When Will's childhood friend dies mysteriously, he enlists Killian Kendall to help him learn the truth.
Will’s life is changing so quickly he can’t keep up. He’s moving out of his parents’ home for the first time, changing careers, making new friends, and falling in love with the person he least expected. In the process, he’s also learning a lot about himself.
As if he doesn’t have enough going on, his life-long best friend dies in what appears to be a drunken accident. But when Will receives a note hinting that it may not have been an accident after all, he finds that he can’t rest until he knows the truth.
Will enlists the help of Killian Kendall and his friends and, together, they begin an investigation that will result in even more death. Will thought the biggest changes were behind him, but they had only just begun.
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”
Professional Reviews
A Great Follow Up
Reap the Whirlwind is more of a spin-off from Aterovis' last book, Bleeding Hearts, focusing mainly on Will Keegan. The book first deals with Will coming to grips with his sexuality, taking his confusion and anger over the situation to the extreme. His best friend Joey takes the revelation almost as bad, pushing Will away and turning to partying and drinking. Though upset by the recent events, Will begins to settle down and begin his life anew. He gets used to his new roommate, Aidan, begins painting for and working at a gallery, and even meets some new friends. But at a party one night, trying to reconcile his broken relationship with Joey, he finds his life turned upside down. Joey is found dead in the pool, which is written off as an accident since Joey was drunk, and Will becomes friends with an ex of Joey's named Caitlin who is pregnant with Joey's child. Will and his newfound friends don't believe it was all an accident and begin their own quest to find Joey's killer before he strikes again.
Reap the Whirlwind was just as good as the first book, Bleeding Hearts, and it was great to get to meet new characters, while still welcoming back some of the old. Will's sexuality is a big theme throughout the book, with his struggle and eventual acceptance. I thought it was written very well and showed the various aspects of every relationship, whether good or bad. Once Joey is found dead, the book picks up its second story line of mystery and suspense. The group of friends begin their investigation, dealing with new information and roadblocks in a very realistic way. I felt the story flowed nicely and kept you interested in more way than one. The end of the novel had me shaking my head in disbelief and wishing there was more to read!
A Gut-Wrencher
Except for Killian who continues on in the series, no one is safe in this book. Major characters get killed off by the serial killer in this book. Nor can you rule anyone but Killian and the narrator out as suspects.
The story is told through the eyes of Will, who moves in with and falls in love with Killian’s cousin, Aiden. Killian and his friends are relegated to supporting characters and while Killian does lead the investigation, he doesn’t have a hand in solving it.
The subplots are poignant – a suicide attempt, an unwanted pregnancy and the tension between Killlian and his boyfriend, Asher, are all handled well. They are developed without taking away from the main tale.
When high school principal Jerry Egge is brutally murdered, Deputy sheriff Dave Jenkins begins an eerie investigation. Just about everyone in Soldier, Minnesota, is a suspect.
"Murder isn't usually this funny."
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