This was really different and I loved the fact that it took a while to realise the full situation with Rebecca and Moonflower. I always enjoy a cat and mouse thriller but I struggled a bit with this as I felt that the detective was a little under drawn- I struggled to care as much as I would have liked about what happened to him.
Very enjoyable read nonetheless.

I think I’ve realised that I’m not a fan of cat and mouse thrillers. The premise of this was great, I wish we didn’t have the detectives POV as much. The characters felt very under developed.

Well this was different! I was instantly hooked.
Gripped by the mother daughter relationship and wanting to figure out what the hell was going on!

On the edge of my seat for most of it. Definitely a recommended read.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC.

Back in the 80s I cut my adult reading teeth with the horror genre. Herbert, Masterton, King, Brandner, Lumley - I can go on... These days I have fell a bit from that wayside, more favouring crime fiction, apart from every so often dipping a toe back in the pond. This was my latest dip... And it was wonderful...
We start with Rebecca Carter driving her and her daughter, Moonflower, on a dark snowy night in the run-up to Christmas. She swerves to avoid an elk, driving her van into a snowdrift. It's the latest annoyance to her ever mounting list of annoyances. Broke, no food, no help, no nothing, and now stuck. As luck would have it, along comes a man in a pick-up truck. But strangely, Rebecca refuses all or his efforts to help her... But why...?
Meanwhile, we also follow FBI Special Agent Marc Donner who has been hunting down what he has identified as a prolifically gruesome serial killer who drains their victims of all their blood before severing their spinal cords. But for some reason he is pretty much on his own with this investigation...
And so begins a rather interesting and intriguing game of cat and mouse with loads of violent brutality and just enough maverick behaviour to keep me up, reading way beyond my bedtime, so eager I was to get to the conclusion... And I was well rewarded for my endeavours...
I do admit that I haven't read too much by this author before. But I have enjoyed what I have read, and I do fully intend to make a concerted effort to play catch-up in the near future.
Rebecca and Marc are more alike than they would both wish to admit to. Both troubled - in different ways. Both alone. Both out on a limb. Both trying to make the nest of what they are left with. But also, both on opposing sides. They are also both cracking characters.
Pacing is good, matching the narrative all the way through. Heavy on the violence and a bit brutal in places, deliciously so...
And the ending when it came was perfect. Wholly satisfying for what had gone before but also, maybe, also leaving a wee chink of light for the future...
My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Absolutely thrilling. Blood Like Mine blends the crime and horror genres in a new and exciting way. The best way to explore this book is to go on completely blind and be taken on an adrenaline filled adventure. It is a bleak chase across America as one FBI agent chases the elusive wanted serial killer who he has pursued to the detriment of his marriage and sanity. It is also a story of a mother's love and desire to protect. Unputdownable. #bloodlikemine #stuartneville #netgalley

This is a crime thriller with a supernatural edge and I loved it. Stuart Neville has a nice easy style of writing that engages you with the characters and fleshes out the plot gradually. This cleverly written story is a film or series waiting to be made. Now, where are Mr Neville's other books?

Thanks to Simon and Schuster and NetGalley for ARC.

When we first encounter Rebecca Carter and daughter Monica they are leading an itinerant life of poverty, out of their van, clearly trying to stay one step ahead of disaster. It's a hardscrabble life. There are hints of what they left behind, and why, like a blood trail to follow, but so far they are together and surviving.
Rogue and increasingly isolated FBI agent, Marc Donner, spending the worst years of his life tracking a serial killer of such mythical proportions that most of the FBI seem to think they are a figment of Donner's imagination.

This is well paced, beautifully written and totally not for me, especially once I worked out the Carters' secret, but this deserves to find a very wide audience and I can imagine a screen adaptation being wildly popular.

What a great read, so so gripping, can't recommend it enough!
Thanks to NetGalley, the editor and the author for the opportunity to access this advanced copy.

For me this is young adult territory, the novel is a little tense and scary but mildly and a little bit twilight genre. Overall good but I wouldn't compare it to Stephen King. It's more teen drama to me saying that I wonder if it was gruesomed up for screen would it translate well enough.

WOW! That feeling when you’ve just finished an amazing book, excited by what you’ve just read, excited that others will get to read it too…

I was at a Q&A, C.L. Taylor and Lisa Jewell, hosted by Luca Veste, one of the questions was ‘What was your last five star read?’ - C.L. Taylor and Luca Veste immediately answered, in unison Blood Like Mine, Lisa Jewell answered Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry.

It’s the story of Rebecca Carter, a mum on the run with her daughter Monica (nicknamed Moonflower), staying hidden and anonymous. There’s an FBI agent Marc Donner who has been tracking a k*ller for nearly two years, he’s as determined to catch the k*ller as Rebecca is to protect Moonflower.

This is an amazingly fresh and original novel. It goes deep into a mother’s need to protect her child. The mom and daughter as anonymous fugitives on the run is very powerful and Stuart Neville builds this story perfectly. There are heart-stopping twists and reveals that will chill your blood.

For once, I’ll say this book is crying out for a sequel or ongoing series and needs to be made into a movie.

This is a book of the year, emotionally involving while throat grabbing as a cat and mouse high stakes thriller. This is a book I’ll be shouting about. Read this as soon as you can!

Thanks to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster UK

I thought this book sounded interesting, but when I started reading it I struggled. I felt myself disconnecting after a while, and I am afraid this just wasn't for me.

I hadn't really realised what this was to begin with. I'd assumed it was a story of revenge, of a mother wanting to hurt the sort of people who had hurt her daughter. Then I realised it was something totally different. It wasn't my normal type of story - but actually I really really enjoyed it and it kept me enthralled right to the end, with a few surprises.

An intriguing story that starts with a mother and daughter on the run that develops into a gothic horror story with lots of bite. The daughter has special dietary needs which just happens to be human blood and the mother has decided that the best providers are child abusers as it was one such individual who infected her in the first place. The chase involves an FBI agent who had become obsessed by the case and as his chase causes even more tragic events he’s thrown off the investigation but carries on regardless. A blood soaked ending but the perpetrator is still out there. Beware!

A really gripping read, I thought the characters were intriguing and I'm going to look out for more by this author.

A desperate mother is on the run, sacrificing everything to protect her child. Following close behind is FBI agent Marc Donner, equally driven he won't stop until he catches them. From the opening chapter right the way through to its intiguing ending this novel had me completely under its spell.

Superb characterisation, I wasnt sure how I felt or even which party I was rooting for as the lines between hunter and prey became blurred and they headed on a collision course towards the explosive ending.

A powerful and moving novel that held my attention from start to finish. Not quite what I was expecting but a terrific read nonetheless. I'm hopeful there's more to come and if so I'll look forward to reading it.

I chose this book as it was labelled as a mystery/ thriller. It is also fantasy/horror not my usual genre. Mother and daughter are on the road across America. They are being tracked by an FBI agent who thinks they are responsible for a trail of death. They don’t fit the profile of serial killer but the agent doesn’t know the whole truth. I gave up about a third of the way through partly because I had already worked out the mother and daughter’s secret. I also felt that the story really has nowhere to go. As an almost 70 year old woman, I don’t think I am the right audience for this sort of book. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC in return for an honest review.

Really enjoyed this !
Monica and her mother are on the run -we are not sure from whom or from what at first .
As the story unfolds it becomes clear that Monica has certain needs that her mum is helping her with -and the bodies are piling up !
Great little horror story -loved it !

Thankyou NetGalley for an ARC in return for an honest review

Well that was unexpected!
I ought to start by thanking all of the reviewers for not giving it away. For the record, I'm not about to either.
What starts out as a cat and mouse chase between a woman and her daughter who are on the run and the FBI agent who has spent the last two years trying to track them down at the cost of his marriage, home and possibly his career takes a sinister turn about half way through..
I actually loved it.
It's a great thriller, with a fast, enjoyable plot and a very satisfying conclusion. The characters are, shall we say, interesting and that's as much as I dare give away.
Thanks for taking me out of my comfort whilst still managing to entertain me..
Much appreciated.

#BloodLikeMine #NetGalley
Brilliant
You would do anything to protect your child.
Even if she’s a monster .Rebecca Carter and her daughter Monica, nicknamed Moonflower, travel the American West, always on the move, always hiding, always looking behind them, always keeping Moonflower out of sight.
They speak to no one, only interacting with people when it’s absolutely necessary.
But wherever they go, bodies are left behind.
Special Agent Marc Donner of the FBI has been tracking a killer for the best part of two years. A murderer that strikes once every few weeks. The victims are all men, many disappearing only to be found months later, dumped in forests or rivers or quarries, far from their places of death. All of them with their throats opened, their bodies bled out and their spinal cords severed. The killer leaves no trace, no clues – only a trail of corpses.After all this time, Donner has gleaned only a handful of facts from the few witnesses and snippets of CCTV footage available. He’s hunting a middle-aged woman who drives a van with blacked-out windows and false plates. Often she poses as a child online to lure in her prey. It’s never been enough to track her down though. And so begins a cat-and-mouse game between Donner and his prey, Rebecca and Moonflower. But who is the actual hunter – and who is the actual prey? For perhaps Moonflower isn’t the child that her mother claims she is. Perhaps she’s something else – and as Donner puts everything on the line to capture them and prove his suspicions right, perhaps he isn’t prepared to face what is really out there.
Thanks to NetGalley and Simon Schuster UK for giving me an advance copy.

Whilst I was totally gripped by the first half of the book with the FBI investigation into a series of kills, I found myself becoming less intrigued and invested as the novel approached the ending.
I like books that push boundaries but couldn't quite invest in this one