Jessica has always known that she was different…. she has always known that she is a psychopath. But she has learned to embrace this difference, and put it to good use as a NYPD detective. This ability to think like the monsters she hunts is what has set her apart from the rest, and has helped her become the best. However, her newest case is her hardest one yet. On the hunt for a serial killer with a dramatic MO, Jessica has just realized that the latest victim is none other than her sister. This will ultimately change Jessica’s life and the way she thinks about the monster she is pursuing and the monster she must become. Luckily, Jessica has a new partner, Cole Bellamy, a professor of forensic psychology who has helped the police with criminal profiling in the past. Will they be able to find out who this killer is before they can strike again? Will Cole see Jessica for who she truly is? And most importantly when will Jessica get her next cup of coffee? 

Overall rating 4/5 

I can’t help but find kinship in this character for her first name alone and her obsession with coffee. The fact that Cole never mentioned or led on that he knew Jessica was a psychopath instantly drove me crazy.  I do believe that this was because of his family history, and the fact that he embarrassed her dark side. I also struggled with Jessica’s apparent onset of “emotions” however, I do know that studies show that traumatic events can shift one's mental state which I feel that on multiple occasions this is likely what has happened to Jessica. I am flummoxed by the ending and want more. I can not wait until the next book to find out what happens to Cole, and the monster that Jessica has to become yet again, and maybe this time more grittier…. 

 

*Thank you to Amer De Torfino for the ARC copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.