Review: My Daddy, The Serial Killer by Cindy Kovacik

Published: November 2016

Synopsis: “Katelyn Deason was young, naive, and innocent at six years old.

That is, until she made the mistake of descending those cellar steps and viewing the first of many horrors down below.

You see, her father wasn't who she thought he was. He wasn't the loving and "normal" daddy that all the other kids had. He was very different.

She soon realizes how different as the years pass and unspeakable things begin to happen.

Will Katelyn be able to cling to her sanity after witnessing all of Daddy's horrors?”

Rating: ****

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I received a free copy of My Daddy The Serial Killer from the author in exchange for an honest review.

I was hooked from the prologue. During which the reader watched Daddy torture a woman by drilling into her shoulders and kneecaps and then leaves her under a sheet in his basement.

The story then takes a much darker turn as Daddy’s violent side comes out, especially towards his daughter and her cat.

My Daddy The Serial Killer was so well written, I can’t fault the editing or writing at all. The descriptions were scarily authentic and you really felt as though you were experiencing the plot first hand. The book was very well paced, you were introduced to characters gradually and the major plot points were paced well and clearly well thought out. There was one scene that I thought was written with particular sensitivity and maturity and that is when Katelyn is watching Daddy having sex with a woman, but this act takes a violent turn. Cindy Kovacik, I feel, very sensitively portrayed Katelyn’s feelings at witnessing this and her awareness changing of what she was watching and the realisation that it wasn’t right. This was such a well written scene and is only one example of the writing skill and awareness of her characters that Cindy Kovacik displayed throughout.

The plot flowed well and the development into casual sex and drugs felt like a natural progression for Katelyn and none of the plot developments felt too far-fetched. There was A LOT of swearing, which I’m not usually keen on, but again this fit with the plot and the tone and didn’t bother me at all.

I would recommend My Daddy The Serial Killer to readers who enjoy crime and suspense novels, but would attach a warning that this is very graphic and only for readers of a certain disposition.