A review by ravensandlace
Little Miss Jane: Ghost Witness 1 by Robin Rhoden, Robin Rhoden

4.0

Title: Little Miss Jane
Author: Robin Rhoden
Genre: Mystery
Format: eARC
Series: Ghost Witness (#1)
Star Rating: 4 stars

tw: ptsd rep, anxiety attacks/flashbacks on the page, survivor guilt, child SA mentioned (not on the page), domestic violence mentioned, child kidnapping and murder, crime scene/blood on the page, stalking, home invasion/threats, Touch aversion, family member loss, and cancer mentioned
All trigger warnings are in the front of the book.

A special thank you goes to the author, Robin Rhoden, for providing me with a copy of this book. Please know that this does not influence my rating or thoughts on the book itself.

I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about this book when I first started. I like my murder mysteries pretty gritty and I was worried this wasn’t going to live up to my high expectations. I have been spoiled by Greer Hendricks. Well, my fears were unfounded and I ended up devouring this book. This book was amazing and I enjoyed every single minute of it. The best part of it was the accurate representation of anxiety and panic attacks. I haven’t read such an amazing anxiety representation since I read Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. 

The main character, Diane, survived a kidnapping but has major PTSD and panic attacks from it. As I mentioned above, Diane’s panic attacks were so accurately represented. The symptoms were spot on, at least for me. Everything about her panic attacks was written so perfectly. I appreciate that even though Diane is healed (for the most part), she still has bad days. And I appreciate that the love interest didn’t fix it. He was there to help her but his love didn’t fix everything. Too often, I see that in books and it drives me nuts. I just saw myself in Diane a lot. Her anxiety was my anxiety on the page and I truly appreciated the representation. 

The plot was well done. There were two plots but I felt they both were done well and they were both pretty different but in a good way. They kind of overlapped but I never felt confused at all. I was equally invested in both plot lines. To be honest, I just enjoyed the main character a lot so anything she did, I was with her. 

Overall, I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It had everything I wanted in a book. The plot was well done. The anxiety rep was some of the best I’ve seen in a while. The main character and her love interest were so cute, I could have gushed about them for days. Overall, I highly recommend this book and I can’t wait for the second book.