This is the first book that I have read from Blake Pierce - I want to read more in this series to see if his writing style improves!
The main character in this book is Laura Frost, FBI Agent, Single Mother, and Recovering Alcoholic.
I am going to split this review into pros and cons, because I do believe this is a great story, but I wish I had been able to read an Indepth review before I read this book.
PROS:
Laura has an established bask story, she has the ability to see visions which is mostly beneficial to her job as an FBI agent. She is divorced from her husband and has lost custody of her daughter due to her alcoholism. Throughout the story you will see references to her 60 day chip, as her ex husband gave her the stipulation that she is not able to talk to or see their daughter until she can bring him a 90 day chip from her AA meetings.
I enjoyed the role that her recovery plays in the story - it is brazening for her, which is realistic to so many that have gone through the AA program. Her main motivation is to be able to see her daughter again, and this driving force seems to stress her out more than anything else in my opinion of the story.
Her visions are difficult because she has a love/hate relationship with them - half of the time she wants them so she can find out more about the case she is working on, and the other half of the time she stresses about how much she hates them and wishes they would go away. Blake Pierce covers this in his book well as he describes her online searches for people like her, and how she always seems to come up empty after meeting with con artists and mediums that aren't truly having visions as she is.
Without giving away too much of the story, Laura is trying to balance her family troubles alongside her commitment to not drink, handling her visions, and being able to focus on her work with her partner Nate. Pierce exhibits the stress that she is under quite well, which adds to the premise of her being an FBI agent in the story.
CONS:
My biggest complaints about this story, are the repetition and the impracticality regarding her visions and her work as an agent. The two things that I disliked most about this book were how the visions were portrayed, and how she would act upon the visions when it was going to be a fight scene.
As far as Lauras visions were concerned, I think that she complains about them enough in the story that it draws attention away from what is happening in the moment. This happens for the reader, so I can imagine that Pierce wrote in this manner to show how annoying it must be for Laura as well. Such a strange, large aspect of her life that she is struggling to figure out how and why it works. But the visions and how she reacts to them take away from the suspense and thrill of solving the murder.
When Pierce describes the fighting scenes, it almost feels like there was too much effort put into it than there needed to be. Impossible scenarios that should have left her with more injuries (or any!) than she receives are frequent, and in some scenes, it just comes off a little comical.
Overall, this is a very good book that I will recommend anyone to read if they enjoy this genre! My opinions on small aspects aside, the author does a great job with providing mental imagery with practically every scene in this book. I look forward to reading the rest of the series at some point soon!
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This book will send chills up and down your spine
This book will send chills up and down your spine as Laura Frost attempts to use her special ability to see visions of what may be to save the lives of people. Nobody knows about this ability but her and it has caused her many problems including becoming an alcoholic to try and stop the visions. Her daughter was taken away from her because of this and she is in AA really trying to get it together--but those visions will not stop. Not even her current partner in the FBI knows about the visions--but he suspects something since she always manages to find what they are looking for, and before everyone else. It ends up being personal--can she ultimately figure out who in her past is murdering people-- If you like psychological thrillers with lots of twists and turns-this book is definitely for you! Blake Pierce certainly knows how to write them!!
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