Rating: 3/5 
 (I received a free ecopy from the author via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.) 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 After Evelyn Talbot went through the life-changing experience where her high school boyfriend killed her best friends, slit her throat and left her for dead, she's determined to spend the rest of her life studying psychopaths and their behaviour. As a result, she's gotten permission to build a facility in a small Alaska town where psychopaths that Evelyn and several other psychologists will be held to be studied. What Evelyn doesn't yet realize is that Jasper, the boyfriend who nearly killed her, is out looking for her to finish the job. 
 I thought this was a pretty solid prequel to a series where we're introduced to the characters and their lives. I'm accustomed to authors publishing the prequels to their series after some books in the series were already published, so I'm not used to all the characters having to be fully introduced in a short prequel, and I found that too much of the book was spent making introductions because of that.It didn't make the book awful or anything since I liked the characters, but it definitely took away from the book. 
 Honestly, in some places, this book had me on the edge of my seat. There were a few times where I was sure something awful was going to happen and it didn't, so when some things actually happen it's not completely surprising (since you know it's bound to happen) but it did have me anxious for when it actually would happen. 
 I found Evelyn a pretty interesting character, and I thought she was very brave since it would take a lot of guts to be close to the type of people who affected your life so badly. I also liked Sergeant Amarok as a love interest. He was very understanding to Evelyn's situation and did his best to make her comfortable in their relationship. I'm hoping that I'll be able to get future books in the series from Netgalley and will be able to see more of their relationship. 
 Overall, this was a pretty good prequel to a series and has me wanting to read the rest of the series when it comes out. While it did have its weak points, like having to introduce all the characters in such a short book, it caught my interest enough. If you're looking for a interesting short read, grab this from Netgalley.