The Roses of May

The Collector, Book 2

De: Dot Hutchison

Narrado por: Siiri Scott, Will Damron

Four months after the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies were kept captive, FBI agents Brandon Eddison, Victor Hanoverian, and Mercedes Ramirez are still entrenched in the aftermath, helping survivors in the process of adjusting to life on the outside. With winter coming to an end, the Butterflies have longer, warmer days of healing ahead. But for the agents, the impending thaw means one gruesome thing: a chilling guarantee that somewhere in the country, another young woman will turn up dead in a church with her throat slit and her body surrounded by flowers.

Priya Sravasti's sister fell victim to the killer years ago. Now she and her mother move every few months, hoping for a new beginning. But when she ends up in the madman's crosshairs, the hunt takes on new urgency. Only with Priya's help can the killer be found - but will her desperate hope for closure compel her to put her very life on the line?

©2017 Dot Hutchison (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Not what I had expected

I really had high hopes for this book because I absolutely loved The Butterfly Garden! I was pretty disappointed to see how short it fell to the first book. Most of it was repetitive and boring. I think if the POV had been from the killer instead it would have made the whole book so much better. Will Damron did a fantastic job! His voice for the killer gave me chills! Siiri's narration on the other hand sounded robotic and stunted. There were some parts of the book that were heartbreaking, but she read them completely emotionless. I couldn't get into her sections. That made it hard to rate the performance. I would easily give Will Damron 5 stars, but I would give Siiri 1 star.

Good but not butterflies

I had to read this one as part of the collector trilogy. I found the butterfly garden totally captivating. While roses of may is good, it doesn't measure up to the butterfly garden. Definitely recommend it's creepiness though.

Not nearly as good as the first book

This story was not nearly as good as the Butterfly Garden, but still worth finishing.

Kept me guessing!

I love how I couldn’t figure out the ending while reading the book! There are enough twists to keep it interesting, but not be confusing! Great storyline too!

Not bad!

As much as I enjoyed the new characters in this book, I was hoping for a part 2 to Butterfly Garden. Yes, a few characters name came up, and I wish we had more info/back story about them (villains and victims). Instead, I feel like they were skimmed over to move on to other characters and their stories.

Other than that, I really enjoyed the mother/daughter bond, the long life friendships & the love, loyalty & understanding they all have for each other.