catladyrachel's review

5.0
emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ebeyland's review

3.0

2.5 stars
It's rare for an M/M mystery to miss the mark for me, but I just couldn't get into this. Not sure if it was Charlie or the crime or the constant references to the prequel but I will not be continuing with the series.

k_a_r_e_n_b's review

4.0
challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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ashburnmark's review

4.5
emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nopageleftunturned's review

4.0

Happily rounded up to 4 stars.
I rather enjoyed this. I’ve read a series by this author before and this one was not too dissimilar in the overall story and characters but definitely interesting enough to keep reading.
It felt a little like a cosy Murder Mystery, albeit a bit more sinister in the crime aspect. Likeable characters and a little bit of depth. What more do you need?:)

Happy to be starting book 2.
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shinyobjects's review

4.25
fast-paced

littlelion63's review

5.0

It's a solid 4.5 for me so I'll round up to 5 even though it's not quite up there.
I enjoyed reading it a lot and I loved the suspense of the mysteries happening.
I'm not quite sure if I like the kind of open ending on some things even if the crimes themselves were solved but that is probably the effect that was wished so I'll let it slide. If I wasn't half convinced Tom was going to end up somehow complicit I probably would have enjoyed the romance aspect more.
Definitely picking up the next book in the series.

momotaa's review

4.0

different but I liked it

This is not a style I am used to but I did enjoy the story once I got over my initial dislike of Charlie-which faded fast. I will read more of this series
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lynxman_44's review

4.25
emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
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poojbooj's review

2.75
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

i did not like the writing style at all but the story was interesting