etoiline 's review for:

Call Me Princess by Sara Blaedel

3.0

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This was a nice change from some of the more gory "cold Northern European" crime fiction out there. There were certainly parts of the story which made me cringe, but that's the nature of crime. This book was just a little less forceful about it, even though the crime committed here is horrible and violent. It's pleasing to see a heroine as star of the tale, instead of a grizzled, worn-out man. Louise is a good choice to delve into the seedier side of online dating, trying to catch a raper-turned-murderer before he kills again, and perhaps closer to home. There are clearly more stories to tell for Louise, with hints dropped about previous cases and relationships, and I wouldn't mind reading more about her. The story is wrapped up satisfactorily, without the abruptness of an obvious sequel. Some phrasing seemed awkward, and sometimes the descriptions were overly wordy, but this could be a case of translation.

I received this book as a digital ARC from Netgalley.