Lilja Sigurðardóttir is an author I had the chance to get to know via the fantastic book tours for Orenda Books and the series are just getting better and better. The continuation of Cold As Hell, Red as Blood and White as Snow, Dark as Night translated by Lorenza Garcia features again characters like detectives Áróra and Daniel, but the story takes a very unexpected turn.
Detective Áróra is still looking to find out what happened to her sister Isafold, while trying to have an active life which includes some bodybuilding side activities as well. But out of nowhere, a child claims being her sister´s incarnation. Daniel, on his side, is finding out that his neighbour may need to leave the country in a hurry, but as a professional, he simply cannot accept that it is not something more hiding in the lines of the intempestive departure.
Told from four perspectives, the story is unexpected and delving deep into the darkness of human life and brain. Well-paced, it allows the reader to get used with the characters and the many details of the story, through short chapters and a clear story line.
From arm deals to reincarnation and drag queens, there is hardly something that really escape the careful construction of the story. Personally, I felt fascinated about the narrative, and very curious to see where and especially how it ends. The characters are very relatable, with the mixture between good and evil that characterizes every one of us, but the measure of their difference is how they react in real life, especially in very difficult situations.
I don´t know if the series will continue, but I wish it will, because after reading the books from the series, you may really feel invested into the characters.
Dark as Night is another extraordinary example of the strength of Sigurðardóttir´s writing.
Rating: 5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own.
Thanks for the blog tour support x
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