'Tubing' concerns 28-year-old Polly and her seemingly perfect boyfriend, who lives and works in London. Her life is turned upside down one night when a chance encounter on the tube introduces her to the seedy world of 'tubing'. I'm not sure if this is a real thing or a concept that has been dreamed up for the book, but it was certainly a little alarming! This involved some seedy, almost erotic scenes in the book, which I kind of wish I had had some warning about. I expected a psychological thriller, not some soft core pornographic scenes.

Polly as the main protagonist is not at all likable - in fact she's quite irritating - and comes with a whole host of personality issues thanks to her unsupportive mother. The author goes into a fair amount of detail about the relationship between Polly and her mother, which I didn't feel particularly augmented the story in any way.

The book started off fairly well but I quickly got bored with the plot, especially with the unwelcome sex scenes. It all got a bit too far-fetched, and the ending was just a little absurd. It definitely gave the impression that Polly had absolutely no idea who she could trust, and you share in that as the reader. But I'm afraid that's where the positives end. Its saving grace is that it is well-written, but otherwise I just would not recommend.

DNF: 56%

I would just like to say that I hate leaving a book unfinished, especially if I'm over halfway through it. I also hate giving a book less than 2 stars because I know the writer put a lot of effort into this and I don't like telling them that their work is crap. However, this book is the exception to both those statements.

This book was just awful. The main character, Polly, is just terrible; there is nothing redeeming about her. And the plot... when I first read the plot summary, I thought it would be a psychological thriller because that's how it's described. Instead, I found it to be more psychologically damaging than anything else. The whole having sex with strangers was twisted enough idea for the author to work with but then McKeagney apparently felt it was necessary to throw in an eating disorder that stems from a mother who was jealous of her daughters relationship with her husband. And by jealous, I mean that the mom thought her daughter, Polly, was having sex with her husband a.k.a. Polly's dad. I understand that Polly needed to have some underlying issue that would help validate why she felt the need to sleep with strangers but this was not the route to go.

I wouldn't even say this book was dark. I can only think to describe this as a total hot mess. There are no likeable characters, the story line isn't interesting, and the writing style feels overall weak.

A great thriller with a subject that I've not heard called Tubing. It had me gripped from the beginning.
Recommended read.

A interesting premise and a good thriller. I think it was the author's intent, but I found myself disliking the characters.

A highly original thriller featuring the idea of "Tubing" - the practice of "hooking up" with complete strangers travelling on the London underground. I am not sure if this is a real thing or not but the idea would certainly make for a more interesting commute than usual!
Our main character is Polly who is in a somewhat unfulfilling relationship with surgeon boyfriend Oliver. They live together and seem to be in a relationship-rut which when put together with Polly's distinctly dead-end and uninspiring office job means Polly is ready for a bit of excitement in her life. She gets more than she bargained for during a busy tube journey home one evening when a devastatingly handsome stranger makes sexual advances towards her which she succumbs to. Before long Polly is hooked and gets drawn further and further into the underground world of Tubing with disastrous consequences. The character of Polly irritated me at times as she lurched from one bad decision to another but the author gives some nice background which perhaps goes some way to explaining Polly's mindset and behaviour.
A very good read with plenty twists and turns but a slightly abrupt conclusion.
Thanks to the author, Red Door Publishing and Netgalley UK for an advance review copy.

Love Love Love this story. Read it all in one sitting.

Tubing by K.A. McKeagney was definitely an eye opening book. Is tubing actually a thing? I'm almost afraid to google it! That being said, this was an enthralling, mysterious novel that kept you on your toes and made you second guess who you could trust and make you want to throttle Polly for some of her choices! Would you call it an erotic thriller? I guess you could. Polly was a very frustrating, unlikeable main character, but the way her psychosis was slowly heading out of control made it all the more interesting. The ending was however, very frustrating and abrupt!

Thank you to the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book started off well - quite tense, a smidge of erotica and I felt it had loads of potential ( but I daren't find out if #tubing is a thing!) but became unrealistic and moved too fast. For me, we didn't learn enough about the characters backstory - we know that Polly has an eating disorder but why is that important to the plot? Is it important?

I would read more books by this author as I was really interested in the premise and felt that there was much potential but I felt like it needed more character development!

Polly lives in London with her boyfriend, Oliver. The story begins with a scene in an up-market wine bar on Chancery Lane, London. Polly thinks her boyfriend has forgotten their three-year anniversary. She has a dull, dead end job and lives in a one bedroom flat with Oliver.

On the tube journey home she meets a stunning looking stranger and she gives in to his advances. He walks away without a backward glance. She is now obsessed and discovers #tubing which allows strangers to meet up for sex on busy commuter tube trains.

She is lured into the stranger’s murky world but all is not as it seems. As the story develops her world is turned upside down and she doesn’t appear to be able to let it go. Polly realises how much danger she is in but is it too late?

I found this a sharp, original, erotic thriller with numerous twists and turns.

Highly recommended. Thanks to NetGalley, RedDoor Publishing and K A McKeagney for the ARC in return for my honest review.

A good psychological thriller with a "who can you trust" thread all the way through. Interesting storyline - is tubing even a thing??? Some elements I would have been interested in hearing a bit more about such as Polly's eating disorder and about Sebastians history but overall I thought it was a good read and would recommend.