Wow the descriptions in this book were brutal..... but so good. It made it so much more realistic of a story that the reader could get immersed in, but I would not recommend if you are squeamish when it comes to descriptions for decomposition, death, etc.. However, it mostly happens in the first couple of chapters.

I appreciated that we got plenty of back story for the killer in this case during their POV chapters, however, I did miss the mystery behind finding out who the killer was and why they did it. The father was insane, so it was a great way to see how it affected his child and how it molded him to follow closely in his father's footsteps, and how it still affects him even after his father's passing.

Now, since I did not read the other books in this series, the gang plot line confused me (but I'm assuming it is a continuation from the previous books in this series). None of this was mentioned in the synopsis and had nothing to do with the copy-cat murders so it came as a surprise when it came time for those chapters. I felt like it took away from what I would say was labeled the main plot line of the book based on the title and synopsis.

Thank you to Emmy Ellis, Joffe Books, and NetGalley for the eARC of this book. This is my honest review.