Member Review

Child’s Play is the 11th novel in a series about Detective Kim Stone. It follows as the team races to stop a killer who has been murdering former child prodigies. .

I’ll preface my review by saying that I’ve never read any of the previous books in the series, My perspective is entirely from someone who simply read the blurb and thought it sounded interesting.

I felt that my lack of prior history became a bit of hindrance to understanding all the intricate relationships between the team members. I enjoyed Tink’s character as it added some levity and humor. I enjoyed Kim’s banter with Bryant.

I wasn’t a fan of the secondary storyline with Penn, I just wasn’t emotionally invested in it. I was far more interested in the main killer. I wish there were more chapters like the first one. The first chapter had me all revved up for the book.

I’ve read plenty of crime novels to know this is a good one. It just didn’t have my full attention throughout to garner a higher rating. The novel did interest me enough that I’m going to look into reading Book 1 in the series. Might be unconventional but there’s something about these characters that make me feel like the series overall has probably been very thrilling.

Thank you to Bookouture and #NetGalley for providing me a copy of #ChildsPlay .