Title: All Shall Mourn
Series: None Shall Sleep #3
Previous books in this series: None Shall Sleep (#1) | Some Shall Break (#2)
Author: Ellie Marney
Genre: YA, mystery thriller
Publication date: February 2025
Published by: Black Hand Press
Source: Purchased with gift card
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Synopsis: The third and final book in the None Shall Sleep Sequence.
Simon Gutmunsson is on the loose... Since the disastrous events of the College Killer case, the FBI is coming to terms with the fact that while catching one sociopath, they've released another. Chillingly manipulative, frighteningly intelligent, and wholly insane, Simon Gutmunsson is the worst of the worst. Now he's free, and on the run with his twin sister Kristin, and nobody in the FBI is smart enough to keep up...
Travis Bell's last investigation for FBI Behavioral Science nearly killed him. Supported by family and his partner Emma Lewis, now Travis just needs to get back on his feet. But Emma has been recruited to help the FBI hunt the ultimate sociopath, Simon Gutmunsson, and there's no way Travis is letting her go into this battle alone...
Emma Lewis has gained some perspective on life, and as her emotional walls come down, she realizes that only by working as a perfect team will she and Travis have any chance of beating the Gutmunsson twins at their own terrifying game. So in a journey that will take them from Moroccan souks to Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations, the stage is set for Simon and Kristin and Emma and Travis to meet up in an epic final showdown.
What in the Flowers in the Attic was this book?
I honestly could've lived without that, especially because we experienced it from THEIR POV.
However, I did accept the explanation for this because it makes sense for these characters and how they grew up. Doesn't mean I have to like this trope, though, especially because I felt like this came out of the blue. Maybe it's because they weren't together in the last two books, but if my memory serves, we got no hint of this previously!
Anyway, this wasn't even the only reason why I didn't love this book. The beginning, after the whole Flowers in the Attic situation, was kinda boring. I wasn't very invested, not even in the Emma/Travis reunion. Which is crazy because I was shipping them like crazy in the last book! But in this book, I found the romance kinda awkward and lackluster, and I just didn't care. I didn't care about a lot of things in this book, which made me sad because I gave the last book FIVE stars!
I'll say this: I was a lot more engaged in the second half of the book, but overall, this was just... fine 🤷♀️ This was predictable and slow, kinda boring, and it just made some really weird decisions. I really don't know what happened with this series. I really enjoyed the first two books, so it makes me so sad that the ending was so lackluster 😢
However, I did accept the explanation for this because it makes sense for these characters and how they grew up. Doesn't mean I have to like this trope, though, especially because I felt like this came out of the blue. Maybe it's because they weren't together in the last two books, but if my memory serves, we got no hint of this previously!
Anyway, this wasn't even the only reason why I didn't love this book. The beginning, after the whole Flowers in the Attic situation, was kinda boring. I wasn't very invested, not even in the Emma/Travis reunion. Which is crazy because I was shipping them like crazy in the last book! But in this book, I found the romance kinda awkward and lackluster, and I just didn't care. I didn't care about a lot of things in this book, which made me sad because I gave the last book FIVE stars!
I'll say this: I was a lot more engaged in the second half of the book, but overall, this was just... fine 🤷♀️ This was predictable and slow, kinda boring, and it just made some really weird decisions. I really don't know what happened with this series. I really enjoyed the first two books, so it makes me so sad that the ending was so lackluster 😢
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