3.5 stars.

CW: Bodily violence, death of a fetus, sexual assault, suicide, racism, xenophobia, use of the N-word.

When Grant County sheriff Jeffrey Tolliver is called to the scene of an apparent suicide, he calls in country coroner Sara (and his ex-wife/current girlfriend) to help examine the scene. Shortly afterwards, a pregnant woman is brutally mutilated near-by and the two believe the two acts of violence are connected.

As all Grant County books so far, I found this extremely disturbing in parts, the characters were frustrating as hell but it was also utterly addicting and I couldn't put it down. I gave the extra half star due to the fact that I couldn't stop thinking about reading this book when I wasn't reading it.

While this book is violent and gruesome, it wasn't as bad for me as the second book was for me - Kisscut. The only problem with this one was we knew the character who had such a terrible thing done to her, and it was very hard to read about. Part of me really wondered if it was necessary to have something like that happen to the character and to the family - it just felt so horrible and sad.

I do find the characters increasingly frustrating as Sara and Jeffrey are constantly in this 'are they/aren't they' dance with each other with constant snipes and reminders of their past when Jeffrey cheated. At this point, I hope this just stops because Sara needs to either get over it and move on with Jeffrey, trusting him again, or break things off completely and go her separate way.

I have previously mentioned that Lena I find hard to like, and saying that makes me feel like a terrible person because in truth, she is allowed to have so many struggles due to the horrible events in Blindsighted but god, she makes it hard. She chooses the wrong decision every time, and even when she is given moments to redeem herself, she always makes things worse.

While Ethan as a character was foul, I did think the sexual chemistry between them was strong even though it was coming from all the wrong places (abuse, power over each other, addiction). It was uncomfortable to read but at the same time I kind of wanted more? I'm not convinced we've seen the last of Ethan.

I've also said it before and I'll say it again, Lena often comes across homophobic in these books and I hate that a lot. She was a bit better in this one but not loads better.

At this point as well, I truly believe Grant County is filled with horrible people with a few good eggs scattered through. There's rampant racism, homophobic actions, xenophobia and a whole lot of misogyny thrown into the mix and I don't know why any of the character live there. Not to mention in the last year they've had two serial killers and a pedophilia ring...