Catherine Ryan Howard demonstrates with Rewind why she is Edgar nominated. An engrossing read until the final page!

I received an early copy of Rewind- for an honest review.

This book although it’s a great concept - took me way longer than it should have to finish!

Most thrillers are easy reads for me - hence they are my favorite genre. This book got a bit muddled & I honestly had to come back to it.

I love the chapters being Rewind, Play & Fast Forward to represent past present future but it did get confusing and drawn out at times. I also think the topic of an Instagram star is super relevant these days- I loved that also.

This book overall gets ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 stars) from me - I liked it but think it could have way more power if it was tweaked just a tiny bit !

I do recommend checking this out - it’s has all the ingredients for a great mystery who dun it - social media and murder! 🤷‍♀️😳

It just fell a tiny bit short for me !

The premise of the story is a good one, but WAY too long and drawn out. Too many characters who sound ridiculous (or bi-polar) and the entire story just falls apart midway through the book. Writing is decent but can't save this novel from being, overall, wish washy and bland with holes throughout the story. Can't recommend.

A great novel, beautiful depiction of the characters with some tense moments thrown into the mix. Will definitely pick more books by this talented author.

So well written so chili g so tense.The author has written a unique story a book that drew me in from the first pages first horrific scene.Highly recommend.#netgalley #blackstonepublishing.

While many aspects of the thriller genre have become tired and cliche, REWIND doesn't fall into that category. The disjointed narrative technique and creative chapter titles work to heighten the suspense, and the characters' unique money-making ventures are interesting to read about--especially the influencer angle, which is timely and plausible.

The author expertly blends the culturally relevant with the "what if" factor as multiple storylines converge to demonstrate how pervasive suspicion and shame really are.

From its characters to its conflict, REWIND offers thriller fans fresh and absorbing material to devour! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher, I have a new-to-me author to follow.

This was a very interesting and thrilling book. The characters kept it moving at a good pace. I am not familiar with this author but will be looking at more of her books. I recommend reading it.

I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. Thank you NetGalley & author.

I really enjoy Catherine Ryan Howard's books. She's a VERY talented writer. The chapters are separated in a very unique way.... rewind, play, and fast forward. The book was well written, the characters are well developed and unique. Rewind is athriller, and you'll definitely be drawn in.

Check this book out!

This one was a bit crazy.

It starts with a bang and then you go back in time to see how they got there. It’s chapters are separated into rewind, fast forward and play for past, present and future. Some people thought this was confusing and irritating but I thought it was pretty clever.

There is an interesting cast of characters, some of them quite twisted, evil. There were some decent surprises as well. The conclusion was pretty good, rather sad. I would read more by this author.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and Blackstone Publishing for a copy in exchange for a review.

Rewind is a great thriller with a unique style on the chapters. The characters are interesting and the book is well written. I would read more by this author.

Rewind focuses on several main characters through a series of flashbacks and scenes set in the present. Natalie, an Instagram star, is convinced that she's being stalked by one of her hundreds of thousands of followers. She also has reason to believe that her husband has been up to no good.

Andrew, the manager of an unassuming set of cottages in the middle of nowhere, has a reputation for being odd. Natalie feels this right away when she checks in to cottage #6, but she's too determined to investigate her suspicions about her husband to simply walk away.

When Natalie goes missing, Audrey - a would-be journalist - sees this as her opportunity to leapfrog from writing gossip pieces to covering actual news. Audrey is definitely the easiest to root for character, even though she has a tendency to do things that aren't in her best interests.

There are several other characters spliced into the action, and most of them come across as potentially dangerous.

The overall story is entertaining, but the way the past and present sequences were arranged felt a bit jarring at times. This could have been resolved by using different headers than Rewind and Fast-Forward for each time jump. For example, the titles could have contained the primary character's name for each chapter, plus the time period. Some of the paragraphs within the various sections also had a jarring quality as they leaped from one subject to another without any chapter breaks or explanations.

Aside from this, I did enjoy reading this story. It's a thriller/mystery that was relatively easy to figure out, but the writing and characters still kept me engaged.

Trigger Warning: Pedophilia (this isn't a major part of the story, but it's still there).

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC. This review contains my honest, unbiased opinion.

I love all things by this author. I have always bee pleases with the plot and the thrill of the next page. Thank you for approving this title for me. Keep them coming

The premise is great but the execution left a little wanting. I found the idea of play, pause and rewind intriguing, but found it tough to follow throughout the book. It got a bit confusing to go back and forth and keep the story line intact.

Doubts, insecurities and lack of trust drive an internet influencer type to an obscure location with a creepy hotel keeper who spies on his only guest. When the worst happens, sorting out who did what to whom gets a little complicated.

Set up a little differently, this story would have been a more fun read for me. Otherwise, its well written and only a little morbid.

Natalie O'Connor is a rising "influencer" the term used for those with a large following on Instagram and social media. She and her husband MIke have just bought their first home and Natalie has an unpleasant experience by an aggressive fan who finds her home. Natalie is jumpy after the encounter and feels she is not only being followed by that things are being moved in her home- things not where she left them, doors left open. Her husband MIke downplays her concerns which leads her to be suspicious of his motives as well. When a bill shows up at her door for a room at Shanamore Holiday Cottages she decides to do some investigating on her own and leaves her husband a note and a cryptic message to her IG followers about needing a break.
When Natalie finally arrives, she finds the manager of the cottages Andrew, a bit creepy. She is right to not trust him, she is his only guest and Andrew is a peeper. He has installed hidden cameras in her room and during the night a shadowy figures appears over a sleeping Natalie and brutally murders her and then walks right up to the camera and pulls it out of it's hiding place. Who knew Andrews' secret? And what should he do now?

Audrey works for an online news service in which she is chafing to do more than her current position of scouring the internet and making up gossip about celebrities. She is assigned a one time story about Natalie's disappearance and decides to push the boundaries of her job and go interview MIke. While snooping through the house she picks up clues and an anonymous tip leads her to Shanamore Holiday Cottages..

I felt it was obvious throughout the story who the killer was going to be. The author did try to make Andrew a sympathetic character even while his actions were loathsome.

I was not as drawn in as many of the reviewers seem to have been and found@ the story a chore to get through in parts. There were no big reveals or gotchas, most experienced readers of this genre will pick up the clues easily.
I would like to read more from this author though as I loved the premise of the book.
Thank you to @netgalley and @blackstonepublishing for the ebook in exchange for my opinion

I want to thank NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for an advanced digital copy of Rewind, a psychological thriller, in return for an honest review. The plot was a promising one which laid out a compelling puzzle for mystery fans. There were a number of unforeseen twists along with several suspects. The conclusion was a satisfying and believable one.

I regret to say the structure of the book did not work for me. The arrangement of the chapters which were out of time sequence (pause, rewind, play, fast forward) was a distraction for the build-up of suspense as I read. This lack of sequence also kept me from feeling much connection with the characters or emotional involvement with the mystery. None of the characters seemed likeable, and I only came to know them as props in the story.

I hope prospective readers will not be influenced by my misgivings. I have read many enthusiastic reviews, and feel many others will enjoy this story of psychological suspense. This is my honest reaction. It just didn’t work for me.
2.5 stars rounded up to 3.

Natalie O'Connor is a famous Irish Instagram star .... her following is astronomical. She thought her maraige with Mike was ideal. However, suddenly a myriad of random events make her consider the possibility of "another woman" or he was "gaslighting" her into insanity. In search for the truth she feels compelled to investigate a possible link to the remote seaside village of Shanamore. When she checks into the Shanamore Holiday Cottages the proprieter Andrew appears strange or possibly on the spectrum, but actually proves to be a "sicko" As the narrative unfolds it's obvious his psychological development is far from normal. His best qualities appear to be a peeping Tom and abuser of very, very young girls. But, could he be a murderer?
Early on we witness the brutal murder of Natalie throuhg a hidden camera in Cottage #6 .... the shadowy figure is in all black, including the balaclava. The Who and Why are incrimentally alluded to as the narrative unfolds in a rather herky-jerky fashion. The writer utilizes a literary device with the Chapters being structured like a playback feature of a DVR .... rewind, pause, forward, and rewind. I found this awkward and not particularly helpful or enjoyable ... but confusing. Nonetheless the writer proves to be an artful storyteller, capturing and maintaining a suspenseful and unpredictable tale that propels to a riveting and twisted denouement.
Thanks to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for providing an Uncorrected Proof in exchange for an honest review.

Andrew, the owner of Sanamore Holiday Cottages watches his guests via a hidden camera. One night a shady figure appears in the room of a sleeping guest, violently murdering her and destroying the camera.
Natalie O'Conner, online celebrity and owner of And Breath mysteriously disappears leaving her husband, fans, and police questioning her whereabouts. Audrey, a reporter for The Paper is given the chance to write a expose on the events surrounding the missing celeb.

Rewind is a mystery/thriller in which the disappearance of an online celebrity leads one reporter to the Shanamore Holiday Cottages to discover what really happened to her. This novel has lots of creepy and unstable characters, a small town with secrets, and a reporter who will stop at nothing to get her story. The premise of this book sounded right up my alley but for some reason it just didn't wow me. I really didn't care for any of the characters and the way the chapters were laid out (rewind, play, pause, etc.) felt a bit confusing at times. This is not to say I didn't like the book or that other readers will not really enjoy it. Overall the story was entertaining and would the perfect book to curl up with for a weekend.

Psycho meets Fatal Attraction meets Pulp Fiction in this riveting novel. This book time hops (the Pulp Fiction part) beginning with the murder of Instagram star Natalie in a cabin at a small resort. Andrew, the resort proprietor, is a sick ticket with a proclivity for filming his guests without their knowledge. He inadvertently records her murder but can't decide what to do with the footage as its very existence implicates him in his crime.

As the story unfolds, we get to meet a handful of truly whackadoo people, any one of which could be responsible for Natalie's demise. This book is a creepfest of enormous proportions, a social media cautionary tale and a great thriller.

I highly recommend!

Thank you to Catherine Ryan Howard, Blackstone Publishing and NetGalley for giving me a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley for a Kindle ARC of Rewind.

This is my first book by the author and I enjoyed it.

It begins with the death of a young woman, an Instagram star, and the story rewinds and skips back and forth to show what ultimately led this lady to her tragic death.

I liked the way chapters were titled Pause, Rewind and Play, though it got a little confusing at times, because it brought you out of that particular moment.

There are plenty of despicable characters, men and women alike, and you never feel you can trust anyone, which makes for a more tense read.

The author throws in a credible twist here and there, and it's not hard to suspend disbelief, since parts of this plot sound eerily like something you would read in the papers or see in the news.

The writing is good, though a bit slow paced to build up to certain anxious scenes.

I noticed some characters were developed, yet others, including the main character, weren't fleshed out, which was confusing.

The author seemed to spend more time on the losers than on the good guys, which was kind odd, in my opinion.

Overall, not a bad read.

Rewind by Catherine Ryan Howard
Ok this is another one of those books that hops all over making you keep track on what is going on when, usually I am not a fan if this type of book, requires me to think more than just letting the story flow through my mind but I have got to say this story was different, in a good way. Natalie who fears her husband is making her think she is losing her mind, Mike, her husband who doubts what his wife is telling him is happening, throw in a mysterious bill from an out of the way place that he says he has never heard of, add a peeper and a man who prefers his girls young, very young and add a mystery woman stir it all up and you've got one heck of a read! Thank you Netgalley and the Publishers for allowing me to read this book and give my opinion.