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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
Little Girl Missing is the first book in the Detective Rachel Hart series. The author though is not revealing much about Rachel’s past and only gives little glimpses of something that has happened to her when she is younger. Having now finished this book, I am rather keen to read the next to find out more.
A lot of the story focuses on Cassie’s parents rather than the actual police work. To start with I did think it felt more like a psychological thriller until Rachel and her team started to feature more in it but it was a good setting to get to know both characters better and for their emotions and feelings to get into the readers head.
The pace starts picking up the more hours that Cassie is a way from home. The author leaves lots of red herrings sending your thoughts and opinions down one route, only to have them quickly turned round when another revelation is revealed.
Little Girl Missing was a story that hooked me from the first page to the last. I like how the author doesn’t reveal to much when it comes to the protagonist, ensuring that you will want to read more in the series. I also liked the twists and turns, making this an enthralling read. Look forward to reading more in the series.
Many thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for an advanced readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway.
A lot of the story focuses on Cassie’s parents rather than the actual police work. To start with I did think it felt more like a psychological thriller until Rachel and her team started to feature more in it but it was a good setting to get to know both characters better and for their emotions and feelings to get into the readers head.
The pace starts picking up the more hours that Cassie is a way from home. The author leaves lots of red herrings sending your thoughts and opinions down one route, only to have them quickly turned round when another revelation is revealed.
Little Girl Missing was a story that hooked me from the first page to the last. I like how the author doesn’t reveal to much when it comes to the protagonist, ensuring that you will want to read more in the series. I also liked the twists and turns, making this an enthralling read. Look forward to reading more in the series.
Many thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for an advanced readers copy of this book. All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway.
In the world today, the parents are usually one of the suspects in a missing child. Scary. After Naomi kicks Robert out for infidelity, Cassie, their 5 year old daughter goes missing. Rachel Hart is assigned to the case. It wasn't very hard to figure out who the kidnapper was but I still enjoyed reading this story.
Liked it at first, a solid 3 star book but after hitting the half way mark the story just got ridiculous.
It felt like watching a law and order episode, just one you’d skip.
The story is about a detective Rachel but she was barely there in the story. Yes she was the detective but she’s supposed to have this huge backstory but it was mentioned in passing twice. Her character remained 2D, she wasn’t a character but rather a piece of wet cardboard.
The story started off good but I guessed what (or who) done it pretty quick and the rest was just.. not unbelievable but I feel like it could’ve been written better.
The end was so rushed and there was no emotion at all.
It felt like watching a law and order episode, just one you’d skip.
The story is about a detective Rachel but she was barely there in the story. Yes she was the detective but she’s supposed to have this huge backstory but it was mentioned in passing twice. Her character remained 2D, she wasn’t a character but rather a piece of wet cardboard.
The story started off good but I guessed what (or who) done it pretty quick and the rest was just.. not unbelievable but I feel like it could’ve been written better.
The end was so rushed and there was no emotion at all.
Oh I do love a new series. This is a book that you get into from the first page. Little Cassie goes missing and so begins the reader being taken down so many blind paths before the totally unexpected villain is exposed. D I Rachel Hart leads the team and we get a first glimpse of her back story - a subplot and character with lots move to give . You know you’re going to love this series when you open a new collection your ok Kindle for it
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This book seems to want to be a fast-paced police procedural, but... it's not. Not especially fast-paced, and very little police procedural beyond snippets. Much of the book is spent on the interaction between the main characters, almost all of whom are very two-dimensional, with lots of dialogue, much of which is flat and a bit tedious. The agony of parents with a child missing is unimaginable, and the author does get the extremely tense situation spot-on. However, there were several very improbable, and foreseeable, twists to the story. All in all, it was a good premise, a read that - for me - was "okay", but not anywhere near great.
This book seems to want to be a fast-paced police procedural, but... it's not. Not especially fast-paced, and very little police procedural beyond snippets. Much of the book is spent on the interaction between the main characters, almost all of whom are very two-dimensional, with lots of dialogue, much of which is flat and a bit tedious. The agony of parents with a child missing is unimaginable, and the author does get the extremely tense situation spot-on. However, there were several very improbable, and foreseeable, twists to the story. All in all, it was a good premise, a read that - for me - was "okay", but not anywhere near great.
**I received a copy of this to review via NetGalley. Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture (the publisher), and the author, J.G. Roberts, for the opportunity to review this book.**
I liked the story itself. It is mostly predictable as the nature of many stories like this is but it was enjoyable. I didn't really mesh well with the writing style or most of the characters. The best character was one I was supposed to like the least, but she was the most well-done character in the book. The parents in this book were so unlikable especially the mother and I suppose the mother is the one we are supposed to sympathize with the most, but she makes it SO HARD!
The last 30% of the book was by far the best part of the book. I was the most intrigued here and really did enjoy that, but getting there was a bit of a task for me. The rambling inner monologues of the characters were sometimes too much and not really necessary. It felt like they were just constantly reminding readers of things we didn't need to be reminded of or that it was a very weird and not fleshed out way to get to know the characters. I did catch myself skipping most of those if I'm honest.
Rachel was a good character and I would be interested and knowing more about her so maybe the next in the series will be a bit more fleshed out than this one!
2/5: ★★☆☆☆
I liked the story itself. It is mostly predictable as the nature of many stories like this is but it was enjoyable. I didn't really mesh well with the writing style or most of the characters. The best character was one I was supposed to like the least, but she was the most well-done character in the book. The parents in this book were so unlikable especially the mother and I suppose the mother is the one we are supposed to sympathize with the most, but she makes it SO HARD!
The last 30% of the book was by far the best part of the book. I was the most intrigued here and really did enjoy that, but getting there was a bit of a task for me. The rambling inner monologues of the characters were sometimes too much and not really necessary. It felt like they were just constantly reminding readers of things we didn't need to be reminded of or that it was a very weird and not fleshed out way to get to know the characters. I did catch myself skipping most of those if I'm honest.
Rachel was a good character and I would be interested and knowing more about her so maybe the next in the series will be a bit more fleshed out than this one!
2/5: ★★☆☆☆
Did not enjoy the writing was very basic and over explanations became tedious... I gave up at 100 pages. Then picked it back up, I cannot give up on a book. Its was okay but has lots of potential for future books in character development
The publisher gave me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
What a great book! The mystery at the center of it pulls you in and the parents of the missing child are relatable an believable. I loved the ending and the twists and turns to get there.
What a great book! The mystery at the center of it pulls you in and the parents of the missing child are relatable an believable. I loved the ending and the twists and turns to get there.
Cassie Bailey was put to bed by her mother. When her mother, Naomi, wakes up the next morning, she’s gone. But who took her? Was it her cheating husband hoping to see his daughter again? Her mother in law, desperate to see her only grandchild? Jessica, the woman who Charlie recently cheated with? Or someone else? Or what if she’s just wandered off by herself?
This was an interesting read with a great plot. I did figure it out early on but I had no idea why. The why was a great twist but it was fairly easy to guess the who and how.
Overall I enjoyed this book. Domestic thrillers are almost always a bit of fun and guesswork for me and this ticked the boxes.
I received an ARC of this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions in this review are my own.
This was an interesting read with a great plot. I did figure it out early on but I had no idea why. The why was a great twist but it was fairly easy to guess the who and how.
Overall I enjoyed this book. Domestic thrillers are almost always a bit of fun and guesswork for me and this ticked the boxes.
I received an ARC of this from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions in this review are my own.