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A review by yorugua1891
Like This, For Ever by Sharon Bolton
4.0
Bolton truly knows how to keep us entertained
This is one of those authors that have the ability to keep us turning pages non-stop late into the night. That being said, her novels in this series have not been without faults, and this is no exception, but when it's time to get stock, the final verdict is always positive. In this case, we are presented a story in which the always unstable Lacey Flint is sidelined from the police force as a result of the events in the last book. However, her personal situation and familiarity with a kid that lives next door, led her to get mixed up in a case involving the murdering of nine and ten-year-old boy.
As has usually been the case with the book in this series, the crimes always have some disturbing characteristics. When you add on top of that Lacey's mental problems and her relationship with Joesbury, things get interesting pretty fast. The author clearly has the goal to keep us guessing and engaging us 100%, and in that process, she has no problem with throwing red-herrings left and right. It's all about entertaining, if she has to sacrifice other portions of the experience, she does so gladly. That being said, the problems are not as glaringly obvious as in the previous installment in the series.
I truly enjoyed how Bolton deviated from the sappy romance scenes we got in the last book and focused more on the complex relationship between Lacey and Joesbury. Also, throwing Joesbury's son into the mix was a very good idea. In this book, she did a good job with several other characters too, most notably, Lacey's neighbor, Barney. This boy is very special, he has some truly remarkable observation skills, has OCD, is searching for her mother who he last saw when he was four, and fits the target group of the killer. The character has depth and we come to care about him after a few pages.
We also get to see more about the prisoner Lacey visits and who we met in the first book in the series (won't say who she is in case you have not read that yet). The conversations between the two are remarkable and allow us to see a different side of Lacey. Talking about different sides though, I did feel like the author had a misstep in the way in which she presented the character of Dana in this book. Her actions seem completely out of character and this made her not a believable part of the story.
All in all this is a novel worth reading. It has some flaws, but it is so mesmerizing that you will probably forgive those just like I did. Of course, if you have not read the previous two books in the series, I recommend you go back and read those first, starting with "Now You See Me".
I received a free review copy of this book.
This is one of those authors that have the ability to keep us turning pages non-stop late into the night. That being said, her novels in this series have not been without faults, and this is no exception, but when it's time to get stock, the final verdict is always positive. In this case, we are presented a story in which the always unstable Lacey Flint is sidelined from the police force as a result of the events in the last book. However, her personal situation and familiarity with a kid that lives next door, led her to get mixed up in a case involving the murdering of nine and ten-year-old boy.
As has usually been the case with the book in this series, the crimes always have some disturbing characteristics. When you add on top of that Lacey's mental problems and her relationship with Joesbury, things get interesting pretty fast. The author clearly has the goal to keep us guessing and engaging us 100%, and in that process, she has no problem with throwing red-herrings left and right. It's all about entertaining, if she has to sacrifice other portions of the experience, she does so gladly. That being said, the problems are not as glaringly obvious as in the previous installment in the series.
I truly enjoyed how Bolton deviated from the sappy romance scenes we got in the last book and focused more on the complex relationship between Lacey and Joesbury. Also, throwing Joesbury's son into the mix was a very good idea. In this book, she did a good job with several other characters too, most notably, Lacey's neighbor, Barney. This boy is very special, he has some truly remarkable observation skills, has OCD, is searching for her mother who he last saw when he was four, and fits the target group of the killer. The character has depth and we come to care about him after a few pages.
We also get to see more about the prisoner Lacey visits and who we met in the first book in the series (won't say who she is in case you have not read that yet). The conversations between the two are remarkable and allow us to see a different side of Lacey. Talking about different sides though, I did feel like the author had a misstep in the way in which she presented the character of Dana in this book. Her actions seem completely out of character and this made her not a believable part of the story.
All in all this is a novel worth reading. It has some flaws, but it is so mesmerizing that you will probably forgive those just like I did. Of course, if you have not read the previous two books in the series, I recommend you go back and read those first, starting with "Now You See Me".
I received a free review copy of this book.