Kit has been trained from birth to be a serial killer. Her mom drilled the rules into her head, teaching her the value of moral nihilism along with various methods to kill people. Kit has a reputation to uphold now. As the news media's Perfect Killer, Kit has her choice of victims from the letters she receives. What happens when one of the letters hits too close to home and Kit has to decide if rules are meant to be broken?

DEAR KILLER has an intriguing premise as we get a first person perspective on the morality of serial killing. Kit is initially a very cold character. We see her killing individuals with no remorse whatsoever and then leaving the letter behind that indicates who asked for the killing. The sheer audacity is astounding and I love the premise, particularly since the idea of a teenage serial killer isn't your standard young adult fare.

However, the story seems to drag a bit as Kit waffles over her lifelong philosophy of moral nihilism versus the friendships she is suddenly gaining. While I normally skip over the teenage angst that permeates so many young adult books, it was this same angst that I missed while reading DEAR KILLER. Only in the last pages did Kit's true dilemma between her various personas become vividly alive to the reader. Until then, I could guess at her emotions but they were so flattened that it was hard to engage in her internal debate.

DEAR KILLER is a story with a lot of potential. The concept itself is quite unsettling but readers who want something a bit different may find DEAR KILLER just what they are looking for.