Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

*** Can't wait for the next series of YOU? Then don't miss this, the sequel, now a major Netflix series *** YOU was a word of mouth bestseller around the world -- and now Joe Goldberg is back! Joe Goldberg came to Los Angeles to start over, to forget about what happened in New York. But in a darkened room in Soho House everything suddenly changed. She is like no one he's ever met before. She doesn't know about his past and never can. The problem is, hidden bodies don't always stay that way. Praise for You: 'THRILLER OF THE YEAR' Daily Mail 'I am RIVETED, AGHAST, AROUSED you name it. The rare instance when prose and plot are equally delicious' Lena Dunham 'Hypnotic and scary' Stephen King 'Brilliant thriller with attitude, guts and true insight into the nature of obsession' Sophie Hannah 'A fantastically creepy thriller.... The kind of book you put your life on hold for' Glamour 'Clever and chilling' Elle 'A brilliant tale ... It's Gone Girl meets a sinister version of Girls' Marie Claire 'An addictive thriller!' Closer

A legitimate antihero who makes no attempts to make the reader like him, but succeeds anyways. Review to come..

This is a sequel that didn't need to exist in any way. I had low expectations, and it didn't even meet those! Kepnes made Joe such a comedic villain in my eyes. The body count is absurd. Absurd is actually a good word for the whole book. I don't know how Joe expected to make it big time while still maintaining anonymity either... Like I said, absurd.

I mean, it's at least twice as good as the first one.

Just like with the book You this was a reread for me. My thoughts are similar to the first time around but I will say I hated Love's family even more after reading the book a second time around.
this is a three-star rating for me. I loved YOU I ate it up and wanted more and this one just left me feeling blah. I miss crazy Joe! I miss the “I'm-going-to-misinterpret-everything-the-girl-I-am-obsessed-with-does-and-turn-it-into-how-she-is-in-love-with-me” Joe. Trust me, Joe is still insane, but it is different. It isn't the kind of crazy that I found so endearing in the last book. I am let down. The good news is that book three has brought back crazy Joe in waves He is calm and crazy in a great combination. I will be posting that review either tonight or tomorrow.

Now, had I gone into this book not knowing how entertaining, funny, witty, and completely bonkers Joe was in You, then I probably would have enjoyed this book more because it really was good. BUT... knowing that the best parts of the last book were missing in this book lead me to disappointment. Again, not because the story was not good, not because I did not enjoy the book, but because I missed the brand of crazy that Joe embodied in You. I am so glad that this series continued these types of books are enjoyable for me. I wonder what that says about me as a person.