Book Review: Throw Away Girls: The Jaycee Wilder Series Book 1 By: Jennifer Vaughn

Title: Throw Away Girls: The Jaycee Wilder Series, Book 1   By: Jennifer Vaughn

Publication Date: 7/15/2016

Summary:

The killer lives a normal life during the day, while hunting the Throw Away Girls at night, punishing them for their dark urges. He leaves messages behind in his victims' blood, his explanation for enacting such brutal, twisted justice upon the unworthy. He watches the media coverage. He knows the wily reporter is chasing him. As Jaycee follows her gut, and the evidence, she forces him to act. But when a killer is clever and cunning, he can infiltrate anywhere. Jaycee must utilize all her skills to expose him before he gets to her first. From www.amazon.com

Review:

I give this book 3.5 stars rounded up to 4. I am going to review this book with Pros and Cons to sort my thoughts out.

Pros:

1.       I really liked Jaycee. Her character was not an “over-confident-assertive-female-detective” that we read in every other novel of the sort. I felt like I knew her and we could be friends. She didn’t annoy me, and I get easily annoyed with the female characters in a lot of mystery novels. That was definitely a plus.

2.       The storyline was good. Gruesome at times, but again, just enough that you are like “UGH,” but not too much that you are thoroughly disgusted. And it was different, maybe because it was set in L.A.?

3.       There wasn’t much for dull moments. The book kept my attention and there wasn’t any chapter that wasn’t in-line where it needed to be.

Con:

1.       Though the book kept my attention, I feel like the pace picked up a little too quickly 70-75% through. This would not deter me from recommending; it was still a good book, but I never felt scared for her which I think was the goal. I didn’t ever feel she was in any grave danger. Another aspect is that the boyfriend was such a big part of the ending, and there was a lot of emotion between the two of them at the ending, but I didn’t feel that love throughout the book.

Putting the "con" aside, I am really looking forward to reading the other books in the series. I do feel a little kept on the edge to see how the other characters develop throughout.

Read Date: 6/24/2016

Acquired From: NetGalley