It's been such a long time since I read a thriller like this, and it felt so good to be so gripped by a story again. However, beyond the initial gripping, Beautiful Bad fell a bit short for me.

The book starts on 'The Day of the Killing' with a frantic 911 call. It grips the reader right away. Then, it goes back and forth between the past and the present, counting down to 'The Day of the Killing'.

I enjoyed the character developments and the mix of present day and flashbacks, but I found that I was reading because I just wanted to get to the end, not because I wanted to know what happened throughout the entire story.

This was a good read. But it's not one of the thrillers that's going to stick with me for awhile. So I can really only just say it's an average 3 stars for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for gifting me an ARC in exchange for a review.