Where There's Doubt

3.75 stars

Thank you to R&R Book Tours for allowing me a spot on this tour and to the author for providing me with an ecopy in exchange for my honest review.

This was my first book by this author, and I can definitely say it won't be my last. Did I have some issues with this book? Yes. Was I thoroughly invested in the story? Again yes.

There were a few things in this book that rubbed me the wrong way, so I have to mention them. First off there is a mention of someone going on a date with someone who ended up having a glass eye. The way it was used in the book didn't sit well with me. First off, someone with a disability doesn't have to tell you immediately about what happened to them and it's rude to stare or avoid the subject completely in a very awkward manner which is what happened in this book. Being someone with a physical disability myself I prefer to have people be up front and ask me. Then there was an instance where a couple of the characters belittled an author's story about childhood abuse saying he probably made it all up. I don't think something like childhood abuse or abuse of any sort should be treated as a joke. Also, there is mention about how one of the characters thought about getting therapy but because she was raised by her grandparents, she was old fashioned in a way and therefore looked down on therapy. Again, this is not something I think should be made light of. People benefit from therapy all of the time. Maybe I am reading too much into these statements and the author didn't mean for them to come off the way that I took them but that's how they came across to me, so I had to mention it.

Ok now that all of the negative is out of the way let's talk about what I did like. The author pulls you into the story immediately. When you start reading you don't want to stop because even though you know who the bad guy is you want to know how everything is going to play out. I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the moment when everything became known. There were some twists I definitely did not see coming but when they happened, I was like yeah that make sense.

Based on the synopsis you think this is going to be Kate and Nico's story but there are so many more characters, and we get their POVs too. I'm not big on multiple POVs but the author made it work in this book. I was never confused about who was who although there were a couple of times where we would all of a sudden get a new character added into the mix and I was like who is this person, but it was quickly revealed so I was never really confused by all of the POVs.

I was worried about how the book would end but I didn't need to be. I won't say anything about how it ends because I don't want to spoil anything I was hoping for it to end a certain way. It's a personal preference kind of thing and while it didn't end exactly how I would have liked it to, I will say that the ending was really good and that there is potential for a follow up book. I don't know if the author has plans for a follow up book but with the way it ended, I would say it's possible and I would for sure read it if there was one.

Overall, while I had some pretty major issues with it, I was still really sucked into the story and enjoyed it, but I think somethings definitely needed to be handled differently. If this sounds like something you would be interested in I definitely recommend you giving it a read yourself.

Merged review:

3.75 stars

Thank you to R&R Book Tours for allowing me a spot on this tour and to the author for providing me with an ecopy in exchange for my honest review.

This was my first book by this author, and I can definitely say it won't be my last. Did I have some issues with this book? Yes. Was I thoroughly invested in the story? Again yes.

There were a few things in this book that rubbed me the wrong way, so I have to mention them. First off there is a mention of someone going on a date with someone who ended up having a glass eye. The way it was used in the book didn't sit well with me. First off, someone with a disability doesn't have to tell you immediately about what happened to them and it's rude to stare or avoid the subject completely in a very awkward manner which is what happened in this book. Being someone with a physical disability myself I prefer to have people be up front and ask me. Then there was an instance where a couple of the characters belittled an author's story about childhood abuse saying he probably made it all up. I don't think something like childhood abuse or abuse of any sort should be treated as a joke. Also, there is mention about how one of the characters thought about getting therapy but because she was raised by her grandparents, she was old fashioned in a way and therefore looked down on therapy. Again, this is not something I think should be made light of. People benefit from therapy all of the time. Maybe I am reading too much into these statements and the author didn't mean for them to come off the way that I took them but that's how they came across to me, so I had to mention it.

Ok now that all of the negative is out of the way let's talk about what I did like. The author pulls you into the story immediately. When you start reading you don't want to stop because even though you know who the bad guy is you want to know how everything is going to play out. I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the moment when everything became known. There were some twists I definitely did not see coming but when they happened, I was like yeah that make sense.

Based on the synopsis you think this is going to be Kate and Nico's story but there are so many more characters, and we get their POVs too. I'm not big on multiple POVs but the author made it work in this book. I was never confused about who was who although there were a couple of times where we would all of a sudden get a new character added into the mix and I was like who is this person, but it was quickly revealed so I was never really confused by all of the POVs.

I was worried about how the book would end but I didn't need to be. I won't say anything about how it ends because I don't want to spoil anything I was hoping for it to end a certain way. It's a personal preference kind of thing and while it didn't end exactly how I would have liked it to, I will say that the ending was really good and that there is potential for a follow up book. I don't know if the author has plans for a follow up book but with the way it ended, I would say it's possible and I would for sure read it if there was one.

Overall, while I had some pretty major issues with it, I was still really sucked into the story and enjoyed it, but I think somethings definitely needed to be handled differently. If this sounds like something you would be interested in I definitely recommend you giving it a read yourself.