This book was exactly what I wanted from these authors. It was shocking and unexpected at every turn! The writing was middle grade and the novel had a smooth flow. I loved the characters and how they were built throughout the novel!

A fan of the previous two novels by this writing duo, I was excited to see what twists they would come up with in You Are Not Alone. This story met my expectations for a fast-paced page turner that kept me guessing. There isn’t a decent moral compass to be found in this story, but there are plenty of covert manipulations and buried secrets!

For me, this one read more like a YA novel. While I enjoy a good young adult book, the characters in this story are all professional 30-somethings. The voices and mannerisms were adult-adjacent, resulting in plenty of eye rolling on my part. Still, the story kept my attention and I did not see the final twist coming until very close to the reveal. If you enjoyed either of the authors’ previous books, give this one a try!

You Are Not Alone is a suspenseful story about Shay Miller, an average girl living in NYC who collects data. She is an unlucky witness to a suicide and from there her life changes forever. While there were some twists throughout the story I would say as a whole it was not terribly exciting. A bit drawn out for a story that I knew how it was going to end just did not know the exact way they were going to wrap it up. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys suspense, it was an easy read. 3.5/5 stars

Wow. I truly enjoyed this book. Complicated, twisty, and keeps you guessing - everything I have come to expect from these two authors! I liked it at least as much as The Wife Between Is, if not more, and more than An Anonymous Girl. I highly recommend this book!

You know you’re in for an entertaining read when you read a piece by this author duo. There’s always a wonderfully hidden twist you can’t possibly be prepared for. You Are Not Alone is no exception to this rule.

Although the twist did come out of left field and totally threw me for a loop, i can’t say I very much enjoyed the rest of the work. I know- not a popular opinion- but it’s true. I couldn’t find myself rooting for the protagonist for the majority of the novel; I was just waiting for when they revealed what the club was all about. Which was kind of answered, but not completely? The piece felt a little lackluster until the twist was revealed.

Thank you very much for the opportunity to read this ARC. A more comprehensive review will be posted on social media closer to the date of release.

This is another fabulous psychological thriller by Hendricks and Pekkanen. There is no way to summarize this novel without giving away the surprising and twisty plot, so I'll refrain from doing that, but suffice it to say that these authors have again produced a story that has the reader working hard (and loving every minute of it) to figure out the mysterious relationships of the characters-- this time of a group of women. Are they the wonderfully supportive longed-for friends that they seem, or is something else going on? And if so, what? And for what ultimate purpose? This is a far from predictable-- a wonderful read for the lover of psychological thrillers. Additionally, what I love about Hendricks & Pekkanen's books is that the reader is absorbed in the mystery and the anticipation of what may occur, without being terrified that some over-the-top disturbingly violent scene is going to be thrust upon you and give nightmares. You can trust these authors to keep you on the edge of your seat, without feeling bludgeoned. This is a rare talent and therefore these authors' novels are great for teens on up.

I want to thank the authors, St. Martins Press, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and St. Martins Press for allowing me to read and review the latest book by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen!

I want to start by saying that I went into this book completely blind. I didn’t look at the synopsis until I was 100 pages in. I knew I wanted to read this book no matter what after reading Greer and Sarah’s previous books. I highly recommend you go into this book without knowing anything and allow the characters to take you on the journey. If you’ve been following me recently, you know I’ve been reading really slowly lately. This book was not that way. I got so sucked in that I easily flew through 200 pages of the book during my baby’s morning nap time. The pages of this intense thriller just fly by! It’s written in a way that just allows you to devour each page and continue to want to know what’s going to happen next. I had some predictions and theories as I was reading and none of them were correct. This book takes place in New York City and I felt like I was actually there! (I’ve only been to the city once on a field trip to see the Radio City Music Hall as a senior in high school). I could relate to what it must have felt to be Shay going through life the way she was and how it was probably easy for her to get caught up in the situation she found herself in. The villainous characters felt eerie and I just felt so uncomfortable reading their perspectives. It’s hard to talk about this book without spoiling it especially after reading the very vague synopsis. If you like thrillers, you definitely want to check this one out! This is probably my favorite release from this author duo so far!!

4.5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

ARC provided by publisher for free but this does not effect my review.

I did a happy dance one I got the approval e-mail from NetGalley. I have loved every book by this fabulous duo of writers. I will keep my review short as to not spoil anything. This book is multifaceted. It goes between different periods of time and different view points, but the main story is of a pair of sisters and woman named Shay. Shay witnesses something horrible and events that unfold throughout the book make you wonder what is going on. This book is best gone in blind. You have to suspend your preconceived notions and realize that this is fiction, some of the things happened are a tad far fetched. An enjoyable read!

“You Are Not Alone” is the third book that I’ve read by this duo. As always, I enjoyed the writing and the characters were extremely well-written and entertaining.

The pros:
-It had great character development. For me, the authors always do an excellent job with this.
-The story felt very cinematic to me. I could see it playing out on a big screen.
-I also really liked that the story had a somewhat cult-like feel to it.
-The twist did get me. I wasn’t expecting it at all. My mind went back and forth between two scenarios. I was way off on both.

The cons:
- There’s also a lot of POV’s following the different characters. It can at times be a little difficult to follow. I did keep a list to refer to during some confusing times, but once I got a little less than halfway, I was able to finally follow along without it.
-I was expecting a huge twist, and was somewhat let down.

I would recommend this to those who may just be starting out in the mystery thriller genre. I highly recommend their other two books as well, as I did enjoy the both of them!

This book is set to be released on March 3.
Special thanks to Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this arc in exchange of a review.

Five stars! I absolutely love these authors and the magic they work together. This book details not only a mystery woven together from start to finish with no loose ends, but it details relationships both romantic as well as how females interact and strive for one another’s approval. Several times throughout the story I had to take a moment to determine what I would do and given situations. I will see the main character was very easily influenced by powerful women, and easily manipulated. Without any spoilers, all I will say is that this book had me guessing and kept my interest from beginning to end. Special thank you to net galley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I was not a big fan of this novel and after reading so many novels by Greer Hendricks where I end up feeling disappointed I have come to the conclusion that I do not think the author is for me. All of the twists in her novel start out promising but end up to be predictable and textbook for the genre.

Shay Miller is a lonely, single working girl and not living her best NYC life. Through a tragic twist of fate, she meets two dynamic sisters, Cassandra & Jane Moore, that pull her into their orbit and inject glamour, glitz, and excitement into Shay's world. But wait! The new friendship with the Moore sisters come with strings..... long, twisty, complicated ones... and a hefty price. With friends like these, who needs enemies?

I enjoyed the whole girl-down-on-her-luck plotline. Shay's life seems hopeless and lackluster and I rooted for her to succeed. The Moore sisters seem to manipulate her easily, but it made me wonder - was Shay manipulating them? The authors are always full of surprises so I was ready to expect the unexpected.

I love the Hendricks/Pekkanen style of writing, alternating POVs, and the way that they build the suspense, intrigue, and develop their central characters. One of the things that I really like about their books is the smart, intelligent, resourceful female characters and this book had many of these. Shay's data book also lends a unique, refreshing perspective with fun facts sprinkled in.

This book is about insecurities, revenge, statistics, power, mental illness, murder, obsession, manipulation, connections, and betrayal. It's fast-paced and I couldn't stop reading it. The ending was perfect tied everything together.

This book will cause each reader to carefully evaluate any new friendship they encounter from now on.

Shay is naive and a nice person. She would have to be in order not to pick up on the evil nature of the Moore sisters, These sisters have it all because they TAKE it all. They never stop when it comes to getting what they want. Their network of friends are all dangerous and hard to detect as dangerous.

Shay is kind of a sad, lonely girl who just wants to have some fun and friendship in life, They found the right girl to victimize. Someone like Shay would be unsuspecting as the sisters go about their business. This story has twists and turns where you don’t suspect them. At times it gets a little monotonous, especially toward the end. The anticipation for the climax of the story takes a bit long to arrive at. However, that is ok because the end justifies the long wait and extensive detail.

Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martins’s Press for this ARC. I feel so thankful to be a part of boosting this worthy book to the top of the charts!

#youarenotalone #netgalley

We've all experienced being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I highly doubt that we've every experienced what Shay experienced. I'm not going to go in depth about the premise because I think it's better going into this story blind. What I will say is that I really enjoyed the short chapters from various character points of view, which drove me crazy trying to piece everything together! Also, I do want to give a heads up that this book does include some heavier topics (suicide, abuse, loneliness), so you may want to choose a different book if those are sensitive topics for you. The authors do not go into great detail about those topics, but it definitely is referenced and part of the storyline.

I have never read any other books by these two authors, but I immediately put their other books on my Want to Read list.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an early digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This title will publish March 3, 2020 and I highly recommend that you add it to your to-read list!

As per usual, the twists and turns in the new Greer Hendricks book, "You are Not Alone" kept me awake much past this mother of three's bedtime! But it was well worth it! I have a love of thrillers and this did not disappoint. I loved that all the important characters were women. As a introvert myself, I could see how the protagonist fell into the troubles she did. You feel for her and at the same time you are a bit horrified by her decisions and willingness to be so trusting. Highly recommend reading this one.

Meet Shay Miller; a lonely girl, lover of statistics and data, she has one friend that she rarely sees and has a temp job that is on the decline. She lives with a roommate that she has a crush on but his new girlfriend isn’t a fan of Shay. Now, she is finding herself slowly forced out of the apartment. Basically, Shay’s life is in shambles. She desperately needs a social life, a new job, and a new place to live.

One day while waiting for the subway, a woman suddenly jumps in front of the train, committing suicide right before Shay’s eyes. Shay becomes obsessed with finding out what drove Amanda (woman that died) to do such a thing. During her endeavor, she meets the beautiful sisters Cassandra and Jane Moore who were close friends with Amanda. They live a glamorous lifestyle, the type of life that Shay has been searching for. The sisters accept Shay into their inner circle which begins the crafty, deceptive story that Hendricks and Pekkanen strategically weave together...

This book was good, fast paced, entertaining, and makes you second guess who is good and who is bad.

4 stars because the multiple POV’s were slightly unnecessary and would make it confusing at times. Shay’s character would get on my nerves and some of the events that take place are a tad unrealistic.

Shay’s life is not going so well. She lives with her friend, Sean, whom she has a crush on, but his girlfriend seems to be over at the apartment all the time and is slowly working on getting Shay to move out. Her job is not going anywhere. She really has no friends to hang out with and complain to. While that would be terrible for anyone, seeing a suicide happen right before her eyes really tips her life into a complete depressive state.

Shay has always been fascinated by statistics and if she wouldn’t have taken 22 seconds to put her hair up in a ponytail, she would have caught the train and missed the suicide. But, alas, her life is straight out of a Shakespearean tragedy. That is, until she meets the Moore sisters.

She suddenly has beautiful friends who are well connected in the city, and even though they met in a weird situation, and Shay starts out their relationship with a lie, she thinks her life is going to get better. And it does. Until it doesn’t. Until she’s running for her life, hiding out in dank motel rooms, and praying her knowledge of stats can finally help her out in life.

You are Not Alone was a roller coaster ride of emotions with one lie leading to another. And even though the situation should seem ridiculous, you just know something like this could happen. This is the type of book that you want to do a buddy read so you have someone to discuss it with, going back and forth with; Can you believe that happened, and then this, and then when the sisters did that, and then Shay found that???

As with any thriller book review you don’t want to give anything away because you want all the wonderful twists and turns you encountered to be new for the reader. You need to read You are Not Alone. And I need to go read their other two books, The Wife Between Us and An Anonymous Girl.

And my final take away, Women are Evil… but in such a deliciously, devious way!

When these two authors come together to write a book it's like magic! Their books have great twists and turns and you always are in for the unexpected. This book was no different. Shay's life has taken a downturn and things aren't going so well, then she witnesses a suicide while waiting for the subway train and her life becomes enmeshed with two glamorous sisters who happened to be the friend of the woman who commits suicide. Shay's loneliness wins out and she finds herself wanting to be part of the glamorous life that the sisters seem to lead. This book has just the right amount of intrigue, mystery and fast pace that keeps you wanting to turn to the next page. Definitely a hard book to put down!!

3.5 rounded up for great writing.

I enjoyed this quirky story but not as much as the others I have read from these two authors. The stats that lead off Shay’s chapters were a fun bonus for me and gave an additional depth to the character.

There are a lot of reviews that talk about Shay as such a naive person but I don’t really think that’s the case. She seemed a bit isolated and was in such a bad place so she was an easy target for manipulation. I loved that she was able to methodically build the facts to realize what was happening.

The story does shift back and forth deftly to build the suspense and slowly reveal the connections. There are a lot of characters and a few of them don’t really take on any real substance making it hard at times to differentiate between them.

There were plenty of surprises and a nice “grand” reveal. It was a quick easy read and I would recommend it but it wasn’t my favorite (of theirs). That said, I will definitely look forward to their next one!

Thanks to NetGalley, the authors, and St. Martin’s Press for a copy in exchange for a review.

You Are Not Alone is Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen’s newest psychological thriller that is centred around a data-obsessed bit of a loner who finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Shay has witnessed a horrifying sight of a young woman throwing herself in front of an oncoming subway. Desperate to learn more about about what possessed someone to take their lives she starts to find more information about Amanda. At the same time Amanda’s friends enter Shay’s life and fill her up with all the things she’s been missing. While both sides are trying to unravel the reasons behind the suicide, all the paths converge into one twisted, desperate, messy tangle that will have you putting the pieces together til the very end.