A review by marleens
The Scorpion's Head by Hilde Vandermeeren

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

I received an eARC of The Scorpion’s Head by Hilde Vandermeeren on Netgalley.

First of all I absolutely flew through this book. The writing is very easy and quick to read, the sentences are short, the pace is high and there’s lots of fun action and chase scenes. It’s  also very cinematic. I could definitely see this becoming a movie, and some of the scenes gave me Bourne Identity vibes. 

I liked our two main characters, but liked Gaelle’s parts a bit more than Michael’s, because I sympathized a lot more with her than with him and could understand her motivations better. Of the different side characters Michael’s boss Dolores intrigued me the most and I wish we would have had a lot more of her. Please, give me a whole prequel on Dolores and how she became the person she is in this book!

The resolutions of the different parts of the plot were a bit too quick in my opinion. I think especially the final confrontation could have been longer and more interesting. It felt like a bit of a missed opportunity because the setting and situation at that point had a lot of potential, but it was over before I knew it. 

All in all I give this book 4 stars. Although I would have liked some longer plot resolutions and confrontations, I had a blast while reading, and am glad I happened to come across this book. Being Dutch it would have made more sense for me to read this in the original Dutch, but now that I’ve discovered Vandermeeren I will for sure check out some of her other books in Dutch.
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