It's alright.

It's News to Me is the fifth entry to the Clare Carlson series, following TV reporter-detective Clare on her mission to figure out the truth in her latest story: a young, promising golden girl who was suddenly murdered in the streets of New York.

Something that I noticed right away was the snappy pacing and the straightforward writing style, which complement the thriller/mystery genre of the novel and Clare's personality as a blunt, sharp reporter who likes to get straight to business. This made it very easy for me to keep flipping to the next page.

One thing that I found a little annoying was how much certain bits of information were repeated, especially for a certain character. It's understandable if it happens twice or three times, but everytime that character appears (which is more than three times)? It seems unnecessary, especially if this character had appeared in previous books of the series and was once a big part of Clare's life. Let the character interactions speak for themselves.

Other than that, I think the book's fine. All the plot threads came together pretty neatly and there was a particular twist that I didn't think of that really shocked me and yet helped to solve some aspects of the mystery surrounding the golden girl.

Thanks to Netgalley and Oceanview Publishing for providing me with the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, Oceanview Publishing and by #NetGalley. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

A thriller about a college student being murdered. It’s okay, it has parts that are slow. I liked it, didn’t love it.

For some reason It's News to Me isn't downloading to my Kindle!
I've been trying to send it for two days now!