please note I will not be leaving a public review for this book as I have not paid for it.
leaving a 1-star as NG doesn't allow to move ahead without a star rating

A woman rapist and serial killer should have worked for me, but the vibe was so flat right from the first page that I was consistently bored. Once she brought the strap-on out, I was done. This was not for me.

This was an interesting read. The characters were deeper than expected and there were enough twists to keep me engaged.

The story begins with tragedy or the information of one, You think it's a bit obvious and a very typical whudunnit style, but it' gets a bit more complex and then everything starts to shift.

I recommend this books with 4 stars on Goodreads because it does keep you on your toes, interesting idea and also the mystery gets interesting.

I don't know why it took me so long to read this book - it is utterly brilliant! I have never read a story link this, and desperately want to read more from this author. It is a bit like killing eve, where the main character is a psychopath set on an ever destructive path. However, there are some really good plot twists that add immensely to the storyline, elevating it to brilliance. Rock on.

I felt a mess reading this, it sort of settles a nest in your psyche and lays an egg of doubt within the self consciousness. I love a good mind blower and this literally did just that. It was my second attempt at reading hence why it took so long on reading and reviewing. I’ve been struggling to get into books with our recent move and trying to settle into a new state and house. Wasn’t in the mind set to read for awhile but I’m glad that I’ve finally found my pace and got to enjoy this one. It’s a fairly quick read once you get going and no longer take a stumble on the formatted words. Hope to read more like it.

Crikey this is a quiet a twisted and dark debut novel! Psycho Analysis is exactly what the title says it is and tells the story of a female killer who kills young men purely for fun! But she really wants the stop. I mean a serial killer that wants to stop killing I found this rather unique. Then we also have a detective and Celebrity psychiatrist. Told from three points of view we learn about each character who are by linked traumatic histories.

This is a very well told story that will have hooked from start to finish, it is full of tension and brilliant characters. and certainly not for the fainthearted. In all honesty there is nothing not to like.

Thank you to the author and Netgalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review

I couldn't get the download from netgalley to work on this one, l ended up purchasing it instead. it was so worth it!
Loved it!!

An unusual, fast-paced and twisty serial killer thriller. There are three main characters - a female serial killer, who wants to stop killing, a damaged cop with troubled past and a celebrity doctor - an interesting mix! Overall, a promising debate and I'll certainly read more from this author.
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC.

I really wanted to love this love. A female serial killer. The main problem is that it started a little slow. It was a good story. I just expected a little more

I'm not sure what I was expecting when I saw the blurb for this book. I thought it'd be good, but I gotta admit, the plot sorta confused me. But since the story revolved around a serial killer, a detective and a psychiatrist, I knew I had to give it a try. The result was a book quickly read, a satisfied reader, and a long dormant now awakened hunger for criminal stories.

When considering the three main characters and who they are, you might think of a straightforward thriller, one that pits them against each other in a race of time, but things are much different here. For one, what you know about each of these people keep changing. We read the book through their points of view, and with each chapter, they keep surprising you. As a reader and lover of a good criminal story, I liked this a lot. What you think you know hides a more sinister background, and every darkness is suffocating yet fascinating.

If you like stories that question morality, if you like it when characters challenge you in the darkest way possible, then I think this book is worth a try. While reading, I kept being reminded of Hannibal, and thought the artistic storytelling of that show would perfectly fit for this book as well. There was that same mystical aura which appealed to me and made me love PSYCHOANALYSIS so much.

I'm adding four spoonfuls of this story into my hodgepodge.

Hmmmm. I really thought that this would be better, appeal to me more than it ultimately did. I liked the cover, I studied psychology, this books speaks of a female serial killer... all things that are fascinating, and should have held more sway. Unfortunately, this was not the case. Psycho Analysis has all the makings to be good, but is instead a silly, bland affair. Not impressed.

The story, which I assumed was going to be engaging, was something that left me bored and unsatisfied. I was never reeled in. I also couldn't stand any of the characters. The writing of them also implied that we knew more about them, which at a stage had me wondering if this was part of a series, to find that it is not, but is in actual fact a debut novel. For a debut novel that means it is written well enough if I thought it was part of a series, but the story never actually did anything for me. Considering the author had studied psychology, I was really expecting more punch. It just never came.

I found the dialogue in Psycho Analysis stinted, and was also not a fan of the lead, DI Martin White. He was just... no. Plus when the whole reveal about his life came? So poorly executed. The book just came across as messy. The doctor who was discussing Sarah's issues with her had his own, but they, too, were glossed over. I really thought there would be more of a twisted relationship between Sarah and Karl, as it was an interesting component. Then, of course, there was the silly relationship between Martin and Sarah - it never took off, and I didn't care whether he was killed or she was caught. I also struggled to suspend reality for a lot of this book, and it should not have been that difficult to do.

Psycho Analysis is an uninspiring debut novel, and not something I would recommend.

I felt as though this book wants to break you and make you feel things books don't normally make you feel. And on some level it accomplishes this. When I was able to get out of my own mind and into the story I found that I had a weird craving to watch The Silence of the Lambs again.

This is one of the best books I've read in a while! The killer is at once disgusting and heartbreaking. VR Stone makes a brilliant debut in the thriller genre. The various twists are not contrived in any way. I have read a great deal of thrillers, and this was amazing! Literally could not put it down and I'm still thinking about several days after finishing.

Psycho Analysis is a psychological thriller.
There are some gruesome scenes but hey I don't mind that.
Sarah is an attractive strong girl with a great job but she has an insatiable need to hunt and kill innocent men.
Martin White is the detective on her trail he has his own demons alcohol and drugs.
Dr Karl Gross is an psychologist with a secret that could put an end to his career.
Somehow they all come together.
Can Martin crack the case and can Dr Gross cure Sarah?
This is a debut book and I can not wait to see what the Author offers next.
A recommended book.

Thanks to the Author Publisher and Netgalley for a chance to read this book

Psychoanalysis By v r stone is a mystery and thriller read.
A serial killer who wants to quit. A detective struggling to keep his personal life out of a murder hunt. And a celebrity psychiatrist facing an incredible challenge. Three damaged individuals, linked by their traumatic histories. They’ve chosen very different paths. Now those paths are about to cross.

Sarah Silver is a hedge fund manager – from Monday to Friday she makes a killing in the markets. At weekends, though, she hunts men, not profits. Martin White used to be a brilliant detective. But his family, judgement and self-control are deserting him. And Karl Gross has sold millions of books on serial killers. However he’s a controversial figure in the medical community.
I really enjoyed this book. Great story and great characters. I did not want it to end. Recommended. 4*. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book from netgalley.

I'm intrigued after reading the synopsis. I know this book was interesting because it is a psychological crime thriller and I was very excited to read it because it piqued my curiosity as a psychology major.

I like the idea of using dates to show what happened on that day in each character in which each of them has their issues and past that affects them in the present.

Sarah hunt men. Why? I'm curious. Who is Oliver Brown? Why Sarah used different names? These are my questions and thoughts while reading and afterwards I now understood why. I'm surprised that she's very much willing to undergo psychoanalysis and willingly see Dr. Gross to "cure" her addiction.

Detective Inspector Martin is a smoker who loves to listen to old songs, relies on "old-fashioned hunch" and has family issues. He's logical but trusted his instinct so much.

Doctor Karl Gross, a psychiatrist and an author for serial killing books. Haha. I like his last name. It surprised me that V.R. Stone used the idea transference to Dr. Gross and make this book more interesting.

A well-written novel. Every page excites me and I keep on looking forward on the page to see what happened. I commend V.R. Stone for this wonderful novel. I will surely recommend this to my fellow readers.

Digging into a serial killer’s mind is fascinating. Exciting and fascinating. Those words work perfectly for Sarah Silver. The opportunity to “meet” a female serial killer is the main reason that spurred me to read this book. We too often get the usual male killer, sometimes with original and scary motives, but women are left unfairly excluded from the killing scene. Is it because women are believed to be more emotional and empathetic? I don’t like generalizations. Not all women baby-talk to toddlers whenever they see one, not all women are connected to their feelings. Some women have proved to have as much power and resources as men. I even believe that women can muster a lot more drive and focus on a task once she has set her mind to it.

Sarah is a strong woman. Strong in every sense of the word. A shark in the city, a dangerous stranger in the streets. But this life is getting to her, the need for a chase is growing fast, making her take more risks every day, endangering the life she worked hard to erase and the one she worked hard to create. Diving into her head was not as scary as I thought, She is captivating character to follow and the writing really made me feel I was living every chase with her. Her plans were always perfect and her cold and methodic ways gave me goosebumps. Although very interesting, it was never as frightening or horrifying as I thought it would be. Except for a part involving a dog. I feel the need to mention it in case you don’t want to read about animals being… used, in any way. As a faint-hearted reader, this part was a bit too much. I would have been okay with more blood from men!

Having her seeking help for her urges was a great choice, but I would have liked it to be more useful to the story. The book offers you very “special” therapy sessions but I felt I learned more about Sarah when she was out, rather than when she dived into her past. Enlightening as it was about her current situation, I wanted to hear more about the quitting, but in the end, I never had the feeling Sarah really wanted to let go of this side of her, she just wanted to know what had made her the way she was, and so did I!

Karl Gross is all about exploring the minds of the wicked. Addictions, sex, nothing is more fascinating to him. But there’s more to the guy than the psychiatry specialty. I was leery of the guy from the first time I met him in the book, thinking he would benefit from a therapy himself! As for our police face, I never warmed to Martin, a damaged cop operating on instincts, relying on weed and alcohol to face the day or the night. As many beginnings do, we get snippets of his life to help us understand the character. His preference for cold cases is obvious but unless I was tired and forgot an entire chapter, I think I never really got an explanation for the case mentioned and used to show us that Martin doesn’t give up.

Those three lives become connected in a creepy and disturbing way, giving the reader a story with multiple sides and I really enjoyed the intertwined threads which helped me stay alert and looking for the next twist.

I also really appreciated the fact that every character had issues. No one is spared from the scars of the past and everything is reflected in their adult lives. It probably was the scariest part for me. Your childhood is the foundation of your life, and what’s in the past doesn’t stay there. It never does!

My problem with this book had nothing to do with the characters, who fit the genre and were interesting enough to play their role the best they could. What annoyed me throughout the story was the investigation. Martin White, a cop on the brink of losing his family, relies on instincts. Now, I know that every year as a policeman teaches your mind to work a certain way, to get reflexes civilians wouldn’t have the use of, but there’s a difference between instincts and going blind into something. The entire investigation is based on a hunch that felt so far-fetched so early in the story that I felt all sense of reality fleeing from the pages. I won’t give any details to avoid ruining the fun for future readers, but without tangible connections and real police work, it was difficult for me to believe they could go this far into the investigation based on words from a stranger and ten years old cases in foreign countries better known for their beaches than police inquiries. There was too much luck and too many links made out of nothing to convince me.

Ultimately, the chase was only compelling from Sarah’s side and her efforts to keep the police away gave the story a steady pace and enough tension to keep me going.

PsychoAnalysis offers disturbing characters and a clever way into a killer’s mind but fails to satisfy the crime lover I am with a weak police investigation.

3 stars

While the female serial killer idea is not new, this Sarah Silver takes a new twist. She likes to pummel, beat and essentially torture her victims using only her body for a weapon. She then burns them and grinds them up and dumps them in the river. Overkill? (No pun intended.)

Unfortunately, that’s where the fascination with the book ended for me. Dr. Karl Gross was a caricature of a self-absorbed psychiatrist. He was so snooty and full of himself, he didn’t hear what anyone else had to say.

DI Martin White was your typical half washed up cop with family problems. Ho hum.

This is a well written book with a so-so plot.

Thanking Netgalley, V.R.Stone and Silverwhite Press for forwarding me a copy of this book to read.

Better than I expected honestly. An enjoyable read for sure. Unusual viewpoint.