A review by findingmontauk1
Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West

emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

After seeing this making the rounds online for a bit I decided it was time to pick this one up! And wow I cannot believe I waited so long to dive into SAVING RUBY KING by Catherine Adel West. I expected this to be just a good contemporary fiction piece, and was pleasantly surprised when I started to realize there were some elements of mystery/thriller in place. It's not going to be some "on the edge of your seat thriller," but there are elements that give this book some mysterious shocks and twists. A lot of that can be credited to the format of the book and the handful of POVs and time periods we are experiencing. The book focuses on Ruby and the recent murder of her mother. She is not in a good place with her dad and her life on the job front is not exactly giving her the best life has to offer either. And each POV and timeline starts to connect Ruby, her best friend, Layla, and her family, and quite possible her mother's murder. I had quite a few theories as to what was going on - most of them wrong! Family secrets and generational trauma are brought to the forefront in this book and it had me racing to the finish just to see how everything comes together - and it did NOT disappoint!