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Bishop/Special Crimes Unit #10
Blood Dreams
THIS KILLER DREAMS IN SHADES OF DEATH...
He’s the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most. A killer without boundaries, without conscience, without any fear of being caught. And his latest victim is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator.
Now, with the national media calling for justice and a grief-stricken father seeking vengeance, Bishop and his FBI Special Crimes Unit find themselves in a unique situation. This time even psychic cops aren’t enough to stop evil. Aid comes in the form of a fledgling civilian organization of unorthodox crime stoppers. Operating outside of any government oversight, without sanction or official authority, they are comprised of a membership every bit as talented and eccentric as Bishop’s SCU -– if not more so. And that is no coincidence. For Bishop helped launch this organization barely two years before.
Dani Justice knows all about monsters. They haunt her nightmares -– and her life. But she never expected to find herself doggedly on the trail of a real flesh-and-blood predator so cunning, he’s eluded the best law enforcement could send up against him; so deadly, he doesn’t hesitate to kill even a senator’s daughter. Or a cop.
Dani doesn’t want to hunt this killer. She doesn’t want to risk the life she’s made for herself, or her hard-won peace. But she doesn’t have a choice. Because his bloody rampage has hit far too close to home. Because Dani alone commands a weapon powerful enough to destroy him.
And because Dani knows something even Bishop doesn’t. Dani knows how the hunt ends. It ends in fire. And blood. And death.
What she doesn’t know is who will survive.
He’s the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most. A killer without boundaries, without conscience, without any fear of being caught. And his latest victim is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator.
Now, with the national media calling for justice and a grief-stricken father seeking vengeance, Bishop and his FBI Special Crimes Unit find themselves in a unique situation. This time even psychic cops aren’t enough to stop evil. Aid comes in the form of a fledgling civilian organization of unorthodox crime stoppers. Operating outside of any government oversight, without sanction or official authority, they are comprised of a membership every bit as talented and eccentric as Bishop’s SCU -– if not more so. And that is no coincidence. For Bishop helped launch this organization barely two years before.
Dani Justice knows all about monsters. They haunt her nightmares -– and her life. But she never expected to find herself doggedly on the trail of a real flesh-and-blood predator so cunning, he’s eluded the best law enforcement could send up against him; so deadly, he doesn’t hesitate to kill even a senator’s daughter. Or a cop.
Dani doesn’t want to hunt this killer. She doesn’t want to risk the life she’s made for herself, or her hard-won peace. But she doesn’t have a choice. Because his bloody rampage has hit far too close to home. Because Dani alone commands a weapon powerful enough to destroy him.
And because Dani knows something even Bishop doesn’t. Dani knows how the hunt ends. It ends in fire. And blood. And death.
What she doesn’t know is who will survive.
324 pages, Hardcover
First published December 31, 2007
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Kay Hooper
97 books2,452 followersKay Hooper (aka Kay Robbins) was born in California, in an air force base hospital since her father was stationed there at the time. The family moved back to North Carolina shortly afterward, so she was raised and went to school there.
The oldest of three children, Kay has a brother two years younger and a sister seven years younger. Her father and brother are builders who own a highly respected construction company, and her mother worked for many years in personnel management before becoming Kay's personal assistant, a position she held until her untimely death in March 2002. Kay's sister Linda works as her Business Manager, Events Coordinator, and is playing a major role in the creation and operation of The Kay Hooper Foundation.
Kay graduated from East Rutherford High School and attended Isothermal Community College — where she quickly discovered that business classes did not in any way enthrall her. Switching to more involving courses such as history and literature, she also began to concentrate on writing, which had been a longtime interest. Very quickly hooked, she asked for a Christmas typewriter and began seriously working on her first novel. That book, a Regency romance titled Lady Thief, sold to Dell Publishing in 1980. She has since published more than 60 novels and four novellas.
Kay is single and lives in a very small town in North Carolina, not far from her father and siblings. Deigning to live with her are a flock of cats — Bonnie, Ginger, Oscar, Tuffy, Felix, Renny, and Isabel — of various personalities who all like sleeping on manuscripts and whatever research happens to be spread across Kay's desk. And living amongst the many felines are two cheerfully tolerant dogs, a shelter rescue, Bandit, who looks rather like a small sheepdog, and a Sheltie named Lizzie.
The oldest of three children, Kay has a brother two years younger and a sister seven years younger. Her father and brother are builders who own a highly respected construction company, and her mother worked for many years in personnel management before becoming Kay's personal assistant, a position she held until her untimely death in March 2002. Kay's sister Linda works as her Business Manager, Events Coordinator, and is playing a major role in the creation and operation of The Kay Hooper Foundation.
Kay graduated from East Rutherford High School and attended Isothermal Community College — where she quickly discovered that business classes did not in any way enthrall her. Switching to more involving courses such as history and literature, she also began to concentrate on writing, which had been a longtime interest. Very quickly hooked, she asked for a Christmas typewriter and began seriously working on her first novel. That book, a Regency romance titled Lady Thief, sold to Dell Publishing in 1980. She has since published more than 60 novels and four novellas.
Kay is single and lives in a very small town in North Carolina, not far from her father and siblings. Deigning to live with her are a flock of cats — Bonnie, Ginger, Oscar, Tuffy, Felix, Renny, and Isabel — of various personalities who all like sleeping on manuscripts and whatever research happens to be spread across Kay's desk. And living amongst the many felines are two cheerfully tolerant dogs, a shelter rescue, Bandit, who looks rather like a small sheepdog, and a Sheltie named Lizzie.
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December 9, 2015
Blood Dreams is the 10th book in Kay Hooper’s Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Series about a group of psychics that solve serial killer crimes.
This is the book that introduces Haven, a private organization that was set up by millionaire John Garrett and his psychic wife, Maggie Barnes to help psychics with dealing with their powers and whilst they work along with the Special Crimes Unit, they are in no way affiliated to the FBI.
Dani Justice, whose psychic ability is that she can often predict the future in her dreams, has returned home after being away for years to be with her twin sister, Paris, who has just gone through a very ugly divorce. Soon she’s thrown into helping the local enforcement agents to finding a serial killer that had been on a murder rampage in other cities and has now traveled from his last place to her home town.
Once again the author gives us no clue who the killer is. All he knows is that he/she possesses strong psychic abilities and is able to enter Dani’s dreams.
I enjoyed this story but it’s not the best one in the series.
I would have liked Dani and Marc, the local sheriff’s relationship to be a bit more developed. I just never got to know the two that well. I would have also liked seeing a bit more romance and more about their relationship.
I liked seeing characters that I have come to know from the previous books, Noah and Miranda Bishop (not enough of these two!!), Hollis Templeton….who is a really interesting character and hopefully we will have her own book soon,
A hint that there’s something more going on with the serial killer, who is chillingly and scarily evil. The mention of a Prophecy and a feeling that there is some kind of conspiracy that wants to harm people with psychic powers.
A twist at the end??? Of course!!!! Again, the most unexpected one.
This is such a good and really unique series.
This is the book that introduces Haven, a private organization that was set up by millionaire John Garrett and his psychic wife, Maggie Barnes to help psychics with dealing with their powers and whilst they work along with the Special Crimes Unit, they are in no way affiliated to the FBI.
Dani Justice, whose psychic ability is that she can often predict the future in her dreams, has returned home after being away for years to be with her twin sister, Paris, who has just gone through a very ugly divorce. Soon she’s thrown into helping the local enforcement agents to finding a serial killer that had been on a murder rampage in other cities and has now traveled from his last place to her home town.
Once again the author gives us no clue who the killer is. All he knows is that he/she possesses strong psychic abilities and is able to enter Dani’s dreams.
I enjoyed this story but it’s not the best one in the series.
I would have liked Dani and Marc, the local sheriff’s relationship to be a bit more developed. I just never got to know the two that well. I would have also liked seeing a bit more romance and more about their relationship.
I liked seeing characters that I have come to know from the previous books, Noah and Miranda Bishop (not enough of these two!!), Hollis Templeton….who is a really interesting character and hopefully we will have her own book soon,
A hint that there’s something more going on with the serial killer, who is chillingly and scarily evil. The mention of a Prophecy and a feeling that there is some kind of conspiracy that wants to harm people with psychic powers.
A twist at the end??? Of course!!!! Again, the most unexpected one.
This is such a good and really unique series.
December 10, 2024
Tenth book in Kay Hooper’s Bishop/Special Crimes Unit series about a group of FBI psychics that solve serial killer crimes. Dani Justice returns to her hometown of Venture, Georgia to spend time with her twin Paris, following the sister's ugly divorce. Both of the twins have psychic abilities. Dani can dreamwalk, allowing her to see the future, and Paris can control electricity. There are grisly murders in Venture, by a serial killer the SCU has tracked from Boston. Women from the small town are missing and the remains of some are chopped to bits and displayed to leave a message. The local Sheriff, Mark Purcell, was once Dani's sweetheart, and is open to the SCU's unconventional investigation. Dani is wracked with guilt as she is unable to interpret her recurring dream that an SCU Agent is kidnapped, imprisoned in the basement of a burning building, with the serial killer setting a trap for Bishop and his agents. I felt that the character development was weak in this one, with too much focus on the identity, motives, and powers of the killer. The continuous revisitation of Dani's morphing dream was tiresome.
February 13, 2013
not very good. This is one in a continuing series of psychic mysteries. Hooper has nothing new to say; no new angles on the stories; no intriguing characters. She is simply rewriting previous books. In addition, she repeats pages of dialogue 4-5 times, which is just an indication of how lazy the author was in writing it.
September 30, 2010
This was my first Kay Hooper book and I was very intrigued by the concept of a psychic FBI team hunting down a serial killer. However, the story fell flat for me. I really had high hopes for this series but now I'm just not sure if I want to continue with the rest of them. I must admit my expectations were a little high (I wanted something comparable to the In Death series) and maybe I expected to much but to me the story was too rushed and the character development was just not as good as it could have been. There was so much that could have been explored and characters that had so much more potential and it was very frustrating, as a reader, to leave the book wanting more than what was delivered.
June 24, 2016
I like Kay Hooper books and have followed the Bishop series . This book was an ok read for me but left a lot of unanswered questions in the end . I guess I will have to read all the three books to decide whether I like this trilogy or not .I really didn't feel the connection between the protagonists in the book and it felt a little rushed but I hope the other 2 books would give a satisfying end to this trilogy
February 17, 2020
Blood Dreams is book ten in the Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Series by Kay Hooper. Dani Justice came home to Venture to help her twin sister Paris through her divorce. In Boston Noah Bishop head of Special Crimes Unit was investigating serial of murders in Boston and realising that the killer has left Boston. Dani and Paris both work for Haven a private firm helping psychic to understand and deal with their powers at times support Noah Bishop and SCU on murder cases. After finding a brutal crime scene in Venture Sheriff of Prophet County Marc and the help of Dani psychic abilities and Haven to find the killer. The readers of Blood Dreams will continue to follow Dani and Marc to find the killer.
I love books by Kay Hooper, and Blood Dreams did not disappoint. I engaged with the story and the characters of Blood Dreams from the first page. I like the way Kay Hooper incorporates romantic suspense and psychic abilities into the plot of Blood Dreams. The portrayal of the characters was done excellently by Kay Hooper. Blood Dreams was well written and researched by Kay Hooper.
The readers of Blood Dreams will learn about the roles of the different law enforcement agencies in an investigating. Also, the readers of Blood Dreams will start to understand the consequences of drinking too much.
I recommend this book.
I love books by Kay Hooper, and Blood Dreams did not disappoint. I engaged with the story and the characters of Blood Dreams from the first page. I like the way Kay Hooper incorporates romantic suspense and psychic abilities into the plot of Blood Dreams. The portrayal of the characters was done excellently by Kay Hooper. Blood Dreams was well written and researched by Kay Hooper.
The readers of Blood Dreams will learn about the roles of the different law enforcement agencies in an investigating. Also, the readers of Blood Dreams will start to understand the consequences of drinking too much.
I recommend this book.
March 30, 2023
Blood Dreams
3 Stars
With the SCU under scrutiny by the new FBI director, SAC Noah Bishop needs to keep a low profile. But when a vicious predator targeting young women relocates from Boston to a small town in Georgia, Bishop enlists the aid of Haven, a private security firm employing investigators with psychic abilities. While Dani Justice's dream visions of the killer provide her with an edge, she and her team soon realize that it may not be enough as the hunters have become the hunted.
Series note: This book begins a new trilogy within the larger Special Crimes series. While the focus is on a new case, several characters from previous books play pivotal roles.
Although the series is classified as romantic suspense, it is actually more of a paranormal thriller with some minor romantic elements. This book falls solidly in the thriller category as the second-chances romance between Dani and her high-school sweetheart turned-sheriff, Marcus Purcell, is quite bland. Their relationship is underdeveloped and lacking in both chemistry and emotion. Their interactions are more akin to those of friends than lovers.
In contrast, the suspense elements are gripping as the killer is particularly disturbing, and Hooper skillfully weaves the tension surrounding the dream sequences within the narrative to keep the reader guessing. Moreover, the final showdown is intense with an excellent twist at the end.
All in all, an intriguing beginning to the new trilogy and it will be interesting to see how the twist plays out in subsequent installments.
3 Stars
With the SCU under scrutiny by the new FBI director, SAC Noah Bishop needs to keep a low profile. But when a vicious predator targeting young women relocates from Boston to a small town in Georgia, Bishop enlists the aid of Haven, a private security firm employing investigators with psychic abilities. While Dani Justice's dream visions of the killer provide her with an edge, she and her team soon realize that it may not be enough as the hunters have become the hunted.
Series note: This book begins a new trilogy within the larger Special Crimes series. While the focus is on a new case, several characters from previous books play pivotal roles.
Although the series is classified as romantic suspense, it is actually more of a paranormal thriller with some minor romantic elements. This book falls solidly in the thriller category as the second-chances romance between Dani and her high-school sweetheart turned-sheriff, Marcus Purcell, is quite bland. Their relationship is underdeveloped and lacking in both chemistry and emotion. Their interactions are more akin to those of friends than lovers.
In contrast, the suspense elements are gripping as the killer is particularly disturbing, and Hooper skillfully weaves the tension surrounding the dream sequences within the narrative to keep the reader guessing. Moreover, the final showdown is intense with an excellent twist at the end.
All in all, an intriguing beginning to the new trilogy and it will be interesting to see how the twist plays out in subsequent installments.
December 22, 2020
It starts of with a dream, a scary one for that matter. First, Bishop makes an appearance and as usual I was rather impressed by him.
"You have to hear this over and over again, don’t you? Like picking at a scab, keeping the pain alive because it’s all you’ve got left."
I almost thought maybe the hero will not be able to shine in his presence but oh man, I loved Marc right from the start. He was just so composed, so good.
I loved Dani too. Hollis was amazing specifically in the ending.
I've never really been weary of cliffhangers so i didn't mind the ending. I liked this one but I think it'll make more sense when read as a series.
"You have to hear this over and over again, don’t you? Like picking at a scab, keeping the pain alive because it’s all you’ve got left."
I almost thought maybe the hero will not be able to shine in his presence but oh man, I loved Marc right from the start. He was just so composed, so good.
I loved Dani too. Hollis was amazing specifically in the ending.
I've never really been weary of cliffhangers so i didn't mind the ending. I liked this one but I think it'll make more sense when read as a series.
December 26, 2021
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• Rating: 4.5🌟
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🌌La început am fost confuză și nu înțelegeam prea bine acțiunea... mă gândeam chiar cum oare o să termin eu cartea asta dacă tot merge în felul ăsta?
🌌M-am înșelat amarnic. Deși start-ul a fost mai lent, după ce m-am prins de acțiune și m-am acomodat cu personajele, nu mai puteam să las cartea din mână.
🌌Nu aveam idee cum poate paranormalul să se îmbine cu thriller ul, dar această carte mi-a dovedit cât se poate de clar că acestea două merg super bine împreună.
🌌Perspectivele s-au tot schimbat și uneori nu mai înțelegeam ce și cum. M-a deranjat puțin că nu s-a prea pus accentul pe protagonistă, care putea fi mai mult expusă și folosită (are o abilitate 😗).
🌌Aș fi vrut ca romance ul din carte să fie ceva mai pronunțat și mai detaliat pentru că mi s-au dat doar niște elemente de bază și m-am trezit după în față cu un BOOM 😳
🌌Lăsând toate astea la o parte, partea de thriller mi-a întrecut așteptările. În carte, avem inclusiv perspectiva criminalului ceea ce mi se pare GENIAL. Modul său de gândire și de operare m-a lăsat mască. Trebuie să menționez că are faze dubioase și chiar destul de sângeroase și detaliate, și nu le recomand sub 16+. Dar mna, știți că mie-mi plac dubioșagurile așa că a fost bine primită toată chestia asta 😂😂😂
🌌 Finalul m-a lăsat mască. Sincer, chiar aș vrea să intru mai mult în lecturile acestei autoare pentru că sfârșitul ăsta nu mi-a dat ceea ce voiam și am nevoie de multe, multe EXPLICAȚII!!!!!!!!!!
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• Rating: 4.5🌟
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🌌La început am fost confuză și nu înțelegeam prea bine acțiunea... mă gândeam chiar cum oare o să termin eu cartea asta dacă tot merge în felul ăsta?
🌌M-am înșelat amarnic. Deși start-ul a fost mai lent, după ce m-am prins de acțiune și m-am acomodat cu personajele, nu mai puteam să las cartea din mână.
🌌Nu aveam idee cum poate paranormalul să se îmbine cu thriller ul, dar această carte mi-a dovedit cât se poate de clar că acestea două merg super bine împreună.
🌌Perspectivele s-au tot schimbat și uneori nu mai înțelegeam ce și cum. M-a deranjat puțin că nu s-a prea pus accentul pe protagonistă, care putea fi mai mult expusă și folosită (are o abilitate 😗).
🌌Aș fi vrut ca romance ul din carte să fie ceva mai pronunțat și mai detaliat pentru că mi s-au dat doar niște elemente de bază și m-am trezit după în față cu un BOOM 😳
🌌Lăsând toate astea la o parte, partea de thriller mi-a întrecut așteptările. În carte, avem inclusiv perspectiva criminalului ceea ce mi se pare GENIAL. Modul său de gândire și de operare m-a lăsat mască. Trebuie să menționez că are faze dubioase și chiar destul de sângeroase și detaliate, și nu le recomand sub 16+. Dar mna, știți că mie-mi plac dubioșagurile așa că a fost bine primită toată chestia asta 😂😂😂
🌌 Finalul m-a lăsat mască. Sincer, chiar aș vrea să intru mai mult în lecturile acestei autoare pentru că sfârșitul ăsta nu mi-a dat ceea ce voiam și am nevoie de multe, multe EXPLICAȚII!!!!!!!!!!
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September 13, 2015
Loved This Book
I have read books written by Kay Hooper for years, when she started the Bishop Special Crimes Unit books I fell in love. These books are very special, Bishop his wife Miranda and the whole crew make for a very good series. I hope Ms. Hooper puts Miranda's sister in a story, she is also special.
I have read books written by Kay Hooper for years, when she started the Bishop Special Crimes Unit books I fell in love. These books are very special, Bishop his wife Miranda and the whole crew make for a very good series. I hope Ms. Hooper puts Miranda's sister in a story, she is also special.
July 5, 2020
Amazing suspense filled thriller! Wonderful story, that ended with a huge cliffhanger... Who is the psychic puppet master?
And just can't wait so discover how the evolving powers of Hollis, Dani and Marc, would turn out.
A must read for all lovers of criminal investigation, paranormal and intertwined romance.
And just can't wait so discover how the evolving powers of Hollis, Dani and Marc, would turn out.
A must read for all lovers of criminal investigation, paranormal and intertwined romance.
January 22, 2015
I really enjoyed the concept of psychics working with the FBI to help solve murders - and it wasn't just the same old "we can see the future" psychics. This one kept me guessing about the killer - about whether he was psychic or not and what his ultimate goal was.
August 29, 2017
Each of the books in this series gets more interesting than the last. The paranormal abilities of each member of the specialized FBI unit is slightly different or evolving from what we have seen other characters have in past books. In this book, the plot is twisted and brings together both new characters and past ones we have met before bringing a new level of depth to the book as it isn't starting from scratch introducing entirely new characters. A very intriguing twist that just may not be wrapped up in this book. If you like a good murder mystery and a touch of the paranormal is also intriguing to you, then this series is for you.
December 20, 2023
Hooper's Bishop Series just keeps getting better.
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June 5, 2020Mediumuri, fenomene paranormale, forte malefice, criminali in serie si politisti care incearca sa rezolve crime complicate. Desi nu ma incanta toate aceste fenomene paranormale, preferand thrilerele si horror-urile mai realiste, nu pot spune ca e o carte rea. Dimpotriva.
May 8, 2013
This is #10 in the Bishop Special crimes units series and #1 in the sub blood trilogy. I love this series, it's about an FBI unit that is made up of agents with special powers, psychic powers, and now there is also a civilian side, run by the same man, for people who don't work well with all those rules. So, XMen, kinda, and Bishop is Professor Xavier. The people's powers are starting to change and evolve, from using and pushing them so much, and being around other powerful people. And all this time, they're fighting crimes and serial killers, and yes, supernatural serial killers. Dani is the main character of this book, and i did not like her. She's very cold, shut off, just not a likeable person at all. Fortunately, older characters were included, and just the premise and the story of the killer they were tracking was engaging enough. The book had very large printing and the page size was small, so the page number is deceptive, because this book went by in two seconds. It would have maybe been better to just combine this book with at least the next in the trilogy, if not all three. I did have a hard time remembering some things from the past books, so I'll make sure to read the next couple pretty soon. Great book, really great series. I hope that we really do have a branch of psychics working for the law enforcement, by the way. I'd think by now they would have covered that.
July 29, 2009
I enjoyed reading this book by Kay Hooper. This was the first in a series of 3. She rights a lot of her books that way. I don't think I'm up for the other 2 right now but I'll catch them later.
I like the Special Crimes Unit and the fact that the people all have different types of psychic ability. There was some suspense and thrills but at times I had problems figuring out what was going on within the story. Oh course there is a romance which I can take or leave but evidently these are a most for most books. If you haven't tried a Kay Hooper book before, pick one up.
I like the Special Crimes Unit and the fact that the people all have different types of psychic ability. There was some suspense and thrills but at times I had problems figuring out what was going on within the story. Oh course there is a romance which I can take or leave but evidently these are a most for most books. If you haven't tried a Kay Hooper book before, pick one up.
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July 27, 2011I thought I had read Hooper before and liked her writing- this book was a HUGE disappointment. The dialogue was so ridiculously contrived that I raced through it just to see what happens at the end...only to find that it's a trilogy. I am not going to read 2 more books I'm sure not to like just to find out. I really wish that all books that were part of a series would say so in an obvious place on one of the covers (and which number in the series it is.) This was a complete TIME WASTER.
January 12, 2009
I had a tough time getting through this book. It shocked and saddened me....LOL Kay Hooper is one of my all time favorite authors. But this book seemed to drag and I got to the point to where I just didn't care about the main female character. I just wanted to get to the end which seemed a bit anti climatic to me.
July 17, 2008
I'm very disappointed in this novel by Hooper. Usually her stories are so engaging but this one left little to the imagination and there was too much dialogue between the characters. Sometimes, it felt dull and monotonous. Not at all my favorite from the Bishop/SCU Series, that's for sure.
July 3, 2014
Too long and boring. I like Hooper's books, but this one didn't do it for me. Sometimes I found myself losing interest, but once I start a book I like to finish it. I guess the psychic thing not my cup of tea.
July 3, 2018
Reread this in July, 2018. Still scary, intense, fascinating.
November 2, 2011
great book now starting complete series
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December 1, 2016It was a spine-tingling novel with a twist. I really enjoyed it, because of how the charters relate to one another.
March 24, 2024
Before anyone jumps up to refute my thoughts, "Yes, I know it's only fiction." But couldn't/shouldn't there be a shred of logic behind the premise?
This story felt like a recurring nightmare, with repetitive paragraphs, boring conversations saying the same exact thing about very little worth talking about. The bad guy wasn't memorable, scary, or interesting. More like a Norman Bates wannabe. Hooper didn't provide a credible nor believable understanding of how villains work, or how this one operated. Just that he was nigh uncatchable, superior in intellect, and supposedly psychic in some sense, until he wasn't. And was caught without human intervention (at least not the FBI or Haven), just deceased spirits giving him a glimpse of "Hell in technicolor."
So many questions about believing in the afterlife, how are these entities empowered? As told in the story, they have limited power, please explain. Where are they supposed to be hanging out? How are they hanging around? If the bad guy wasn't psychic, how was he even affected? He wasn't a conduit.
How was he able to do anything he was accused of doing? Funding, infrastructure, movement, too many gaps in logic let alone rationale for the "irrational motivation" to match his surgical stylings, which require high rationalization and functionality.
The good guys were portrayed as a poor man's psychic Justice League, which in itself is a farce. Up front, I have no doubt psychics are a sideshow carnival attraction based on hyper perception of average people with no other skill set to draw from. Without participatory information, these folks have nothing to entertain you with or fear to play upon. "I am sensing someone in the audience recently lost a loved one... A Ha, that must mean this person, yada, yada."
Hooper brings nothing believable to this Haven super group of psychics. Dream walking, mystics, aura reading, kinetic discharge of energy, communing with the dead (or other psychics) etc., only work within this setting and gets boring rather quickly. I think I jumped out of the story after a dying person "gives away" her psychic ability to someone else, much like her favorite jacket or automobile. I allowed much of the mumbo jumbo to proceed to further the story but geez. What tripe! Right up there behind accumulating and growing new abilities with every book, apparently, like Pokemon cards, gotta catch them all.
So, if the premise is faulty, what about the characters? Honestly, it just felt like exposition just enough to sucker one into reading the book. No one was verifiably different or notable. Most felt whiny about having their ability? or how energy draining it was to utilize. Not once did it seem plausible for what was happening to be happening within the SCU group, nor for these people to be involved in what was ongoing. Laughable comes to mind. Makes the old "CW" channel look like "Downton Abbey".
Don't be fooled by the 4* rating because it is a facade. Nothing about this book was 4*. At least not out of 5, may be a higher multiple of 5.
Thanks for reading.
This story felt like a recurring nightmare, with repetitive paragraphs, boring conversations saying the same exact thing about very little worth talking about. The bad guy wasn't memorable, scary, or interesting. More like a Norman Bates wannabe. Hooper didn't provide a credible nor believable understanding of how villains work, or how this one operated. Just that he was nigh uncatchable, superior in intellect, and supposedly psychic in some sense, until he wasn't. And was caught without human intervention (at least not the FBI or Haven), just deceased spirits giving him a glimpse of "Hell in technicolor."
So many questions about believing in the afterlife, how are these entities empowered? As told in the story, they have limited power, please explain. Where are they supposed to be hanging out? How are they hanging around? If the bad guy wasn't psychic, how was he even affected? He wasn't a conduit.
How was he able to do anything he was accused of doing? Funding, infrastructure, movement, too many gaps in logic let alone rationale for the "irrational motivation" to match his surgical stylings, which require high rationalization and functionality.
The good guys were portrayed as a poor man's psychic Justice League, which in itself is a farce. Up front, I have no doubt psychics are a sideshow carnival attraction based on hyper perception of average people with no other skill set to draw from. Without participatory information, these folks have nothing to entertain you with or fear to play upon. "I am sensing someone in the audience recently lost a loved one... A Ha, that must mean this person, yada, yada."
Hooper brings nothing believable to this Haven super group of psychics. Dream walking, mystics, aura reading, kinetic discharge of energy, communing with the dead (or other psychics) etc., only work within this setting and gets boring rather quickly. I think I jumped out of the story after a dying person "gives away" her psychic ability to someone else, much like her favorite jacket or automobile. I allowed much of the mumbo jumbo to proceed to further the story but geez. What tripe! Right up there behind accumulating and growing new abilities with every book, apparently, like Pokemon cards, gotta catch them all.
So, if the premise is faulty, what about the characters? Honestly, it just felt like exposition just enough to sucker one into reading the book. No one was verifiably different or notable. Most felt whiny about having their ability? or how energy draining it was to utilize. Not once did it seem plausible for what was happening to be happening within the SCU group, nor for these people to be involved in what was ongoing. Laughable comes to mind. Makes the old "CW" channel look like "Downton Abbey".
Don't be fooled by the 4* rating because it is a facade. Nothing about this book was 4*. At least not out of 5, may be a higher multiple of 5.
Thanks for reading.
March 19, 2019
A new FBI Director without a belief in psychics is preventing the SCU from pursuing a serial killer from Boston to the Atlanta area. Instead the father of the last victim, Senator Abe LeMott, hires a group that does private investigations and also is comprised of psychics. Haven, run by John and Maggie Garrett, employees identical twins Dani Justice and Paris Kincaid.
Dani is back in Venture, Georgia, after years running from her precognitive dreams, believing she brings the monsters with her. She left behind Marc Purcell, the man who loved her and still loves her. Marc is now the Prophet County Sheriff. He soon will be dealing with a butchered body in his community, welcoming the help of Haven and FBI Special Agent Hollis Templeton, officially on leave due to a bullet wound from her last case.
Dani's dreams repeat over and over again, only slightly changed as time goes on and different decisions are made. But as the number of women disappear from the area, she must learn to reach out and stop hiding, both from her talents and from others who would be more than willing to help her if she would let them.
While an exciting read, finished in less than one day, there was quite a bit about Dani that I didn't like. First and foremost her secrecy and dislike for her psychic abilities. If she hates them so much, why go to work for Haven?
It was really nice to meet some of the Haven employees, some that we're heard about in other books, some that are new. And I'm always happy when Hollis makes an appearance.
Seems like we also had a different setup in regards to Reverend Jedidiah Butler, with a suspicious backstory that demands more investigation. Will he reappear in future books? I hope so.
And speaking of setups, the ending here makes it clear that there are puppet-masters behind the scenes that need taking down. Is this psychic vampire someone we've met or someone entirely new and unknown by anyone? Time will tell. 4 out of 5, only because of my issues with Dani.
Dani is back in Venture, Georgia, after years running from her precognitive dreams, believing she brings the monsters with her. She left behind Marc Purcell, the man who loved her and still loves her. Marc is now the Prophet County Sheriff. He soon will be dealing with a butchered body in his community, welcoming the help of Haven and FBI Special Agent Hollis Templeton, officially on leave due to a bullet wound from her last case.
Dani's dreams repeat over and over again, only slightly changed as time goes on and different decisions are made. But as the number of women disappear from the area, she must learn to reach out and stop hiding, both from her talents and from others who would be more than willing to help her if she would let them.
While an exciting read, finished in less than one day, there was quite a bit about Dani that I didn't like. First and foremost her secrecy and dislike for her psychic abilities. If she hates them so much, why go to work for Haven?
It was really nice to meet some of the Haven employees, some that we're heard about in other books, some that are new. And I'm always happy when Hollis makes an appearance.
Seems like we also had a different setup in regards to Reverend Jedidiah Butler, with a suspicious backstory that demands more investigation. Will he reappear in future books? I hope so.
And speaking of setups, the ending here makes it clear that there are puppet-masters behind the scenes that need taking down. Is this psychic vampire someone we've met or someone entirely new and unknown by anyone? Time will tell. 4 out of 5, only because of my issues with Dani.
June 6, 2016
Blood Dreams has a fantastically gory, bloody start and actually made me wonder whether the previous Kay Hooper Bishop/SCU books had been this gory. I recall them having emotionally trying themes that gave you a sense of depressed horror that such atrocities could occur (because even without the paranormal aspects, the kinds of crimes depicted in these books are entirely possible). And so it makes you really think.
But Blood Dreams definitely gave me a start with the bloody mess of a murder crime scene not for the faint of heart. With the exception of some mellow moments, the book was a progressive, intense murder investigation from beginning until the end, with and introduction of the civilian paranormal investigation organization, Haven, created by John and Maggie Garrett (from Book #4, Touching Evil) and few of their main investigators.
Well-written and wonderfully intriguing, it had me hooked from the beginning. Again, there are great characters to follow and I find myself wanting so much more story from the world of the Bishop/SCU series.
The story was pretty straight forward at first, as a general, gruesome murder mystery:
A serial killer leaves his playground in Boston after killing a powerful Senator's daughter and eleven other women. He picks up again in Venture, Georgia and the body count so far seems to be at two. But his M.O. seems to have changed, for one, and there may even be two other victims already. The blood crime scene alone suggests that the bodies of two different women were cut up and dumped there.
Then Hollis Templeton enters the scene and, as a medium, sees the spirit of a woman who is not either of the currently reported missing women. DNA evidence also suggests that a third woman has been victimized.
At the same time, Dani Justice has been having the same recurring dream vision involving a sense of urgency as well as a potentially grisly death of herself and fellow investigators, possibly tied to the serial killer running around Venture.
Finally, the story flips back and forth between one group of characters and another with their own independent investigations on the same case, same serial killer. Toss in the Universal Evil ideals... and things start to spiral a bit out of control.
My Thoughts:
First of all, as usual, I love the characters in the Bishop/SCU world! They are fleshed out and have their own unique traits, even if everyone ultimately falls under the same category of "Paranormal Investigator, Fighting Unknown Evils to Save the World" types.
As already stated, the characters are great, the story is smoothly progressive, and the main conflict was straight forward. The book is well-written and there aren't too many random tangents that linger on unnecessary filler plot.
What I liked:
-- The great investigative team with their banter and their bouncing around of ideas during team meetings and procedural investigation. There's nothing more intriguing to me than being able to see great character interaction and teamwork in the face of solving a significant problem; in this case, a serial killer's rampage.
-- The romance was a bit in the backseat area, but for this story, it worked. It was a no angst love story. And while I would have liked a little more balance of romance-to-suspense within this Paranormal-Romantic-Suspense novel, I found myself so much immersed in the active investigation that I actually had a rare "Romance? What romance?" moment.
So the diluted love story didn't really bother me as much. Nonetheless, all the characters make great friends and partners... which makes it a little hard to discern how I felt about the main couple's romantic chemistry.
-- The recurring dream with its slight difference and some sort of hidden message that we can't seem to figure out... I thought it was really intriguing and I loved it.
-- I. Loved. Hollis Templeton! Even though she's not the main character in this book. She's got a great, dryly sarcastic attitude and a strong enough exterior to hide her inner turmoil. But she's straight forward about how she feels even if she doesn't show it.
-- And finally, this book had its creepy moments. I mean, like, the good creepy kind of creepy moments.
There were only a few things that bothered me about this book, and in fact is an ongoing issue I have with the Bishop/SCU books. But as I love the world and it's characters, I've been giving it a bit of leeway.
-- The series continues to boast the "Universe" as the ultimate go-to for all questions that can't seemed to be answered. Which would be fine if we didn't always go to the "Universe" as the cop-out response for almost everything.
I accept that, within a paranormal world that is trying to conform to a more realistic setting, we're still trying to keep things real. The "scientific" explanations and lab experiments mentioned that are used to research paranormal events and psychic abilities has always been interesting to me in these books and I would have liked to explore these things more.
But when something can't be explained, rather than just saying so, our characters are always referring to that great and all-knowing "Universe". To me, that puts all their fates and the fates of all people in the category of some higher power that already has all of life planned out. Which makes me feel like these people have no power over what happens in their lives because everything happens for a reason. Because the "Universe" arranges everything to happen the way they need to happen.
-- That repetitive "Things have to happen the way they happen" mantra is also becoming a little overused, and honestly need only be mentioned once or twice in a book... not several times.
-- There is a strangely detached tone that is quite apparent in the narration of the book that makes it a little hard to relate with the characters. For characters that were created so awesomely on paper, it's a little disappointing that they don't feel as readily awesome in action.
Final Thoughts:
Despite spending more time with Dani Justice and Marc Purcell, it doesn't escape me that they aren't as memorable characters as Hollis turned out to be. Don't get me wrong, I liked Dani and her twin sister Paris. I also liked Marc as well. But they stood out just as much as the rest of the newly introduced side characters and Haven operatives did, which is a little disconcerting.
These books, despite having great characters, are fairly plot driven rather than character driven. I don't mean that in a bad way; I'm just more interested in following character-driven stories.
Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this book, quibbles and all. Not much else left to say except for how readily I continue to move onto the next book.
But Blood Dreams definitely gave me a start with the bloody mess of a murder crime scene not for the faint of heart. With the exception of some mellow moments, the book was a progressive, intense murder investigation from beginning until the end, with and introduction of the civilian paranormal investigation organization, Haven, created by John and Maggie Garrett (from Book #4, Touching Evil) and few of their main investigators.
Well-written and wonderfully intriguing, it had me hooked from the beginning. Again, there are great characters to follow and I find myself wanting so much more story from the world of the Bishop/SCU series.
The story was pretty straight forward at first, as a general, gruesome murder mystery:
A serial killer leaves his playground in Boston after killing a powerful Senator's daughter and eleven other women. He picks up again in Venture, Georgia and the body count so far seems to be at two. But his M.O. seems to have changed, for one, and there may even be two other victims already. The blood crime scene alone suggests that the bodies of two different women were cut up and dumped there.
Then Hollis Templeton enters the scene and, as a medium, sees the spirit of a woman who is not either of the currently reported missing women. DNA evidence also suggests that a third woman has been victimized.
At the same time, Dani Justice has been having the same recurring dream vision involving a sense of urgency as well as a potentially grisly death of herself and fellow investigators, possibly tied to the serial killer running around Venture.
Finally, the story flips back and forth between one group of characters and another with their own independent investigations on the same case, same serial killer. Toss in the Universal Evil ideals... and things start to spiral a bit out of control.
My Thoughts:
First of all, as usual, I love the characters in the Bishop/SCU world! They are fleshed out and have their own unique traits, even if everyone ultimately falls under the same category of "Paranormal Investigator, Fighting Unknown Evils to Save the World" types.
As already stated, the characters are great, the story is smoothly progressive, and the main conflict was straight forward. The book is well-written and there aren't too many random tangents that linger on unnecessary filler plot.
What I liked:
-- The great investigative team with their banter and their bouncing around of ideas during team meetings and procedural investigation. There's nothing more intriguing to me than being able to see great character interaction and teamwork in the face of solving a significant problem; in this case, a serial killer's rampage.
-- The romance was a bit in the backseat area, but for this story, it worked. It was a no angst love story. And while I would have liked a little more balance of romance-to-suspense within this Paranormal-Romantic-Suspense novel, I found myself so much immersed in the active investigation that I actually had a rare "Romance? What romance?" moment.
So the diluted love story didn't really bother me as much. Nonetheless, all the characters make great friends and partners... which makes it a little hard to discern how I felt about the main couple's romantic chemistry.
-- The recurring dream with its slight difference and some sort of hidden message that we can't seem to figure out... I thought it was really intriguing and I loved it.
-- I. Loved. Hollis Templeton! Even though she's not the main character in this book. She's got a great, dryly sarcastic attitude and a strong enough exterior to hide her inner turmoil. But she's straight forward about how she feels even if she doesn't show it.
-- And finally, this book had its creepy moments. I mean, like, the good creepy kind of creepy moments.
There were only a few things that bothered me about this book, and in fact is an ongoing issue I have with the Bishop/SCU books. But as I love the world and it's characters, I've been giving it a bit of leeway.
-- The series continues to boast the "Universe" as the ultimate go-to for all questions that can't seemed to be answered. Which would be fine if we didn't always go to the "Universe" as the cop-out response for almost everything.
I accept that, within a paranormal world that is trying to conform to a more realistic setting, we're still trying to keep things real. The "scientific" explanations and lab experiments mentioned that are used to research paranormal events and psychic abilities has always been interesting to me in these books and I would have liked to explore these things more.
But when something can't be explained, rather than just saying so, our characters are always referring to that great and all-knowing "Universe". To me, that puts all their fates and the fates of all people in the category of some higher power that already has all of life planned out. Which makes me feel like these people have no power over what happens in their lives because everything happens for a reason. Because the "Universe" arranges everything to happen the way they need to happen.
-- That repetitive "Things have to happen the way they happen" mantra is also becoming a little overused, and honestly need only be mentioned once or twice in a book... not several times.
-- There is a strangely detached tone that is quite apparent in the narration of the book that makes it a little hard to relate with the characters. For characters that were created so awesomely on paper, it's a little disappointing that they don't feel as readily awesome in action.
Final Thoughts:
Despite spending more time with Dani Justice and Marc Purcell, it doesn't escape me that they aren't as memorable characters as Hollis turned out to be. Don't get me wrong, I liked Dani and her twin sister Paris. I also liked Marc as well. But they stood out just as much as the rest of the newly introduced side characters and Haven operatives did, which is a little disconcerting.
These books, despite having great characters, are fairly plot driven rather than character driven. I don't mean that in a bad way; I'm just more interested in following character-driven stories.
Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this book, quibbles and all. Not much else left to say except for how readily I continue to move onto the next book.
September 19, 2019
Dani Justice returns to her home town to be with her identical twin Paris to help her cope with her divorce. As a psychic working for the civilian group, Haven, Dani senses that something evil has come to the town of Venture, GA. And the SCU knows it too - it's the serial killer they'd been tracking in Boston, and now he's operating in this small town. Sheriff Marc Purcell, Dani's former lover, is comfortable with the idea of psychics (both feds and civilians) working towards catching this monster. But Dani keeps having a dream...one in which she and her team keep walking into a trap, knowing that it's a trap, and she believes they don't all survive it. But as she keeps talking it out and changing elements, the dream itself keeps changing...but do they survive it? Do they catch the monster who is killing women so brutally?
Gripping suspense, lackluster romance. That's sort of the thing here lately. I absolutely loved the edge of your seat suspense, wondering who the killer is and how they're going to defeat them and wondering if this person is going to survive or not. As always with this author, the case and the horror aspect, as well as the mystery are top-notch. And the twist at the end is always a nice surprise. There is a romance between Dani and Marc. Having been lovers once and she'd gotten scared, she ran away and kinda broke his heart. Only he isn't bitter or angry, he just straight out tells her he never stopped loving her and he's still here for her. She's still scared, so she avoids, but it is unavoidable. They end up helping each other and becoming lovers again, but this felt really under the radar and I wanted a bit more focus on their coming out of their past. I needed more resolution in the whole second chance thing. Also - I'm wondering at Bishop and his dynamic with Hollis...how she's so critical of his "playing God." The obstacle of the new FBI director and his hampering of the SCU (thus the need for Haven operatives) is interesting, but I don't know I love how this is going to play out.
Gripping suspense, lackluster romance. That's sort of the thing here lately. I absolutely loved the edge of your seat suspense, wondering who the killer is and how they're going to defeat them and wondering if this person is going to survive or not. As always with this author, the case and the horror aspect, as well as the mystery are top-notch. And the twist at the end is always a nice surprise. There is a romance between Dani and Marc. Having been lovers once and she'd gotten scared, she ran away and kinda broke his heart. Only he isn't bitter or angry, he just straight out tells her he never stopped loving her and he's still here for her. She's still scared, so she avoids, but it is unavoidable. They end up helping each other and becoming lovers again, but this felt really under the radar and I wanted a bit more focus on their coming out of their past. I needed more resolution in the whole second chance thing. Also - I'm wondering at Bishop and his dynamic with Hollis...how she's so critical of his "playing God." The obstacle of the new FBI director and his hampering of the SCU (thus the need for Haven operatives) is interesting, but I don't know I love how this is going to play out.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 24, 2024
"Encontro com o Medo" integra a série Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, é um thriller que combina elementos de suspense com toques sobrenaturais.
A história segue a equipe da Unidade de Crimes Especiais, composta por agentes com habilidades psíquicas, enquanto investigam uma série de desaparecimentos perturbadores numa pequena cidade.
Um dos unicos pontos positivos do livro para mim é a dinâmica entre os agentes e as suas habilidades, gostei da forma como Hooper explora a questão das capacidades psíquicas e como estas podem influenciar nas investigações criminais.
Tirando este ponto, foi uma leitura decepcionante... apesar de prometer uma combinação interessante de suspense e elementos sobrenaturais, o livro ficou muito aquém das minhas expectativas.
A história é arrastada e sem direção, com pouca tensão ou momentos que realmente conseguissem prender a minha atenção. O suspense, que deveria ser o ponto alto, quase não existe, o que torna a leitura aborrecida e sem emoção.
Outro ponto que me desapontou foram as personagens, apesar da dinamica relativa as suas capacidades ser bastante interessante, a personalidade das personagens nao foi bem conseguida. Dani, uma das figuras centrais, tinha imenso potencial, mas a sua trajetória acabou por ser algo monótona.
Para um livro de suspense, esperava mais reviravoltas e um ritmo que mantivesse a curiosidade. Em vez disso, a história foi previsível e pouco envolvente. Apesar de reconhecer o esforço da autora em criar uma atmosfera sombria, a execução deixou muito a desejar.
O livro promete muito, desde a capa, à sinopse, ao próprio título, mas infelizmente entrega muito pouco.
A história segue a equipe da Unidade de Crimes Especiais, composta por agentes com habilidades psíquicas, enquanto investigam uma série de desaparecimentos perturbadores numa pequena cidade.
Um dos unicos pontos positivos do livro para mim é a dinâmica entre os agentes e as suas habilidades, gostei da forma como Hooper explora a questão das capacidades psíquicas e como estas podem influenciar nas investigações criminais.
Tirando este ponto, foi uma leitura decepcionante... apesar de prometer uma combinação interessante de suspense e elementos sobrenaturais, o livro ficou muito aquém das minhas expectativas.
A história é arrastada e sem direção, com pouca tensão ou momentos que realmente conseguissem prender a minha atenção. O suspense, que deveria ser o ponto alto, quase não existe, o que torna a leitura aborrecida e sem emoção.
Outro ponto que me desapontou foram as personagens, apesar da dinamica relativa as suas capacidades ser bastante interessante, a personalidade das personagens nao foi bem conseguida. Dani, uma das figuras centrais, tinha imenso potencial, mas a sua trajetória acabou por ser algo monótona.
Para um livro de suspense, esperava mais reviravoltas e um ritmo que mantivesse a curiosidade. Em vez disso, a história foi previsível e pouco envolvente. Apesar de reconhecer o esforço da autora em criar uma atmosfera sombria, a execução deixou muito a desejar.
O livro promete muito, desde a capa, à sinopse, ao próprio título, mas infelizmente entrega muito pouco.
August 7, 2019
The SCU series is one I've read entirely out of order and in bits and pieces. For the most part that doesn't matter because it's easy enough to pick up on all the psychics working for Bishop and the FBI's SCU (or for Haven its civilian counterpart).
This one features Dani and her twin Paris in their hometown in Georgia's rural setting. Dani, who has prophetic dreams, has come home to help Paris over her divorce and of course there's almost always a romantic subplot in these books so we have Dani's ex, Marc who is the sheriff. He's not psychic but he can recognize them if he's touched them. Bishop and Miranda are featured in Dani's dream. She constantly dreams of the team walking into a trap, knowing its a trap but one of their own is the hostage the serial killer is using to lure them in.
This killer has killed many women in Boston, all of them with short dark hair and waif-like bodies. No one can figure out why he'd go for rural Georgia where he's much more likely to be spotted. Not only that he's changed his m.o. which almost never happens. But there's a reason and a big twist that I won't ruin here that's the reason for it.
Overall, I thought it was good, your standard SCU formula. There is a bit too much repetition in this however but i could handle that. What bugged me and dropped this a star was the ending. It was so anticlimactic and so easily solved that it wasn't interesting. And then it sets up an open ended lead in to the next book which is always eye rolling for me, like the author doesn't trust we'll keep up with the series.
This one features Dani and her twin Paris in their hometown in Georgia's rural setting. Dani, who has prophetic dreams, has come home to help Paris over her divorce and of course there's almost always a romantic subplot in these books so we have Dani's ex, Marc who is the sheriff. He's not psychic but he can recognize them if he's touched them. Bishop and Miranda are featured in Dani's dream. She constantly dreams of the team walking into a trap, knowing its a trap but one of their own is the hostage the serial killer is using to lure them in.
This killer has killed many women in Boston, all of them with short dark hair and waif-like bodies. No one can figure out why he'd go for rural Georgia where he's much more likely to be spotted. Not only that he's changed his m.o. which almost never happens. But there's a reason and a big twist that I won't ruin here that's the reason for it.
Overall, I thought it was good, your standard SCU formula. There is a bit too much repetition in this however but i could handle that. What bugged me and dropped this a star was the ending. It was so anticlimactic and so easily solved that it wasn't interesting. And then it sets up an open ended lead in to the next book which is always eye rolling for me, like the author doesn't trust we'll keep up with the series.
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