A review by james1star
The Brother by N.V. Peacock, N.V. Peacock

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

This was a very fast paced and intriguing thriller that I really enjoyed. We’re following Fallon who’s a psychologist still dealing with the aftermath of being involved in a crime months prior with the upcoming trial looming too. For Christmas her adorable brother Ollie (or Oli I dunno I listened to the audiobook) gifts her a DNA test but after competing it… finds out they’re not related. After coming to terms with this fact, her mum tells all and Fallon finds out she has another family and four new brothers. Sounds great right? No. Because a police officer tracks her down via her DNA results and tells her one of their new brothers is a serial killer as she’s pieced together connections between multiple cases (some already ‘solved’) and wants help tracking him down. It’s dual-POV with chapters from Fallon and ‘the brother’ as he’s choosing and killing more people. 

The writing isn’t particularly amazing and whilst I did like the characters I feel you’re defo here more for the plot. It’s intriguing, entertaining and constantly pulls you forward. The investigation, how things happen and are pieced together was super ‘fun’ to read and I just loved it basically. Maybe a couple things were a little farfetched but no the convoluted, long-way-around plot was very enjoyable. What I really liked was how ‘the bother’ taunts Fallon, forcing her to play his twisted game before more blood is spilt. I was trying to figure out what has happening and which of these brothers was the killer, thinking ‘no please don’t let it be x or y’ if you get me. Also Ollie was just so cute (and he’s gay so yay for that). 

Defo recommend and I’d like to read Peacock’s debut. 
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