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A review by clarissep
The Girl in the Moss by Loreth Anne White
4.0
4.5
OMG I'm sad it's over!!! Yet the feeling of having Angie's story come full circle is very satisfying.
I wish we had more Angie and James moments here, but I love that there was a lot of focus on giving Angie that solid footing to move forward with her life after the shitstorm she went through in the previous book. It was a rocky road to personal growth, I gotta say. Also missing here is news about her biological father's case. Somehow I feel like there's something there she still needs to confront.
Nonetheless, in the grand scheme of things, I liked the direction White set for Angie here. The case she took on as a PI-to-be was really compelling, and it was something that she needed to remind her of her identity. From the POV of the reader, I thought it was quite interesting. Plenty of he said-she said, misdirections, and while in the end I managed to guess many of the puzzle pieces, I still liked how the clues were scattered about. With White's books, I enjoy that you not only get to do a lot of thinking about the case as a reader, but you also do a lot of feeling for the people involved too. Frankly, Angie is not an easy person to like, and yet somehow I find myself always rooting for her. At least in my own experience, I think White has this skill to make you feel emotionally invested in her story while you find yourself riding along the fast pace of her mystery-suspense.
In another aspect, I appreciated greatly how White set up a possible spin-off for Holgersen (and maybe even for Claire). He's oddly endearing, and I like that he's developing this real friendship with Angie now. Would love to read books about them working together again. As for Claire, there's some very real potential there. She's like a less volatile and more level-headed version of Angie, which is good. Lord knows one Angie Pallorino is enough for the world. Just ask James Maddocks.
Looking forward to more books set in this little Canadian universe!
OMG I'm sad it's over!!! Yet the feeling of having Angie's story come full circle is very satisfying.
I wish we had more Angie and James moments here, but I love that there was a lot of focus on giving Angie that solid footing to move forward with her life after the shitstorm she went through in the previous book. It was a rocky road to personal growth, I gotta say. Also missing here is news about her biological father's case. Somehow I feel like there's something there she still needs to confront.
Nonetheless, in the grand scheme of things, I liked the direction White set for Angie here. The case she took on as a PI-to-be was really compelling, and it was something that she needed to remind her of her identity. From the POV of the reader, I thought it was quite interesting. Plenty of he said-she said, misdirections, and while in the end I managed to guess many of the puzzle pieces, I still liked how the clues were scattered about. With White's books, I enjoy that you not only get to do a lot of thinking about the case as a reader, but you also do a lot of feeling for the people involved too. Frankly, Angie is not an easy person to like, and yet somehow I find myself always rooting for her. At least in my own experience, I think White has this skill to make you feel emotionally invested in her story while you find yourself riding along the fast pace of her mystery-suspense.
In another aspect, I appreciated greatly how White set up a possible spin-off for Holgersen (and maybe even for Claire). He's oddly endearing, and I like that he's developing this real friendship with Angie now. Would love to read books about them working together again. As for Claire, there's some very real potential there. She's like a less volatile and more level-headed version of Angie, which is good. Lord knows one Angie Pallorino is enough for the world. Just ask James Maddocks.
Looking forward to more books set in this little Canadian universe!