REVIEW
Lost Little Angels by Holly S. Roberts
Detective Eve Bennet #2
Truth can be stranger than fiction…or so Mark Twain’s character said…as I read this book, I hoped that what I was reading was not true only to find out later that this tale is based in fact and that true life is just as heinous, if not more so, than what took place in this book.
What I liked:
* Eve: strong, intelligent, raised in the FLDS religious cult-escaped, survivor, haunted by her past, supported and supportive of her team, falling for Clyde, has a tough time in this book
* Clyde: ex-sniper, seasoned homicide detective, strong, intelligent, quiet, divorced, patient, wise, excellent at his job, there for Eve at work and outside, hopes for a future with Eve
* Collin, Ray, Bina, and Tamm: the rest of Eve’s team chosen for their skills, personalities, backgrounds, and what they bring as individuals to make the team strong
* That I was drawn in from page one and compelled to read to the bitter end – I cared about the characters and how the case would be resolved
* Seeing the cult through Eve’s memories and experiences as she applied it to the solving of the case
* The group dynamics and continued character development of the team
* Being able to “hate” the bad guys
* That it made me think, care, and google to find out more
* Knowing that there will be another book to look forward in the series
What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Knowing that what I read may be just the tip of the FLDS iceberg and that such cults continue to exist with horrible things happening with almost no way out
Did I enjoy this book? Yes – though not always easy to read
Would I read more in this series? Definitely
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC – This is my honest review.
5 Stars
BLURB
She wakes suddenly, realizing with a panic that her darling baby daughter should have woken long before now. Racing to the pink-colored nursery, she lets out a deep cry as she opens the door. The crib is empty. Her little girl has vanished.
It’s after midnight when Detective Eve Bennet receives a distraught phone call from an unknown number. The voice at the other end begs her not to hang up—a baby has gone missing. But what the caller says next makes Eve’s heart race. “She isn’t the first. There are many, many more.”
Rushing to the missing girl’s home, Eve finds the house empty, and when she knocks on their neighbors’ doors, not a single person answers. Whoever reported the missing baby doesn’t want to be found…
Secrets are held tight in the small town of Hilldale and as an outsider, Eve knows that the only way to uncover the truth is to persuade someone to talk. She finally has a breakthrough when a young wife goes against her husband’s wishes and tells Eve it’s not just babies being taken—mothers are disappearing too.
The woman leaves Eve a hand drawn map leading her to an isolated trailer park. What she finds there shocks her to her core. But she hardly has time to think before she notices a lone figure watching her every move. She’s not alone.
Can Eve save herself in time to finally unmask the truth before more innocent children disappear forever?
AUTHOR BIO
Holly S. Roberts is a retired homicide detective and the USA TODAY Bestselling Author of the Completion Sports series. She writes romance and thrillers as Holly and cozy mysteries under the pen name Suzie Ivy.She's excited to announce her new thriller series, published by Bookouture Hachette that takes place among the FLDS cult, run by Warren Jeffs. The story is gritty, ripped from the headlines, and filled with thrilling action.For more information, heat levels, and trigger warnings, visit her website at wickedstorytelling.com.
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Favourite Fictional Women poll: FINAL LIST nominations + RULES (nominations closed)
Books:
Elphaba (Wicked)
Hermione (Harry Potter)
Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)
Luna (Harry Potter)
Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)
Sophie (Howl's Moving Castle)
Bella Swan (Twilight)
Lucy (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Susan (The Chronicles of Narnia)
Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games)
Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
Jo (Little Women)
Alanna (The Song of the Lioness)
Ichigo (Kamikaze Girls)
Momoko (Kamikaze Girls)
Phryne Fisher (Phryne Fisher Detective Novels)
Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs)
Robin Ellacott (Cormoran Strike)
Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade Series)
Gideon (The Locked Tomb)
Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb)
Tattersail (Malazan Book of the Fallen)
Lyra (His Dark Materials)
Lisbeth Salander (The Millenium Trilogy)
Daja Kisubo (Circle of Magic)
Éowyn (Lord of the Rings)
Honor Harrington (Honor Harrington)
Zahrah (Zahrah the Windseeker)
Clair (Outlander)
Margo (The Magicians)
Camille Preaker (Sharp Objects)
Brienne of Tarth (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Cersei (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Daenerys Targaryen (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Arya (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Sansa ( A Song of Ice and Fire)
Rhaenyra Targaryen (Fire and Blood)
Eileen Dunlop (Eileen)
Romy Silvers (The Loneliest Girl in the Universe)
Lúthien (Sillmarilion)
Lady Sotofa (Echo series)
Esme Weatherwax (Discworld)
Angua von Überwald (Discworld)
Susan Sto Helit (Discworld)
Tiffany Aching (Discworld)
Nina Hill (The Bookish Life of Nina Hill)
Keladry (Protector of the Small series)
Shay (Uglies)
Cassie (Animorphs)
The Groke (the Moomins)
Tooticky (the Moomins)
Maximum Ride (Maximum Ride)
Auri (Kingkiller Chronicles)
Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables)
Emily Starr (Emily of New Moon)
Penelope (Circe by Madeline Miller)
Rose Hathaway (Vampire Academy)
Katsa (Graceling)
Yennefer of Vengerberg (Witchier)
Dr. Scarlet Clarke (They Never Learn)
Inej Ghafa (Six of Crows)
Ronja (Ronja)
Violet (Asoue)
Medea (Greek Mythology)
Medusa (Greek Mythology)
Jude (Folk of the Air)
Agatha (Girl Genius)
Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson)
Carrie (Carrie)
Movies
Miss Honey (Matilda)
Matilda (Matilda)
Barbie (Barbie's universe)
Ellen Louise Ripley (Alien)
Evelyn O'Connell (The Mummy)
Peggy Carter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Sarah Conner (Terminator)
Cruella de Vil (Cruella)
Yzma (Emperor's New Groove)
Dr. Ellie Sattler (Jurrasic Park)
Harley Quinn (DC universe)
Amy Dunne (Gone Girl)
Jennifer (Jennifer's Body)
Maude Lebowski (Big Lebowski)
Eurodia Holmes (Enola)
Amy Adam (Arrival)
Ginger Fitzgerald (Ginger Snaps)
Mary Mason (American Mary)
Elsa (Frozen)
Mulan (Mulan 1998)
Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill)
O-Ren Ishii (Kill Bill)
Trinity (Matrix)
Sidney Prescott (Scream movies)
Dani Ardor (Midsommar)
M3gan (M3gan)
Aila (Rhymes for Young Ghouls)
Princess Kida (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)
Mother Aughra (Dark crystal)
Elizabeth Swan (Pirates of the Carribean)
Marla Grayson (I care a lot)
Heloise (Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
Diana (Wonder Woman)
San (Princess Mononoke)
Zeniba (Spirited Away)
Chihiro (Spirited Away)
Wlle Woods (Legally Blonde)
Rey (Star Wars)
Princess Leia (Star Wars)
Haley Graham (Stick it)
Cruella (101 Dalmatian)
Kiki (Kiki's Delivery Service)
TV Shows
Xena (Xena the Warrior Princess)
Gabrielle (Xena the Warrior Princess)
Callisto (Xena the Warrior Princess)
Buffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Willow (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Sabrina (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Morgana Pendragon (Merlin)
Catharine Cawood (Happy Valley)
Donna Noble (Doctor Who)
Martha Jones (Doctor Who)
Female Doctor Who (Doctor Who)
Kaya (Supernatural)
Charlie Bradbury (Supernatural)
Claire (Supernatural)
Veronica Mars (Veronica Mars)
Anna Clare (Being Human)
Poussey Washington (Orange is the New Black)
Sister Michael (Derry Girls)
Orla (Derry Girls)
Hayley (Hard Candy)
Vilanelle (Killing Eve)
Eve (Killing Eve)
Anne Lister (Gentleman Jack)
Ann Walker (Gentleman Jack)
Kim (Kim Possible)
Daria Morgendorffer (Daria)
Temperance Brennan (Bones)
Kim Wexler (Better Call Saul)
Katara (Avatar The Last Airbender)
Azula (Avatar The Last Airbender)
Toph (Avatar The Last Airbender)
Krosh (Kid Cosmic)
Guinan (Star Trek New Generations)
Bo-Katan Kryze (Star Wars)
Dong Eun (The Glory)
Leslie Knope (Parks and Recreation)
April Ludgate (Parks and Recreation)
Rosa Diaz (Brooklyn 99)
Dana Scully (X Files)
Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek: Voyager)
Calamity Jane (Deadwood)
Flea (Fleabag)
Michonne (The Walking Dead)
Trixie (Call the Midwife)
Sister Monica Joan (Call the Midwife)
Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time)
Emma Swan (Once Upon a Time)
Ruby Lucas (Once Upon a Time)
Mulan (Once Upon a Time)
Samatha/Sam Carter (Stargate SG-1)
Kira Nerys (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)
Jadzia Dax(Star Trek: Deep Space 9)
Eleanor (The Good Place)
Annalise Keating (How to Get Away with Murder)
Cheryl Blossom (Riverdale)
Miranda Bailey (Grey’s Anatomy)
Lizzie McGuire (Lizzie McGuire)
Catherine the Great (The Great)
Dolores Abernathy (Westworld)
Maeve Millay (Westworld)
Lorelai (Gilmore Girls)
Paris (Gilmore Girls)
Morticia Addams (Addams Family)
Elisa Maza (Gargoyles)
Vera Bennett (Wentworth (2013)
Joan Ferguson (Wentworth (2013)
Constance Hardbroom (The Worst Witch (1998)
Princess Bubblegum (Adventure Time)
Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
Monica (Friends)
Phoebe (Friends)
Maisel (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Shiv Roy (Succession)
Hannah (Please Like Me)
Lupe (A League of Their Own)
Jess (A League of Their Own)
Shahrzad (One Thousand and One Nights)
Michael Burnham (Star Trek Discovery)
Emperor Phillipa Georgiou (Star Trek Discovery)
Dee Reynold (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
Kara Thrace (Battlestar Galactica)
Donna (Twin Peaks)
Laura palmer (Twin Peaks)
Audrey(Twin Peaks)
Marwa (What we do in the Shadows)
Nadja (What we do in the Shadows)
Love Quinn (You)
Allison (Orphan Black)
Cosima (Orphan Black)
Nyota Uhura (Star Trek: The Original Series)
Lisa Cuddy (House MD)
Leela (Futurama)
Bean (Disenchantment)
Pam (Archer)
Grace (Grace and Frankie)
Frankie (Grace and Frankie)
Helga Pataki (Hey Arnold)
Anime/Manga
Sophie (Howl's Moving Castle)
Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)
Hotaru - Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon)
Michiru – Sailor Neptune (Sailor Moon)
Haruka – Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon)
Rei – Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon)
Homura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
Sakura Kinomoto (CardCaptor Sakura)
Tomoyo Daidouji (CardCaptor Sakura)
Onpu (Ojamajo Doremi)
Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
Striga (Castlevania)
Carmilla (Castlevania)
Misa Amane (Death Note)
Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Shinobu Kocho (Demon Slayer)
Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
Nana Osaki (Nana)
Hachi (Nana)
Jean (Claymore)
Clare (Claymore)
Theresa (Claymore)
Helen (Claymore)
Deneve (Claymore)
Casca (Berserk)
Haruno Sakura (Naruto)
Yosano (Bungo Stray Dogs)
Tome Kurata (Mob Psycho 100)
Nikaido (Dorohedoro)
Nia (Dorohedoro)
Maki Zen'in (Jujutsu Kaisen 0)
Yuno Gasai (Mirai Nikki)
Ichigo Momomiya (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Zakuro Fujiwara (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Historia Reiss (Attack on Titan)
Mikasa Ackermann (Attack on Titan)
Games
Nancy Drew (Nancy Drew)
April Ryan (The Longest Journey)
Kate Walker (Syberia)
Zelda (Legend of Zelda)
Impa (Legend of Zelda)
Urdosa (Legend of Zelda)
Evie Frye (Assassin's Creed)
Senua (Senua's Sacrifice)
Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn)
Elisabet Sobeck (Horizon Zero Dawn)
Serena (Skyrim)
Frea (Skyrim)
Morrigan (Dragon Age Origins)
Kreia (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II)
Kassandra of Sparta (Assassin's Creed Odyssey)
Heather Mason (Silent Hill 3)
Reika (Fatal Frame)
Rei (Fatal Frame:The Tormented)
An Shiraishi (Project SEKAI)
Nene Kusanagi (Project SEKAI)
Ena Shinonome (Project SEKAI)
Jesse Faden (Control)
Almalexia (The Elder Scrolls)
Billie Lurk (Dishonored)
Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored)
Cecelia (Dishonored)
Lizzy Stride (Dishonored)
Delilah Copperspoon (Dishonored)
Lohse (Divinity: Original Sin II)
Sebille Kaleran (Divinity: Original Sin II)
Siva (Divinity: Original Sin II)
Malady (Divinity: Original Sin II)
Dallis the Hammer (Divinity: Original Sin II)
Toriel (Undertale)
Undyne (Undertale)
Alphys (Undertale)
Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
Tali'Zorah nar Rayya (Mass Effect)
Liara T'Soni (Mass Effect)
Aria T'Loak (Mass Effect)
Nyreen Kandros (Mass Effect)
Shala'Raan vas Tonba (Mass Effect)
Matriarch Aethyta (Mass Effect)
Yuna (Final Fantasy X)
Abby (The Last of Us)
Ellie (The Last of Us)
GLaDOS (Portal)
Chell (Portal)
Dr. Suvi Anwar (Mass Effect Andromeda)
Leliana (Dragon Age)
Parvati Holcomb (The Outer Worlds)
Chloe Price (Life is Strange)
2B (Nier Automata)
Comics
Stephanie Brown (DC comics)
Cassandra Cain (DC comics)
Zatanna Zatara (DC comics)
Elektra Natchios (Marvel comics)
Fanfiction
Ebony Dark'ness Raven Dementia Way
Web comics
Vriska Serket (Homestuck)
Jaden (Leasebound)
Antimony Carver (Gunnerkrigg Court)
Fictional Movies
Katya (Goncharov)
Podcasts
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home from (Welcome to Nightvale)
Plays
Lady Mabeth (Macbeth)
Clytemnestra (Oresteia)
Miscellanous
Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)
RULES:
All fictional women from a category will be randomized, and put into polls
Whoever gets 50 votes automatically proceeds into the next round. There won't be only one winner for each poll!
We will do one category at the time. We'll start with books.
We'll decide on a winner of each category, and then whoever had the most votes, will proceed into the Final 10.
I'll calculate how many votes each woman got, so that at the end of the voting, you can see how many other women also adored your favourite ones :)
This also means that once you vote, if there's someone else you also want to see in the finals, you can reblog and let your followers know who already has enough votes, and who needs more in order to proceed. I'll also sometimes reblog polls announcing that a certain character has made the cut, and now others need your attention. We're trying to see which ones are loved and adored enough to actually get a lot of votes, even with competition. The voting starts at the end of nominations!
(POLLS ARE COMING SHORTLY)
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