The Body Finder (Body Finder, #1)

by Kimberly Derting

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This review was originally posted on book reviews with the blogmonstarThe Body Finder was an interesting read. I was rather intrigued by the premise of the book - a girl who could 'sense' death and the dead. That part of the book certainly didn't disappoint.



I really enjoyed the fact that whilst there was a romantic element to the book, it wasn't the main focus of the plot, as much as Violet did find herself distracted by her growing feelings for Jay. (Note: not a spoiler, it's in the blurb.) It served nicely as a sub-plot to alleviate the heaviness of the overall plot.

There were several times during reading this that I really wanted to strangle Violet for being an idiot. Mostly because she'd get caught up in following either a smell or taste or sound and wind up far from anyone without any way to communicate were she was and did in fact wind up having several very close calls. It's one of my pet peeves in these sorts of books. I'll forgive one time, but if you haven't learnt after that then you are just being an idiot.

In any case, the whole body finding thing was very interesting and I enjoyed the way that Kimberly Derting wrote that part of the plot. The fact that it could be a sound, a smell, a feeling, and that for each death/killer it was a unique scent was really interesting. I also found it interesting that she was able to sense animal deaths (and hunter like her poor cat) as well as human.

There are a couple of parts of the plot that you can see coming from 10 miles away, but it was definitely an interesting story nonetheless.

All in all a good read I will probably read the others in the series but I'm not itching to read them like I have been with other series. If you are looking for a lightly paranormal suspense then this would be a great place to start.