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A review by calistaandrechek
Her Final Hour by Carla Kovach
4.0
Thank you NetGalley, Carla Kovach and BookOuture for the free ebook in exchange for an honest review!
In 1993 a girl was drugged and raped, today she’s looking for justice. Melissa Sanderson lives in her dream home with her husband and young daughter, their lives look perfect. But looks can be deceptive. Something is wrong in the house, some neighbors say she drinks too much and her husband thinks she is having an affair. Then one night, sirens wake up the neighborhood and Melissa is dead. Detective Gina comes back from vacation and is dropped right into the investigation and finds herself being affected by the investigation because of her past. Not everyone is living the happily ever after that they lead you to believe.
I loved that this novel starts off right away with the crime happening and you get to see how everyone reacts to it. I right away didn’t like the husband because of what we learn from Melissa before she dies. I was super curious to who committed the crime right away because the husband was at the bar with his friends. I found it very interesting how these men interacted and how they interacted with their wives. Although, as a bit of a feminist myself, seeing women serve their husbands and friends like it was the sixties really angered me. But I can see how it lent to the story and the big twist in the end.
I really enjoyed the main character Gina, her history and how it made her connect to this case. I felt really sorry for her because of her past, but also because of the way she is stalked and treated in this novel. I really loved the storyline and who was committing these crimes. I loved that there was less technical parts of the way they solve a crime, there was just enough to see how they were going to go about solving the crime without getting bored. I loved the ending and how it all came together and how they were caught. I would definitely recommend this novel, I did not read the first one, but you don’t need to to be able to understand what is going on.
Pick it up August 23!
In 1993 a girl was drugged and raped, today she’s looking for justice. Melissa Sanderson lives in her dream home with her husband and young daughter, their lives look perfect. But looks can be deceptive. Something is wrong in the house, some neighbors say she drinks too much and her husband thinks she is having an affair. Then one night, sirens wake up the neighborhood and Melissa is dead. Detective Gina comes back from vacation and is dropped right into the investigation and finds herself being affected by the investigation because of her past. Not everyone is living the happily ever after that they lead you to believe.
I loved that this novel starts off right away with the crime happening and you get to see how everyone reacts to it. I right away didn’t like the husband because of what we learn from Melissa before she dies. I was super curious to who committed the crime right away because the husband was at the bar with his friends. I found it very interesting how these men interacted and how they interacted with their wives. Although, as a bit of a feminist myself, seeing women serve their husbands and friends like it was the sixties really angered me. But I can see how it lent to the story and the big twist in the end.
I really enjoyed the main character Gina, her history and how it made her connect to this case. I felt really sorry for her because of her past, but also because of the way she is stalked and treated in this novel. I really loved the storyline and who was committing these crimes. I loved that there was less technical parts of the way they solve a crime, there was just enough to see how they were going to go about solving the crime without getting bored. I loved the ending and how it all came together and how they were caught. I would definitely recommend this novel, I did not read the first one, but you don’t need to to be able to understand what is going on.
Pick it up August 23!