Title: Psycho Inside Me
Author: Bonnie R. Paulson
Published: November 30, 2013
Format Read/Pages: eBook/171
How I Acquired It: Itching For Books
Date Finished: January 11, 2014
I killed my first victim
at thirteen years old – my age, not his. He was going to rape me, him and a
couple of his friends. And so, I killed him. And then… I killed again. And
again.
At seventeen, I’m killing
four to six times a year – maybe more. Don’t stress out. I only go after the
pedophiles and rapists. There are more out there than I could cover in a
lifetime.
Saying I did this on my
own would be selfish. Enforcing justice holds a glory all its own. But now, my
lifelong friend and backup, Deegan, has been arrested. I have to decide if I
want to give myself up and take his place or leave him with all the damning
evidence. I don’t want to stop killing. But if I let him take the fall, I can’t
kill anymore. And I need to keep doing that.
But the worst part of it
all? I love him.
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Can we just acknowledge that blurb and how catching it
really is? As soon as I had read it I knew that I needed to read Psycho Inside Me. It enraptured me and there
was no way I could not find out what happens to Deegan and how this all came to
be. Bonnie R. Paulson captivated me with a very intriguing premise and kept me
interested all the way through.
Something that I really enjoyed was that we jump right into
the story; it starts when Cassie, our main character, is thirteen years old and
makes her first kill. Within the first ten pages we have the first kill and a promise
of more. It starts out fast paced and never lets up. The writing style, I feel,
fit when Cassie was young. It was a little all over the place and reminded me
of the thoughts and interactions of a young teenager. I would have liked to see
it grow right alongside her, but it pretty much stays the same throughout the
book, this does not detract from the story though.
While I really liked Cassie, there were times she made me
want to pull out my own hair! You would think that after the second killing, where
Deegan saves her ass, she would realize that she should just include him in the
beginning and save everyone the trouble of having to guess whether or not he
will make it to her in time. Their relationship was fitting for this type of
situation, even though his insistence that they not be together is what gets
them in trouble in the long run.
The story was one that captivated me all the way through and
had me on the edge of my seat for the last few chapters. I feel as though the
outcome was perfect and was believable in the sense that it really could have
turned out that way.
This was a nice fast paced and short read with one of the
most original ideas that I have come across in a long while. It was a highly enjoyable,
dark and gritty story that shows what can happen when children are forced to
grow up too fast. Paulson has written a number of other books and I will
definitely be checking some of them out!
4 Stars
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
There are people who know a lot about a little, we’ll call
them experts. Then there are people, like Bonnie, who don’t specialize, but
rather gather information like pebbles in their pockets and drop them like
Hansel & Gretel in the stories they write.
The question is, do you want to follow them back?
Certified as a Radiologic Technologist, Bonnie prefers a
touch of medical in her storylines. Don’t be surprised if romance somehow runs
through a hospital or comes in contact with a paramedic. It’s just how she
rolls. And you know there's nothing more romantic than an 18 gauge needle
poking your vein!
She and her Hubs delight in dirt biking, snowboarding,
fishing, cooking, eating, spending time together and more with their adorable
children.
Make sure to check out all the stops on the Psycho Inside Me tour! The full schedule is available at Itching for Books.
Thank you to Shane at IFB and Bonnie R. Paulson for the chance to participate in this tour!
Good review. Thanks for participating!
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