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A Beautiful Breed of Evil
by Andy Maslen
When I started to read this book, I thought it was going to be a “traditional” crime thriller set with an international setting. A DI looking for a killer and her archenemy looking to bring her down.
I was wrong because Stella is something more and it’s an unexpected kind of characters.
Stella is a woman with a “mission”, strong willed and resilient, able to overcome sufferance and to find a new life. I loved her and I think she’s a fleshed out and well thought characters.
This is the second book I read by this author, the first in this series, and I already knew he is a talented storyteller and delivers interesting plot and characters.
The plot is tightly knitted, fast paced and once you start you cannot stop as you are turning pages as fast as you can.
The story involves past and present, an international setting, love, hate, revenge, plenty of action and a reason for the first murder that it is unexpected, but it also reflects something that happened in European history and that I never heard before (I checked on Wikipedia and discovered something new).
I found this story gripping, highly entertaining and emotionally charged. There’s a mystery to be solved but there’s also plenty of emotions, of people that are being affected by what is happening and strong feelings.
Roisin, Stella’s archenemy, is not a likable character but she is also a driven and ambition woman, and we learn about her feelings even if most of them are negative. Jamie, Stella’s partner, is the positive counterpart, I loved him because he’s still human and he’s able to feel.
Something in this book reminded me of grimdark fantasy: most of the characters are morally grey. They are on the right side but somehow, they live according to a moral code that is not shared by the rest of the world.
A page turner I strongly recommend. I want to read the rest of the series because I was fascinated by Stella and want to learn what happened before.
Many thanks to Damppebbles blog tours, Emma Watson and Andy Maslen for the digital copy of this book, all opinions are mine
I was wrong because Stella is something more and it’s an unexpected kind of characters.
Stella is a woman with a “mission”, strong willed and resilient, able to overcome sufferance and to find a new life. I loved her and I think she’s a fleshed out and well thought characters.
This is the second book I read by this author, the first in this series, and I already knew he is a talented storyteller and delivers interesting plot and characters.
The plot is tightly knitted, fast paced and once you start you cannot stop as you are turning pages as fast as you can.
The story involves past and present, an international setting, love, hate, revenge, plenty of action and a reason for the first murder that it is unexpected, but it also reflects something that happened in European history and that I never heard before (I checked on Wikipedia and discovered something new).
I found this story gripping, highly entertaining and emotionally charged. There’s a mystery to be solved but there’s also plenty of emotions, of people that are being affected by what is happening and strong feelings.
Roisin, Stella’s archenemy, is not a likable character but she is also a driven and ambition woman, and we learn about her feelings even if most of them are negative. Jamie, Stella’s partner, is the positive counterpart, I loved him because he’s still human and he’s able to feel.
Something in this book reminded me of grimdark fantasy: most of the characters are morally grey. They are on the right side but somehow, they live according to a moral code that is not shared by the rest of the world.
A page turner I strongly recommend. I want to read the rest of the series because I was fascinated by Stella and want to learn what happened before.
Many thanks to Damppebbles blog tours, Emma Watson and Andy Maslen for the digital copy of this book, all opinions are mine