Review: Another awesome chapter in this supernatural series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 11, 2013
There are two story lines in this book.In the beginning, a young woman is talking to you, the therapist, about what happened to her when she was abducted and terrorized for eleven months.Her name is Detective Nyck Marlowe, but she's just Nyck.The other is solving a series of murders who's killer leaves a signature like the one Nyck is wearing.You'll flash back and forth, but never in the middle of a chapter. There is no interruption and the glimpses into her psyche are very helpful in understanding her actions and reactions during this case.Thee victims all resemble her and the killer leaves the telltale scars of vines upon their bodies.Nyck insists it can't be the same killer, as the one who brutally tortured and scarred her face and body is long dead.But as the bodies continue to pile up, she begins to wonder. Could there have been an accomplice? No, she's sure the killer worked alone. Could they have killed the wrong man? No, he was caught red-handed.Nyck doesn't believe in coincidence, so who is killing these girls, why do they all resemble her, and how does he mark them?These are just some of the questions Nyck has. She has to revisit her dark past, face the memories head on and, with the help of her partner, Detective Vance Johnson, a shifter, catch this killer before more young women die.The thing I love the most about Mia Dariens Adelheid series, is that each book is written about a character you have met in the other books. You get to know the back story about the character and learn what makes them tick.Nyck is complicated. She has the responsibility of caring for her younger sister Ana, who has Down Syndrome, and has her good days and bad days. Then she has to deal with her own issues from when she was brutalized and nearly killed. Now she has to deal with a killer that just might be the very person who left the trail of scars on her body.Any ordinary person would buckle under the pressure. But Nyck is strong and determined, while also being nurturing and vulnerable.With her and her sister being pretty much the only humans living in Adelheid, she somehow feels safe there. Cameron's Law, giving supernatural beings the same rights as humans, has made Adelheid the largest community of all kinds of beings, from vampires, to shifters, and others.You get to see some familiar characters from other books in this series. That always makes it more genuine and entertaining for me. I get to see what's up with them and Mia is great at bringing them into the picture in just the right moments.With each book I read in this series I think, this is the best one, this is my favorite character. Then I read the next book, and think the same thing!I wonder who I'll think is my favorite next?While this book was gifted to me by the author for my honest review, I would gladly have bought it and will be buying her other books, for sure!