Echo Road is an addictive, all consuming, action packed, police procedural with two strong FMC's. I absolutely loved this book. It brought the characters from both of these series together PERFECTLY. It was so well done, it flowed amazingly, you couldn't tell this was written by 2 people. I've only read 1 book in the Bree Taggert series and adored it, I didn't find myself lost or missing anything even if I hadn't read others or any Mercy Kilpatrick books. Now I definitely will !

I adored the storyline in this one, the case was so compelling, I was so invested from start to end. Once I started I couldn't stop. These 2 FMC's were just amazing together, to see how weary they were of each other and then being there for one another it was great. I loved that we got Bree, Mercy, The Victim and The Kidnappers POV's. I thought it added so much to the story. The characters were so well crafted, they felt so real.

This was a fantastic read, I will definitely be reading more. I just loved everything about this book. Highly recommend if you love police procedurals, thrills and kicka** FMC’s.

🎧 The narration by Teri Schnaubelt & Christina Traister was so good. It felt like I was listening to a movie. Every emotion, tone, action was so well done and it truly enhanced my experience of this book. I highly recommend the audio !

✨️Thank you to @netgalley, @brilliancepublishing, @kendraelliot & @melindaleigh for my gifted ALC in exchange for an honest review.

I love a good police procedural. I also love bad ass female MC. And there were two! This was such a wild read. There’s some dark content but I really love how this story was told and I went through it quickly. I wanted to know how it was going to end and who is it behind it all and if Paige was ok. This is definitely one not to miss.

The narration was fabulous. I love that there were more than 1 to do the different parts.

I love a procedural and love female detectives/sheriffs/FBI agents/whatever, so I feel a bit like I won the lottery here with a sheriff AND an FBI agent. I haven't read any of the previous Mercy Kilpatrick or Bree Taggert books (YET) and had zero problems jumping in so far along because Elliot and Leigh did a fantastic job including just enough backstory that I had a really strong handle on who these (excellent) characters were without it feeling like a drawn out rehashing. This story was fast-paced and exciting, and I loved the creepiness of the chapters narrated by "HIM" -- both narrators were great, but I do wish there had been a separate male narrator for those parts to really up the ick factor.

I'm excited to go back and listen to or read all the previous books in both series (!!!) What a score!

This review was originally posted on Books of My Heart


Review copy was received from NetGalley. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

4.5 hearts

The Bree Taggert series and Mercy Kilpatrick series are much loved favorites of mine. With both series, I have read the ebooks instead of the audio for the previous books. I was thrilled to try out the audio version and see a crossover with two favorite characters and their series.

We got both Bree and Mercy's points of view at times. The story combines a kidnapper / serial killer who is from Bree's area but has a victim from Mercy's area. I was kind of shocked because I always thought both authors wrote all their stories set in the Pacific Northwest in Washington or Oregon. Echo Road made me realize Bree Taggert, Morgan Dane , and Scarlett Falls series are set in upstate New York.

The authors set a good pace with plenty of action and smart characters. The characters, for me, are well-developed because I have read 8 books about each before now. I always read a series in order. You could read this as a standalone, but you would miss a great deal of the development of these two characters and their support circles. Some of the side characters you wouldn't know, but that adds to the overall world.

We also get some chapters from the point of view of the villain. He has a lot in common with many sexual predators who think they are smarter than everyone else and deserve to be in control and are especially derogatory and controlling to women.

I really enjoyed all the aspects with the family and relationships, the investigation, the politics and press. I highly recommend both series. Echo Road is a treat for fans with a new relationship between Bree and Mercy.

Narration:
The narrators are the same as from their regular series. I was comfortable with their performance even though I sort of had my own voices in my head since I have always read the ebooks. The narration added to the emotional tone and enhanced my enjoyment. I listened at my usual 1.5x speed.