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baconsaur's review
adventurous
dark
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? It's complicated
4.25
I was given the opportunity to read and review an ARC via NetGalley by Atlantic Monthly Press New York.
I really enjoyed To Catch a Storm and was very excited to learn there’d be a sequel, hoping to read more from the characters I’d gotten to know. Finding that this featured other characters made me a little nervous but I dove in and enjoyed the ride.
It’s only been a few years since the pandemic, so novels either brush past it, time skip it, or pretend it didn’t happen and I understand that. There was a lot of depth of emotion to explore and if it’s not relevant to your story, it’s too much to get into. Mindy chose to face it head on. From the varying viewpoints on policies to the fears of parents to the chaos of the unknowns in hospitals and prisons, I felt she handled it with care. She captured both the fears and the small pieces of community hope that people clung to. Then this is a book featuring a police officer and she also faced the George Floyd protests, BLM movement and answering Blue Lives movement. She didn’t shy from it and utilizing it pushed this story forward in a sensitive way.
Too often police procedurals feel like “copaganda” and they’re infallible, perfect investigators, but all of the officers involved were flawed and real people. The criminals were doing bad things but had sympathetic back stories. We did get to see characters from the first book, but new characters were featured and I enjoyed the new “odd couple.” The twists at the end were excellent, I didn’t see it all coming together like that but it all fit with the theme of the book. I really hope this series continues!
I really enjoyed To Catch a Storm and was very excited to learn there’d be a sequel, hoping to read more from the characters I’d gotten to know. Finding that this featured other characters made me a little nervous but I dove in and enjoyed the ride.
It’s only been a few years since the pandemic, so novels either brush past it, time skip it, or pretend it didn’t happen and I understand that. There was a lot of depth of emotion to explore and if it’s not relevant to your story, it’s too much to get into. Mindy chose to face it head on. From the varying viewpoints on policies to the fears of parents to the chaos of the unknowns in hospitals and prisons, I felt she handled it with care. She captured both the fears and the small pieces of community hope that people clung to. Then this is a book featuring a police officer and she also faced the George Floyd protests, BLM movement and answering Blue Lives movement. She didn’t shy from it and utilizing it pushed this story forward in a sensitive way.
Too often police procedurals feel like “copaganda” and they’re infallible, perfect investigators, but all of the officers involved were flawed and real people. The criminals were doing bad things but had sympathetic back stories. We did get to see characters from the first book, but new characters were featured and I enjoyed the new “odd couple.” The twists at the end were excellent, I didn’t see it all coming together like that but it all fit with the theme of the book. I really hope this series continues!
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