Faith...Faithless

Faithless – Karin Slaughter

Faithless does exactly what it says on the tin. A farm is investigated after Sara and Jeffrey stumble upon a little girl. It is clear of the religious ties within the farm which are taken too far. After the autopsy is done a much more chilling point is added to the already controversial story. While investigating secrets are revealed and it is clear that people are not what they seem.

Sara and Jeffrey’s relationship is heating up and he is looking to move in, along with struggling with this and other personal details they now have to investigation a child who has clearly been murdered. Even though throughout the series these two characters are bumping heads this is starting to get old, the will they won’t they scenario, thankfully this is cleared up at the end of the book which is probably the best part.

Lena Adams, Lena is once again involved in the story she is now fully instated after the last book and she finds this case difficult which is understandable. After getting called back from vacation she becomes helpful to Jeffrey except she still has Ethan. Now Lena has been my least favourable character throughout the whole series and with Ethan being in the picture she is not any better. She pushes Hank away when this just seems stupid. Her character has built from the first book however, throughout this book I found that whenever she is in I am left thinking ‘What the hell are you doing!’

As they investigate the farm a range of characters come into play from Lev to Paul, each with very different personalities. This is refreshing for the book to have so many different personalities involved in the story.

After the change in the last book Slaughter has gone back to what she knows. The writing style is back to where she started and an interesting family dynamic in the farm is introduced.

Unlike Indelible, Faithless brings progression back into the story. It is now the fifth instalment in the Grant County Series and finally Jeffrey and Sara’s relationship seems to be going somewhere.

This book is lacking some of what the forth one had however; it is still readable for the series. You are welcomed with the fact that Sara and Jeffrey relationship is progressing – which if you ask me was getting old – and the story and crime side of the book is definitely and interesting read.

My verdict for this book is okay. It is better than average but not as good as the last instalment. The story is interesting and Slaughter leaves bread crumbs throughout the novel which point to the bad guy at the end. Sara and Jeffrey finally seem to be going somewhere, which is long anticipated and I was grateful for this as the to and froing between them was getting very old! The book is worth buying and reading for the fact of continuing the story but after the last book it is a slight let down. 

4/10