tuvasunnelid 's review for:

Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

4.0

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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 I don't know why, but I read books 1-3,5 and then I just stopped reading the series. Therefore, I had a hard time getting into the book because I did not remember a lot of details, but I could still enjoy the book.

I think that the Chicago-part was much more interesting than New-York-part. New York was somewhat slow and did not focus much on the mystery part of the story. There was much more focus on the romance part. While I really like Thomas and Audrey Rose together, but it was too slow. The relationship was already very stable in their love, so it was not any angst which is something I love. I was also a bit annoyed by Thomas being so insecure. Audrey Rose said multiple times, “I want you, I love you,” but he still doubted her. Even in the last chapter when he proposed to her again, he started saying, “if you don’t want me anymore, it’s fine.” I really like him, but it was too much at times. The character growth in this book felt pretty stagnant with the exception of Audrey Rose. 

The actual murder plot was really good and well done, so I was sad to see how relatively small part it was of the book. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time Audrey Rose was captured by the killer. I also liked that we got to know more about the the brother and his motives. I read the first book a while ago, so I was a little lost at times, but it was written in a way so that I still understood.