Kate Posey: Serial Killer Games

Kate Posey shows what happens when you finally meet that one co-worker who gives off all the wrong vibes:

Dolores loves true crime, she loves listening to pod casts about serial killer and she is really interested in the one that seems to be in her city. Dolores is heading into work when the new temp raises all of her Spidey senses, there is no way that he is not a serial killer. Jake notices Dolores right away and he sees a kindred spirit, someone who may like to play the games he likes to play. What Jake and Dolores never thought was that the games that they decide to play will change both of their lives forever.

Alright, I think I need to state this first before you really start to read this review. THIS IS NOT A SERIAL KILLER BOOK. Good now that we have gotten that out of the way, we can continue. I went into this book, only reading the premise and in my mind I thought this was going to be something more in the vein of Butcher and Blackbird but maybe more serial killer and arm chair detective vibes. This was not what got. I feel like the book teased me for the first half of the book and it was around the middle that I realized that this was not going to be a serial killer book but more a romance one. When the chapter titles "Body Disposal" is not what you think it is going to be, it basically derailed what i thought was going to happen.

For a debut novel, I think that Posey did a good job with the story and characters that she wanted to tell. I dont know if it was her or a marketing team that decided to paint this book in a very different light than what it is.This is a extremely quirky book with extremely quirky characters who are obsessed with serial killers, the dead and death but murdering is not something to expect in this book. And to be fair Jake gives off true serial killer vibes to him, so I can't blame Dory for her thoughts on that aspect but they are really just thoughts.

Both Jake and Dory are fun characters, and just to say it one more time they are extremely quirky characters. I did end up liking both of them, Jake with his need to have everything clean and a certain way and the storm that Dory leaves in her wake everywhere she goes. I did enjoy the banter between the two of them and I appreciated that Posey gave each of them their own POV chapters in this book.

The True serial killer aspect in the book is very much a tertiary part of the story and I was able to figure it out.

Overall, I feel like the title and premise lied to me and I'm not happy about it. I think if I would have gone into this knowing what it was going to be, I would have had a different opinion and reading experience, but now i'm annoyed. I would read another book by Posey, but I will be checking out review beforehand to know what I am actually getting into.

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