My Rating: 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ love this series even when its a bit OTT and wild!!

Some memories are buried for a reason… The most painful of Evie Cormac’s memories have been locked away, ever since she was held a prisoner as a child - a child whose rescue captured hearts and headlines.

Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven’s mission is to guide her to something near normality. But today, on a Lincolnshire beach, seventeen bodies wash up in front of them. There is only one survivor, with two women missing. And Evie’s nightmares come roaring back…

Whatever happened all those years ago lies at the core of this new tragedy. Because these deaths are no accident. The same dark forces are reaching out, dragging her back into the storm. Evie must now call upon Cyrus’s unique skills, and her own, in their search for the missing pieces of this complex and haunting puzzle.

But will that be enough to save them?
And who will pay for the past?

Ok first up…. I have been a fan of this series from the start, way back when Evie was Angel Face… and if you too have been a fan waiting for this book I think you will like it. If you are new here… and you haven’t read the books prior … this might be a bit meh… or a bit confusing.. there is a long story at play here and I do recommend reading from the start.

Having said that I did have some issues with this book…. BUT as a fan I overlooked almost all of them because I love this series… so take that as you will because if you read it and go WTF KARLY WHY 4 STARS… well… you were warned.

Now… I couldn’t put this down, its been ages since I’ve read a book that I kept thinking about while I was at work and couldn’t wait to get back to it. Its easy to read, told from Cyrus and Evie’s POV alternatively throughout which I love. I liked hearing this story play out in the interactions and inner monologues of both Cyrus and Evie. I felt that Cyrus was a little less of a know it all asshole in this book… Evie of course was not but thats all part of her charm… or lack thereof.

I think Michael Robotham skirted the edges of “woke” really well.. he mentioned a few things here and there that I thought were done really well… and it enhanced rather than took away from the story. I also did like the secondary characters but I missed Lenny… she is one of my favourites.

This is a pretty far fetched tale… there are a lot of things that happen where if you don’t suspend your disbelief you will be rolling you eyes until you are dizzy… but knowing that up front I was all fine with it.. I threw it out the window and lent hard into this one. There are some plot holes… when I was thinking back I was like what happened to… or what about… but again… I don’t actually care … I read it and loved it… I will definitely be reading the next one.

I really liked the ending I thought it was a really nice way to find out more information that we have been waiting for since book 1 and I really enjoyed that. I think Cyrus and Evie’s relationship is questionable but I think they too skirt the edges of what is appropriate and honestly… I am not going to complain about it because as I said I love this series and I don’t mind.

I did knock one star off just because it did get a little toooo far fetched in places and I thought 5 stars was super generous but I enjoyed it… I was so excited when I got approved by NetGalley that I abandoned what I was reading immediately and dove into it head first.

Overall, if you love this author or this series… definitely read it. If you haven’t the first idea about either then read the synopsis and some other reviews first. If you like mysteries where you need to throw your disbelief into the sea then again pick this up.. however I don’t recommend starting part way through I highly recommend starting at the start… book 1 and 2 were also by far my fave in this series so far. Although this was close behind it…

Thank you to the publisher, NetGalley and the author for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Storm Child is the 4th book in Michael Robotham's Cyrus and Evie series,and one of the best books he's written.
A trip to a Lincolnshire Beach turns into a tragedy as several bodies are washed up on the beach ,while others are shocked Evie becomes almost catatonic as the sight triggers events from her own life,events she'd blocked out from a past that Cyrus ,in his role as forensic psychologist, had largely failed to prise from her memory.
With Evie now slowly remembering her early life it becomes obvious that events on the beach and the traumatic events from her past that she'd blocked out are linked.
This is a hard-hitting tale involving people-trafficking and exploitation, ruined lives and human beings being used as commodities.
Cyrus and Evie become much more rounded and self-aware characters in this book and as ever their "it's complicated" relationship is a big part of the story. Much of Evie's back-story is unearthed here but regular readers of the series will know that there is more to be revealed. With that and the introduction of some interesting new characters I can't wait for the next one.

I’ll be the first to admit it took me a while to settle with the Cyrus and Evie series, the first two books had such a strong focus on the backstories of our lead characters. The third book brought things together very nicely and I was very eager to read this.

WOW! Storm Child is a modern masterpiece.

Opening with a day at the beach, which ends in tragedy as bodies start washing up on the beach. Cyrus’s compulsion to care for the sole survivor and investigate the people trafficking operation that brought him to England will drag Evie back into painful memories of her own journey.

The balance of progression on the ongoing case with Evie’s story is just perfect, it steadily builds to a very powerful and thrilling finale and sets up for the continuation of this series exquisitely.

As deep, dark and stormy as the North Sea this is truly compelling crime writing, building on the already wonderfully developed characters of Cyrus and Evie. This is an essential book in what is now an epic series.

Definitely recommended, definitely best read in order from Book 1, Good Girl, Bad Girl.

Thanks to Netgalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK