438 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 323 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #98,299 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,352 in Psychological Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #1,945 in Psychological Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #2,315 in Psychological Fiction (Books)

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Fey T.

Suspenseful, with some glaring issues. (TRIGGER WARNING)

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2018

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First, I want to encourage the author to include a **TRIGGER WARNING** at the beginning of this book. Fisher has included the experience and trauma of rape, but there is no warning or foreshadowing of the event until the reader stumbles upon it. Please, please add a trigger warning for readers (at least for the Kindle version that can be updated easily).

This novel was beautifully written, creative, exciting, and suspenseful. Senna, the main character, is endearing from the first page. I was impressed at the pace of the book, the transitions from past to present, and the writing style. But there were ignorant scenes and behaviors that made the story less believable and enjoyable, and I wish the author had been more responsible in her research.

1. The rape: (spoiler alert!) Again, there is no trigger warning in this book. There needs to be. Also, the author has chosen to have the character's "soulmate" stalk her after they meet each other immediately after she is raped. Worse, the stalking is romanticized in the book. There is nothing appealing about a man showing up at your house multiple times after he's offered to drive you home after such a traumatic experience (or really, in any circumstances). Then, later in the novel when her stalker and she are prisoners together, she resists his advances to have sex (or how he wants to have sex). This would be *incredibly* traumatizing for someone who was raped, but Senna is written to simply surrender to him. He doesn't force himself on her, but it is technically coercion. (These were missed opportunities for the author to do more thorough research about these experiences and traumas.)

2. Senna's therapist is a woman of color. She is the only character in the book whose skin color is acknowledged, and it is not portrayed tastefully. Historically, white authors have unintentionally developed habits of only identifying the skin color of people of color, and used descriptions of food to provide the image of a colored character's skin tone. In this case, the therapist's skin color is compared to caramel. The description is fetishizing and offensive, though I imagine that the description was written out of naivety. Please don't rely on food-derived descriptions for POC.

Though I found the book enticing and enjoyed reading it, there were ignorant plots and details that took away from the experience and led me to almost give up reading it.

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Mali Mor ❤ The Romantic Blogger

Wow, this book… just WOW!!!!!!! 💥💣💥💣

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2020

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It's different, but ingenious…
It's hard, but really fascinating…
It's heart clenching, but wonderful…
It is not standard but excellently written…
It doesn't make much sense, but so special…
It's unlike anything I've read before – and managed to completely undermine me!!! 😭😭😭

📚 "What's the difference?" I asked him. "Between the love of your life, and your soulmate?"
"One is a choice, and one is not." 📚

I won't write anything about the plot, because it's one of those books that should be experienced on blind – but I'll just say that it's not for everyone – it's tragic and a bit depressing, but if you like psychological romance that will make you THINK and FEEL – this is a must-read book for you! 🎠

The truth is, I'm still not sure if I loved or hated it – it was the kind of book I know I'll never be able to read again – and at the same time, I will NEVER FORGET!!! 😱😱😱

📚 “We are all going to die, but going to die first. In the very last second of my life, I will think of you." 📚

Tarryn doesn't stop to surprise me with her amazing writing and geniuses mind… I loved the insanity, the mystery, that the puzzle pieces slowly revealed a super surprising picture… I loved that the book displayed a different kind of love – but equally powerful… ❤🎠

The ending was bitter sweet – but it was quite typical "Tarryny ending" – and I wouldn't expect anything else from her!!! 😂

In summary – I'm having a reading block! (and thanks for that Tarryn, you bit#$!) 😭😂

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Amy Jesionowski

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS POTENTIAL SPOILERS

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2016

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Mud Vein is the first book I've read by Fisher. I love horror and spec fic and dark fic and, based on the description, I thought I was getting some dark fic with a nice little mystery. Nope. What I got was disappointed by a romance, again (I don't like romance novels and if that is the point of a book I generally choose not to read it). Granted, it wasn't a traditional bodice ripper, but it was an exploration of a woman's feeling about finding love (her "true love" versus her "soulmate") in a ridiculous setting.

Being an avid reader of fiction, there is an active suspension of belief that happens when I read sci-fi, horror, dark fic, etc., but when they're well fleshed-out, there's a feeling of realism to them. Nothing made sense: not her horrible predicament(s), the hastily pulled together explanation for the execution of the plan in the last few chapters of the book, the psychological back-story of the Senna/Brenna, the love interests, or her eventual acceptance. Also, and I'm not apologizing for this (spoiler alert and there's also a bad word so skip the rest of this sentence and the next if necessary, but it really doesn't ruin the story), but what the actual heck was the author thinking about when she basically had Isaac stalking a rape victim to "help her." Seriously?! Yeah, well, see, Senna just lived through something vile and life-altering, but let me have this stranger dude (who happens to be a doctor who, did I mention, DOESN'T KNOW HER and just decides to insert himself into her life, because, hey, yeah, that's ethical) shadow her 24/7 and not give her a moment alone because THAT will make her feel more comfortable. I think the getting a restraining order against him was one of the smartest things she did in the entire book.

Why two stars? The writing isn't bad. I was able to finish the book. Fisher also happened to reference one of my favorite songs (however, I really don't think it fit because, well, see above).

This is definitely a potential spoiler, so possibly stop reading here. Mud veins aren't poisonous (it was mentioned that they were). They're simply the digestive tract of a shrimp and look unsightly. In small shrimp, most times they go unnoticed. In larger shrimp, it may affect the taste a little, but it won't make you sick, let alone poison you. So the implication of Senna's toxicity by comparing her to a mud vein really doesn't work.

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Symphony

not sure how to feel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2017

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I'm not sure how to review this one - as although I was very intrigued by the premise and blurb, I definitely did not feel that the story followed through quite as promisingly. But, Mud Vein was the first of Tarryn Fisher for me, I think, so I also don't want to claim judgement without reading more of her writings.

Mud Vein is an interesting novel though - avoiding as such the cliche love story boy meets girl, and promising something far darker - however I found the main female, Senna, very unlikeable for various reasons and think that that affected my attachment to the book as I was reading it - rather than holding my breath waiting to find out her ending, I was anticipating the finale which is unusual for me in itself.

Senna wakes up in a cabin, in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by cliffs of snow and can't even get out. She is alone - but not alone - there is someone from her past there, but why? And how? What does it all mean?

They have provisions; enough food and heat for a certain length of time, but who has put them there - and who knows the story of their past? What has the 'carousel room' got to do with it....

I don't really know what else to say. I would recommend reading just out of interest - and intend to go through all the other reviews now to see what has been said; am I alone in my reactions, or do other readers feel the same way. I just felt, I don't know ... Senna's reactions to what had happened should have been far more mentally disturbing (how would you react?) and then the ending - the reveal of the Zookeeper.... it just, left me feeling a little lacking.

but, as I said above, I will definitely be checking out more of Tarryn's books to see if those catch my attention better.

DonnaC

Gripping read, flawlessly written but definitely a psychological thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 14, 2014

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Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher
5 stars!!

“It’s your darkness that pulls me in. Your mud vein. But sometimes having a mud vein will kill you.”

I really do not know where to start with this review. This is one book that was hard to read and is going to be extremely hard to review. With Tarryn Fisher you always know to expect the unexpected and this book is no different. While personally I didn’t like the ending it is what I have come to expect and I can see why Tarryn chose to end it that way, you know that with Tarryn at the other end of the keyboard it will never be what you think or want. One thing that you cannot deny though is that this book is flawlessly written, it will have you captivated from the start and will have you second guessing, third guessing and eternally guessing who the captor is, but such is the genius in the way it is written I bet you will be wrong time and time again. I for one never guessed and I watch a lot of crime type programmes and thought I would have seen through the plot, but alas no, I was wrong, each and every time.

If you are going into this thinking that this is a dark and erotic book then think again, I would say more of a dark, psychological thriller…more like a horror film and definitely not a romance. Actually, I think that this would make a great film, one that I would definitely watch. You are kept on the edge of your seat at all times, never knowing what is around the corner and it is that constant state of suspense that keeps you hanging and turning the pages. The words truly draw you in and you feel their fear, you feel their hunger, you feel their mental torture, you just FEEL and I love a book that makes me FEEL.

The blurb gives nothing away, only the beginning of the book. Senna wakes one morning with what she thinks is the mother of all hangovers, after all she was out celebrating her birthday. She soon realises she has no idea where she is and automatically thinks she has woken up in a strangers bed. She soon realises that she wishes that is what had happened but in reality her nightmare was truly beginning. She was caged in a totally desolate house surrounded by snow and an electrified fence, there was some food but there was also someone else…someone from her past…but why were they here? Why were they together? Where were they? Who had done this to them? And more importantly how were they going to escape this hell hole?

Totally and utterly isolated and while not knowing who to trust, these two have to work together to survive. It is obvious they have history but we are not let in on why or how until the book flashes back to the past. Slowly but surely their back story is seeped out and you begin to understand, their pasts are painful, can that all be put aside in the name of survival?

Senna is a novelist, so in a way she is used to her own company but she really has had a s*** life. She has never conformed, never fit in, she can come across as aggressive and this has led to a solitary, lonely existence. She is dealt blow after blow and you begin to wonder if any sane person would be able to cope. There are people that are willing to help, friendships to be made, but Senna keeps them all at arm’s length, she refuses to let anyone in no matter how hard they try or persevere. Sometimes I just wanted to jump into the kindle and slap her about a bit, I wanted her to believe in herself, believe in the intentions of others, see people for who they were and what they wanted to be, but she was so damn stubborn. She would rather have been a recluse than believe that there was a happy ever after for her, waiting for her, she wouldn’t let anyone penetrate her broken mind or heart and it broke my heart, badly!!

“The more people you let in, the more bad you let in.”

“You’ve been silent your whole life. You were silent when we met, silent when you suffered. Silent when life kept hitting you. I was like that too, a little. But not like you. You are a stillness…Your silence, Senna, I hear it so loudly.”

Flitting from past to present this book puts you through the wringer both mentally and emotionally. I was so absorbed, I felt their isolation, I lived through it and it does end up haunting you. I was thinking about this book for days. You find yourself imagining it was you in their predicament, I was forever thinking, and what would I do? The monotony, the quiet, the hunger, the lack of trust, the constant state of being scared and frightened, it has you on the edge and as much as I wanted to read about the past I couldn’t wait for the book to switch back to the present.

This is definitely a book you know you have read, but I do feel it is what I call a “marmite” book; you will either love it or hate it. If you love that suspenseful, thriller type book, you will LOVE this book. If you appreciate flawless, genius writing, you will LOVE this book. If you want your head screwed with, you will LOVE this book.

“The truth is for the mind”
“Lies are for the heart. So let’s just keep lying.”

Once again, I have to admit that Tarryn is a genius; she obviously has a “dark side” that has been put out there for all to see. I hope, like me you appreciate this book for what it is…a masterfully written, total and utter mind ****. It is highly addictive and once again I will say this needs to be made into a film. I can totally see this on the big screen.

“Every time you want to remember what love feels like, you look for me.”

Amazing job Tarryn!

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Mark Tilbury

I was intrigued and impressed by the writing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2016

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"Voices have been, and always will be to afraid to speak with as much volume as a book. That's why authors write - to say things loudly with ink."

The main character in this book, Senna, is an author and it's her discussing writing in the above quote. This book really does say things loudly and the overall quality of Tarryn's writing is exceptional.

I really wanted to give the book 5*. I was intrigued and impressed by the writing, but at one point I couldn't believe what happened with the plot. Part of it seemed like it wasn't given as much thought as the rest of the story and left me feeling rather disappointed. Hence giving 4*.

On the whole though the book is well written and the two main characters (Senna and Isaac) are engaging and their relationship complex. You should listen to the song that Isaac puts on CD for Senna too, as it adds something else to the story.

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Writing at it's best!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2014

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I believe in soul mates!

Tarryn Fisher is one of my go to authors without even reading the synopsis.

This book is so complex and emotional that I feel I can only write a few lines in my review. I find that I'm speechless in a lot of ways.
Tarryn without a doubt deserves great success because of the brilliant way she portrayed this story, her research must have been in abundance, her intellect is to be in awe of and she is a true writing genius.

I found I went so deep into the thoughts of these characters every time I picked this up and I got lost. I loved it and 'I got it'. I really felt deeply what Tarryn was writing about and it was excellent. It certainly won't be to everyone's liking but if you like dark and gritty, mind baffling and suspenseful then this is a must read. If you want a feel good book then it's not for you.

Strangely enough though, this book made me feel good.

I believe in soul mates!

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Hayley ™

Heart Broken but amazing read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2014

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Well this book was recommended to me within a book club I belong to on Facebook. I have not read anything else by Tarryn Fisher and went into this blind. At first it moved rather slowly for me, but within a few chapters, I was totally hooked! I found that I was zoned out to this book until I finished it. Although I didn't finish in one sitting, due to starting it at a stupid hour, I was done in two days as it just gripped me and I couldn't put it down.
So, how to describe Mud Vein??!! Well it's not a love story, or is it??
Initially Senna displays no feelings and therefore I displayed no feelings whilst reading it. Which I thought was kinda weird as I usually cry.....at a lot of things, but I actually felt at some points I was in Senna's headspace and reacting how she was!!! However towards the end I was actually feeling despair!! So emotional and so sad that I sobbed like a baby!! So for me that is amazing writing!!!
It is also one of those stories that flips from present to past and back to present time again which for me just keeps it refreshing and interesting and me on the seat of my pants as to what's coming next. This story also makes you think!
It's not all love and mush and easy reading, no! This story grabs you by the balls and takes you on a roller coaster of a ride!! This story is not for the faint hearted. It is dark and twisted and truly heartbreaking.
I absolutely loved the female lead, Senna! For all that she goes through, in her own way she remains strong and stubborn. I also loved the male lead too, Isaac. He was just wonderful and a doctor!!!! With just a hint of bad boy, but it's his display of unconditional love that just leaves you breathless! Sigh!
Mud Vein is a gem of a read however it truly did break my heart and unlike other stories, it didn't put it back together again, therefore I am suffering a pretty bad book hangover!!

So in conclusion I loved this book even though it shredded me and I am so thankful that I have found my soul mate.

5 STARS Brilliant xxx

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