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A review by mstall_
The Wilds by Sarah Pearse
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The Wilds by Sarah Pearse is the third and final installment in the Elin Warner detective series. Pearse's books all contain a hypnotic storytelling that sucks you in from the first page and The Wilds is no exception.
We follow Det. Elin Warner as she and her brother Isaac vacation in the Portugal national park. While there, Isaac discloses that he had an ulterior motive for coming to the park: he is looking for the missing sister of his friend Penn, an artist named Keir. As Elin and Isaac dive deeper and deeper into their search they realize there is more to this story than just a missing person.
The book moves back and forth between Elin's perspective and Keir's and this coupled with the short chapters makes this book fly by!
Overall I thought the story was well plotted and the writing was superb. I genuinely didn't see some of the twists coming, although it was fairly easy to know that something was not as it seemed. I am saddened that this is the final book in the series, as I would have liked to watch Elin grow more and more into herself. I am looking forward to reading whatever Pearse writes next
We follow Det. Elin Warner as she and her brother Isaac vacation in the Portugal national park. While there, Isaac discloses that he had an ulterior motive for coming to the park: he is looking for the missing sister of his friend Penn, an artist named Keir. As Elin and Isaac dive deeper and deeper into their search they realize there is more to this story than just a missing person.
The book moves back and forth between Elin's perspective and Keir's and this coupled with the short chapters makes this book fly by!
Overall I thought the story was well plotted and the writing was superb. I genuinely didn't see some of the twists coming, although it was fairly easy to know that something was not as it seemed. I am saddened that this is the final book in the series, as I would have liked to watch Elin grow more and more into herself. I am looking forward to reading whatever Pearse writes next