CW: incidents of animal cruelty mentioned, some incredibly violent deaths, beheading, limbs sent to police, murder of loved one, extreme torture, sexual content

3.5 Stars

Well it got off to a rocky start with the main character being incredibly unlikable.

The fact that Lane had murderous thoughts was really laboured at the beginning of the novel and the way she spoke about her sister's sexual behaviour was utterly atrocious. I don't know precisely when I started enjoy our little psychopath, but she really did grow on me. I thought the case was actually pretty engaging with a sufficient amount of intrigue and suspects to keep me turning the pages. It is a very short book but definitely packs a punch. There are some pretty gruesome, violent and disturbing deaths so I will be sure to give appropriate warnings. NZ senior high school students only. ( )

Chills. Couldn't put it down, I read it in under 4 hours... Definitely need to read the sequel.. ( )

Lane is a teenager and has urges to hurt, or possibly even kill, people. She is fascinated by serial killers and begins to satisfy her urges by becoming a vigilante and hurting those people who seem to get away with a crime. In the meantime, she is contacted by a real-life serial killer, but why is the killer contacting her?

I thought this was really good. I was pulled in right away and found it fascinating (and a bit terrifying!) to be in Lane’s head! Being a YA book, it is a fast read. I listened to the audio and was kept interested. Lane did have a bit of a “softer” (somewhat) side to her when it came to her family and to animals, which I found kind of interesting, as well. ( )

Pretty much the most ridiculous serial killer book I've ever read, and yes, I've read a lot of them. A 17 year old who's socially awkward and thinks that makes her a serial killer... of only bad people ... but she doesn't really kill anyone. I was waiting for the ending to blow me away and change my opinion of the book and it did not. If anything it reinforced it, proving me right in my opinion. ( )

I really enjoyed this book. Could wait to see what happened next! Hard to put down!!! ( )