found family but make it slightly dysfunctional and a tad sinister and i’ll eat it up any day of the week. i went into this blind (which i barely do for mysteries) and it was a great decision because it felt like i had been thrown into the deep end just like our female detective had and it was fun trying to piece together what happened during the night of the murder along with her. the insider perspective in the story was really good and it made me feel like i was a part of the fantastic four too.

essentially, this was a character study centered within a great plot albeit bogged down by intense long winded inner monologues. in my opinion it was way too long and unnecessarily so in a lot of parts and a good chunk of it could have been cut out with the same results.

i will most likely be continuing the series depending on how good the plot of the next one sounds because i won’t be going in blind for that one.