A review by margenotbutter
Born to Die by Lisa Jackson

2.0

This is the prequel to Afraid To Die, but I read it after. I have rated it one more star than Afraid To Die, but that is because I liked the idea behind the plot. However, as stated in my review for Afraid To Die, it is ridiculously repetitive, with murderers only striking around Christmas in the town - which means in every book we are also subjected to the same descriptions of Joelle decorating the police station, Pescoli having problems with her children, and Alvarez having no one to share the holidays with. Bore bore bore. It was vaguely intriguing in the 1st book but having no resolution across the stories doesn't make me eager to find out, it makes me resolve to read no more of this series.

This book in particular -
SpoilerI liked the driving force behind the plot with Kacey and thought it was interesting, but I didn't like the forced relationship with Trace (moved too fast and she looked identical to/was related to every other woman he'd recently been with - that's healthy.) and I didn't like the tacked on ending with the other sibling being behind it all. I think it was meant to be a twist but actually it just didn't make sense.