Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land

Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Milly is starting her new life with a foster family with her new name to hide her true identity, you see Milly is really Annie, the daughter of a serial killer awaiting trial. Not only is Milly a serial killer’s daughter but she herself is the one that went to the police and turned her mother in to stop her from killing any more children.

Now living in the home of Mike, a psychologist working with Milly, and his family including his wife and daughter, Milly finds herself trying to come to terms with her mother. Her new life isn’t exactly easy for Milly either though, Mike’s daughter makes a point to bully Milly not liking that her parents didn’t keep their promise of no more foster children and Milly also has to prepare for her mother’s upcoming trial in which Milly is the key witness.

Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land is one that caught my attention after seeing tons of great reviews on the book so since it sounded right up my alley I thought I would fall in love with this book. When finished however I rather thought the story was more of one that is just alright, it’s good but not as great as I was expecting it to be.

My first issue with this one came with getting used to Milly/Annie’s narrative in the story. It really does fit the character quite well but it also took some getting used to for me since Milly spends alot of time in her own head speaking with her mother and going over events.

Once I got used to that though the book picked up and took off but then my second complaint came into play… There was no amazing twist or shocking reveal in my opinion. The story really just seemed to go right to the obvious to me so I was left with wanting a bit more unfortunately. Perhaps this is just because I read so much but that did end up bringing my rating down a bit more.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.