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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
shelf_possesed's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This is a great "who-dun-it" mystery. I had suspicions in the first half and mostly figured out by about the 65% mark. However, the author threw enough twists and turns into the last quarter of the book to make me second guess my powers of deduction. The main characters are well developed, but static. In my opinion, third person POV limited the depth of the characters. There's some chemistry and spice, but it's definitely plot driven. Developing supporting characters into the main characters of future books in the series won't be hard to do.
pjfiala's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic read. Suspenseful and exciting. I honestly had a hard time putting this book down. Gotta go read the rest of the series.
belindab's review against another edition
2.0
Holy Mary Sue, Batman. Mary Poppins, I mean, Vivi DeMarco is a forensic psychologist, a facial reconstruction artist, an FBI consultant, a professor, a medical examiner and a Boston PD detective, plus she's beautiful and has an IQ north of 160. She's Practically Perfect In Every Way. Every male in the book is in awe/love with her (including the little kid and the dog) except for the gay guy, and he was in love with her brother just to keep it all in the family. The scale of the plot is a little ridiculous but the mechanics of it are pretty good. There's just WAY too much relationship rigmarole, and I say this as a long time romantic suspense reader. The relationship should heighten tensions and push the plot forward, not stagnate it every time things get interesting. If everything was cut by at least 1/3 (Vivi's accomplishments, the number of victims, the amount of relationship gushing, the number of Characters Who Will Appear In Future Books we had to meet) it would be a decent book.
aimee70807's review
4.0
This wasn't bad as a mystery, although the ending was a bit convoluted and the villain was painfully obvious from the start. That said, it was in the romantic suspense category, which is one I vastly prefer to mysteries. And this was *not* romantic suspense.