Book Review: This Girl’s A Killer

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Ask Cordelia Black why she did it. The answer will always be: He had it coming.

Cordelia Black loves exactly three things: Her chosen family, her hairdresser (worth every penny plus tip), and killing bad men.

By day she's an ambitious pharma rep with a flawless reputation and designer wardrobe. By night, she culls South Louisiana of unscrupulous men—monsters who think they've evaded justice, until they meet her. Sure, the evening news may have started throwing around phrases like "serial killer," but Cordelia knows that's absurd. She's not a killer, she is simply karma. And being karma requires complete and utter control.

But when Cordelia discovers a flaw in her perfectly designed system for eliminating monsters, pressure heightens. And it only intensifies when her best friend starts dating a man Cordelia isn't sure is a good person. Someone who might just unravel everything she has worked for.

Soon enough Cordelia has to come face to face with the choices she's made. The good, the bad, and the murderous. Both her family, and her freedom, depend on it.

Can I just say that you don’t need many friends in this life, that you only need the ones who truly matter? And I think Cordelia Black belongs to the latter category. I need a friend like her in my life. Thank heavens for allowing me to encounter This Girl’s a Killer in Netgalley. It’s just what I need after what’s been happening in my country right now, what with all the heinous crimes happening. You just want someone who can make a difference.

Cordelia Black, our heroine or anti-heroine whichever you want to look at it, is a sassy, independent, fiercely loyal friend, and a badass killer. A girl on a mission, nothing and no one can stop Cordelia from exacting punishment on those she thinks deserve it. Because why not? The system is no longer working for the very people it should serve. And thus, our heroine, Cordelia, was borne to rid the world of people who has no right to exist.

Something might be wrong in my moral perspective, but Cordelia Black’s plight had resonated with me. This might be me justifying her actions as right but I can understand where she’s coming from, why she has trodden down the path of being a killer.  She’s a victim of a broken system herself so why not handle things in her own murderous ways? As they always say, if you want things to change,  have the guts to do it yourself. And Cordelia did it. She’s done being voiceless and abused. It’s time to save her former self and the other victims as well.

A lot of people may never be ok with how Cordelia do things her way but for some reason, I found myself cheering for her whenever her hunts are successful. It’s prolly unhinged but I cannot blame Cordelia. It’s not as if This Girl’s A Killer existed to be philosophical and preachy about moral values. It’s all about a woman fighting back and coping with her trauma in the only way she knew how.  And it’s told in a sassy, snarky, and humorous (I know right?) narrative. I did expect that I’d read something dark but kudos to the author that despite the heavy and dark theme this book have, Emma Wells managed to make it salacious and funny amidst a background of rotting and dismembered corpses. It’s maddeningly crazy that you cannot help questioning yourself whether the book is subtly turning a part of you into a Cordelia Black. Heh.

With a completely deranged and bloodthirsty character in a Louis Vuitton ensemble and a ghastly amusing plot, all I can say is that This Girl’s a Killer is one for keeps. It’s grisly entertaining and heartachingly painful but something that will stay with you for a long time. I cannot recommend it enough.