by hagelrat review copy supplied by rebel e publishers with our thanks.I reviewed Killerbyte back in August and loved it so I immediately begged for a copy of Terrorbyte to review. It came through a few days ago and everything else was dropped so I could indulge in my favourite FBI drama.
In this second outing Ellie is up against a disturbing serial killer who seems intent on making things personal. Lines from her own poems and post its addressed to her are found at each scene and she and Delta team find themselves drawn into a confusing and fast moving case. The bodies are piling up and the clues refuse to connect. The only thing that she is sure of is that somehow it connects to her and the Butterfly Foundation.
During all of this Ellie's always slightly loose grip on reality is slipping further, of course with her obsession for 80's TV shows and music I was once again treated to a walkthrough of my own childhood via theme tune. I love it. If you are too young to know who Hawkeye and Radar are then you need a note pad and a card for the video store. Oh and of course it's only a matter of time before Gibbs gets referenced.
The romance between Ellie and Mac has settled into comfortable and charming and less time is given to introducing you to her team in this one. There is an argument for reading the first book first, but it's not absolutely neccessary if you are willing to take the authors word for it.
Cat's writing is getting stronger, this book is more complex and more tense and emotive than Killerbyte. The lightness and fun are still in there though so it never becomes too dark. I love these books, they are the perfect literary answer to NCIS, Bones, Criminal Minds and so on. Other people have to read this I need someone to talk to about it and I really can't risk spoilers!
6 comments:
Good review -- good job!
AARGH AARGH....Haglerat did you just TELL me that Mac and Ellie are doing the horizontal mambo?
Talk about spoilers....but...hey I'd already pictured it in my head anyway. [grins at you]
Nicely done.....Cat is a very talented writer and an amazing person and this was a great review of her work.
*stands and gives you a nice round of applause*
Karen :0)
Naseem, thanks
Karen, sorry I did avoid book 2 spoilers though which was really really hard!
I love this review... some of you probably noticed that already. I'm feeling much love!!
As for spoilers, Hagelrat and I had to debrief via email.
Now she knows how hard it's been for me over the last few months. (The spoiler thing is why I haven't been able to say much of anything about terrorbyte or the next books!!! -talk about making things hard for myself...)
:-)
Yup, very very hard!! I amazed you didn't give anything away.
It nearly killed me!!! Still is in actual fact... :-)
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