It gripped me right from the beginning and didn’t let go. I almost read it in one day! I was unable to guess the twists and turns which is always exciting. Excellent!

Gripping thriller. Very exciting concept, friends protecting friends, almost like a spy network. Secrets and lies, with elaborate set ups, kept me guessing the whole time. Best friends, start of a new life, worst enemies, look out your life is at stake. Can’t wait to recommend it to customers.

Another great novel by the duo of Hendricks & Pekkanen. Their book had me hooked from the first page, it kept me up reading all night.

Shay witnesses a suicide at a train station. Little did she know how this would change her everyday life. Somehow she has now found two friends and she gets dragged deeper and deeper into their circle.

But how far will she go to stay friends? Are these friends truly friends? Or do they want something from Shay?

Seriously, this book had so many twists and turns and had me reading well into the wee hours of the morning as I was always questioning what would happen next.

I rarely say this but I couldn’t put this book down. Shay is living a boring life. She is working temporary jobs and sharing an apartment with her best friend, Sean. But Sean has a new girlfriend and their entire relationship is changing. Shay witnesses a woman commit suicide by throwing herself in front of a subway train. This affects her profoundly. Shay goes to the dead girl’s apartment and leaves flowers. Then she decides she must attend Amanda’s memorial service. At the service, she lies to Amanda’s “best friends” and says that she knew Amanda. Shay is trilled when these “perfect” women begin including her in their circle. But her friends aren’t really friends anyone would want to have. They are slowly turning Shay into Amanda. There are so many twists and turns in this plot. I will just end this with how much the ending surprised me. It wasn’t anything I saw coming.

Shay Miller just lost her job due to downsizing. Her roommate/best friend that she has a secret crush on has a serious relationship and he is planning on moving in with her so she will need to find a new place to stay. She has no other friends. Life just kind of sucks right now, and then when she is waiting for the subway she sees the woman next to her jump to her death it obviously rattles her to her core. As she tries to come to grips with what she saw she gets drawn in to a group of women who were friends with the deceased woman. They want to know what she saw, and if she knows more than she is saying. If she isn't careful, she could be next.
I devoured this book. It is my favorite one yet for these authors. It was a non-stop nail-biter. I highly recommend this one!

I'm a huge fan of the thrillers that Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen write. They're impeccably plotted, full of twists that catch me by surprise but that are so obvious in hindsight that it's embarrassing that I didn't catch on quicker. They tell us everything we need to know, after all, but they do it in a way that we're distracted by something else. 

This is an excellent example of that. If Shay had any ounce of self-preservation at all, she would've run from Cassandra and Jane. But they seemed nice and they seemed to really care, and that's enough to sucker a lot of different people. (No judgment, Shay---I definitely see how you were lured in.)

I can't wait to see what they do next. Either way, I'm preordering it.

I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review. This is an outstanding psychological thriller Involving seven friends who manipulate and try to control unsuspecting victims. There are many twists and surprises as the plot develops. Once I understood what was actually happening, I could not put the book down. The main characters are the beautiful Moore sisters and a very lonely and vulnerable Shay. Thank you Saint Martins Press and NetGalley for such a remarkable story.

Shay Miller wants to find love, but it eludes her. She wants to be fulfilled, but her job is a dead end. She wants to belong, but her life is increasingly lonely.

Until Shay meets the Moore sisters. Cassandra and Jane live a life of glamorous perfection, and always get what they desire. When they invite Shay into their circle, everything seems to get better.

Shay would die for them to like her.
She may have to.

My Thoughts: Shay Miller is lonely, sharing an apartment with a man she secretly loves…and his girlfriend. When she witnesses a tragic event on the subway, she is caught up in the victim’s life and swept away by the attractive friends.

But suddenly, just when the new friends have seemingly brought her into the fold, everything changes. How did Shay become another victim? Were her questions about the victim Amanda suddenly putting a target on her back? Who could be turning her life upside down, and why?

Trying to find the links and connections brought her closer to the answers.

I loved how Shay took notes in her “data book,” and the more she writes down the closer she comes to discovering the truth. An intense story, You Are Not Alone kept me rapidly turning pages to the conclusion of this 5 star read.

***My e-ARC came from the publisher via NetGalley.

This fabulous thriller-writing duo has done it again.

I loved how twisty Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s first book (The Wife Between Us) was.

(I liked their second novel, too, but I wasn’t quite as entranced with it.)

I’m happy to report that their third book together is just as addicting as their first!

I mean, I finished it in less than 24 hours, so that tells you something. But it wasn’t JUST the intense plot that kept me glued to the page. I loved the unique statistics angle, and I empathized with the protagonist.

Sure, there are a few things that aren’t quite believable, and some of the characters could have been fleshed out a bit more. But when it comes to entertainment factor: this book delivers!

**Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the review copy.

This was a super fast paced thriller that flew through in one day. The mystery definitely kept me reading but at a certain point, I just found myself wondering what the point of it all was. It felt like they squandered a really interesting set up by doing the same thing books like this always do - pitting women against each other for no explicable reason. Ultimately, the last third of this book just made me indescribably angry.

Shay’s obsession with data and statistics was just a weird extraneous detail that didn’t contribute to the story at all, especially considering how dumb and naive she actually was throughout the entire book. Coincidence after coincidence after coincidence... you’d think someone obsessed with statistics would’ve picked up on the statistical unlikelihood of all of that happening.

This was a common occurrence as all the women were said to be one thing but their actions showed them to be something else. There was absolutely no character development either and one too many secondary characters in the clique to be worth following. Six could’ve easily been consolidated into three and we wouldn’t have lost any unique characters (and I originally wrote five there because I literally forgot about one of them, she was so unimportant).

This is my third book from this writing duo and I’m just not the biggest fan of how they write female characters - either dumb or evil. Yes, they have the entertainment factor down solid, but I need more from a book. 3 stars.

I could not get into this book. I've read others by these authors and this was not one of their best,

First I want to say, despite how my review may come off to others, is that I didn’t hate this book. I enjoyed the characters, the multiple POV, and even how the last half of the book came together. But it was so slow getting to the point where it kept my interest for more than 20 mins at a time. The first half is very slow going, and at one point I had to ask fellow readers of the book if it was even worth finishing, if things would stop seeming like set up for the plot. It did get better, a little after the 50% Mark. Once I understood what was happening, I started to enjoy it more and couldn’t put it down until I finished.
This was the first book I’ve read by these Authors, and even though I had my doubts in the beginning, I wouldn’t hesitate to pick up another one of their books.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher, for this free review copy. 3.5 🌟

You Are Not Alone is this duo's third book. The Wife Between Us is still a favorite of mine, and hard to beat. I was really looking forward to this, but it fell quite flat. I was so bored for the first 40% of the book, and thought about not finishing it. I enjoyed the ending a lot more, and am glad I finished it.

I enjoy the short chapters and multiple POVs. In my opinion, the beginning was just too slow for me, and not enough was happening. I look forward to their next book!!

I am a fan of Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen’s stories. Somehow, they always come together to create the most mysterious, twisty, and insane reads. You Are Not Alone was no exception! This one was thrilling and entertaining until the very end. I can not wait to see what they come up with next!

These ladies are on auto-buy for me after their prior two novels, but this one is by far their best yet! It is out March 3rd, or you can get it as part of your BOTM subscription, but I will do my best to build the anticipation for you without spoiling anything, which will be a feat in and of itself.

The Goodreads synopsis is pretty spot on, and the authors do a great job of keeping you asking the question, what in the world is going on here? It is like a game of cat and mouse, but you don’t always know who is the cat and who is the mouse because those roles seem to switch often, and we are going round and round in glorious circles! But it is not confusing, it just keeps you guessing in the best way possible.

I listened to this one on audio thanks to libro.fm ’s ALC program, and it is so good via audio. I did have to chuckle because at one point, Shay says something to the effect that she needs to be careful because what she is doing is really risky, and I was walking Pepper and said, “OMG girl everything that EVERYONE has done in this book is really risky, sheesh!!” I took a few side eyes for the team on that one, but I didn’t care. That is how good this book is, I was legit trying to talk some sense into the characters to no avail, and I loved every freaking second of this book.

Add it to your list, and get ready to love this dynamic duo of an author team even more than you already did!

Thank you to both @netgalley for the electronic ARC, and thank you to @librofm for the ALC to review!

I absolutely love these 2 authors. I know I will enjoy anything they write and get super excited when I hear their names. This was a good book, but not my favorite by them. The story is very good and the twists are fantastic. For some reason, I had a very hard time connecting with most of the characters. I really liked Shay and the statistics that were shared throughout the book. Would recommend.

I would like to thank NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

I want to start off by saying thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book, it was a very good read easy to follow along with storyline and characters. This was a new author for me but I very much enjoyed it, thank you for the opportunity and I look forward to reading more by this author again. I highly recommend this book to everybody.

*4.5 stars** Yes! This was so good! I was on the edge my seat throughout this book. It was so easy to read as it was super fast paced, and had so much packed into the pages. I was not disappointed in the ending which is so exciting because that’s where a lot of thrillers are ruined for me. Once I got to the end I didn’t want to like it as much as I did because a lot of it was over the top and kind of unbelievable…but I was captivated the whole time and couldn’t put it down. So I decided that I did like it a lot. What I think was supposed to be one of the biggest plot twists of the book, I kind of already knew and assumed we were supposed to have figured out way earlier in the book….so that was a little disappointing because it was set up to be really shocking and once I read it, I just kind of went….’oh…didn’t we already kind of know this??’ I think it was still a pretty well done twist though and if you don’t figure it out before I think it will be a big game changer. This was such an exciting read and I would definitely recommend it!!
For a while it was hard to keep all the different women straight in my head. And honestly I don’t think I ever knew the difference between Jane and Cassandra, I just kind of saw them as one person in my head. Also, why did I think there were like 6 women in their little friend/cult group?? I would've sworn there were more than just the 3 sisters and Daphne. I don't know, there was a lot going on. Towards the end where Shay was doing all that research about James and how he was connected to the sisters felt really drawn out and I got a little bored. I think that section could’ve been cut down a bit..but that’s just me. I think Valerie trying to push Shay onto the subway tracks was really uncharacteristic for her. Valerie seemed very calculating with everything she did and maybe she just became unhinged because of everything that was happening and made a rash decision to do this but it was really dumb. I mean there were people on the train platform and she was just gonna try to murder someone….right there in the open?? After all the work they had gone through to cover up the murder I find it hard to believe she’d ruin it all now…unless like I said before was to show how Valerie was falling apart and willing to go to drastic measures no matter the consequences.I did really like Shay’s growth throughout the book. I mean for most of it she seemed really naive and way too trusting of everyone she just meets. Clearly she was having a breakdown, so it’s understandable for her to act the way she does. But when she finally figures out there’s a lot more going on she starts to put the pieces together logically and I love at the end when she goes straight to the police instead of believing another lie, I wanted to jump up and scream ‘YES!’ I was so scared she would fall into another lie, but it was so nice to see her change from the beginning. It was seriously stressing me out that she was writing EVERYTHING down in her notebooks during all her research. I thought for sure that would come back to bite her in the butt, but thank goodness it didn’t! I liked the little twist at the end with her murdering Valerie…and playing it off as self defense. I always think it’s the best when a thriller ends with the main character also being a little twisted, I think it’s clever and adds a lot to the book. It would’ve ruined it for me if everything was tied up nicely where Valerie just got arrested and Shay went on her way being totally innocent of everything. Love that. I mean it’s messed up, but it’s good.

This book is hard to review without revealing spoilers so I'll try to be vague. After a slow start, I did get into this book and then found it hard to put down.

Shay Miller's obsession with numbers and recording everything in her data book let me to believe she might be on the autism spectrum, however this is never revealed by the writers as part of her character. Nevertheless, Shay catches on fairly quickly once she ascertains the sisters who befriended her are not what they seem. I liked the fact that Shay refuses to be gaslighted and does take things into her own hands as she unravels the layers of deception.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me the opportunity to read and review.

This is the third book I’ve read from Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanan. You Are Not Alone reads similar time their previous works, The Wife Between Us and An Anonymous Girl. However, it’s not a domestic thriller. Overall, I found the writing to be intriguing and fast-paced for the most part. Towards the end, it felt like it was dragging a bit. The characters weren’t as fully in-depth that I liked, but it was still enjoyable read. In terms of the audiobook, I felt that there wasn’t much of a voice difference between the two women who were narrating it even though the book is told from multiple perspectives. Personally, An Anonymous Girl, is my all-time favorite from them.If you love thrillers and/or loved the author duo’s previous books, I’d recommend checking them out.