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ikler's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
deedralapray's review against another edition
Sometimes a series gets stale after the first book, but I have to say that so far, the third book has been the best. Great story....lots of action....and a very dramatic ending! Wish I had brought the 4th book home, too!
labraden's review against another edition
4.0
This is a really good series. The main character is a young adult trying to follow in the footsteps of her father who is a forensic investigator. She has worked as his assistant and has learned a lot which she applies to her own investigations
archaeodruid's review against another edition
4.0
This series holds mostly nostalgia for me. The first time I read them I was in middle school. They are pretty entertaining but sometimes my suspension of disbelief is tested. Not the best but still enjoyable for me.
impybelle's review against another edition
3.0
I need an option between like and really liked it, simply because the book waffled back and forth between good and so-so until the end. Which I should have seen coming, but didn't, and it creeped me out more than I should admit, considering I haven't read any of the other books in the series.
I couldn't tell you how accurate the forensic aspects of the story are, simply that they managed to gross me out and fascinate me all at the same time.
Perhaps if I'd read the previous books I'd feel something more than irritation for the interaction between Cameryn and her mother, and the subsequent guilt thrown all over the book. I'm not sure if I award points for the realistic nature of a 17 year old thinking they can single-handedly save someone suffering from severe depression/mental illness, or take them away for the stereotypical depressed/mentally ill character who could have been, and probably should have been, more complex than that.
If that wasn't enough to drive me slightly batty, she chooses to protect her mother by not doing her job, and lying, either flat out or by omission. When she's busted, she expects a pat on the head and a cookie for her good job in solving the case... ignoring the fact that she nearly got someone else killed, not to mention herself, or what would have happened to that someone else's kid. Again, realistic for seventeen, but painful to read.
The balance between her forensic prodigy side and her missteps with her parents never manages to gel, so you're left feeling horribly off-kilter.
Until the end, where you promptly forget everything that came before, slam the blinds closed, and then peek out, making sure that you really are alone.
I couldn't tell you how accurate the forensic aspects of the story are, simply that they managed to gross me out and fascinate me all at the same time.
Perhaps if I'd read the previous books I'd feel something more than irritation for the interaction between Cameryn and her mother, and the subsequent guilt thrown all over the book. I'm not sure if I award points for the realistic nature of a 17 year old thinking they can single-handedly save someone suffering from severe depression/mental illness, or take them away for the stereotypical depressed/mentally ill character who could have been, and probably should have been, more complex than that.
If that wasn't enough to drive me slightly batty, she chooses to protect her mother by not doing her job, and lying, either flat out or by omission. When she's busted, she expects a pat on the head and a cookie for her good job in solving the case... ignoring the fact that she nearly got someone else killed, not to mention herself, or what would have happened to that someone else's kid. Again, realistic for seventeen, but painful to read.
The balance between her forensic prodigy side and her missteps with her parents never manages to gel, so you're left feeling horribly off-kilter.
Until the end, where you promptly forget everything that came before, slam the blinds closed, and then peek out, making sure that you really are alone.
kellyjcm's review against another edition
4.0
I think this was my favorite so far in the series. Major cliffhanger ending.
thestarsaligned's review against another edition
4.0
Another enjoyable romp with fun characters, an interesting mystery, and a very fast pace. Again, the romance element is meh as an adult and the pacing is a bit too fast, but nice to revisit!
sarahreadsinin's review against another edition
3.0
I did not know this was the third book in the series when I picked it up, which definitely colored my enjoyment of the novel.
Cameryn is a high school senior who is some kind of forensic prodigy. As a 17-year old, she is helping her father who is the county medical examiner plus the county coroner. That’s pretty unbelievable in itself. But in this novel she also gets a bit into detecting, ultimately solving the murder of a teenager who was last seen with Cameron’s mother.
It was not a bad story, and I enjoyed the writing. I just couldn’t get over the unbelievability of the main character.
Cameryn is a high school senior who is some kind of forensic prodigy. As a 17-year old, she is helping her father who is the county medical examiner plus the county coroner. That’s pretty unbelievable in itself. But in this novel she also gets a bit into detecting, ultimately solving the murder of a teenager who was last seen with Cameron’s mother.
It was not a bad story, and I enjoyed the writing. I just couldn’t get over the unbelievability of the main character.
bkwrm127's review against another edition
3.0
17 yr old Camryn is a prodigy in forensics and assistant to her father, the coroner. When a teenage hitchhiker is found dead, and Camryn's mother, who has recently reappeared in her life, is implicated, Camryn doesn't know what to do. I didn't realize this was the third in a series when I started it...so the very last part of the ending didn't make any sense to me. My bad. And I was frustrated when Camryn knowingly withholds evidence about the case and isn't held accountable. However, the mystery and the forensic detail was interesting as was the hint of romance with Justin, the young deputy. A high interest easy read for teens who like a good mystery.