A review by grace_astudentreading
The Cipher by Isabella Maldonado

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

This book put me right back into my Criminal Minds obsession and is my new favorite by Isabella Maldonado!  For starters, Nina is everything! She is brave and strong and resilient and determined and fierce and clever and every other synonym in the thesaurus. I love her with ever fiber of my being. And she had such amazing character development in this book the last chapter nearly had me in tears I was so proud of her. I also loved all the side characters, especially the BAU 3 team. The found family they had formed by the end of the book was so strong and I cannot wait to read more of them all together. Of course, as well as the characters the plot was also amazing. It was action packed, fast paced, and had so many twists. Every time I thought I knew what would happen next I was totally thrown for a loop. I loved the riddles so much and the profiling and the cat and mouse game. The only thing I didn’t completely love was the perspective of the killer. But overall this was an amazing amazing book and I cannot recommend it enough!