This series continues to get better each time! We have it all. Abduction, murder, suspense, twisted romance, and compelling characters. Be sure to check it out.

Hmmm. I don't know what to say about this series or what I think about it really. It is rough, every kind of horrible thing you can think of is in this series repeatedly and it is excessive. I don't know what to think about the female characters. A lot of them seem like caractuiures, rather than fully round people. (Why do most of them not get on? Has Helen got the same allure of her namesake? Emilia cruelty is undeniable and I can't quite understand it, all I've got is she has no scruples and will step on anyone to get what she supposed wants. She doesn't care who she hurts or if her actions lead to peoples lives being destroyed. All that for a crime reporting job in London/getting money to support her big family but it doesn't seem worth it when blood will end up on your hands.

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Especially as she's enabling her siblings learned helplessness/laziness rather than truly helping them.

Her and people like her torture the victims. It's utter cruelty.)

Though I do think that maybe characters development/character study with nuance isn't what the author was going for. There is so many blanks about the characters, but what we do know, is there for a purpose. I think it's meant to be a fast entertainment. They are very easy to binge, short snappy chapters that lead you to say "One more chapter" again and again. So it does do that successfully.

It was very obvious from the first book that this series was written by a man.

It is gritty and dark. It is harsh. Utter depravity is commonplace. It is hard to read at times.

But I kinda do want to see what happens to the characters/how the story develops throughout the series.

It's a couple of years a since I read the previous two books in the series, the break did me good, I really enjoyed meeting the characters again.
I enjoyed the plot immensely.
The short chapters also make it easy to pick up and put down

I love Helen Grace and the story lines are all very Criminal Mind-like, which is right up my alley. I also tend to enjoy the dialect and nuances of reading books that are written from a different region's or culture's perspective. I find them intriguing and fun.

I look forward to seeing where Helen's adventures take her next.

Wow! What a ride! Fast paced, action packed from beginning to end. I simultaneously was disturbed and could not stop reading at the same time. This author is one of the greats, and I am looking forward to the rest of the series.

Another good book from this series!