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The Vanishing Season
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A recent abduction becomes an unexpected link to a decades-long spree of unspeakable crimes.
Eight-year-old Brooklyn Mercer has gone missing. And as accustomed as FBI agents Eliza Sterling and Brandon Eddison are to such harrowing cases, this one has struck a nerve. It marks the anniversary of the disappearance of Eddison’s own little sister. Disturbing, too, is the girl’s ...more
Eight-year-old Brooklyn Mercer has gone missing. And as accustomed as FBI agents Eliza Sterling and Brandon Eddison are to such harrowing cases, this one has struck a nerve. It marks the anniversary of the disappearance of Eddison’s own little sister. Disturbing, too, is the girl’s ...more
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An amazing & satisfying end to Dot Hutchinson's The Collector series!
"We heal, mostly, but even scars can bleed."
I've come to love the CAC team in this series. With the last two installments we really get to know them and become invested in the family they have formed. In The Vanishing Season 8 year old Brooklyn Mercer goes missing on her short walk home from school. The disappearance allows us to dig deeper into Brandon Eddison's past. I have thoroughly enjoyed Bran and his interaction ...more
"We heal, mostly, but even scars can bleed."
I've come to love the CAC team in this series. With the last two installments we really get to know them and become invested in the family they have formed. In The Vanishing Season 8 year old Brooklyn Mercer goes missing on her short walk home from school. The disappearance allows us to dig deeper into Brandon Eddison's past. I have thoroughly enjoyed Bran and his interaction ...more
Another powerful novel in The Collector series, this one focusing on FBI Agent Eliza Sterling searching for a missing eight year old girl. For Eliza's partner Bran the case has a special meaning. His sister, who looked a lot like the missing girl, also went missing twenty five years ago, never to be seen again. As the case open old wounds for the team, they race to save the girl, but new chilling evidence comes to light, that this girl might not be the only one. This madman, whoever he is, has b
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3 little sad of ending of the series that I adored but also dissatisfied because of slow burned development and frustrated by the way of storytelling stars!
Okay, Butterfly Garden is one of my best, creepiest, most blood freezing, nail biting, mind bending, nightmarish book and I enjoyed it too much. So when the new books of the series published, naturally I wanted to read more !
Other two books of the series are not bad but not masterpieces, they were regular thriller books! They’re okay-ish!
Bu ...more
Okay, Butterfly Garden is one of my best, creepiest, most blood freezing, nail biting, mind bending, nightmarish book and I enjoyed it too much. So when the new books of the series published, naturally I wanted to read more !
Other two books of the series are not bad but not masterpieces, they were regular thriller books! They’re okay-ish!
Bu ...more
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#1 The Butterfly Garden ★★★★★
#2 Roses of May ★★★★☆
#3 The Summer Children ★★★★★
Sadly, this has been really... odd and not up to par for the series, if that makes sense? I'm setting this aside at 25% but I do plan on picking it back up later to see if it gets better.
Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a free copy of this book in return for an honest review.
There's a line towards the end of this book, that talks about the extraordinary kindness people can surprise you with, and I think that sums up exactly what drove this series so deep into my heart. I really don't get emotional about books any more, but I couldn't maintain dry eyes throughout the last quarter. Something about these agents and the family they've built for themselves just hits such ...more
There's a line towards the end of this book, that talks about the extraordinary kindness people can surprise you with, and I think that sums up exactly what drove this series so deep into my heart. I really don't get emotional about books any more, but I couldn't maintain dry eyes throughout the last quarter. Something about these agents and the family they've built for themselves just hits such ...more
The atmosphere on this one was far more sappy & sad than the previous three.
The POV is from Agent Sterling's perspective.
Sterling is my least favourite character and better suited as a side dish rather than the MC in my opinion.
I think that may be why I enjoyed this less than the other books.
Or maybe I am just depressed that the series is over and I have to say goodbye to all my new friends.
Who knows for sure?
"You look too sweet to be so evil."
Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for ...more
The POV is from Agent Sterling's perspective.
Sterling is my least favourite character and better suited as a side dish rather than the MC in my opinion.
I think that may be why I enjoyed this less than the other books.
Or maybe I am just depressed that the series is over and I have to say goodbye to all my new friends.
Who knows for sure?
"You look too sweet to be so evil."
Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for ...more
May 27, 2019
Karima chermiti
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#1 : The Butterfly Garden (The Collector #1) : 3 Stars
#2 : Roses of May (The Collector, #2) : 4 Stars
#3 : The Summer Children (The Collector, #3) : 5 Stars
The Vanishing Season is the conclusion to The Collector Series by Dot Hutchison and it’s a very satisfying end to on my favorite mystery thriller series. I like how we came full circle with this book and how the questions that have been haunting me through the series are now answered in the best way possible.
The whole series follows a team ...more
#2 : Roses of May (The Collector, #2) : 4 Stars
#3 : The Summer Children (The Collector, #3) : 5 Stars
The Vanishing Season is the conclusion to The Collector Series by Dot Hutchison and it’s a very satisfying end to on my favorite mystery thriller series. I like how we came full circle with this book and how the questions that have been haunting me through the series are now answered in the best way possible.
The whole series follows a team ...more
May 30, 2019
Cortney LaScola - The Bookworm, Myrtle Beach
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I love this series. I devoured the first 3 books, but The Vanishing Season left a lot to be desired.
While I love the entire FBI team, the magnitude of the inane banter and chit chat was annoying. There was just so much. That's not what I'm here for. I want more of the mystery/crime. I feel like this installment was missing the magic, the on the edge of my seat suspense that the other 3 books had. And all of a sudden, all the evidence was just there and it was solved... is it really that easy? Ma ...more
While I love the entire FBI team, the magnitude of the inane banter and chit chat was annoying. There was just so much. That's not what I'm here for. I want more of the mystery/crime. I feel like this installment was missing the magic, the on the edge of my seat suspense that the other 3 books had. And all of a sudden, all the evidence was just there and it was solved... is it really that easy? Ma ...more
The perfect conclusion to an amazing series.
I devoured this book in a day and I cried the whole time; Hutchison’s writing is like a siren song: you can’t resist being lured in....
Full review to come when the publishing date is nearer.
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FEBRUARY 2019:
Another beautiful cover for this fantastic series!
I’ll be extremely sad when this books comes out because it’s going to be the final book of The Collector series and I’m so not ready to let go....this series is my favorite psychologi ...more
I devoured this book in a day and I cried the whole time; Hutchison’s writing is like a siren song: you can’t resist being lured in....
Full review to come when the publishing date is nearer.
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FEBRUARY 2019:
Another beautiful cover for this fantastic series!
I’ll be extremely sad when this books comes out because it’s going to be the final book of The Collector series and I’m so not ready to let go....this series is my favorite psychologi ...more
#1: The Butterfly Garden ★★★★★
#2: Roses of May ★★★
#3: The Summer Children ★★★★
#4: The Vanishing Season ★★
This review can also be found on my blog.
disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for review consideration. All of the opinions presented below are my own.
First and foremost, I need to give my thanks to Rachel who has been with me for every step of this journey (I also reread her review of The Summer Children and realized it said every ...more
#2: Roses of May ★★★
#3: The Summer Children ★★★★
#4: The Vanishing Season ★★
This review can also be found on my blog.
disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for review consideration. All of the opinions presented below are my own.
First and foremost, I need to give my thanks to Rachel who has been with me for every step of this journey (I also reread her review of The Summer Children and realized it said every ...more
3.5 Stars
*A wonderful wrap-up to a thrilling and emotional series*
ARC provided by Thomas & Mercer via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I have such mixed feelings about The Vanishing Season. It was a solid story. I easily read it in under twenty-four hours. And I’m satisfied with the way things ended… But I’m only satisfied, not mind-blown. Although Hutchison’s writing has become more polished throughout this series, none of the subsequent books elicited anywhere near as visceral a ...more
*A wonderful wrap-up to a thrilling and emotional series*
ARC provided by Thomas & Mercer via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I have such mixed feelings about The Vanishing Season. It was a solid story. I easily read it in under twenty-four hours. And I’m satisfied with the way things ended… But I’m only satisfied, not mind-blown. Although Hutchison’s writing has become more polished throughout this series, none of the subsequent books elicited anywhere near as visceral a ...more
Actual rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
The Vanishing Season is the 4rth and final book in The Collector series. I loved The Butterfly Garden (a 5 star read!) but the 3 books after just did not measure up to the first. This book was definitely a slow burner. The first 60% had to do with the character's development/drama and detailing kidnapping procedures. The story of an 8 yr old girl's kidnapping gets overshadowed. There were times when I thought I was reading about high school girls instead of adult ...more
The Vanishing Season is the 4rth and final book in The Collector series. I loved The Butterfly Garden (a 5 star read!) but the 3 books after just did not measure up to the first. This book was definitely a slow burner. The first 60% had to do with the character's development/drama and detailing kidnapping procedures. The story of an 8 yr old girl's kidnapping gets overshadowed. There were times when I thought I was reading about high school girls instead of adult ...more
I love, love, loved this volume of The Collector series. Told from Agent Eliza Sterling's perspective, this might be my favourite of the 4 books. The characters, as always, are really 'real', and the mystery here was solid. I wish there were many more books to come in this series, but based on the way this one ended, I suspect my wish will not come true :(
5 stars for The Vanishing Season
Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for providing me with a DRC of this book.
5 stars for The Vanishing Season
Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for providing me with a DRC of this book.
The Butterfly Garden ★★★★
Roses of May ★★★★
The Summer Children ★★★★★
The Vanishing Season
Needless to say, I can't wait to see what this next installment has in store for us!
Current expected publication date is May 21st, 2019.
NetGalley description:
A recent abduction becomes an unexpected link to a decades-long spree of unspeakable crimes.
Eight-year-old Brooklyn Mercer has gone missing. And as accustomed as FBI agents Eliza Sterling and Brandon Eddison are to such harrowing cases, this one has stru ...more
Roses of May ★★★★
The Summer Children ★★★★★
The Vanishing Season
Needless to say, I can't wait to see what this next installment has in store for us!
Current expected publication date is May 21st, 2019.
NetGalley description:
A recent abduction becomes an unexpected link to a decades-long spree of unspeakable crimes.
Eight-year-old Brooklyn Mercer has gone missing. And as accustomed as FBI agents Eliza Sterling and Brandon Eddison are to such harrowing cases, this one has stru ...more
Okay so is this series just going to keep going or what . . . ? I'll still read it because I adore the macabre beauty of The Butterfly Garden, but still!! How many books is this series going to have???
The Vanishing Season is the fourth and final book in The Collector series, and although I wasn't particularly enamoured by the previous novel this instalment has raised the bar again. Hutchison hooks you in right from the get-go and holds you hostage through to the final pages. It centres around some brutal crimes and the tension she creates is palpable as it is slowly cranked up another notch as the story progressed.
What I particularly love about her thrillers is that she understands the delic ...more
What I particularly love about her thrillers is that she understands the delic ...more
There comes a time for all good things to end, this is that time. I absolutely adored the first book in this series, the back and forth chapters between detectives and victims. The second and third book were also rather good, though not as enthralling as the first. This book, This book I did not enjoy nearly as much, I found myself wishing for the victim point of view, at this point there are also so many detectives and team members we met through the series all piled in that everything gets a l
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"We heal, mostly, but even scars can bleed."
I can't believe it - the conclusion to an amazing series. I had no idea this was the end so I gladly cracked this one and just loved every word, not taking a moment to say goodbye to my favorite characters. It's a wonderful conclusion - just as sad and twisty and dark as the other books in the series.
This time, you are with Eliza - a very focused, obsessive agent that can get into the heads of the bad guys and does well with the families of them. She ...more
I can't believe it - the conclusion to an amazing series. I had no idea this was the end so I gladly cracked this one and just loved every word, not taking a moment to say goodbye to my favorite characters. It's a wonderful conclusion - just as sad and twisty and dark as the other books in the series.
This time, you are with Eliza - a very focused, obsessive agent that can get into the heads of the bad guys and does well with the families of them. She ...more
I know that I am going against the grain here. But I have found the last two novels in this series to be pretty average. By no means were they bad, but The Butterfly Garden was so immensely good that the others in the series pale in comparison. While I did enjoy this novel, I found it to be lacking something. What? Hell if I know, but something wasn’t there for me to bring it to the 4 star level.
The Vanishing Season ties up The Collector series. We are thrown into the novel with a child missing ...more
The Vanishing Season ties up The Collector series. We are thrown into the novel with a child missing ...more
Extremely mixed feelings about this book. I think I need a few days to process that ending.
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I really tried to like this one, but it's nowhere near to what a masterpiece The Butterfly Garden was. Too many chapters/pages go into the intricacies of the characters so that the actual subject of the book - The Vanishing of Brooklyn Mercer gets shadowed (in my opinion). Not so much of a thriller as an overly-emotional drama, something that is not my preferred genre. I would have really liked if we'd seen more of the Brooklyn Mercer case and how it tied in with the other cold cases. Also, what
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Man, this is an amazing, engaging mystery. Interesting characters, twisty plot. Review to come when I have something a little more elegant to say than just that.
May 12, 2019
Yvonne (It's All About Books)
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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mystery,
arc,
most-anticipated-releases,
series,
thriller,
crime,
serial-killer,
cover-love
Finished reading: May 11th 2019
"Sometimes we only recognize our limits once we've passed them."
*** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer in exchange for an honest review. Thank you! ***
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I really tried to like this one, but it's nowhere near to what a masterpiece The Butterfly Garden was. Too many chapters/pages go into the intricacies of the characters so that the actual subject of the book - The Vanishing of Brooklyn Mercer gets shadowed (in my opinion). Not so much of a thriller as an overly-emotional drama, something that is not my preferred genre. I would have really liked if we'd seen more of the Brooklyn Mercer case and how it tied in with the other cold cases. Also, what
...more
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This is the 4th book in the series, and I recommend starting from the beginning if you haven't read any yet. Eliza became a character full of depth and compassion. The growth among the characters seen in this book is incredibly written. Eliza receives a case of a missing girl, but details sound all too familiar. Heartbreaking and powerful.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for an advance copy of The Vanishing Season, the fourth novel in The Collector series to feature the FBI’s Quantico based Crimes Against Children team.
When eight year old Brooklyn Mercer goes missing from a “safe” neighbourhood in Richmond the team are sent in to find her. Team leader Brandon Eddison is almost immediately relegated to support work because not only is it the same time of year as when his eight year old sister Faith disappear ...more
When eight year old Brooklyn Mercer goes missing from a “safe” neighbourhood in Richmond the team are sent in to find her. Team leader Brandon Eddison is almost immediately relegated to support work because not only is it the same time of year as when his eight year old sister Faith disappear ...more
I have become such a fan of Dot Hutchison, and her Collector series is one I would recommend to any avid reader such as myself!
I was pleasantly surprised when I learned her previous book, the Summer Children was not the final edition for a trilogy, and that she would be releasing this fourth book! Butterfly Garden will always be my favorite (it will be hard to top, Dot!) but this book gave a solid effort.
Main agent Eliza Sterling is on the case of a recently abducted young girl... a girl who jus ...more
I was pleasantly surprised when I learned her previous book, the Summer Children was not the final edition for a trilogy, and that she would be releasing this fourth book! Butterfly Garden will always be my favorite (it will be hard to top, Dot!) but this book gave a solid effort.
Main agent Eliza Sterling is on the case of a recently abducted young girl... a girl who jus ...more
Same issues in the writing as the last one. Everyone is just giggling and blushing.
Each character has their one annoying thing that this author likes to just beat to death.
Bran like his coffee super strong, you can reference his “jet fuel” on 87 pages.
Cass- is constantly giggling and “sneeze laughing” or snorting because she’s just a small kitten.
Watts is throwing protein bars around like Oprah every chapter.
Why do we have so much focus on the main “blonde beautiful” character and Brans rela ...more
Each character has their one annoying thing that this author likes to just beat to death.
Bran like his coffee super strong, you can reference his “jet fuel” on 87 pages.
Cass- is constantly giggling and “sneeze laughing” or snorting because she’s just a small kitten.
Watts is throwing protein bars around like Oprah every chapter.
Why do we have so much focus on the main “blonde beautiful” character and Brans rela ...more
What can I say after finishing the 4th book by Dot Hutchison and having all the characters to myself forever, I feel happy and yet sad to say that they are now gone. But in the end it's pretty nice that Eliza and Brandon Eddison tied the knot and were expecting a baby girl. What ensued was a case of a small girl (8 years old) that was kidnapped by an aggrieved father that had lost his daughter to leukemia when she was 8 years old. It takes many people to put together this case and resolve it to
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Wow another great one from this author!! Love this series... always keeping you on your toes and totally invested in the book. Hope this isn't the last of them. Can't wait for more from this author.
Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book
Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book
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Dot Hutchison is the author of A Wounded Name, a young adult novel based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and the adult thriller The Butterfly Garden. With past experience working at a Boy Scout camp, a craft store, a bookstore, and the Renaissance Faire (as a human combat chess piece), Hutchison prides herself on remaining delightfully in tune with her inner young adult. She loves thunderstorms, mytholog
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