A review by ofclumsywords
Delta County by J.L. Hyde

dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This 200 some page book takes place over four years. In those 200 pages, there is a lot of trivial day to day scenes without a lot of progress in the murder investigation. Heather, the main character, makes a lot of out of the blue assumptions of who killed her parents and best friend. But all of her ideas are very far fetched and don’t make a lot of sense. It just seemed unnecessary and at times I forgot I was reading a murder mystery. It all felt like there was too much relationship drama and not enough of what happened to Heather’s best friend. Although, I have to give the author credit for writing such a despicable character that ended up being the murderer. Otherwise the book seemed to drag along until the final chapters. 

I am curious to see how this book connects to the other two books that make this a series. The person who recommended this series say that book one and two are stand alone books but book three ties the ending of the first two together. It will be interesting to see how these books all connect. 
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