Reviews

Her Dying Kiss by Jennifer Chase

emmascr's review

4.0

This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Thank you to Bookouture for my copy of this book and for letting me take part in this tour. This is the tenth book in the Detective Katie Scott series.

I really felt for Katie in this one. She

lindsays_literazzi's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

geekyandrea's review

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

stephnm26's review

3.0

Why does this give mentalist and criminal minds vibes.. which I was excited about but there was just some points I questioned. I won't go into details and it was a nice read overall.

I received this ARC off NetGalley in exchange for a voluntary review, all opinions/thoughts above are my own.

mags_louise's review

4.5

Her Detective Katie Scott is back in a cracker of a story.

As Katie faces her toughest case to date. As she and partner McGaven investigate a potential serial killer who is basing their kills on convicted killer Simon Holden.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg. As a month ago Katie's fiancée Chad disappeared whilst on a romantic weekend break with Katie. And there have been no sightings of him since or evidence to explain what happened. Apart from some drops of blood and a bottle of champagne laced with drugs.

However, Katie and her entire department are determined to find out what happened and bring Chad home. 

The only problem is the more Katie searches for answers the less anything makes sense. Especially when it appears Chad's disappearance is linked to the killer she is currently hunting.

But how? 

And will finding the killer mean finding Chad and bringing him home safely or has Katie lost him forever?

And with a storyline that grabbed me from the very first page, great pacing, shocks, twists and moments where I was literally screaming 'no way' at my Kindle. This was a brilliant read and my favourite of the series so far and I genuinely can't wait to find out what's going to happen next.

I would thoroughly recommend Her Dying Kiss to all.

bellebookcorner's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Her Dying Kiss is the 10th book in Detective Katie Scott series and it started out with a strong opening when Katie’s fiancée went missing one day without a trace. 

For Katie, this is a new tough reality where she has to keep going to work but also worry about her fiancé – Chad. 

 

The plot is quite complicated with so many leads which somehow got mixed up together. It’s quite difficult to separate which one is for the serial killer case and which one is for Chad or whether both case are connected. That might be the reason why it's so hard for me to figure out the culprit because my focus is all over the place.  

 

I really like how the other characters such as Det. Sean, John, Katie’s uncle and friends are all trying to help and support her on her worst day. 

I also admire Katie because her sadness didn’t keep her too long from her work to keep saving other people and solving difficult cases. 

 

While I enjoy most of it, the ending felt a bit too rushed when Katie and her friends confront the culprit. 

I also wish there’s more progress about Chad’s missing case. 

 

Overall, it’s a good addition and it also felt different compare to the previous books I’ve read by making it more personal to Katie’s life with Chad’s disappearance. 

I’m looking forward to read the next book, I want to know how Katie is gonna save Chad and be happy together again. 

I received an advanced review copy for free through Netgalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Huge thank you to the author and publisher!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Death

abercrombie1986's review

mysterious medium-paced

5.0

I am always such a fan of a case being personal for a detective and it seems in this one, the case ends up linked to something very personal, the disappearance of the detective’s fiancé.  Or so Katie’s new case appears to indicate.  How have I not read this series before now?  I was drawn into this one before the book even begins and it wasn’t the cover, but a foreword or acknowledgement by a specialist in training dogs for the military that helped the author with her facts.  I always seem to forget how much research an author does when they use that research seamlessly in the plot.

This is a fast paced story, that upped the stakes in the prologue if that is possible.  How does someone disappear into thin air leaving just a trail of blood, but no footprints?  I was left to ponder that as the story jumped forward into the Katie’s life after her fiancé’s disappearance.  This easily reads as a standalone unless you count that cliffhanger at the end.  What is it with series doing this?  And then making us wait for what seems like forever to see what happens next?

Katie is highly observant and that increases when she is paired with Cisco, her K9 dog.  Shes an army veteran and very relatable in this story since I felt for her circumstances.  The story is complicated and unravels at a quick pace.  Seems I am a fan of this series and will have to look up the past cases while I wait to see what happens next. 

nadenetotallyaddictedtoreading's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0