The Roses of May

The Collector, Book 2

By: Dot Hutchison

Narrated by: Siiri Scott, Will Damron

Four months after the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies were kept captive, FBI agents Brandon Eddison, Victor Hanoverian, and Mercedes Ramirez are still entrenched in the aftermath, helping survivors in the process of adjusting to life on the outside. With winter coming to an end, the Butterflies have longer, warmer days of healing ahead. But for the agents, the impending thaw means one gruesome thing: a chilling guarantee that somewhere in the country, another young woman will turn up dead in a church with her throat slit and her body surrounded by flowers.

Priya Sravasti's sister fell victim to the killer years ago. Now she and her mother move every few months, hoping for a new beginning. But when she ends up in the madman's crosshairs, the hunt takes on new urgency. Only with Priya's help can the killer be found - but will her desperate hope for closure compel her to put her very life on the line?

©2017 Dot Hutchison (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Not what I had expected

I really had high hopes for this book because I absolutely loved The Butterfly Garden! I was pretty disappointed to see how short it fell to the first book. Most of it was repetitive and boring. I think if the POV had been from the killer instead it would have made the whole book so much better. Will Damron did a fantastic job! His voice for the killer gave me chills! Siiri's narration on the other hand sounded robotic and stunted. There were some parts of the book that were heartbreaking, but she read them completely emotionless. I couldn't get into her sections. That made it hard to rate the performance. I would easily give Will Damron 5 stars, but I would give Siiri 1 star.

Good but not butterflies

I had to read this one as part of the collector trilogy. I found the butterfly garden totally captivating. While roses of may is good, it doesn't measure up to the butterfly garden. Definitely recommend it's creepiness though.

Not what was expecting

I thought this book was a continuation of the Butterfly garden but it wasn’t. It was interesting but not riveting like the butterfly book.

Glad I read it, but it was just ok

Any additional comments?

I really liked the butterfly garden, so I was glad to get an update on where the girls were. I did feel as though the books were a little disconnected (it could just be because they were out of the garden and a different narrator). I just didn't care for the characters in this book and it was pretty obvious who the killer was. I don't regret reading this book, but I probably won't reread it like I did with the butterfly garden.

Drawn way out. Too much narration,.

Has potential, but the story is drawn way out. There is too much narration compounded by redundancy. Slowww