White Out is a suspenseful thriller set in the small town of Hagen, North Dakota. The plot involves several murders, an old kidnapping case, and several characters suffering from amnesia, making the book's first half rather frustrating. The protagonist, Detective Kylie Milliard, is likable, but the author has yet to share much of her personal story. The plot is all over the place, and even though the author did tie most of it up in the end, I still was left with more than a few questions. ( )

Fun, just complex enough to be interesting. ( )

I probably should give this two stars but I will go with three. White Out was certainly not boring; it starts out suspenseful and unique when we meet Lily, who has just been involved in a car accident, and has only fuzzy memories. The first third of White Out was 5 stars, it slowly went downhill from there.

Have you ever read something that tries so hard to be suspenseful that it is not? White out is that book. Around half way I felt burnt out of every situation having a twist. Every moment does not need to have suspense. There were so many plot twists here that a lot of loose ends were made along the way - most were not wound back into the story.

The characters at the end felt different to who they were just a few days before at the beginning of the story. Lots missing from the character development, they basically acted however was needed in the moment.

The police work was very flawed. We won't even talk about that.

Three stars you ask? Yes, because this was still an exciting thriller to read. I had fun and also became invested in the plot. Most of my frustration is because this had the bones necessary to have been even better.

Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for my copy to read and review. ( )

Detective Kylie Miniard is new to town, but she already wants out and I certainly can’t blame her. I think she was only hired because the town needed to meet it’s “women in the department” quota. I wouldn’t be surprised if the next book in the series would have Kylie killing the sheriff, (her boss), who leaves her out of departmental meetings...fails to give her information incoming about the investigation...and other things that she needs to know as an investigator. Above all, to include her as a valued member of the department. That was just my opinion and I’m sure that is not going to be the theme of the next book :) A body has been left in a dumpster and Kylie has been assigned to the case. While she is doing this another event takes place. A woman crawls out of a car with no memory of how she got there or who she is. Most of the book focuses on the living woman and the man she left in the car. This is where the plots become a bit muddled. Too many characters are brought in without any rhyme or reason. Later in the book we discover that it really does make some sort of sense...but why too much time has elapsed and I had pretty much lost interest in any of it. I gave it 2.5 stars for the idea of the plot...not the execution. ( )

No bad; a little convoluted at the end, imo. ( )