cebelina

Parts of this series were really interesting but certain things made it impossible for me to give this series a higher rating. Our protagonist at one point receives a serious life ending wound. She recovers in a very interesting way but afterwards she simply denies the strangeness of her recovery. Denies the importance that she even survived such a wound and is dismissive of how quick she recovers or that she was even able to recover at all. Then despite the fact that she is pursuing someone/something that had previously harmed her - she purposefully denies the possibility that the two incidences potentially could be connected. Which either makes her the literally the most stupid cop on the planet or in complete denial. But how does that work then? If she's not able to take her own situation seriously..., how can we take her seriously as an officer of the law when she isn't willing to examine every possibility regardless of her personal feelings? After waking up from what she experienced wouldn't one question "how did I manage to survive?" and "how is it possible I've recovered so quickly?" and "who took care of me?" It's a glaring oversight that undermines our character's strength and integrity and it undermines our story. Another thing that drove me crazy about this series is it was just a little long "in the tooth." At points I just wanted to say - "okay, we get it, a nasty little town, nasty secrets, spooky shadowy character and unanswered questions with many side stories weaving into one...but how long before we get to any insight into what's going on..." it was just too much dreary fleshing out of circumstances. And at times I just wanted to get this story over. I actually quit it for several days thinking I wasn't going to finish it - it got that annoying for me...in the end some of the characters were too predictable...tropes and stereotypes aside - this is a good series, but the hard-hitting (female) cop trope gets a bit obtuse and predictable. By the time she starts taking strange things seriously - I've disengaged from her character.

People every day face the situation our protagonist is facing...every day all of us are given choices that cause us to question ourselves and the people we care about and are intertwined with. The choices seem mundane but added up they change our lives in ways we can never predict. This story isn't flashy. It's not a new story. It's people you know...people you like, it's people who touch your heart. People you call friend. People you call enemy. All in a day's work. Maybe it's you. It's an everyday story. But make no mistake it is not a boring tale...our characters are well fleshed out without being predictable. We're able to catch glimpses into each of our characters. See a bit of darkness and light. What would you choose? Who would you choose? What would you do? Who do you really think you are? And who are you really?