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taylorw709's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
It was a great book I loved this one a little more then the previous 2, it just hooks you as soon as you open the book!
mags_louise's review
4.0
4.5⭐
Detective Casey White is back with possibly her most disturbing case yet.
As having recently reunited with the daughter who was kidnapped as a child Casey faces the possibility of losing her once again.
When after a body is found on a empty stretch of highway Casey, Jericho and Tracy's gravest fears are raised. As their close friend Samantha has disappeared. But thankfully the body isn't hers.
Nevertheless, she's someone's daughter and it seems a serial killer is back one who Casey came close to catching ten years ago.
So when the team realise a profoundly personal message has been recorded on the body and with time running out for Samantha. Casey is willing to risk everything to find her. But what if everything includes losing those she loves most?
And with a fast-paced storyline and twists galore. This was a cracking addition to the series, and it's a story I'd happily recommend to others.
**I was kindly provided with an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**
Detective Casey White is back with possibly her most disturbing case yet.
As having recently reunited with the daughter who was kidnapped as a child Casey faces the possibility of losing her once again.
When after a body is found on a empty stretch of highway Casey, Jericho and Tracy's gravest fears are raised. As their close friend Samantha has disappeared. But thankfully the body isn't hers.
Nevertheless, she's someone's daughter and it seems a serial killer is back one who Casey came close to catching ten years ago.
So when the team realise a profoundly personal message has been recorded on the body and with time running out for Samantha. Casey is willing to risk everything to find her. But what if everything includes losing those she loves most?
And with a fast-paced storyline and twists galore. This was a cracking addition to the series, and it's a story I'd happily recommend to others.
**I was kindly provided with an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**
robinlovesreading's review
5.0
After a night out, Samantha is snatched. Samantha is part of Detective Casey White’s team and several of them were out together that night. Casey is now on the job, Not only has Samantha disappeared, telltale marks on a very recent murder victim bear strong resemblance, and irrefutable proof that a serial killer from Casey's past is back in play. The killer was called "The Midnight Killer”. Casey does not doubt that Samantha is in the killer’s hands. With a race against time, Casey and the rest of her team search feverishly for Samantha with hopes of finding her alive.
The killer was active when Casey was working on the Philadelphia police force, and kept victims alive for seven days before they were killed. This gives them hope that if this killer does have Samantha, they have a short window of time to find her alive. When another victim has a clue that points right to Casey, the pressure is truly on. Everyone is terrified that not only will Samantha be killed, but other victims, including Casey, could possibly lose their lives.
As I have been reading this series from the very beginning, Casey has become a character that I have come to know and love especially with her painful past as her daughter was kidnapped at three years of age. That case has been solved, and it is that part of Casey’s personal life that comes up from time to time in this newest book in the series. In fact, as concerned as Casey is about what is going on right now, she is also contemplating her future, and this affects other characters in this compelling book and series.
While reading this compelling story I was hit with more than one chilling revelation. So chilling, that goose bumps hit me more than once. B. R. Spangler is a fabulous writer and has made this series better and better with each book. Although this newest book could be read as a standalone because enough snippets of Casey’s past come to light, the series really would be better if consumed from the beginning and read in order. With excellent pacing, relatable characters, personal connections between the characters, a thrilling plot and an exciting conclusion, Taken Before Dawn is a stunning seventh book in an utterly engaging series.
Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
The killer was active when Casey was working on the Philadelphia police force, and kept victims alive for seven days before they were killed. This gives them hope that if this killer does have Samantha, they have a short window of time to find her alive. When another victim has a clue that points right to Casey, the pressure is truly on. Everyone is terrified that not only will Samantha be killed, but other victims, including Casey, could possibly lose their lives.
As I have been reading this series from the very beginning, Casey has become a character that I have come to know and love especially with her painful past as her daughter was kidnapped at three years of age. That case has been solved, and it is that part of Casey’s personal life that comes up from time to time in this newest book in the series. In fact, as concerned as Casey is about what is going on right now, she is also contemplating her future, and this affects other characters in this compelling book and series.
While reading this compelling story I was hit with more than one chilling revelation. So chilling, that goose bumps hit me more than once. B. R. Spangler is a fabulous writer and has made this series better and better with each book. Although this newest book could be read as a standalone because enough snippets of Casey’s past come to light, the series really would be better if consumed from the beginning and read in order. With excellent pacing, relatable characters, personal connections between the characters, a thrilling plot and an exciting conclusion, Taken Before Dawn is a stunning seventh book in an utterly engaging series.
Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
bookanonjeff's review
5.0
You Probably Won't Want To Read This Right Before Bed. In this next chilling installment of this series, we get what is quite possibly Spangler's most chilling villains to date - and the most direct threat to Detective Casey White since I picked up this series around book 4 or so. One sequence in particular, taking up somewhere around a quarter of the book or so, is so truly chilling that the title of this review was warranted - you're not going to want to try to go to sleep while reading/ soon after reading this particular section. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll be a bit oblique and note that there is a popular horror franchise that is actually *less* chilling, though around the same type of idea, as what is going on here. Before and after this section, the book is actually more of a "standard" Casey White series police procedural. We get to see the team doing its thing both professionally and personally, including how later developments in the series (again, being vague to avoid giving anything away) continue to play out. Certainly one of the better books in this series, which is saying quite a bit itself, and arguably the best to date - which is saying *quite* a bit. I know this thing releases almost a full month after I'm writing this review, but BR... Imma need number 8 like, *now*. Very much recommended.
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