This book was just okay, nothing great and nothing special. It was a little too hokey. Like a lifetime channel movie. The main character is unlikable and annoying. Very immature for a 28 year old. Very fast read and maybe a good beach book, if you like these sort of books.

Ever since reading The Wife Between Us, authors Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen have been on my reading list. There is something very powerful in their writing leaving you thinking long after reading their book.
In An Anonymous Girl, we are immediately taken into the situation of the main character, Jessica as she struggles with money issues and getting a decent career. We know there is some deep secret that she doesn't want to reveal yet and things start getting interesting when she takes the place of another girl in a research study.

An Anonymous Girl is written in several POVs which was a bit confusing in the beginning but then you get the idea after reading further into the story. There's the POV from Jessica, the protagonist, where she details all the events that occur to her, all her speculations, suspicions, and compassion. Then we see Lydia, the professor in the research study who we think she's a decent person, but the truth slowly unwraps itself in Lydia's own actions and rationalizations. She's calculating and even more suspicious and so fun to read throughout this story. There's also another perspective which seems almost like a third person or even that the voice of a computer or data analysis - well, at least that's how it's perceived to me.

I have to say that An Anonymous Girl is a true mystery. While there are several twists and turns in the story, the ending is almost predictable in a way that makes me think the authors are doing that deliberately. Perhaps they want the readers to guess the ending on their own. Whatever conjecture you come up with on your own, the ending was satisfactory if not a bit sad.

What I liked about An Anonymous Girl are the characters and the way the authors described them. Jessica is intelligent, intuitive, and yet quite vulnerable. She says she doesn't trust easily and yet she wants to trust people if only to feel just a bit more normal and to not have to carry this heavy burden of a secret in her heart.
Lydia, is beautiful and brilliant, a psychiatrist, who under the guise of doing research on morality and human ethics, decides to take things much deeper into her research. We are led to believe that she really is trying to research the topic for the book she is writing but as other factors and people show up in the story, we see that she is desperate to solve a piece of the puzzle that has troubled her from the beginning.

The writing of An Anonymous Girl is genius and fascinating. I don't want to give away any spoilers, but know that it's hard to put this book down until you have to read to the very end! The authors made me root for Jessica and hopes she can get out of the precarious predicament she is in. With Lydia, I had liked her at first, but then slowly as her actions reveal her calculations and manipulations, she was just any other suspicious wife if not a bit more psychotic. And perhaps that is what makes Lydia so different from other avenging wives. She is a psychology major and a famous professor and psychiatrist so she uses all of her wits and training to find out the truth. But that is also what makes her so dangerous.

Wow! Best mystery I’ve read in a long time. Gripping from start to finish. I’m a big fan of psychological thrillers and this one does not disappoint!

This book is an absolutely absorbing read that examines the underbelly of humanity. The characters are well written and the plot moves along at an exciting pace. I was wary of this one as I had read an advance copy of Hendricks/Pekkanen's first collaboration, The Wife Between us, and was not particularly impressed. However, they have more than redeemed themselves with this one. If you are a fan of psychological thrillers this one is not to be missed. Also.. no trigger warnings whatsoever. Yes, standard elements are here (including adultery, suicide and TONS of questionable behavior on both sides). But the more "delicate" elements are handled well. Kudos to this writing duo! I hope that this book blows their last one out of the water because this book is excellent.

I enjoyed this book more than their last book! I love the Dr. then I hate the Dr, Lots of twists, which I love! I was so agitated by the end with the Dr. I wanted to throw the book. And great ending ! I read it twice, and maybe we all interpret it different, but I like the way I read It! Great mix of characters. Enjoyed this book thoroughly!

*netgalley copy*
WOW! Another amazing read by an author I’m becoming quite the fan of. I love how you’re never really sure who’s dong what to whom or who you can trust or even who to root for. The twisty storyline and rather unlikeable characters somehow still make you unable to put the book down. This is definitely one of those “sorry honey, just one more chapter” type of reads. I just couldn’t get enough. Layers upon layers of lies and deceit keep your head spinning in the best possible way. I already can not wait for this authors next book!

Review: AN ANONYMOUS GIRL by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. Sometimes a therapist who coaxes out all of your secrets is holding the biggest one in the room. Excellent book,keeps you nervous and on the edge. Psychotic witch alert! Five stars!

Another amazing book from Hendricks and Pekkanen. If you liked The Wife Between Us, you'll love An Anonymous Girl. I wanted a few more twists, but this still had you wondering who was lying and who was being honest. I also thought the ending, or the last move on Jessica's part was absolutely amazing. Will be reviewing, recommending, and using in challenges in Chapter Chatter Pub. Also, if the authors would like to do a live chat in the group, after the book is released, I would be happy to have them'

The book seems very straightforward. Girl thinks she's participating in a psychology study. Professor in charge of study is actually obsessed with finding out <spoiler>if her husband is cheating on her again (not sure if this is really a spoiler but I will put it under spoiler tags just in case)</spoiler>. Nothing is really that surprising... although I started thinking it was weird even at the beginning when Jess was answering study questions and was getting responses from a live person during her session. I kept expecting there to be a twist, and waiting for a twist, I swear I saw somewhere that this book had a twist...but no twist ever came. The book was just...okay. Nothing that thrilling or suspenseful or twisty ever happened.

There are some Dr. Shields POV chapters- I must say, I did not enjoy them. They seem stilted and weirdly formal- I kept wondering, who thinks like this??

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC!

My review of An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.


This book turns from something that's too good to be true to an obsession. In this book we meet Jessica who wants to make some cash she desperately needs. The questions she signs up for on a personality study get more and more intense and personal. Soon Dr Shields only focuses on Jessica. Jessica starts doing things she wouldn't normally do in her life. Jessica starts looking for a way out, but is there one or is she way over her head?


I loved the writing and the tension is definitely there and this story touches all the bases with surprises all over. Just when you think she has dealt with the whole scheme of things she has another obstacle. It's hard to figure out who is the shady character, they are all either good or bad.I can see the Authors leaning over their keyboards smiles on their faces as they know they are throwing us another bone, another twist with curves and u-turns. All characters tie in to make this suspenseful. Be careful who you share your secrets with because it can be a whole new ball game. This is a page turner that will have you calling into work.

Thank you Net Gallery and St. Martins Press for this advanced copy to be released January 8th 2019.

Cherie'

I review on Good Reads, Amazon, and Book Bub.

I totally loved the authors' book The Wife Between Us, so I was thrilled to get an ARC from Netgalley.

Jess sneaks into a psychological study and is befriended by the doctor giving the study, Dr. Lydia Shields. Dr. Shields makes Jess feel special and then "extends" the study for Jess' cooperation in other tasks for which she is paid handsomely. Jess has problems so this seems like a dream come true at just the right time. However, what cost will Jess have to pay the more she trusts Dr. Shields? And, who IS Dr. Shields, really?

I wanted to read this automatically without even reading the description on Goodreads because I so enjoyed the authors' first book, I figured this would be just as good. However, I thought it lagged in some places and quite a few times, I found myself thinking, "Who would actually THINK like this?" I just found a lot of parts to be unbelievable and while The Wife Between Us, delivered a twist to me at least, I felt this one did not. Nothing really surprised me, even though I see people on Goodreads praising the twists and turns. I am actually giving it 2.5 stars because it did keep me interested enough to finish it pretty quickly, however, while this may not have been what I was hoping for, I would still recommend it because I think people will really enjoy it upon it's early 2019 release.

WOW. this book was so full of twists and turns that I was on the edge of my seat from start to finish! I really liked this one and appreciate how well written it was. There are so many books out there that it is hard to be different from the rest and I think Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen definitely achieved that with this book!

An Anonymous Girl is like a psychological thriller on steroids. I loved it. The hook is a unique – a woman with secrets in her past sneaks into a psychological study on ethics and morality. If you are craving a twisty psychological thriller, this is the book to read to get your fix. Multiple points of view? Check. Unreliable narrator? Check. Twists and turns? Check. Unputdownable? Check? Obsessive domestic relationships? Check. It even has an actual psychologist. This book does not even come out until January 2019 but I expect that it will be the talk of the town. I would like to thank NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and authors Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen for the early sneak peek of an electronic advanced review copy. Pre-order now because you will not want to miss this.

WOW! Just when I thought 'The Wife Between Us' was going to be hard to top, 'An Anonymous Girl' ends up being even better! It's best to go in blind so I am not going to mention any of the plot. There are a ton of thriller books that are 'over-hyped' but this one will deserve ALL the hype I know it is going to get. Greer Hendricks and Sarak Pekkanen are a writing duo forced to be reckoned with. The writing is flawless and I ended up reading this until 3:00am because I had to know how it was going to end! Everyone is going to ask, if there is that one major twist like there was in The Wife Between Us. There isn't just one major twist. There are several twists that will give you whiplash and you will be thinking 'what just happened!' There were many moments when I thought I knew where the story was going, but I ended up being wrong! Pre-order this bad boy and know you are in for a real treat!
One of my favorites!

Thank you to St. Martin's Press for sending me an early reader's copy in exchange for an honest review!

“An Anonymous Girl” by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

“If you were a therapist, would changing the course of someone’s life, even subtly, be appropriate if she felt it was for a good reason?”

Writing psychological thrillers are clearly the genre both of these authors have been destined to write. “An Anonymous Girl” is just as enthralling and twisted, yet so realistic, the reader just keeps reading. Just as one thinks they figure out the next move of the characters they are thrown for a loop.

Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen have a true gift. They pull you in, get you so engaged, trying to figure out where they are leading you and Bam!! they have you all twisted around again. Dr Lydia Shields knows how to get what she wants: to control others. People are unaware she is preying on them and changing their life choices and behaviors because of her. And she is sly enough she will make changes in your life you never saw coming. The only question is, who will win? One person already lost her life...how many more will it take until she gets what she truly wants and needs??

Rating: 4.8
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** I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this novel. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed The Wife Between Us, but I read it around the same time as The Last Mrs. Parrish so it ended up feeling a bit repetitive at the time. This is definitely not the case with The Anonymous Girl because I feel as though the authors really came into their own in this second novel. The concept is fascinating, the writing is sharp and I ended up reading most of the book in one sitting because the alternating perspectives kept me wondering about the twists and turns that awaited me. I'm sure that this book will get a lot of buzz in the coming months and it deserves all of it.

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for an advanced read in exchange for this review.

Jessica signs up for a psychological study about on ethics and morality. She thinks it's just a few questions to answer for Dr. Shields, and then she will get paid. Soon she finds herself doing outings for $$$$. Dr. Shields is manipulative, and Jessica wonders what exactly she signed up for.

Okay, this is a really cool premise! However, a lot of it is kind of far fetched. If you read it and don't think about how out there it sounds, it will be an enjoyable and pretty cool read. I did that at first. Afterwards I realized that this likely would not pass in the real world. Jessica is likeable, and you'll hope that nothing bad happens to her. There's a lot of mystery around Dr. Shields which is fun to unravel. Pretty enjoyable read overall! 3/12, but I'll round up.

Could you tell a lie without feeling guilt?

I actually squealed out loud when I received an advanced copy of this book. For real, I squealed. I loved The Wife Between Us, so I couldn’t wait to crack this one open. It quickly jumped up my TBR shelf to the number one position.. But then I got nervous. What if it isn’t as good as The Wife Between Us? What if I have it so hyped up to live up to that?

I’ll be honest, I went into An Anonymous Girl not even knowing what it was about. It wasn’t until I had read the first 10% of the book that I went and read the blurb on Goodreads.

Seeking women ages 18–32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed.

I’ll say it: This book is very different from The Wife Between Us, if you’re coming into the book expecting those big twists, you might be disappointed. An Anonymous Girl was just a mindbender from the beginning. I constantly questioned everyone’s motives. I was suspicious of everyone and everything. I never knew what was really going on. The second I thought I had it figured out I was proved wrong.

I haven’t read a book that had me this engrossed in a very long time, I was up all night “just one more chapter, just one more!” Seriously, it’s that good. Everyone should have this book on their radar, pre-order, mark the release date in your calendar, whatever you need to do, it is that good!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Books for providing me this book in exchange for an honest review.

You know that feeling when you discover a new author(or in this case two) and you loved their first book(The Wife Between Us) and you get approved for an e ARC for their second book, An Anonymous Girl? You don't, well let me say for me it is like winning the book lottery and then figuring out how many hours of work and life will stand between me and the book(46 hours exactly between approval and settling in at the beach with this one). Did this book disappoint? It absolutely did not. There were so many twists and turns that kept me guessing until the end and I changed my mind often trying to figure out where this was headed.
Jessica Farris works hard to afford her tiny apartment and life in NYC. When she learns of an opportunity to participate in a research study, she thinks she will make some much needed easy money. However, Dr. Lydia Shields seems to have her own agenda and Jessica is about to play a very important role in her research. Dr. Shields wants much more than a completed questionnaire and as the things she asks Jessica to do become more complicated, the suspense builds. I can't say much more about the plot without entering spoiler territory, but I will say I was furiously flipping pages so I could figure out what was really happening.
A very good follow up to The Wife Between Us and I recommend The Anonymous Girl to mystery and thriller lovers. The book description had all I needed to know to grab my interest and kudos to these two very talented authors.
I received an e ARC from St. Martin's Press through NetGalley.

Oh boy, oh boy..... An Anonymous Girl is a collaboration between Hendricks and Pekkanen. Their other book The Wife Between Us, to me was one that could not be outdone by another book. Boy was I wrong. This story is about a young woman, Jess, who signs up to get paid to perform a study. Jess has no idea what is in store for her and she is becoming more and more paranoid by the therapist giving the study. I really under estimated this one. I felt that the writers did a wonderful job of emphasizing certain characters that enhance the story. The main protagonist is Very likeable. This story is gripping and has control of you the minute you start reading it. I wanted to get to the end so fast just to see what was going to happen. Not the jaw dropping ending that has appeared in their other collaborations but a very good twist none the less.

Thank you to netgalley as well as the author/publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

5+++ ⭐️ out of 5