"Some people just need killing." Marlena, a young girl from a nowhere town flees the shotgun shack, drug addicted mother and passel of half siblings to strike out on her own. She hears of a way to be “discovered” by a talent agent and makes sure that she is in the right place at the right time. She is quickly signed on to modeling jobs and catches the eye of a very wealthy man who paves her way into a long term job in Berlin. Soon, here benefactor takes a much more involved role in her life and her schooling, proposes marriage and launches her on the path to become his “perfect” wife. Her husband, Michael Durst is a charlatan who creates a pedigree for Marlena so that he can rub his nouveau riche elbows with the old money barons and beat them at their own game. He is fake with everything to lose. It soon becomes clear that Marlena has her own reasons for going along with his schemes but quickly comes to realize that she is in over her head. The book was very fast paced and edgy. I did not find any of the characters to be particularly likeable and would have liked to have seen some more developed characters. Although it was necessary to keep the motivations in the shadow, I think it would have been more satisfying to know a little more of the backstory. Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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