Vera Kurlan: Never Saw Me Coming

Vera Kurlan shows that you should never judge a book (person) by their cover, there may be a murderer lurking underneath:

This book pleasantly surprised me, I wasn't sure how Kurlan was going to portray Chloe as a character as writing of psychopaths can be unpredictable. This book is very much a psychopathic academic thriller book, that has two murderers going about their business at the same time. The first one you are aware of is Chloe's own personal revenge, from events that happened when she was a child and a secondary one (not secondary in plot though) with someone killing the psychopaths enrolled in the program there. This second one kept me guessing throughout as there were so many prospects as to who the stalker and killer could be. I guess this is a little be easier to have so many prospects when there are a proportionally higher amount of psychopaths at this university. 

I enjoyed reading about Chloe, her thought process and how she perceived the world and what she was willing to do to not only figure out who the Stalker/Killer is but for her own personal vendetta as well. Chloe is methodical but sometimes her needs to be spontaneous things when she wants to get things done. Chloe knows how to work her looks to her advantage and realizes what she needs to go to her looks to either blend in or stand out.

Although the premise seems centered around Chloe I was really happy that Kurlan expanded the POV that we get to have not just one psychopath's POV but three. I think this story needed it in order to feel more well rounded and to have a break from Chloe's self-centeredness. It was also interesting to see the different elements of psychopathy in each person that has POV.

You are either going to love or hate the ending i think. For me the ending was not for me. I wanted more, I wanted Kurlan to push things a bit and I wanted to know what was going to happen next. It seemed like an odd place to end things to me.

I enjoyed this book and they way that Kurlan wrote each of the psychopaths in this book and the multiple plot points were interesting and well done. If you like psychopath books, and want a different POV in them, then i recommend checking this one out.

Enjoy!!!!

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