Special thanks to Lake Union for providing our copy in exchange for an honest & fair review.

I've loved previous dark & simmering novels by Emily Carpenter. For some reason, this one wasn't my favorite. I think it's due in large part that I am likely burning myself out on thrillers. Especially those in which a woman cannot trust herself. I'll definitely read more from Emily in the future.

Thank you for the opportunity to be an early reader.

Description
From the bestselling author of Burying the Honeysuckle Girls comes a riveting novel about a mother and daughter separated by grief, secrets, and a conspiracy that threatens to destroy their lives. If there’s a healthy way to grieve, Erin Gaines hasn’t found it. After her husband’s sudden death, the runaway success of the tech company they built with their best friends has become overwhelming. Her nerves are frayed, she’s disengaged, and her frustrated daughter, Shorie, is pulling away from her. Maybe Erin’s friends and family are right. Maybe a few weeks at a spa resort in the Caribbean islands is just what she needs to hit the reset button… Shorie is not only worried about her mother’s mental state but also for the future of her parents’ company. Especially when she begins to suspect that not all of Erin’s colleagues can be trusted. It seems someone is spinning an intricate web of deception—the foundation for a conspiracy that is putting everything, and everyone she loves, at risk. And she may be the only one who can stop it. Now, thousands of miles away in a remote, and oftentimes menacing, tropical jungle, Erin is beginning to have similar fears. Things at the resort aren’t exactly how the brochure described, and unless she’s losing her mind, Erin’s pretty sure she wasn’t sent there to recover—she was sent to disappear.

My Review
Until the Day I die is a well-crafted story that is both intriguing and one that will keep you interested until the very end. I enjoyed the characters and even disliked some of them. Overall the story was one I would recommend.

While many sections of this book seem just a little too convenient (almost over the top), I was constantly finding minutes in the day to read more. It was a perfect story to get lost in, and forget about real life for a while.

I enjoyed this book, and can’t wait to read more from this author!

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

I enjoyed reading this book. There was a slow starting but quickly the story became fast pacing, captivating and twisty. However, I found it was a little bit predictable as it was easy to guess what was going to happen. Morever, some parts of the plot seem unbelievable.

It is a story of loss, deceit, greed and betrayel. Erin, Peter, Ben and Sabine are friends They founded a successful start-up years ago. In spite of sucessful professional oucomes, things are not what they appear inside of this group of friends. Peter's died after a suspected car accident. Erin, his wife who is grieving him badly wants to sell the start-up while her friends don't agree. Then Erin troubles started and she is going to live strange adventures where people are trying to kill her. Shorie, her 18 years daughter will try all her best to save her.

Until the day I die is well written and it was my first reading from Emily Carpenter. Characters are well designed and for my part I liked Shorie's and Erin characters.

Erin, mom to Shorie and owner of a tech company, recently lost her husband Perry and things are starting to unravel for her. At the suggestion of friends and family, she heads off for an island retreat. Once there, her perfect island getaway is not to be and Erin is literally fighting to escape.
I enjoyed how the book alternated POV’s between Erin and Shorie although I was more interested in Erin’s story. I did feel that the ending was a bit predictable and was easy to figure out.

I am a big fan of Emily Carpenter's books, particularly the ones with a strong southern gothic feel. This book like all of her others is extremely readable and fast paced. For me, as a thriller it just got a little too crazy and unbelievable. The epilogue particularly did not work at all for me. Thrillers can be hit or miss for me, but I'm still looking forward to Emily Carpenter's next book.

I absolutely LOVED Carpenter’s book, The Weight of Lies. It was my first book-within-a-book and I think I was expecting something like that again with Until the Day I Die. I often rate books based on how they compare to anything else I’ve read by the author because I end up with these expectations in my head. Until the Day I Die was a fun thrill ride, but also felt a bit too unrealistic to me at times. I look forward to reading more of Carpenter’s work.

I raced through this. We've all wondered what happens behind reality shows and how people get sucked into cult-like experiences. This novel merges those two concepts and creates an edge of your seat read.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC of Until the Day I Die by Emily Carpenter.

Between the unlikability of just about all the characters, and the convoluted story line, this book just felt like a bad fever dream. It seemed to drag on and on with each corner turned looking suspiciously similar. I am starting to think that Emily Carpenter and I just aren't a good fit. I did appreciate the bones of the book, it definitely showed promise!

This is emily’s Best. Loved the characters and the story. Dark but not gory. Highly recommend this book and Carpenter’s other novels! Perfect for under the blankets reading!

I'm just so glad I FINALLY finished this book! It took me ages to pass the first 50% and I read the final chapters just because of my curiosity. I'm being really honest here. I disliked it so bad I just want to forget about it. And that's what I'm gonna do right now.

I love thrillers. It's my favorite genre in books and I'm always looking for the next big thing, and that's why I so happily asked for an anticipated copy here. What a nonsense book. I don't even know how to review this one because every single chapter got me shocked on how bad it was.

There is a particular part on this when Shorie, one of the main characters, says that if she's been kidnapped at least the man would be one of the most beautiful in the FBI most wanted list. I mean what the hell?? It got me sick. There is so much irresponsibility, such crazy ass characters and nonsense (not in a good way I hope it's clear) stuff happening with no explanation at all. I don't know how I managed to finish it.

I didn't appreciate it, and I'm sad cause I am a big thriller reader. I just didn't. Can't even write about the plot once I am already forgetting it.

In the midst of reading a bunch of non-thriller books, this page-turning thriller by Emily Carpenter was just what I needed! This one reminded me of a much better version of They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall because of the remote island that isn’t exactly what it seems to be.

After the sudden death of her husband, Perry, Erin Gaines is struggling to cope. After a drunken night following the drop off of her daughter, Shorie, at college, her friends and family hold an intervention to send her to a remote Carribean island to reset herself. However, shortly after arriving at the island, Erin begins to wonder if she is really safe….

While the premise of the book is a little unrealistic, the relationship and feelings Shorie and her mother Erin have after losing their father and husband are real. Shorie is a teenager going off to college, but doesn’t want to go because she wants to stay at home and work at her family’s business to stay close to her father and what she loves, but Erin wants her daughter to go off to school, and get away from the business.

The short chapters and alternating viewpoints make for a very fun, quick read! I would recommend this one for fans of thrillers, that are ok with the unrealistic factor (I know there are plenty out there that don’t like this). I enjoyed reading this one, and look forward to reading more by Emily Carpenter.

This was a really good book. A little on the predictable side but I did thoroughly enjoy watching everything unfold. This is my second Emily Carpenter book and I do think she has a nice way of creating believable and likeable characters with a good story line.

This book had a decent plot and I'm really starting to enjoy this author. It was a fun summer read - nothing too deep or serious. I will look forward to reading more from Emily Carpenter.

This another good book by Emily Carpenter. I loved The Weight of Lies but wasn't a fan of her second. This one lies in between. It honestly had me really thinking she meshed her two prior novels together to make this one. The first novel was involving a daughter and secrets and the second, an island retreat Felt a little too similar to her others which just had me confused.

Until The Day I Die is an entertaining read about family, grief, love, trust, and a dash of mystery to tie it all together.

The first thing I noted was that my interest in this book goes on a slow climb. By 40% though, there are enough juicy mysteries to get me to stay up past my bedtime.

A quick introduction to the main characters and their places in this novel. The family that this novel revolves around is the Gaines. The readers get thrown directly into their lives a few months after Perry Gaines’s death (the father). Erin, the widower and CEO of Jax, a personalised budgeting app that categorises your spending for you (even gives suggestions on where you can spend according to your budget) so that you know how much you should spend at certain days according to where you’re located. For instance, you’re out at the local mall and it pops up a suggestion of what you should purchase for your lunch based on your budget. Jax was co-founded by Perry, Erin, along with their best friends Ben and Sabine, also a married couple. Then there’s Shorie, the daughter who lost her father, a coding geek who is strongly opposed against going to college and just wants to work at Jax, but forced to go to her parents’ alma mater anyway.

Until The Day I Die is another novel with grief as its substance. Its intenseness can be felt not only through the thoughts of Erin but by observations of people around her. I’ve experienced first-hand and seen its effects on loved ones in real life. There’s a quality to a griever that’s not just sadness – it’s the apparentness of how full of effort everyday life is for them, at least for a while. How a smile is no longer the same because something’s different with their eyes. For Erin, it’s how scattered she is and how taxing everything is on her energy that she requires more rest. Until one day that she appears to snap and goes driving drunk to her daughter at college and tried to apologise (which then later turned into a scene ending with her passing out on the floor) for being so disengaged from Shorie. This was the last straw for her family and closest friends. She was then flown off to Hidden Sands, an exclusive ‘rehabilitation centre’. Hidden Sands promised to be a non-traditional rehab centre that they don’t even call themselves that but instead ‘restoration centre’. The thing is, this place raises all kinds of red flags for Erin.

At the same time, Shorie stumbles upon an anomaly within Jax servers that makes her think someone is messing with it. Also, soon after entering college, she accidentally meets a guy who knows everything about her and is offering her something hard for her to refuse…

Emily Carpenter’s writing is great and I have no issues at all with it. There is some jargon on programming generally made understandable to laymen. Regarding the individuality of the character’s voices, it did its job just fine.

The plot is twisty and intricate in a good way although unrealistic and depend a lot on coincidences. But I haven’t a problem with that, it’s fiction and one I enjoyed. The author did keep me guessing right to the end and my speculations never truly hit the mark.

I loved loved loved her previous book "the weight of lies" and this was just as delightful as that was. I am never disappointed by this author this far. Would read everything she writes next. Enjoyed.

So, at this point, Emily Carpenter could write a book about tap dancing aliens in space and I would love it. Her books are just amazing portals into the world of her characters, and I’m always sucked in shortly after beginning.

“Until the Day I Die,” is another home run from Carpenter, though a bit different in style than her previous books, which are more slow-burn, psychological thrillers. There are two narrators: Erin, a woman struggling in the aftermath of her husband’s sudden death; and Shorie, her daughter who reluctantly heads off to college instead of working in the family tech business. When Erin has a meltdown after dropping Shorie off at school, her closest friends and family convince her to go to a remote Caribbean resort to relax and “restore.” But she soon realizes that something isn’t right at this picture-perfect spot. At the same tine Shorie, who is supposed to be focusing on school, discovers a weird server glitch in the business’ software. She soon realizes that maybe her and her mom could be in danger from a very close source.

This book is more action-based, with the book really picking up the pace about halfway through, with the fist half laying the groundwork for some high-stakes thrills. I liked the change of pace and I was sucked in by that point that I couldn’t look away. The characters were richly drawn and very realistic - Shorie was a frustrating teenager, and i felt so deeply for Erin, who is struggling in the midst of the loss of her husband.

I don’t really know what else there is to say about this book, other than you should run out and get it, but make sure to clear your schedule, because you’ll have plans for the weekend. Emily Carpenter delivers another great book that has a great story and just adds to her impressive resume.

Also, I am really hoping there is s sequel coming - the end of the book lays some framework for what could be some continuing storylines. Please, please, please!

*Thank you to Emily Carpenter, Lake Martin Publishing, and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Holy Moly this book was good! Carpenter creates a beautiful story showcasing the struggles in a mother/daughter relationship that is full of grief. On top of that, she weaves in mystery, betrayal, and a who's doing it that will keep you guessing until the very end! You won't want to miss out on this one!

OMG!! I looooved this book! Seriously was not expecting this at all. I think I found a new favorite author. Amazing story, and incredibly well written.