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Kalte Narben by Karin Slaughter
3.0

I liked this novella better than Snatched, the previous one. Honestly considered giving it four stars, but it was just shy of that for me. It was more fun and had a more interesting story. There were some pretty decent twists and turns and it definitely held my attention start to finish. It's only about 70 pages, but I just flew through it.

I think the ending wrapped up too quickly. There was a lot going on and it was all revealed over the course of two conversations. I feel like this could have benefited from another twenty pages.

There was also enough in this book that I had trouble following it. Too many people that I kept mixing up, too many relationships and lies and moving pieces. I think it needed more time to unfold. As it was, a lot of the story didn't make sense to me and I still can't remember which bad guy was which.

But to a degree, it doesn't matter that much. So what if I mixed up the bad guys? At the end of the day, they're all just the bad guys and basically doing the same thing. It was a good time. I'd recommend this a little more than the previous novella, but I don't think they really hold up to the rest of the full length novels. Worth the read if you're a completionist or really love the series, but they don't add a whole lot and you're not missing much if you give these a pass.