Item: Wrath
Rating: 5.00
Author: funstm

by T.R. Ragan

The follow-up to the Wall Street Journal bestseller Outrage.

Those who hunt monsters must be careful not to become monsters themselves.

In another life, before human traffickers murdered her husband and stole her children, Faith McMann was a wife, mother, and teacher. Now she has become Furious, a merciless avenger on a deadly mission to retrieve her young son and daughter, no matter the cost.

Aided by unlikely but steadfast allies, the giant Beast and fragile Rage, Faith plunges ever deeper into a sickening underworld of sexual exploitation and slavery with steel-forged determination and righteous anger.

In this powerful, suspenseful conclusion to the Faith McMann trilogy, Faith is haunted by questions: Even if her children are recovered, will they be broken beyond repair? What terrible sacrifices will their rescue require? What are the limits of loyalty and love in a world that preys on innocents? And after her brutal awakening to the darkest aspects of human nature, what will remain of her own self?

*ARC provided by Netgalley for a honest review. Thankyou Thomas and Mercer.

T.R. Ragan really knows how to write a thriller. This trilogy has just gotten better and better. Wrath provides a satisfying conclusion to the journey which is all you can really ask of any book.

Faith is still furious and is still determined to find her children but, unlike the first two novels, Hudson's return means she's trying to find a balance between being a mother whose children are missing and a mother who wants to be present for the child that's returned. Like Furious and Outrage, Wrath doesn't shy away from the hard topics. Human trafficking, sex slavery and violence are part of this book but it also asks the question of what it means to be a good person? At what point do we speak up and speak out against crime? The police do their best but there's a limit to how much they can achieve without help. Wrath explores the idea that every person can do their bit by speaking up about injustices they witness, reporting things that seem suspicious.

The McMann family is still an amazing bunch of characters. Rage and Beast still rock. We don't get to see as much of Miranda in this one but she is still in the process of healing. The contrast between Hudson and Lara was very effective - Hudson used smarts and survival techniques to escape his ordeal while Lara used smarts and strategy to escape hers. I found the conclusion to the trilogy satisfying but I certainly wouldn't say no to more books based around the McMann family.

Wrath (Faith McMann Trilogy, #3)

by T.R. Ragan

Reviewed by funstm on Mar 6, 2017

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