Search - Kill You Twice (Archie & Gretchen, Bk 5)

Another good installment in the saga of Archie/Gretchen relationship. At first you might think 'where does Gretchen come into this story' but then just wait she gets there. The twists in this story will hit you between the eyes and you'll think---OMG!

A great return to form. However, I continue to hate Susan. She is the Lena (Karin Slaughter fans will understand the reference) of this series. Hate her! Glad to see more Gretchen in this book though, and I am looking forward to the next installment in this series.

Simply awesome. The fourth book in this series was something of a disappointment, but this installment takes us right back into the meat of the story, with Archie and Gretchen's co-dependent psychopathy front and center.

Another great book by Chelsea Cain! Gretchen and Archie are at it again. Many plot twists and turns with a surprise ending. Did not see it coming. Can't wait for the next book in this series!

Cain returns to the complex Archie/Gretchen relationship with a bang in this latest book in the series. She is an inventive writer, managing to concoct surprising twists in the plot or the people that will keep readers guessing. She creates terrific characters, too--I find Archie to be an endlessly fascinating study, but even Gretchen and Susan are more nuanced and dimensional in this book.

While I really liked Kill You Twice, I can also point to a few things I didn't care for: inventive and clever the story may be, but Cain seems to have gone overboard on surprising revelations and implausible resolutions this time--after a while, they lose their impact. Ditto for the rather graphic violence; somehow it bothered me more in this book than it has before. And Bliss, Susan's way over the top, hippie mom, drives me crazy--she's the character I love to hate in this series.