The Last Woman in the Forest

Description

The national bestselling author of Breaking Wild delivers a riveting and haunting thriller about a woman who fears that the greatest threat to her survival could be the man she loves...

     On a conservation study in northern Alberta, field technician Marian Engström finds her true calling: training rescue dogs to help track endangered or threatened wildlife. Under the tutelage of experienced handler Tate Mathias, Marian feels her future opening up before her.

     But after Tate is killed in a bear attack, Marian finds herself questioning the man she thought she loved. Growing inconsistencies start to surface, possibly linking Tate to the murders of four women over six years. Working with a retired forensic profiler who was never able to close the cases, Marian relives her relationship with Tate, desperately hoping to clear his name as a serial killer. And as she circles ever closer to the truth, evil stalks her every move...

     From the lush and breathtaking Rocky Mountains to the vast deserts of Utah, The Last Woman in the Forest chronicles the experiences of a woman whose faith in the nature of man is about to be tested.

My Review

To be honest, when I first started this book I read a few chapters and promptly put it down. I was not interested and was ready to quit the book. Yet, after a while, I came back to it and decided to give it another chance. I started over and something clicked this time around. I was more in tune with what I was reading. 

Marian was fine as was the other characters. Although, the characters were just middle of the road with their personalities. It was the pacing of the storyline that really did it for me with this book. It moved so slow. There was not a lot that happened. It is like the long Alaskan nights. I want to say that the last third of the story makes up for the pacing but it does not. While, I was not a fan of this book, I would give this author another try.