‘Say Goodbye’ by Karen Rose is the third book in the Sacramento Series. This is a series I have followed from the start and even had the honour to join the blog tour for the second book, you can find that review on my blog also. A series that has, for me kept the same level of quality I expect from Karen Rose.

This is a book that had me from the moment I opened it. I must say though that to fully enjoy and understand everything you should read books one and two first as the amount of characters and the plot may go right over your head.
I will include the synopsis here as I am very aware of spoilers and wouldn’t want to ruin any part of your reading.

The closer you get to the truth, the more dangerous it gets as FBI Agent Tom Hunter who has been chasing down leads to find the brutal cult that damaged some of his closest friends, is about to discover. They managed to escape to tell their stories, but Eden’s location has always remained a mystery.

Liza Barkley is struggling with her feelings for Tom and wonders if their friendship can survive the secrets they’ve kept from one another. But they may be forced to confront the truth when a chance to help the investigation puts Liza directly in the line of fire.

When the perpetrator of an attempted sniper attack on Liza and her friends is discovered to be one of the cult’s leaders, DJ Belmont, it becomes clear that he is out to get revenge on the victims who escaped Eden’s clutches.
But there is one person who has always had control over DJ, and who no one outside of Eden has ever glimpsed: cult leader Pastor. When a serious injury forces Pastor to seek help outside the confines of the Eden, Tom and his team finally have a chance to bring the cult down. But DJ Belmont has his own plan, and is not going to stop until he gets what he wants…

Karen Rose is an author that has that knack of bringing a story that always has that little bit extra. That hook that gets you and reels you into the world she has magically woven together. Her characters are always created to resonate in some way. I have travelled three ‘worlds’ with Mercy and her story along with Gideon her brother and now Tom too. They are all so real to the point that I really wanted to read this book to catch up with Mercy and Gideon. I hate ‘The Pastor’ with a passion and this book saw no change in my opinion. As with all the unlikeable people that Karen Rose has managed to craft, there are no redeemable qualities that I could find. She has the skill to fine-tune them while spinning her stories and series webs together and make such intricate and enthralling stories for her readers to marvel over.

A book that manages to pull every thread from the full three books together and give us the answers we didn’t even really realise we needed.

This is why Karen Rose is one of the major authors of today and I thank Anne Cater of Random Things Tours and Headline for my copy of the book.