Review: Lovesick

Lovesick by Spencer Seidel

Summary (from Goodreads): A teenage boy is found on Portland Maine’s Eastern Promenade Trail holding the dead body of his best friend and the murder weapon. Forensic psychologist Lisa Boyers is called in to interview the disturbed young man, and her jailhouse interviews reveal more about her troubled, violent past than she bargained for.

My Thoughts: Last year I read Spencer Seidel’s Dead of Wynter, and I remember thinking that Seidel had promise. I wasn’t as impressed by the book as I’d expected to be, but he’s clearly a good writer. I was looking forward to his future books. So, when I was approached about reviewing Lovesick, I was excited.

I am so glad I said yes! My instincts about Seidel were correct. He is a fantastic writer who grabbed my attention from the very beginning and left me wanting just a little bit more at the end. I’m hoping he writes more books with Lisa Boyers and Rudy Swaner. Lisa was a great, deep character. She has a lot of baggage, but she’s able to still do her job well. I felt like there wasn’t quite enough of Rudy. I wanted to know him a bit better – and see if there’s a relationship in their future. Still, this book was tied up with no loose ends and quite the exciting – and in some instances surprising – ending.

Seidel dives on into the action at the very beginning, and it hardly slows down. I found myself really wanting to read this book the more I got into it. There were times I had to force myself to put it down so I could tend to my real-world duties. If I could have, I would have read this in one sitting. I did not want to put it down. Yes, there were some plot points I saw coming. Some occurrences that seemed somewhat obvious to me, but the suspense behind everyone else piecing it together kept me going. Plus, there were plenty of surprises thrown in.

Overall, Lovesick is a fantastic mystery/suspense/thriller. Once I got into it, I didn’t want to put it down. I am definitely looking forward to more books by Spencer Seidel.

Source: Thank you to Erin McNichols from Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc., for sending me this book in exchange for an honest review.

Read It: Get your own copy HERE. (This is the Kindle version. The paperback version is slated for release in June.)

Challenges: Counts for Free Reads 2012 and Off the Shelf 2012.

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