All His Pretty Girls

⭐️⭐️.5
3.5 Stars= It was an enjoyable and fun read

TRIGGER WARNING: KIDNAPPING (ADULT/CHILD, TORTURE (ADULT/CHILD), CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE (HINTED AT), PAST TRAUMA, MURDER

POV: Multiple, Third Person Series/Standalone: StandalonePart of an interconnected series: YesFirst in interconnected series: YesSafe or Dark: Dark (See trigger warning above)

This was a gem I picked up for free on Amazon. While I wasn't blown away by this book, I am still glad I found it.

This book is a fast-paced, quick read that kicks off the interconnected series of Detective Alyssa Wyatt, her (working) partner Cord Roberts, and her family. This story starts off strong and continues to maintain a fairly strong pace up until the very end. Things were just wrapped up too easily for me. Especially after it took so long for the detectives to solve the mystery of Callie's murder. While this is a storyline that has been done before, the plot twist was a good one. I wouldn't have seen that coming from a mile away. Who would have thought that Alyssa's "dead" brother Timmy was the serial killer living under a new identity!?


This book mentions Alyssa's childhood and past trauma that she had experienced fairly often, and I would have liked a more solid introduction to all of that. It just sort of picks up in the middle of the story all of a sudden. But it did not make it confusing to follow and was fairly easy to piece together. I enjoyed learning about her children and husband. It was nice to see such a supportive spouse in this type of book. I feel like in most stories, the detectives and such end up being single or divorced because their careers take a toll on their relationships. This was not the case with Alyssa and her husband, Brock. That being said, it was referred to so often that it got old pretty fast. As an adult, she was still beating herself up over something that happened when she was 9 years old. Come on, Alyssa, you were a child! I highly doubt that anything that happened to your sibling was your fault.

The other thing that was referred to far too often was Alyssa's coffee addiction. We got it after the 100th time it was mentioned. Alyssa loves coffee. It has been noted. The author tried to make it seem like this was some sort of quirky habit when, at the end of the day, it just isn't. For real, honey, at least 80% of the population has a coffee/caffeine addiction, myself included.


The other thing that became redundant was Alyssa snapping her stupid hair tie on her wrist. She would put her hair up, take it down, put it up, take it down, put the hair tie on her wrist, and snap it. Again, not a super quirky thing to do. My husband can't stop fidgeting with things when he sits down. I just did not need to hear about this 10,000 times.

But those are probably just silly things that irritated me. They didn't necessarily make the story less enjoyable.

Another thing I should point out is that the torture and murder scenes can be descriptive and gory. That doesn't bother me, so I didn't mind, but if that isn't your cup of tea, I would pass on this book.