By Jason Pinter

The second book in the Rachel Marin series. Up until the last couple of chapters, it maintains its very dark tone. Rachel Marin continues to be a preternaturally gifted person who makes decisions based on … her anger. Her past catches back up to her. This time the plot puts her equally broken son, Evan into the mix.

I liked the first book (that I got for free) enough to buy the second one. Halfway through, I wondered if I had made a mistake. By the end I was interested enough to probably buy the third. Why?

The brokenness of the character leads to her making stupid decisions. Not listening to the cops (including her boyfriend), jumping into dangerous situations, controlling her kids to an unethical degree, not getting her or her children any kind of help, etc.. I know this has become a trope. But the reality is she would either be dead, under arrest, or would have made the legal prosecution of the bad guys – insanely difficult.

But yet, the light shining into the last couple of chapters (and Pinter’s writing, which keeps moving in a way I enjoy) makes me want to see if the character is still interesting if there’s more redemption in the story.

358 Pages

3.5/5