Book Review – The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting

Review:-Violet kept her morbid ability to sense dead bodies a secret from everyone except her family and her childhood-best-friend-turned-boyfriend, Jay Heaton. That is until forensic psychologist Sara Priest discovered Violet’s talent and invited her to use her gift to track down murderers. Now, as she works with an eclectic group of individuals—including mysterious and dangerously attractive Rafe—it’s Violet’s job to help those who have been murdered by bringing their killers to justice. 

When Violet discovers the body of a college girl killed by “the girlfriend collector” she is determined to solve the case. But now the serial killer is on the lookout for a new “relationship” and Violet may have caught his eye…

Description:- I am a huge fan of The Body Finder series as you can read in my review of the first book The Body Finder and the second book Desires of the Dead. The Last Echo is the third book in the series and thankfully there is going to be a fourth. This is one series I hope never ends. I love the two main characters in this series Violet is an interesting character, she has an ability, I wouldn’t call cool, more interesting. She is a lovable character who always tries to do the right thing, even if it means hurting the people she loves and getting herself into trouble. Her boyfriend and childhood best friend Jay is another great and lovable character. He loves Vi with all his heart and will do anything to protect her. 

With the introduction of “The Team” we get to meet some new characters and with some different abilities. I feel Violet needed this to make her feel that she wasn’t a freak. I do feel she got into more trouble than it was worth working with this group. I wasn’t keen on Rafe, I didn’t feel their chemistry and was glad nothing really came about it. I would hate for anything to stop Jay and Violet being together. They are after all one of my favourite fiction couples. 

I found this book gripping and it has a lots of action and keep me reading and wanting to know what happened next, but there wasn’t enough of Jay and Violet’s relationship in it for me. Plus I missed Chelsea and her friends from school, they were always an extra source of hilarity in the books.

This book in the series saw Violet use her gift to help solve crimes, then got mixed up in it. I had to keep reading this book to make sure she would be safe. But then ending I didn’t see coming. Poor Vi. I cannot wait to read the next instalment. 

I loved this book, there could have been more Jay and Violet in it, but it was a gripping read and one roller-coaster of a ride. If you love this series you won’t be disappointed. I think this book could work well as a stand alone, but I’d recommend you read the rest in the series as they are all fantastic. A big thumbs up from me. 

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