Review: Suspenseful!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2014
LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER was a really good book that had me eagerly reading to seek out the killer of the young Amish girl. I pretty much had the murderer pegged a couple chapters in but it was still interesting to see all the information the Sheriff and Daniel dug up in the meantime. I always enjoy playing detective with a good murder mystery.Now I will honestly say I did not like the Sheriff. How Serenity has been elected Sheriff is beyond me. There were times I wondered about her. At the end of the story she asks one of her deputies to "make the call" at a trivial time in the investigation. Um, honey you are the Sheriff...you make the calls.Daniel on the other hand I did like. He once belonged to the Amish community until he left it when he was 19 years old. He has a history with them but a future with the English people. He seemed to have it together more than the Sheriff when it came to the romance between the two. What little there was. I was hoping for more, but in the end, the mystery part was what pulled me in. And I was ok with that. Romance could be shelved for at least one book. I had a mystery to solve.I really enjoyed Naomi's POV that happened every other chapter. We got to go back before the murder and see what evolved between her and certain characters and what led up to the night she was taken from this world. Slowly but surely secrets are revealed and we find out what exactly happened to her. But I can truly say I liked her and her scenes. Even though we know what her outcome is, you still hold out the slightest bit of hope for her and that she gets away with the one she loves. Sadly it never happens.Amish stories have always interested me. I want to say it would be easy to fall into that lifestyle and give up the frivolous things of this world. But after reading this one, I just don't think it would be quite that easy. They are a very secretive people and watch out for their own. It really would be a lot harder than it looks.An intriguing tale full of mystery and suspense....LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER had me thinking and rethinking the entire time. 4 Suspenseful Stars!