You Love Me By Caroline Kepnes

 

You Love Me

By Caroline Kepnes

This is the third book in the YOU series.

Joe Goldberg is out of prison, but he has been exiled away from his child, who he has with Love Quinn. His in-laws bought him a house and told him to stay away.

While there Joe meets a woman at the library where he volunteers. Her name is Mary Kay. She is a librarian and Joe quickly learns everything about her, falling in love yet again. This time Joe is determined to be good. Mary Kay introduces him to her friends, but fails to tell him she's married. Joe hopes Mary Kay will realize she loves him as much as he loves her and will remove the obstacles in her life that keep them apart. Pretty soon these obstacles start dying, but Joe hasn't killed them.

In this book, Joe is being watched and followed by a man hired by the Quinn's. Joe has to dodge this man and keep him happy, finding an ally against the Quinn's. Until Love calls him back, where Joe has to fight for his own life. When he is able to return to Mary Kay, he finds his new love and new life upended.

I liked this book better than Hidden Bodies, the second book in the series, but not as much as YOU. Joe's character was more true to himself in this book, but I did miss the body count Joe usually wracks up. The writing style in this one was more frenetic than I cared for, which I think accounts for why I didn't like it as much. And enough with the sex thoughts on every page, Caroline. Please, I beg you. Even narcissist sociopaths think about other things.

All in all, I liked the book. I'm giving it 3.5 stars.