I think I set my expectations too high for this book.
I'm a HUGE fan of Katerina's Detective Imogen Grey series, it's one of my favourite series ever so I suppose subconsciously I was expecting the same wow factor that each one of those gives me.
I also think the fact that this is my go to genre might have ruined things for me because you come to expect a certain 'pizzazz' from a physiological thriller and this just didnt quite hit the mark.
It was quite slow going and didnt overly excite me, there wasn't much suspense and in all honesty I didnt feel a connection to any of the characters, it felt more plot driven than character driven so they weren't as developed as I'd have liked.
Now don't get me wrong, its extremely well written, easy to read and flows seamlessly, like all of this authors books and I'm 100% sure that if it's not your usual genre or you haven't read the authors previous works you will LOVE it, I think I just prefer the series of books instead of the stand alone (by this author!)
Also a small point that niggled me, i found the cover and title quite misleading. The title is quite irrelevant as apart from a small mention of a heatwave and the fact is was the summer it doesn't really fit with the story and the cover reminds me of some exotic location with a good old murder mystery.. but that's purely my opinion obviously!
Personally I think it's more a mystery than a thriller but would be a good book for a first in this genre.
3*
Thanks to netgalley and Avon Books UK for the ARC.
I'm a HUGE fan of Katerina's Detective Imogen Grey series, it's one of my favourite series ever so I suppose subconsciously I was expecting the same wow factor that each one of those gives me.
I also think the fact that this is my go to genre might have ruined things for me because you come to expect a certain 'pizzazz' from a physiological thriller and this just didnt quite hit the mark.
It was quite slow going and didnt overly excite me, there wasn't much suspense and in all honesty I didnt feel a connection to any of the characters, it felt more plot driven than character driven so they weren't as developed as I'd have liked.
Now don't get me wrong, its extremely well written, easy to read and flows seamlessly, like all of this authors books and I'm 100% sure that if it's not your usual genre or you haven't read the authors previous works you will LOVE it, I think I just prefer the series of books instead of the stand alone (by this author!)
Also a small point that niggled me, i found the cover and title quite misleading. The title is quite irrelevant as apart from a small mention of a heatwave and the fact is was the summer it doesn't really fit with the story and the cover reminds me of some exotic location with a good old murder mystery.. but that's purely my opinion obviously!
Personally I think it's more a mystery than a thriller but would be a good book for a first in this genre.
3*
Thanks to netgalley and Avon Books UK for the ARC.