This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Thank you to Bookouture for my copy of this book via Netgalley and for letting me take part in this tour. This is the second book in the Jackie Cooke series. The first book was extremely creepy so I knew exactly what I was letting myself in for with this second book and it didn't disappoint.

This book kicks off a few months after the first one but it's really not necessary to have read book one, as with most police procedurals. I really like Jackie Cooke. I feel for her. Single mum to 3 children with a co-parent who is useless and selfish while also trying to hold down a detective job. When does the poor woman sleep?

The case itself was extremely fascinating. It surrounds INCELS. This is a fairly new terminology for something that I think has been around for a while without being formally discussed. Those that identify as INCELS are people that I can’t quite understand. I am someone that will ask a million questions until I understand something fully but this topic is one I don’t think I will be jumping down the rabbit hole of anytime soon. I need to sleep at night and I think delving deeper will ruin that for me.

The story was well paced and engaging and tense. I frantically raced through the story as I just needed to know what was going to happen. It's also realistic about Jackie and her daily struggles.

I look forward to the next instalment in the series.