The Murder Complex (Murder Complex, #1)

by Lindsay Cummings

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Wow so The Murder Complex is unique for many reasons but I think the most is because of the main character Meadow. She is willing to do anything for her family, even kill. I mean literally. I feel like normally you would have an mc that would say something like that but be too kind at heart to follow through. Not Medow, she lives in a world that won’t allow you to be soft and she is far from sheltered. She can be cold as much as she can be warm. She is such a kick butt heroine. She is strong and not afraid to die. Not really, her only fear in that respect is who would take care of her family. She is pretty selfless and I love how she dotes on her little sister.

Zephyr is also a pretty cool character. I love how sweet and adoring he can be but on the flip side. Well, he has a darker side than most.

The fact that both MC’s have killed people takes away a certain amount of innocence that makes this story different. It’s something that can be huge to a personality. There is so much to these characters. They are survivors to the fullest extent of the word.

The world created in The Murder Complex is dark. There is something called the Dark Time when most of the murders happen. Plus just the way that you have to get a job and obtain rations is crazy. I think this is probably one of the worst dystopian worlds I have ever read, not in bad writing as in wow I would not want to live there. I thought that Lindsay did an awesome job of creating not only the visual in my head but the feeling of what it’s like to live there. Scary is all I can say over and over again.

This book is really good and I’m having a hard time finding a way to describe it without giving too much away. I loved the mystery part of it and honestly sometimes I would think I had something figured out, I would be wrong. There are lots of things that surprised me. When I first started reading the book was interesting but a little slower, once Meadow and Zephyr meet for real things get crazy. I couldn’t put it down and had to know what they were going to uncover next.

The romance is light but good. I enjoyed it. Nobody is flimsily throwing the l word around like it has no meaning. There are intense things that happen to Meadow and Zephyr but they still have a strange pull towards one another.

Cliffhanger? Yes. Appropriate? Absolutely. I couldn’t picture this book ending other way. If people mounted white horses and rode off into the sunset that would be totally wrong for this book.

If you are looking for something a little darker that involves some serious mystery uncovering look no further. I highly recommend picking up The Murder Complex, I really enjoyed it.