Loved this book! It was such a thrilling read. I had no idea how it was going to end, and it was very surprising.

Fun quick read. While this book is definitely enjoyable I felt it lacked any real depth and I didn't feel a connection or emotion towards any of the characters.

This book is crazy! It's about a girl named Jane, a self aware sociopath who has recently lost her best (and only) friend Meg. She goes on a mission to destroy the man who tortured her and was the main reason her friend died by suicide. It's a really unique take on the sociopath character, you don't hate Jane even though she does some pretty messed up things. You find yourself rooting for her in a weird way. Great read, would really like to read more from this author.

I would like to thank Lake Union Publishing and the Netgalley website for this partnership.

I was immediately attracted to the cover you can see Jane but Jane's face half to the left, half to the right.

We immediately learn that Jane has a double life with only one purpose: revenge. She works in an insurance company and lives her life usually. She is appreciated by her colleague Steven but no one really knows her. She's hiding something and her colleague will do anything to bring her down.

I immediately became hooked on the story, we really feel that something is wrong with Jane, that she is hiding something from us. I found the story captivating and full of suspense and twists and turns with the character of Jane endearing. Too eager to read another book by this author.

I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK! 💥 JANE DOE 💥 by Victoria Helen Stone is Exhilarating. Addictive. Engrossing. Unputdownable. Fun and SO much more! 💥📚🔍
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Jane is a woman out for REVENGE and my god she has OUT DONE herself in the revenge department. This girl knows how to F*CK up someone’s life and I could not get enough of her! She is conniving, confident, and has NO fear and I thoroughly enjoyed watching her tear her “victims” life apart little by little day by day, hour by hour. This girl does NOT take SH*T from anyone and she is my hero!💥📚
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If you haven’t read JANE DOE ~ I HIGHLY recommend it ~ ESPECIALLY if you LOVE a good, dark, twisted psychological thriller. If you are a devoted Christian you may want to skip this book as Jane’s revenge centers around a Ministers son and you may find it offensive .... 😳
Bottom line: EVERYONE (on this planet) 🌎 has their secrets. Some darker than others and Jane is REALLY REALLY REALLY good at finding out what they are ..... 📚🔍
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JANE DOE came out last summer (2018) and I obtained a copy at the @boucherconworldmystery Convention. FIVE (5) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stars ALL the way! The chapters are short. The writing is brilliant. Easy to read, easy to follow. Buy or Borrow this book ~ definitely BUY! 📚💥🔍
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Full review to come.
I deeply apologize, but life is a handful lately and I'm using all my free time to read, not review. I hope everybody understands.

Thank you so much Lake Union Authors for a copy of Jane Doe in exchange for an honest review.

I loved Jane Doe a lot. Such a unique and fun concept for a novel. Steven really deserved everything he got.

Jane is a sociopath who is using her powers of manipulation to seduce Steven and learn all his dirty little secrets. It is a bit of a train wreck relationship in all the best ways. Such a fun and interesting story, it definitely kept my interest and I could not stop reading it.

5 Stars!

“My cat appears and rubs her cheek against me in approval. She understands exactly. The kill is fun, but toying with your prey is really the best part.”


I just finished this book and I feel like I need more Jane in my life. This was such a satisfying read and I felt like each chapter made me want to keep coming back for more Jane!

Jane is a young professional and is good looking. She starts a job in Minnesota and catches the attention of her boss. They start flirting, he asks her out and the Jane/Steven Journey begins. Jane's best friend Meg, who was also in Minnesota, recently took her own life, and Jane is trying to figure out how best to cope with it. Meg's husband was abusive and condescending and Meg just couldn't take it anymore. Jane has always wanted revenge and just doesn't know how to properly "love". She see's certain qualities in Steven that make her made - he tries to bring her down, he turns everything he does wrong on her and uses her for favors all while he's living a double life. But she has to get revenge on men like this for Meg, right??? I won't say much more as there's a few twists and turns that come up within the story.

I loved this book so much. I thought that the pacing was perfect and it really emotionally grabbed me. When there were parts of the book where Jane was getting blamed for doing things like a woman I wanted to punch the book! It was infuriating to think that people are treated this way by their partners. It's truly sickening but it does make for a good book. I pretty much read this in a single day - plus it's only like 250 pages so it's a shorter length!

I highly recommend this to all that love thrillers. It kept my attention the whole time and I really want there to be a sequel so that I can read more of Jane! She is a character that will definitely stick with me for a long time. This is my first Victoria Helen Stone novel and I will definitely be reading more!

Thank you Netgalley, the publisher and Victoria Helen Stone.
I absolutely loved, loved this book. Could not put it down.
I loved Jane, what a character.
I would not want her mad at me.
I cannot wait to read more books from this author.
Absolutely love it and highly recommend.

I really enjoyed this book. From the beginning I was drawn in by the short chapters and direct narration by the main character. I wanted to know Jane, how she operated, and what her plans were when it came to dealing with Steven. I was pretty sure of Jane’s motives from the beginning but that didn’t take away from the story at all. There were a few moving pieces and it was interesting watching Jane work.

I appreciated the tone Jane used through the story and getting to know her felt a lot like when Jane discusses how it feels to watch her cat. Jane was a little unpredictable but that just made the situation that much more entertaining. I really liked how the story compared Steven to Luke and how each relationship highlighted a piece of Jane. It was fun getting to know Jane through her relationships in addition to her sharing directly with the reader.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense thrillers or domestic thrillers with a strong female main lead. Jane took no one’s crap and was great at manipulating, which is a refreshing look into a thriller story. Most of the time the man is chasing the woman and it was enjoyable to see Jane in charge.

Hell hath no fury! A fascinating look at the lengths someone will go for revenge. Because so much of the book is in "Jane"'s POV, it was a bit choppy with an unreliable narrator. That said, it kept my interest--and kept me guessing--all the way through.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for my review. Jane takes a job at an insurance agency in Minneapolis with the sole intention of destroying the life of her coworker, Steven. It is full of suspense and revenge. It is dark and and twisty-which are typically fun stories to read. I read this book very quickly and it kept my interest, but there was just something about the writing style that was so distracting to me. The chapters were very choppy and Jane's narration of events was a little unbelievable. With that being said, I think I would try another of this author's books because all the pieces were there, it just didn't come together for me.

This book was so good. A twisted tale that draws you in and makes you want to keep reading. I really enjoyed the story line. I feel like it wrapped up quickly and nicely. I will for sure be reading more by this author.

Three words to describe this book – vengeful, relentless, gripping!

This book! Wow! Where to start!? What a fabulous dark thriller of a novel. I devoured this book in one day it is THAT GOOD! I was unable to put this book down and found myself immersed in the story, turning the pages to see what Jane would do next. She was out for revenge, and would stop at nothing to get that revenge! And boy oh boy, revenge she certainly did get!

Jane would stop at nothing to destroy the person she set out to destroy. She was relentless in her goal to destroy this person’s life and to get back for all the wrongs this person has done in the past. Jane was quite convincing acting as a “plain Jane” and it was fun to read about her dual personalities… the “real” Jane vs. “plain” Jane. Such a gripping read that had me hooked from the start of the book and had me sitting on the edge of my seat as I read through the book.

Victoria girl, you need to write a sequel to this book. I am not ready to be done with Jane yet and I absolutely LOVED her character in this book. Jane was so unpredictable it was fun to read what she would do next. She was dark and twisted! And that made for a wonderful book.

If you haven’t read this book yet be sure to get your hands on a copy. You will absolutely love it!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of “Jane Doe” by Victoria Helen Stone. I will not give any spoilers. I enjoyed this book. I got it done fairly quickly.

The story kept me interested from beginning till the end and I really loved the characters. I would recommend this book to family and friends.

I would love a friend like Jane. Even though she's a sociopath she had genuine feelings for Meg. Steven was a real piece of shit. I couldn't have done what she did especially for the length of time she did it.

Thank you to netgalley and Lake Union Publishing for providing me with a digital copy in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this one. Every time that I was able to pick this one up, I flew through the pages and couldn’t wait to see where it was headed! It is a quick read that will have you guessing the narrator’s motives and plans! I suggest going into it blind so that you can really stay perplexed throughout the novel!

I'm not sure how I feel about this one. Did I hate it? Not in the least. Did I like it? To an extent. First, the good: I liked the idea of a sociopath-as-main-character, because it's different, and something you don't see/get often. It lent a unique perspective. It also had some great moments of humor with some laugh-out-loud, to-die-for one liners. And I'm a sucker for revenge stories.

However, the bad kind of outweighs the good. The writing felt forced and pedestrian...it felt like a first draft short story that got turned into a small novel...not short enough to be a novella, but not long enough to feel like a full novel. Jane also felt like she was written like a teenager who decided to give payback to the mean boy who hurt her best friend...and the payback she was looking for was a bit all over the place. She was flat out sinister the whole way through...but then decided for a bit of "Cruel Intentions" payback in the end, just so she could get a "happily ever after". She either needed to commit to her sinister, murderous impulses...or she should have been written more in the vein of how she ended up. Also, the characters were just so black-and-white, you never really invested in them. Steven was just so awful, with no redeeming qualities...and Luke was like a saint who did no wrong. Eh. I think if the characters were better developed, and the plotting a little more puzzle-like, it could have been a longer, more fulfilling read.

In the end, I wouldn't handsell this book, but I wouldn't put it up there in "Top Worst Books I've Ever Read", either. I give it three stars for daring to be different...but still coming up short.

This is a story that grips from the very beginning. What an intriguing character Jane is. I recommend this book

I won't lie, this book really caught me off guard. I went in not expecting much at all, given how gimmicky the plot sounded: a self-declared sociopath seduces her boss with plans for revenge. It could have been a really bad version of Basic Instinct, but instead this ended up being a tense, seriously gripping and entertaining thriller.

I loved, LOVED Jane. Seriously, this is the most fun I've had with a main character in a long time. Somehow, despite her being a sociopath with some fairly questionable morals, I found myself really identifying with her. She's got a no-bullshit approach to life that I can definitely appreciate, and there are some parts of this novel that are absolutely hilarious. Not something I would typically expect from a thriller, but it works beautifully with Jane. I really appreciated this fresh approach to the sociopath protagonist. Too often they're portrayed as bloodthirsty killers, with no emotions, no personality outside of their desire to kill. That isn't Jane. She's a very rich, interesting character who has wants, passions (in a way), and while she's definitely bent on revenge, it's clear from the very beginning that she isn't some kind of ruthless killing machine.

This book is definitely one I'd recommend to anyone who enjoys thrillers, or hell, just anyone who's kind of tired of bullshit and hypocrisy and looking for a book that won't put up with it. I loved all the twists and turns this book took, and I definitely could use more Jane in my life!