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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I thought this book started out slow. The opening scene is Det. Elise Sutton caught up in a shooting while shopping. She is in the unfortunate position of having to kill the shooter in order to save a life. All wonderfully written, but then in the aftermath of Elise dealing with the fact that she has killed someone it slows down. However, the man she saved isn’t as innocent as she needs to believe. He decides that she and him have a connection and he is methodical in stripping away all she holds dear to prove it to her. It does pick up once Elise makes a certain decision for her investigation. Simultaneously, you are pulled into what seems to be an unrelated case in the Kill Room. How does it relate? Has the student surpassed the teacher? Who makes it out and is anyone unscathed? It wasn’t a huge plot twist at the end, but it was still written well enough that I was hooked.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
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medium-paced
dark
mysterious
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Chapter 1 - we’ve got action!
Is psychology police procedural a thing?
Elease is a high anxiety police officer who stops at a local store to buy towels. While there a gunman starts shooting. She makes a quick decision which sets in a chain of events. Hailed as a local hero, she can’t shake the guilt and emptiness as a result of her actions. Seeking a connection, she meets up with one of the customers at the door “that day”, which turns her into his newest fixation.
The cop becomes the victim?! Whew! Soo good! This is straight up police procedural, with a psychological look into a criminal AND officer’s mind post-trauma! This book was genius for my criminal justice loving mind. It was fresh with the police perspective/investigation coupled with a pretty clever stalker. So much suspense building! I loved seeing the puzzle come together.
Elease began to unnerve me with the quick, risky choice she made which ultimately affected the case and others around her. I found that to be incredibly selfish and dangerous. The ending and reasoning behind everything fell a little flat to me.
The audiobook was really good but there was a different story being told in parallel that threw me for a loop. It never did quite make sense to me.
𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝟏𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤?
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As always, thanks to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing Audiobooks for the ALC copy of this book!
This was a great police procedural type book for me. I loved the cat and mouse chase between the two main characters. I enjoyed the explosive intro of this book as well. It was a crazy ride from start to finish and I never really felt like it slowed down to a crawl. It kept a great pace throughout the whole book, which I am very thankful for!
Great wrap up on this one as well. I'm happy that we got that satisfaction and justice. I didn't see the twists and always appreciate the surprise of a good twist!
This was a great police procedural type book for me. I loved the cat and mouse chase between the two main characters. I enjoyed the explosive intro of this book as well. It was a crazy ride from start to finish and I never really felt like it slowed down to a crawl. It kept a great pace throughout the whole book, which I am very thankful for!
Great wrap up on this one as well. I'm happy that we got that satisfaction and justice. I didn't see the twists and always appreciate the surprise of a good twist!
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
tense
slow-paced