Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler JonesMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Not my cuppa.
Much of this is entertaining, and it is well written, but it's just too dark. It's like a particularly chilling "Criminal Minds" episode, except in a fantasy setting. I kept going to see the bad guys captured, but the evil and the horror and the bad things happening to good people all continue up to the very last page. And I was fricking done by that time.
Honestly, I almost stopped 20 pages from the end. It was excruciating. Murder. Rape. Torture. Children in distress.
I should have DNFed early on, but I kinda liked the first book in the series, and I wanted to know what happened. However, nah... this is just too dark for me.
One thing I don't get--the main character sees the ghosts of the murderer's victims, but their presence adds almost nothing to the plot. He only sees them; there's no communication of any kind. No significant clues, beyond the mere fact of their existence. They might as well be invisible balloons trailing him around. Seems like a missed opportunity.
Anyway, it's probably a better book to other readers. If you like horror or bloody stories of sadistic murderers being tracked down and brought to justice, you'll be fine. Go for it.
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