Heartlands (Detective Jessie Blake, #1)

by Kerry Watts

[Emma (SCR)]

This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Thank you to Bookouture for my copy of this book via Netgalley and for letting me take part in this tour. Crime books are now a firm favourite of mine and Bookouture have some of the best so when I saw a new detective series I just had to read it.

To begin with, I found the book a little too complex. There were a lot of characters and I was struggling to keep it right in my head. I wasn't sure if this was a personal thing as I've been having problems with focus recently or it was just the book. After the first 20-30%, something clicked and I fell in love with this book.

The story flicks between the present day and various times in the past. To begin with its not quite clear on the relevance of the past but after a few chapters, it does become clear.

There were a few scenes I had to reread. Again I don't know if this is just me or the book but I seemed to be confused as to when some characters arrived on the scene.

The story was quite gripping and Kerry did a good job of unravelling it all at just the right moments. Kerry also built some back story for Detective Jessie Blake which I am looking forward to hearing more about in the future books.