Though she has long suspected, at age twenty-four, Kali discovers she is adopted. The search for her birth parents brings both joy and crippling heartache. Her newfound grandparents are lovely people, but she soon learns the tragic history of her biological mother. Over two decades before, a young woman was raped and brutalized by four unknown men. She survived, but discovered she was pregnant. The young woman's name was Jessica, but she went by Jinx.
Years later, while six-year-old Kali lived her best life across the country with her adoptive parents, Jinx was viciously and mysteriously murdered. There was no justice. A small-town sheriff with clout and connections made sure of that. Kali adores her new family, but after hearing Jinx's story, she knows she needs to make things right. And she's not afraid to get her hands dirty - or bloody - for the mother she never knew.
People reap what they sow. And Karma knows no deadline.
On the whole, this is a sterling novel with a lot to like about it. The main focus of the quest to uncover the truth about her past and the discovery of what happened to her mother, the series of gruesome encounters that result, and trying to uncover the connection with her own murderous tendencies, offers a genuinely thrilling story with more depth than expected. Some of it ties back into events explored in a secondary writing experience that gives everything the kind of spin that brings her mission of vengeance around full circle. With everything coming along at a quick and steady pace as the revelations unfold in equal measure alongside the brutality present, this leaves the story to develop in an immersive manner, with the fast pace providing quite a lot to like as we follow along on this journey.
The vengeance that gets carried out, here depicted against a slew of wholly deserving victims, not just because of what’s happened to her but the revenge for what happened to her mother, keeps this going along quite well. This is where the book really hits its stride as the brutal, bloody encounters take place, not just with the carnage inflicted, described in graphic detail, but also the creativity of the setpieces, which are featured here. That we’re all cheering on this action with the storyline connotations here, making everything feel more connected due to a solid backstory that works in these great callbacks to give weight to what she’s doing. This might be a bit more graphic and extreme than some might be comfortable with, as the details are explicit and well-drawn out, but that becomes the main issue within this one.
4.5/5
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