Thank you BookishFirst, author Dorian Box, and his publishing company for providing this advanced copy of this ebook for me to review. The book exceeded my expectations because the cover doesn't match the action, suspense, and drama in the story. I didn't read the first book but I felt like I didn't miss anything from only reading the second book. Maybe it's the same characters and the main crime that is being held on trial in this book occurred in the first book, but I still got enough context that I didn't have to read the first book to understand what was going on. After reading this book, I feel like reading the first book just to find out how Emily got revenge on those two men that murdered her family.
The main points that impressed me the most was the amount of action and interesting characters in the book. The trial that is the main focus of this book actually concludes around 80% through the book and yet there was still action in the last 20% and I didn't see any of it coming! The suspense kept me reading nonstop and racing to find out what is going to happen. I also really like how fleshed out each character is and how the author gave each of them a backstory, no matter how big of a role they played. The one character that I would have liked more backstory for would be CO Longmont because she was so nice to Emily and Rebecca so I would have known more about her.
I still don't really like the cover because it seems like a cheesy true-crime nonfiction book cover. I now understand why a hawk and prison wires are shown, but I think it could have been designed nicer. Don't judge this book by the cover!
The main points that impressed me the most was the amount of action and interesting characters in the book. The trial that is the main focus of this book actually concludes around 80% through the book and yet there was still action in the last 20% and I didn't see any of it coming! The suspense kept me reading nonstop and racing to find out what is going to happen. I also really like how fleshed out each character is and how the author gave each of them a backstory, no matter how big of a role they played. The one character that I would have liked more backstory for would be CO Longmont because she was so nice to Emily and Rebecca so I would have known more about her.
I still don't really like the cover because it seems like a cheesy true-crime nonfiction book cover. I now understand why a hawk and prison wires are shown, but I think it could have been designed nicer. Don't judge this book by the cover!