Clunky feeling thriller

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When Katie is about to graduate high school, her brother Chris is brutally attacked. It haunts her into adulthood and now with her own child, she has difficulty determining what is real and what is in her imagination. She finds out Chris is missing. A gruesome murder leads the investigating detective back to cases that involve Chris and a serial killer that is said to be able to see the future. Can Katie find Chris and keep him and the rest of her family safe?

THE ANGEL MAKER is the first book of Alex North’s that I’ve read. I found the premise to be interesting but once I got further into reading, I wasn’t fond of the writing style. The book jumps around a lot and it felt clunky and cumbersome. The bones of the story are definitely there, but for a thriller, it wasn’t holding my attention enough and keeping the suspense up. The execution fell flat for me. The ending seemed a bit rushed. There were some philosophy aspects that were interesting to think about.

Fans of thrillers may want to give THE ANGEL MAKER a try. Even though it didn’t entirely work for me, I am still interested in checking out North’s other works.

Thank you to Celadon Books for the giveaway ARC.