While this is not as dark in the macabre, bloody sense as some of her other books, it definitely still did leave a mark. Highly entertaining, I flew through these pages. This novel touches on survival, revenge, mistakes, forgiveness, family and how far one would go to stop the abusive cycle that continually haunts all the characters. This felt just as much Flora’s story as it did D.D.’s. The survivor story line with Flora was also a welcome addition. I think my favorite part, however, was reading Roxy’s essays as we get to see exactly what happened in her life and how she became mother to her siblings when their mother could not. We get multiple perspectives in this one – mainly through D.D. Does it help to do so? Of course, but it’s not a necessity so do not let that hinder you from picking any of these books up out of order. There’s some references to the past, but it doesn’t leave you confused or needing to read the past books. One thing I love about Gardner’s series book is that they all seem to read well as a standalone. Detective Warren is back and this time so is Flora, the survivor from FIND ME. Last year I had the privilege to read Lisa Gardner’s FIND ME.
This has become an auto-buy author for us, and the #CJSReads trio can’t wait for more from Gardner 🙂 Thanks to Dutton Books for the advanced copies in exchange for our honest reviews.
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