Hunted

by T.L. Haddix (Goodreads Author), Alex Collins

Life in a small town can be dangerous indeed, a chilling reality newspaper reporter Beth Hudson is experiencing firsthand. Following the leads on two seemingly unrelated stories, she’s surprised to find herself entangled in the midst of a deadly web. When local farmers are plagued by a rash of midnight visitors and police make the discovery of ritualistic altars in their fields, rumors of devil worshipping and animal sacrifice swirl. What Beth discovers is more chilling and more deadly than she ever could have imagined.

As Beth is drawn deeper into the mystery, it becomes clear that she’s in the crosshairs of a dangerous stalker. Even as her contentious relationship with Detective Ethan Moore takes an unexpected turn, her investigation leads her straight into the clutches of a killer. Before she and Ethan realize the risk, everything is on the line, and it might not be possible to keep Beth from becoming a victim.

Hunted is the second book in the Olman County series, Romantic Suspense novels set in small-town Indiana. It was previously published as Under the Moon’s Shadow by T. L. Haddix.

My Review:

This book was given to me as a ARC (Advanced Reading Copy) but the opinions in here are all my one and unsolicited. This said i want to thanks the author, Streetlight Graphics Publishing and Netgalley for this copy.

This is a new to me author so i was a little bit surprised when i see that this book was originaly published as another title and that Alex Collins is really a pseudonime for T.L. Haddix. This said i see also that this is the second book of Olman County series and that let me a little bit apreensive, what if i need the first book to understand parts of this one?

Luckly my fears are not justified this time, though this is a book series, it stands alone quite well and i do not need anything from the previous book to understand this one.

When i request this copy i was expecting it to be a heavy mysterie book, again i was surprised to see this really is a romantic suspense and i like that genre a lot.

For those of you that are familiar with the Nora Roberts books and movies i have to say that this book reminds me a lot of that style and i think it will give a pretty decent movie itself. The writing is simple enough yet you get so immersed in the plot you almost forget the world around you, as for the main characters i love that they are not the perfect specimens that sometimes we get to see in books, all the faults and the small details just makes them more real to me and i really enjoy seeing their story.

The book was divided in two parts.

First we get all the mysterie and i was expecting it will last until the end, so i was a little bit surprised when more or less at 60% of the book all that was solved. The idea of the plot is not a mind bloing one since i discover pretty easy who was to blame and the motivations behind the crimes. However at the very end of the book we get to see some twists and there are a question left open for the future which makes me want to read the next book of this series.

The second part of the book i can call it the more romantic part are about how the characters react to what happens in the crime and how they fight all the demons within. Personaly i like this glimpse into their lifes but i fell this section of the book to be a little slow paced.

I gave this book 4.25 out of 5*, i intend to catch up with the first book and later read the third to see what will happen to the character's. I recomend this book to someone you like some suspense but also like to have romance and real life struggles in the misture.