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erica_reads01's review against another edition
3.75
Better than the first one, but still had its faults. I liked that this followed the son from the first book when he was older. It felt like it gave closure to what was left up in the air from the first book. The female main character was also very fleshed out with her own backstory and history. I really liked together and I thought the main murder mystery was intriguing. The connection back to the elements of the first book are honestly where it started to lose me a bit. There was just a lot going on at the end and I don’t like the message that there’s good and bad in all of us and therefore it’s okay to be a kidnapper and abuser and killer. Bit extreme honestly, we don’t need to sympathize with everyone.
poppy_jae's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
amurray1996's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
i_dont_read_blurbs's review against another edition
5.0
Now this is a thriller! My heart was pounding in parts. Mia Sheridan writes both love and thrillers. I am drawn to the thrillers. Her ability to create a character is wonderful. I love some and equally hate some. I loved Reed, Arryn, Ransom, Liza, etc! Reed is such an amazing man! How could you not love him. This book sucks you in and doesn’t let go. I will definitely be picking up more by her!
payton_presley's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
This book was such a great sequel to Where the Blame Lies. Reed Davies grew up to be all the good Josie wanted him to be. I loved this book, it had the perfect mix of getting to see the Josie and Zach but also giving Reed his own story with Liza. Liza was such a great character just like Josie. I like what Zach said, some people were warriors who had that extra fight in them and were bended and scraped up but not broken. Josie and Liza were that. Survivors of horrible crimes. This book had me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. Great story and I can’t wait to read more of Mia Sheridan!
ruthlessreadertt's review
5.0
This duology is one of the best I’ve read
I loved everything about this book. I tend to like a lot of different genres, but Detective mystery with a side of romance has to be in the top. This is excellently written with lots of twists and turns. You won’t have any idea what’s coming. But you’ll feel completely satisfied with the ending.
I loved everything about this book. I tend to like a lot of different genres, but Detective mystery with a side of romance has to be in the top. This is excellently written with lots of twists and turns. You won’t have any idea what’s coming. But you’ll feel completely satisfied with the ending.
lisa_me's review against another edition
5.0
This is the sequel to Where the Blame Lies. The hero, Reed Davies, is the baby who was born to Josie while in captivity. He's all grown up now and a homocide detective with the Cincinnati PD. He has a one-night stand with a woman who later turns out to be the psychologist who finds a dead body whose eyes have been removed. Liza had an abusive childhood, which makes it difficult for her to have a normal relationship with Reed. But he wants to try.
The body count piles up. The victims are killed in two different ways but they're all branded with a leaf.
In the meantime, Reed discovers that his serial-killer father, Charles Hartsmann, has been keeping tabs on him his whole life.
Josie, Zach and Arryn from Where the Blame Lies play a large part in this story. That story is finished in this book.
The body count piles up. The victims are killed in two different ways but they're all branded with a leaf.
In the meantime, Reed discovers that his serial-killer father, Charles Hartsmann, has been keeping tabs on him his whole life.
Josie, Zach and Arryn from Where the Blame Lies play a large part in this story. That story is finished in this book.
jazmin's review against another edition
5.0
Sometimes an evil man acted as a hero, and sometimes a victim became a tormenter. Criminals exhibited unexpected grace, and honest men had moments of great weakness. There was a strange, terrible, beautiful, complicated universe inside them all where nothing was simply black or white.
Reread #2 Update:
I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH Y’ALL DON’T UNDERSTAND. GO READ IT IF YOU LIKE SUSPENSE/ROMANCE.
Original Review:
⇢The Plot
This book was on a whole new level than the last one. The case and the murders were far more complex, and multiple crimes were solved in the end.
⇢The Ending
Let’s start with the ending because I’m still reeling. It was honestly perfect how both this book and the open strings from the last one were tied up in a perfect bow. All of my unanswered questions from book one were answered in a way that made sense and felt… peaceful, almost.
⇢The Plot pt.2
The whole plot was fantastic. The romance wasn’t as focused upon as with Josie and Zach, but I didn’t mind because what was lacking in that genre was made up for in the thriller aspect. The cases were a lot more gruesome, and the best part was that because this time the main character was the detective not the civilian, we got a lot more scenes actually depicting the deaths and the cases being solved, which was one of my commentaries for the last book.
⇢Reed
Let’s talk about Reed, because despite the fact that I think Liza’s character was actually more developed, he was the main character and is the tie between the two novels. I was so excited to meet him. When I read that it was Josie’s son who would be taking on the case this time around, I knew that her own past would somehow tie in and I was not let down. Once again, I wish we knew more about him outside of his job (I had the same comment for Zach in book 1). Even though it made sense because he was, in his own words, married to his work, I wish we got to see a little more of how his childhood influenced him.
“Whoever this woman is, whatever her fight and whatever she faces it with, you’ll have to let her come to you. She’ll need that, and you will too, Reed. You can fight with her, but you can’t fight for her.”
⇢Liza
As for Liza, I loved her character just as much if not more than Josie. Her experiences were obviously different, but she was just as brave and as strong. I wish we got more scenes of her at work and with her patients because they were so well written and you could really see how much she empathized with them. That was the downside to the increase in police scenes; there were a lot less scenes with Liza in the present.
It was the journey of a warrior. It was the passage of a woman whose heart was so filled with love that it billowed over and suffocated all those other voices, the ones who’d told her she was weak and without power. The ones who’d deemed her unlovable. Soiled. Ruined. She was not ruined. She was not.
⇢Characters
Finally, this book had a much better side character cast! Of course we saw Josie, Zach and Arryn (and her brothers), and I loved that the scene of when they were first introduced to Reed was included. There were also a lot more people involved in the Tribulation murders that we actually spent time with, which made for a very interesting cast :) And of course, Charles played a role…
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