First and foremost: If you are arachnophobic, you might want to be careful, the novel includes a lot of spiders.

This was another fantastic installment of the series about Charlie Parker.

In this novel, to find out what had really happened to a young woman who was found dead in her car, Charlie has to face a religious cult, another hitman, and an unsettling arachnologist.

John Connolly does know how to write a terrifying villain, let me tell you that. Mr. Pudd is certainly one of the most memorable antagonists I've read about in a while. Connolly also knows how to connect multiple plotlines, even those you thought had been completed in previous books. Seeing the Traveling Man mentioned, and how he was connected to Charlie's current case, was very clever, in my opinion. I really enjoyed that, just as I still enjoy the lyrical way Connolly writes about gruesome crimes.

As always, Charlie's friendship with Louis and Angel was my favourite part of the story, and it continues to bring me a lot of joy. The ending of the book had me gripping my blanket, since I was worried about Angel the whole time.

The one thing that truly disappointed me about this novel was the conclusion of the Golem's subplot. He was such an intriguing character, and since his first appearance I wanted to find out more about him, so I was dissatisfied with what happened to him in the end. I have to admit, I was hoping for some sort of professional rivalry moments between him and Louis, but I guess we can't have everything we want.

But other than that? I enjoyed The Killing Kind a lot, and I can't wait to read The White Road.