It’s official, Devlin is Annalise’s new partner. He’s charming, caring—a perfect gentleman who caters to her every need. That is until he starts to mix work with pleasure to convince her to marry him as per agreement with her father.With her servant, Mavel, gone from her side, the cracks in the wall she created around her begin to come undone. To take her mind off the torment her heart is going … heart is going through, she takes on another possession case in her old school, Montgomery Institute. But, what starts off as a simple case full of bad memories twists into a web of deception and lies involving everyone she cares about.
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I really don’t have the right words to explain what I just went through while reading this book. The web of political intrigue that surrounds Annalise is pulling tighter, all while she’s trying to figure out how to carry on without Mavel. I don’t know what I feel about Devlin. I can’t make up my mind just how trustworthy to believe he is. Now I’m absolutely rabid to see how the next book turns out.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Booksprout.
Detective Annalise Storm is s gloriously fantastic, complex, cool character and she makes May Freighter‘s Annalise Storm Chronicles series rise above others. I adored Case: 0 and am delighted to see this wonderful sci-fi mystery series return in Case: 1 (series book 2). Perfect as a mystery. Perfect as s sci-fi tale. Fantastic plot that superbly written and populated with a cast of characters (my personal favorite this time being Devlin Madoc, second to Annalise, of course). But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises. The book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend. I’m definitely looking forward to the next book in this series.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I loved the first book in the Annalise Storm series, and was excited to get started reading this edition as soon as I could. I just re-read it yesterday to get ready to prepare myself for book 3 in this series that should be releasing soon.
In this book, Annalise is trying to make things work without the assistance of her ‘beast’ – that she has always loved…and learns out of nowhere everyone assumes she is engaged to another. She then is forced to work with him as her new partner on the force, and finds it terribly frustrating and a bit suspicious that she can’t seem to keep her eyes off of him.
This story starts out seemingly simple…the guy wants the girl and the girl tries to resist…but as you read, you learn there is more to the story. The Storm family trying to keep up appearances and thus maintaining their power in society and Annalise is simply trying to set herself apart from the stigma that surrounds her family name.
If you are a fan of futuristic sci-fi fantasies with detective work involved and a bit of romance, you will enjoy reading this series.
This second book in the Annalise Storm series by May Freighter picks up smoothly from the end of the first book, except it now involves a new case and several new starring characters. It is still a good detective murder mystery story, but now there is also a developing personal closeness between the main characters. I like how she plays with the emotional side of her players, giving them very high highs and very low lows as the case progresses. Of course, the ending is set to welcome a potential book 3 in the series, which I hope she releases in the very near future, so I can see how these characters end up. (03/10/2018 – This is a rather late voluntary review of an Advanced Reader Copy of this book from Booksprout.)
Case 1 picks up right where Case 0 leaves off. Although this is a stand alone story, you really must read Case 0 first. Not everything is resolved so we will need to keep reading the series for total resolution. Case 1 is a great story that keeps you guessing right up to the end. I find myself really invested and engaged with the characters – caring what happens to them. They seem real and believable. Annalise Storm isn’t some super cop who always gets it right the first time.
I discovered May Freighter quite by accident from her other series she has written. I’ve read everything she has released so far and have not been disappointed yet. If I had a complaint, it would be that I have to wait for her to write the next one! I really am looking forward to it to see where Ms. Freighter will take us next.