Review: Perceptions by Carolyn Wren

Posted August 23, 2015 by Shannon in Reviews / 0 Comments

Review:  Perceptions by Carolyn WrenPerception by Carolyn Wren
Series: Emotional Chains,
Publication Date: August 7, 2015
Pages: 253
Also in this series: Empathy
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three-stars

What if you felt emotions as a physical sense? What if someone you know was kidnapped, and you felt them die? Three friends, their empathic gifts hidden from the world, experienced every terrifying moment of a kidnapping and murder, as it happened.
Headstrong, stubborn, Meredith Baron vows to solve the crime by any means possible, despite the cynical nature of the detective on the case.
Detective Mike Stone is torn between intrigue, frustration and desire for the fierce redheaded beauty who refuses to leave his side, and seems determined to drive him crazy every step of the way.
When Kira Duke, the most powerful of the empaths, suffers at the hands of the kidnapper, a desperate encounter with lonely widower, Drew Atherton and his enigmatic child, Sally, changes her life forever.
This unlikely group of people must work together before the assailant strikes again.
But how do you catch a murderer, when your only clue is emotion?

One thing I’m always afraid of in series is that sequences can’t live up to or surpass the first book. Very few series have done the opposite. This one saddly didn’t. The first book captivated me, drew me in and held me hostage, waiting for this book to come out. I had great anticiaption when I began this book but my interest waned with each chapter I read. The momentum that began in the first book slowed in this one. As much as I wanted I couldn’t engage with the characters or the story.

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