I started this with really high expectations but I found it slightly lacking. The best part was the sarcasm of Jane which was truly hilarious. I enjoyed the first part of the book and thought that the amazing sarcastic Jane was back, but the second half felt flat for me but thankfully the ending was interestingly good. Jane and Kayla have an interesting setup for thriller plot.

So its been mostly mixed opinions but I will be looking forward to next installment for sure to see what happens further.

Very much enjoyed this follow up in Jane's story.

Love her humoured sarcastic remarks and her outlook on the world.

Personally the first in the series is more readable for unputdowness but the storyline in this book takes Jane out of the city where she spent so much time in the first and introduces a whole slew of new characters.

I have received a NetGalley copy of this book in exchange for an honest opinion.
Jane’s deeply troubled sixteen-year-old niece, Kayla, has vanished, and no one seems to care. Neither does Jane. Until she sees a picture of Kayla and recognizes herself in the young girl’s eyes. It’s the empty stare of a sociopath.

I am absolutely in love with Victoria Stone's Jane Doe. She is finally back. I have the most fun reading deeper into Jane's character and her self diagnosed sociopathic tendencies. I actually do not see anything wrong with her. Yes, she is not as warm as society tells us a woman should be, but would we be that shocked if Jane Doe was Jake Doe? We probably wouldn't think twice. Stereotypes? She just sees things as they are cutting through manipulation and bullshit. Go, Jane!

This is suspenseful, unique, creepy thriller, Jane hasn’t felt love, or any emotion other than hatred for her abusive family. All of that changed when she met Meg, her roommate. However, when sweet Meg became involved with Steven, her personality changes drastically. Meg went from a funny and outgoing woman to a submissive girl who accepted Steven’s cruel comments and control. Eventually, in great despair she kills herself. Now Jane tries to get close to Steven by going to work at his company. Jane becomes everything Steven wants her to be, mousy, and needy. It’s fascinating to hear Jane. The author does a great job creating Jane ‘s sophisticated character, This helps add an extra layer of scary to the book.
I enjoyed the thriller. I appreciated the fresh take on what could have been a very predictable book. I will definitely recommend this book to others who enjoy this genre.

4.5 stars!!! I loved it. My favorite sociopath is back. Jane doesn't sugar coat anything and pretty says whatever she is thinking. Not sure if I like the addition of Kayla. Hopefully, she will not be too much for Jane to handle. Although, I'm pretty sure Jane could handle anything thrown at her. How can you not love Jane? Yes, she loves revenge and and I would never want her on my bad side. She also "loves" her cat and Luke. Luke is perfect for her. He normalizes some of her crazy. I'm not even sure how Jane survived her childhood. Her parents and brother are simply awful. I loved everything about the book- the story, characters and writing style. Kayla might cause some problems. Actually, I'm pretty sure Kayla will cause tons of problems in Jane's life.

Definitely recommend the book. I find Jane very humorous. She has a way with words, usually four letter words when talking with her family. She is smart and tough and knows how to get stuff done. She also knows how to blend in as "normal." She's simply AWESOME!!! I'm hoping there's more books in the Jane Doe series. I LOVE her!!! I can't wait to read more mores by the author!!!

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Lake Union Publishing through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Thank you to NetGalley for my ARC. Jane is a lawyer living her best life in Minneapolis when her brother’s ex calls to tell her that her niece has disappeared. She heads to her small town Oklahoma to find her. I enjoyed the mystery and I enjoyed hearing about OKC, Jenks and Tulsa. I don’t care how authors portray Oklahoma to be only red dirt and red necks. Good read. #problemchild #victoriahelenstone #march2020

I loved the writing style of this book. And while it definitely dealt with mature and serious parts of life, the character was quite funny. I was kind of torn on what to rate this book. It is fairly entertaining, but at the same time there were a lot of repeated phrases or moments. Or overly descriptive portions of the book that made me want to just move forward. But overall considering the deep and disturbing storyline the author was able to capture a lightness to the book as well.

After reading the first book about Jane Doe and absolutely loving it, I couldn't wait for the next installment. I love reading anything from the crime/ thriller genre and will read anything I can get my hands on. I loved the first part of the book and thought that the super bad-ass Jane was back! After this, I became disappointed, she started to become rude and sarcastic - this made me unsure of how the author actually wanted to portray the character. It made me have absolutely no emotional involvement with the character, Then, towards the end, it suddenly became interesting again and left the reader on a complete cliffhanger. I am now left wondering what is going to happen and need to read the third installment to find out!

I would recommend this book - even though a lot of the book, I feel could have been condensed.

Very much enjoyed this follow up in Jane's story. Love her snarky remarks and how she sees the world. I would say that the storyline of the first novel was a bit more compelling as it directly related to Jane's life. The storyline in this book takes Jane out of the city where she spent so much time in the first and introduces a whole slew of new characters. I did enjoy seeing her background and how she was "created" though. Either way, I am fully committed to this series. Love Jane and can't wait to see if she gets up to anything else in subsequent books!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.
I'm going to have to read the first book about Jane especially because I really liked the snarky crazy Jane!

I requested this book before I knew it was actually a sequel to the original novel, Jane Doe, so I downloaded that to read first, hoping that it was good so I hadn't downloaded a book I wouldn't actually read. Luckily I loved it, so I couldn't wait to dive straight into the follow up!

Problem Child follows Jane from the first book as she navigates her new life - settled for the first time with a lover, and doing well in her corporate legal job. She's immediately up to her old tricks when it comes to dealing with those who take advantage of her (or try to), and we see her manipulate every situation to her own advantage, trampling those who try to undermine her. But the story really begins when she receives a phone call telling her that her troubled niece, Kayla, is missing, and no-one is looking for her. Intrigued by the hints that Kayla - who Jane has never met - may be a sociopath just like she is, Jane flies out to her former home town to investigate, and to find the nice she hopes may be like her. If she can find Kayla, might Jane finally find a family after all?

I really loved both books in this series, and am hoping that the open ending in this one means there may be another on the way. Jane is such a brilliantly written character - we see sociopaths portrayed unsympathetically all the time, so it was great to get a slightly different take on it and see her as a real person who just happens to see the world differently. Although some of Jane's responses to situations are off the charts, I loved that she takes no prisoners - it was brilliant to watch her deal absolutely ruthlessly with those who crossed her, and it was sometimes laugh-out-loud funny (the scene after the turbine was delicious!). I also liked the ending (though that's all I'll say about that as I don't want to leave any spoilers!)

I'll definitely be recommending this one, and can't wait to read more from this author.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Jane is back and more snarky and vicious than ever. From the ending, there is going to book three and I can't wait. Loved her observations and rants at some parts Jane was hilarious at others she was deceiving and scary.

Our favorite sociopath is back in the new novel, Problem Child. Jane has a job, a boyfriend and a cat. But her co-worker is throwing her under the bus, her boyfriend wants to move in together and she is bored. When she gets a call from one of her brother's baby mamas about one of his spawn, Jane returns to her hometown to help. It is rumored that Kayla is like Jane. Jane is intrigued at the thought of being able to talk to another sociopath. We meet her parents, her brother, her teachers and find out what shaped Jane. She rescues her niece and and they return to Minnesota. Along the way her co-worker learns to never cross Jane and her boyfriend moves into her new house. AND THAT ENDING! I did not see that twist coming. I can't wait to see Book #3.

Victoria Helen Stone created the character that we didn't know we needed until we read her story.

Problem Child is the lovely yet slightly less impressive sequel to the wonderful Jane Doe.

"Dinner in my underwear with a good book. What a treat."

Jane is as endearing as ever and the pacing throughout was perfect for me. I appreciated Jane's growth curve and her bizarre path to self awareness. She is capable of far more than she first thought, but this of course could end in two very different ways - growth or destruction, and here we see the path to one of those.
I would have liked to see more smut as Jane's relationship with her boyfriend develops. That's just not the Jane books though, which some people will certainly prefer! As with the first book the sexual references are there and are great within context but do not derail the narrative.
The writing style is smooth, witty, and thoroughly enjoyable to read. I adore (the love interest) Luke - he is a warm light and he should be protected at all costs.
Jane's fierce life view is refreshing and I found myself highlighting passages about her feminist viewpoint. So sassy, so well done.
The backtracking is on par with many modern series that would prefer to stand alone as much as within their already established audience. You could read this alone, but you'd be missing out.
I'd absolutely recommend Problem Child if you liked Jane Doe and I'm eagerly awaiting the next part of this series!

[This eARC was generously given to me via NetGalley & Lake Union Publishing in exchange for an honest review.]

This was another @netgalley book as I thought I would tackle some of my outstanding books. My nephew helped with this photo but he’s actually not a problem child at all. I wanted to use my other nephew but he wouldn’t cooperate (#problemchild jks 😂)
📕
The book is about a woman named Jane who has a unique personality trait...she’s a sociopath. When a niece she has never met goes missing Jane is called upon to return to her hometown to try and find her.
📕
I was really hooked from the start as the character Jane is terrific. She is a strong woman and the author did an amazing job with her character. I was pleased that the beginning started off great as I don’t find many books do this. The middle part was somewhat uninteresting and slow but it definitely picked up at the end and finished strong.

I was pleasantly surprised to learn there was going to be a sequel to ‘Jane Doe’ and jumped at the chance to read it.
Jane is still Jane. Cold, distant and slightly odd. When we catch up with her again she is busy plotting the down fall of another (deserving) man while trying to maintain a ‘normal’ relationship with her boyfriend Luke.
Jane doesn’t care about other people, her family even less, until she learns her teenage niece Kayla has gone missing and decides to investigate. And the only reason Jane is interested in finding Kayla is to see if she is a sociopath like herself.
I must admit I struggled with finishing ‘Problem Child’ due to it’s pacing. The book opened really strong and then got a bit weighted down in the middle. And I don’t think the story really recovered. This has affected my rating for the book, going from a 4 star at the beginning to a 3.5 stars overall.
I will look out for book 3 in the series, just to check in on Jane and her antics.

4⭐️
Normally, I’m not a sequel type of reader, but when I saw that there was another Jane Doe book, I knew that I had to read it. (I also really have this thing for reading about problematic sociopaths)

Jane is back, only this time she’s in love...,errr I think it’s love? This story follows Jane, who receives a phone call that her 16-year old niece is missing. Being the superhero that she is, she decides that she has to be the one that finds her.

Jane’s scandalous dialect and quick witted attitude made this book. This was a fairly quick read for me, and I also had a lot of fun during it. I’m hoping to read more about Jane in the future.

I had such high hopes for this book after reading "Jane Doe," which I LOVED. Unfortunately, this book felt very much like it was just bridging the gap between books 1 and 3. Jane is still my favorite sociopath and I enjoy seeing how she views the world around her, but my goodness was the middle of this book tedious. Here's hoping book 3 returns Jane to her former glory.

I’d like to thank Netgalley and Lake Union Publishing for the arc I received of Problem Child. I remember what a surprise Jane Doe turned out to be so when I found out this was a sequel to it I immediately requested it. Unfortunately, this book wasn’t half as good as the first. I also detested Jane, I don’t understand why she’s so obsessed with food. Is is supposed to be because she’s a sociopath so she doesn’t care how her figure looks so she eats what she wants? Because that’s how it comes across to me.

Problem Child is a psychological thriller that I could not put it down. Well written and interesting. The characters are well developed and creepy. A great series and must read.