I enjoyed this insightful thriller very much. The storyline flows at a great pace, and the characters are well fleshed out. Highly recommended!

The Diary of a Serial Killer's Daughter is very fitting for my taste, and it is definitely intriguing, but I couldn't really get into it. I wasn't a fan of Ruby's voice, and so I found it hard to continue. The concept is cool, as is the story; I just don't care for the telling.

Love, love, loved this book!! I literally have not been able to put this down. LA Detwiler spins a deliciously dark domestic and psychological thriller. So much love and sacrifice to protect those closest to us. Yet are the reasons justified?
The POV was awesome. Told through the eyes of a gentle spirited little girl.
So many twists and turns just left my jaw dropped. Such a great read, highly recommend this one.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book

Wow what did I just read??!! The story of a young girl told through her diary as she discovers her dad is a serial killer. Of course she doesn't know this at first but the older she gets the more she understands. Am I totally messed up for loving her relationship with her dad? Despite what he done to others they had a great bond, something I've not experience in my real life.. wow do I wish a serial killer was my dad??😂 I felt so sorry for Ruby, especially during the epilogue. This book was great, weird, horrifying, interesting, unique and worth a read. Towards the end I did find it quite repetitive and got slightly bored but I had to know the outcome. Would her dad be caught? Would Ruby follow in his footsteps?

Thank you to netgalley for a copy of this book to review!

Ruby knows her daddy's deep dark secret. Its scary but kind of exciting too. On the nights he works in the garage she sneaks to her secret spot and watches her daddy play the killing game. When she first started watching she really didn't know what she was seeing. Just that everything was red. Red is her and her daddy's favorite color.
A dark thriller that keeps you in suspense, and hanging onto the edge of your chair..
Written as a diary, you get Ruby's age what she thinks she sees progressing to when she's older and knows what she sees.
Thrilling darkness at best!

An ARC of this novel was sent to me by NetGalley for reviewing purposes. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I found this book interesting based on how it's formatted- it allowed me to get to know the characters in depth.

This was a great book told in a diary format which was a little different for me but it wasn't to bad to follow I liked the writing and the characters and how everything comes out in the end I received a free copy from netgalley and I'm voluntarily writing this review

This book was entertaining in that the story is told completely in a diary form. That is how you get to know the characters and see the actions, through a growing girl’s eyes. One thing I would say is that I think it would be good to see the maturity of the entries change a little over the years. While the voice wouldn’t change drastically, I think some little tweaks would show some evidence of aging.

What a premise! This is the diary of Ruby Marlowe (the daughter of a single dad who she adores) which she begins at age 6/7 at the suggestion of her father who hopes it will help her to deal with her feelings. Ruby has a condition (some kind of autism perhaps? It’s never clearly said) and has trouble interacting with her peers, but she loves words and poetry. One of the first entries involves her witnessing her dad dismembering a body, but Ruby doesn’t realise that’s what’s happening and becomes obsessed with the swirls the blood creates. As she grows up, will she protect her father’s secret or turn him in?

The descriptions are gory, and I am a softie so I didn’t like them, but the plot had me hooked! I don’t want to give anymore away but I think as long as you can cope with the disturbing and gory subject matter it’s a brilliant book and I highly recommend it.

Thank you so much to the publisher and #NetGalley for the free advance copy in return for an unbiased review.

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Wow. This book was something else! It was like nothing I had read before!

The book is told in first person and literally had me on the edge of my seat.

Sometimes when you read a lot of thrillers, they do become a bit samey and it takes a special one to really stand out. This is it !

I will remember this book for a long time!

Highly recommended!

What a dark chilling read, this book was narrated through a series of diary entries by Ruby Marlowe, the daughter of a serial killer (unbeknownst to her initially). From the outset, it is clear that there is something wrong with Ruby or as others refer to her “condition” which only offers to confuse Ruby more. She is bullied throughout her days in school for being different and loves only one person, the person whom she can rely on, her father. She writes in her diary on a daily basis beginning when she is 7, I was totally engrossed and immerged in her entries, from when she first witnessed the work of her father in the shed to the very end when it came to the conclusion.

I read this book in one day, I couldn’t put it down, would Ruby turn her father in or would she turn to his ways? No qualms whatsoever in recommending this book but clear your “diary” to read another diary that will keep you reading well into the night.

Well written, realistic and informative. This book blew my mind. Incredible story from a very gifted writer x

I loved the writing style of this book.
The author did a great job getting you into the head of the daughter and the accounts of everything that she witnessed from her father growing up.
It reminded me a lot of the show prodigal son.
Do you tell on your own family or keep secrets is the biggest question.

If you were the child of a serial killer, would you want to grow up to be just like him? Would you want to protect his secret of betray him? Would you grow up feeling loved and cherished? These are but a few of the questions L.A. Detwiler explores in her darkly twisted thriller, The Diary of a Serial Killer's Daughter.. Detwiler's prose sings, and the Diary grabs hold and doesn't let go.. The novel is both deeply disturbing and enormously entertaining. Highly recommended.

This book was nothing like I thought it was going to be. I don't want to put any spoilers in because I'm sure it will appeal to some readers, but it wasn't what I was expecting and therefore, I really didn't care for it.

The Diary of a Serial Killers Daughter had me engrossed from Ruby’s diary entry at age 7 and witnessing her father in the eyes of a 7 year old child create art with red splatters was twisted and strangely made me want to carry on reading.
I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline and I enjoyed being in Ruby’s head with all the confusion. Poor Ruby suffered terribly at the hands of bullies and I definitely felt what she went through had an impact on how she dealt with her fathers secret and wanting to protect him.
A dark twisty thriller and definitely worth a read.

The Diary of a Serial Killer's Daughter by L.A. Detwiler is a chilling tale from beginning to end, and is unlike anything I've ever read. I was riveted by Ruby's story from the very first page, and remained enthralled throughout her narrative. I simply could not look away. This one is dark, twisty, addictive, and highly recommended.

Told almost exclusively from a series of diary entries written by Ruby Marlowe from the ages of six through eighteen, we enter the troubling world of a young girl who is not only bullied relentlessly by her peers, but is living in the care of a loving, single father who happens to be a serial killer. Ruby is exposed to her father's proclivities at a very young age, but it is only as she matures that she begins to slot the confusing pieces of their relationship into place. The diary entries provide deep insight into Ruby's psyche as her world continues to spiral out of control. She loves her father to the exclusion of all others, yet must reconcile his behaviours with her own primal urges and tendencies as she grows up under the same roof. The journey is nothing short of stunning. This is a tense, addictive read that should not be missed.

Many thanks to NetGalley and L.A. Detwiler for this brilliant ARC.

The Fiary of a Serial Killers Daughter is a shocking and creepy inside look at the daughter of a serial killer. Very good book, loved the writing style!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Strangely disturbing book into the mind of a serial killer’s kid. I think my favorite quote of the book was something like: “with a different mother, a different father, a different life,” what could have happened instead? Is it strange that I rooted for the villain of the story because of bullies? You never know what someone is going through, so always try to be kind.

(Will post reviews on Amazon/ Goodreads once published.)

I will rate The Diary of a Serial Killer's Daughter by L.A. Detwiler a 5/5 stars. The reason behind this rating is because this book is definitely unlike anything I have ever read before. This book was dark and twisted, yet I didn't want to put it down. The book is told completely in first person through the POV of Ruby as she writes in her diary. Her diary entries begin when she is seven years old and go on through her teenage years. She lives alone with her father on their secluded property. Ruby isn't like other children her age (developmental delay) and experiences numerous difficulties in school. #TriggerWarning This book may be difficult for some to read as there is quite an extensive amount of bullying within it. One night she discovers that her father has left her alone at the house while she was supposed to be sleeping. When he comes home, she peers out of her bedroom window to see that he brought a woman into the "dangerous" garage that he has forbidden her to ever go in. The small family of two never has any guests outside of her father's mother, whom Ruby dislikes. Curious, she sneaks out of the house and goes behind the garage where she peeks into a hole in the wall of it. She watches with fascination as her father creates wonderful masterpieces of "art" with the lady he has laid out on a table. That night she becomes obsessed with watching her father create pretty red puddles on the garage floor. As she grows older, she comes to discover that her daddy has a dark secret and that the ladies he takes into the garage at night aren't really sleeping as she previously thought. Ruby doesn't tell her father's secret and vows to protect him and his "killing game" at all costs.

What I enjoyed about this book:
I liked the fact that it was different from my normal read. I enjoyed being inside of Ruby's head, even though she was confused about what was going on sometimes. The author was definitely able to keep my interest as I was wondering if Ruby was going to grow up to be a serial killer just like her father. The killings, gore and apparent fetishes didn't bother me at all. They only made the story more interesting as this book was most definitely different than any other read that is currently out on the market.

What I didn't enjoy about this book:
I really despised the bullying. It was awful. I hate that Ruby had to endure all of the pain that she was going through just because she was a little different.

If you want to read a book that will shock you and keep you wondering, I would recommend you give this book a chance, if you can handle delving into a dark mind frame.

Thank you to the publisher, NetGalley and the author for allowing me to read this book in exchange of an honest review. I look forward to reading more by this author in the future.