The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting

First things first: cover art! I really like the cover art for this series, the flowers against the black background give a simple but dramatic effect. Out of all the four books in this series so far this cover art would have to by my favorite. This purple flower kind of reminds me of a butterfly which has nothing to do with the book but again I love the simplicity of it.

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Summary:

In the end, all that's left is an echo.

Violet Ambrose always thought of her ability to sense the dead as more of a burden than a gift. Now that she's working with a special investigative team, she hopes she can use it to help people. But her instant connection with her mysterious partner, Rafe, is both confusing and unsettling, and creates tension with her boyfriend, Jay. When she discovers the body of a college student murdered by "the collector," Violet refuses to give up on the case. What Violet doesn't realize is that the serial killer is looking to add to his collection, and she may have caught his eye. Will the life Violet has to save be her own?

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This one puts all the other books when it comes to edge of your seat suspense. I had a good thing going until this book, I had successfully not chewed my nails for over a month. Well I'm back to square one with breaking that habit now. I was kind of disappointed to find that Derting had decided to shove Violet in a team with other supernatural kids her age because I didn't want this to turn into an Avengers type thing. However after reading further into this novel I realized that she needs this team to help with her mentality as she know has a kinda support group with other people who understand being different. Also with this book I thought that Derting was going to throw in a love triangle, Jay and Violet are perfect absolutely perfect! While the second guy does cause some tension in the relationship for the time being he is definitively not on Violet's potential love interest radar.  This book could very well be a Criminal Minds episode, except I think they would have to tone down the drama a bit. In the past two books we would just get bits and snippets of the killers mentalities however in this one we get the whole MO (modus operandi, which is basically a serial killers pattern most have one), and we also get a victim's thoughts and feelings. I seriously thought that Derting was going to kill off her main character. If you love mystery, suspense and thriller novel than this one is definitely for you. However, be warned this one is a lot more intense than the first two. 

Rating: 10 out of 10! I love when books make my heart race, and this one deffinitly did!

Content Rating: 3(16-18). This one is definitely a 3, there is some violence, teen romance a bit of cursing and keep in mind these books deal with serial killers. As a future CSI Major (I start my degree on the 31st of this month!) this stuff doesn't really bother me but it might bother others so just keep in mind!