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A review by cbear550
Traces of Guilt by Dee Henderson
2.0
A lot going on
This was a book with a lot of characters and a lot of plot lines. I feel as though some of these characters must be from another book of hers, as they weren't really introduced. Even though this was the start of a series, I felt like I was supposed to know them. It also wasn't clear how the characters knew each other. The POV would switch from character to character, even if they were just a minor character. With all the characters and all the different plot points I was always trying to remember what was happening.
Another thing is that I'm not sure why this is labeled romantic suspense. There are romances happening throughout the book, kind of on the side. But it's really more characters growing closer. Nobody ends up together at the end, and there's not really a sense that they might in the next book. As far as the suspense, it was a cold case, so it was more of a mystery. The pacing of this book was slow, and by the end I was skipping paragraphs and chunks of dialogue to figure out how the crime was solved.
The cold cases were interesting and the reason this book gets two stars. I thought the cases and the investigation were unique. One of the investigations was full of past hurts and it was one of the central points of the book. However, it happened to a minor character so it was a bit odd to me that it took up so much of the plot. I liked that the past trauma wasn't just gotten over right away, but I felt that it dragged because the character it happened to was such a minor character. The way the subplots were written and merged just didn't make sense, it didn't flow well together.
I'm giving this one 2 stars because the crime was interesting, and I did read the whole thing trying to figure out what happened. However, I don't see myself recommending this one or reading the next in the series.
This was a book with a lot of characters and a lot of plot lines. I feel as though some of these characters must be from another book of hers, as they weren't really introduced. Even though this was the start of a series, I felt like I was supposed to know them. It also wasn't clear how the characters knew each other. The POV would switch from character to character, even if they were just a minor character. With all the characters and all the different plot points I was always trying to remember what was happening.
Another thing is that I'm not sure why this is labeled romantic suspense. There are romances happening throughout the book, kind of on the side. But it's really more characters growing closer. Nobody ends up together at the end, and there's not really a sense that they might in the next book. As far as the suspense, it was a cold case, so it was more of a mystery. The pacing of this book was slow, and by the end I was skipping paragraphs and chunks of dialogue to figure out how the crime was solved.
The cold cases were interesting and the reason this book gets two stars. I thought the cases and the investigation were unique. One of the investigations was full of past hurts and it was one of the central points of the book. However, it happened to a minor character so it was a bit odd to me that it took up so much of the plot. I liked that the past trauma wasn't just gotten over right away, but I felt that it dragged because the character it happened to was such a minor character. The way the subplots were written and merged just didn't make sense, it didn't flow well together.
I'm giving this one 2 stars because the crime was interesting, and I did read the whole thing trying to figure out what happened. However, I don't see myself recommending this one or reading the next in the series.