Roses of May by Dot HutchisonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Definitely read Book 1 first, The Butterfly Garden. Even after reading it awhile ago, I was a bit lost with this one--I couldn't figure out if the serial killer from Book 1 was somehow related to the killings happening in Book 2? Eventually I figured it out.
This author has a unique voice--almost casual. It works perfectly from the POV of Priya, a teenager whose sister has been murdered. Years after Chavi's death, Priya is receiving flowers from either a mentally ill admirer or the serial killer who killed her sister. The flowers Priya receives match the ones found on the bodies of the dead women--yuck.
The relationship between the FBI investigators and the victims of these crimes seems a bit off to me--I doubt if these relationships are maintained in the way they are in the book? I understand that trauma affects relationships oddly, but I did wonder about the texts/emails the agents exchanged with the young victims in these novels. There's nothing creepy about them, trust me, but it just seems like the agents wouldn't let themselves get close.
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