A review by katieb94
First Cut by J.T. Bishop

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I actually enjoyed this book. I’m reading this as part of the four book bind up but wanted to list them separately. I did enjoy this book, but the reason I’ve given it a four stars is because despite this being a great detective story- there were things that let it down.

Firstly, the two main detectives take the back burner when Jill Jacob’s turns up due to her connection with the case previously. It then became all about her as the serial killer is obsessed with her. 

There is also the element of the supernatural in the fact that Jill has ‘the sight’ and has visions linking to the murders. This made it feel a bit far fetched and less believable. 

I must admit, I didn’t work it out who the killer was. I thought it was someone else, it seemed like all the clues went that way and then BANG it was someone else. I should have figured when they turned up out of the blue for no reason. 

I’m interested in where the series is going to go as there were definitely some unanswered questions left at the end. 

I will continue with the series, I liked the characters and it’s written really well. 

4/5 stars.

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