Taken to the Grave

by M M Chouinard

[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 letting me take part in this tour and for my copy of this book via Netgalley. I enjoyed Dancing Girls so I really wanted to carry on with this series.

It was nice to see more of Jo's personal life in this book. In the first book, we focus more on the crime and the procedural aspects and we saw very little of Jo's personal life. In this book, we learn more about Jo's childhood, past and family. Jo becomes a much more rounded character in this story. We learn why Jo is the way she is. I really felt for her, What happened in her past would affect anyone. It was really heartbreaking. I could see how it was going to play out. I was praying I was wrong but knowing deep down that wasn't going to happen.

The beginning of this book was quite difficult to get into. There were a few too many suspects for me and I found it difficult to keep it all straight., At about 40% the pace does ramp up and I was then hooked. I didn't work out the twist at all, it really took me by surprise.

I'll be interested to see where the next book goes and to follow more of Jo' personal life as the series continues.