Dark Obsessions

Thank you to R&R Book Tours for my spot on this tour and thanks to the author for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

When I signed up to read this book, I didn't realize it was part of a series. It is the second book in the Kate Barnes series but luckily it can be read as a standalone. This is my first book by this author and after reading this one I want to go back and read the first book now.

This is a crime thriller. I don't read very many thrillers, but I sprinkle some in here and there. It took me a little bit to be fully immersed into the story but once I got into it, I was really into it. The author does a great job at keeping you guessing who the bad guys are until the very end. In books like this I always suspect pretty much everybody and I'm never able to narrow it down to just one person until it is revealed to me and that is exactly how it happened in this book. 

There are a lot of trigger warnings for this book some of which are murder and rape along with so many others that I don't want to mention because of spoilers. I would suggest you look into trigger warnings for this book if you are triggered by anything because like I said there are a lot. 

There is a touch of romance, but it doesn't take over the story which is good. I feel like everything was well balanced. I do think that Kate made some very stupid decisions throughout this book. Maybe it's because of the trauma she is supposed to be dealing with from her previous case that is making her act rashly. There were a couple of things she did that I just didn't think an actual cop/detective would do. Maybe that's just my way of thinking though I don't know. 

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the first book in this series as well as any more books that the author releases in the series because I would like to know where Kate goes from here.