I was really intrigued and excited to read this novel. Megan Miranda delivered a suspenseful page turner that had me guessing until the end. I didn’t completely love the ending and felt myself wanting more but this was still a good read overall. The Girl From Widow Hill has an eerie vibe throughout and is darker than some of Miranda’s more recent work. This novel was hard to put down and I wouldn’t suggest starting right before going to bed. It features Olivia/Arden who had gone missing for days as a child only to be found miraculously alive and clinging to a storm drain. She was the center of the news at the time and disappeared from the public as soon as possible. As the 20th anniversary approaches, Olivia knows it’s inevitable that people will begin to wonder about her again. She feels like she is being watched and begins sleepwalking again only to find the corpse of a man she knew from her previous life.

Thanks to Edelweiss + and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was able to read this book thanks to NetGalley. I am a huge fan of Megan Miranda and am thrilled to have been able to read and review this ARC. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and loved the storyline.
Olivia is a single women with a good job, friends, as well as a dark past. When she was a child she was a sleepwalker and she got swept away in a huge rainstorm and lost for several days. The fame and attention following the events did not treat her well so she changed her name and moved away. But the last continued to follow her when her rescuer ends up dead near her yard. This book kept me second guessing until the end and I will be recommending it to my friends and book clubs.

Thank you to NetGalley for an arc of The Girl from Widow Hills.

I was pleased when my request was approved because the premise sounded intriguing.

Two decades ago, Arden Maynor survived a traumatic event that made her infamous. But, fame and money wasn't what it was all cracked up to be.

Now, with a new life, name and career, all she wants to do is forget about her past and move forward with her life.

But, as we all know with these types of books, the past has a way of creeping up on you, whether you want it to or not.

The formulaic hallmarks of a mystery can be found here:

Arden is an unreliable narrator, plagued with sleepwalking episodes and a murky memory of the trauma she had survived in childhood.

An uncomfortable and uneasy relationship with her mother

Unreliable friendships or very little friends to call her own

The writing was good, as was the twist, though I guessed right but, the pacing dragged.

At times, the narrative was repetitive, as if the author had to fill up the pages with unnecessary detail to make her quota. For example, Arden constantly mention how she didn't remember anything, how her mother made money off the event, how the only things she did recall was dampness, gray, cold, etc.

Overall, this was a good read and I know most readers would enjoy it.

This book was a little hard for me to get into at first but once I did I couldn't wait to finish it. It is written well, with great detail. It is full of suspense and I loved the creepy feeling I had the whole time! I would definitely recommend!

I received this ARC from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

Thanks to Megan Miranda, Simon & Schuster, and Netgalley for providing me with a digital advance copy of this novel.

As a young child, Arden Maynor was famously and miraculously rescued after being swept away into a storm drain. Years later, in a new town with a new name, she is trying to live an anonymous life, when she begins sleepwalking again. Suddenly, her life is thrown into chaos and her life is in danger. What really happened to her all those years ago? And who is coming after her now?

The Girl from Widow Hills is a well-executed thriller which kept me eagerly turning the pages until the end. The plot is very well done — I was surprised throughout — and the writing is also quite good. I recommend this novel for readers who enjoy thrillers and I very much look forward to Miranda’s next book.

What. Just. Happened??? Great who done it with such twists and turns. Hard to put down! But the ending!?!? I haven’t decided if I love it or hate it. Let’s just say I was not expecting that last twist!

Another great book by Megan Miranda. I enjoyed the Atlantic City setting and found this to be an enjoyable suspenseful fast read. I would definitely recommend this one! Thank you for the advanced copy.

Arden was a child when she had a terrifying experience of being swept away by a powerful rainstorm. She went missing for three days. Rescuers found her clinging to a storm drain. She has tried very hard to leave that part of her life behind. She moved to a different city and changed her name. However, as the twentieth anniversary of her rescue come closer, Arden is afraid her story will resurface and people will try to find her.

I find the story to develop at an extremely slow pace. Part of this is because everything was written in extreme details. The style of writing was overly described. For example, Arden walked into a store, not only was the store was described as far as the layout but what type of program the clerk was watching. It made reading frustrating as it seems like the plot was at a standstill. The overuse of commas in a sentence made the reading a very hard, almost like a run-on sentence throughout the book. I read all the way into chapter 5 and still the story has not been developed nor did the story look back to the past. It was stagnant. The story picked up and was interesting around chapter 26, which was almost the end. It does have a very nice twist at the end. I also did not get a sense that I knew the characters very well. They were definitely underdeveloped. I had to really push myself to finish it. It took me a long time to finish this book. 

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was given this book by Net Galley for an honest review-
Arden is a little girl who sleepwalks.
And then there is a rainstorm and Arden is found missing. The town begins a search for the missing girl.
They say it is a miracle they have found her clinging to a storm drain.
Her mother capitalizes on her missing daughter and writes a book.
Arden hates the publicity and changes her name and moves.
But then there is the feeling of being watched and once again she begins sleepwalking.
Is the past coming back to haunt her? What really happened when Arden disappeared?

This story takes place in two times - one, when Arden Maynor went missing during a flash flood and was found days later, somehow miraculously still alive - and two, in the present day, when she has grown up and changed her name. I do not want to give much of anything else away for risk of spoiling.

I will say that this story was fairly compelling - I found myself engaged at the start, though during a few plot twists and plot points I found myself a bit more confused about exactly how things were progressing, and the ending, while certainly on par with the thriller genre, felt a little bit more predictable than I might have liked.

I did like the author's writing style and the different forms of storytelling present in this book.

3.5 stars.

Thank you to Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for the chance to read this book.

There’s such a glut of suspense novels on the market today, your novel really has to stand out, and The Girl from Widow Hills does not make it. The plot starts out with an original concept, the characters are well written, and it’s a page turner until you’re almost at the ending, when it falls flat, predictable and disappointing. There are hints along the way to guess what’s ultimately coming, and I’m wondering why the author didn’t stop with the other protagonist.

This is my favorite Megan Miranda book to date! I loved the thrills and the back story of a childhood trauma leading into a adulthood and not being able to trust anyone! This book gave me an eerie feeling the entire time, something I just couldn’t shake. The build up of the story was a little let down, I was expecting a little more.

Thanks to Netgalley for my advanced ebook copy.

Title:The Girl From Widow Hill

Author: Megan Miranda

Genre: psychological Thriller

Rating: 5

Everyone knows the story of “the girl from Widow Hills.”


Arden Maynor was just a child when she was swept away while sleepwalking during a terrifying rainstorm and went missing for days. Strangers and friends, neighbors and rescue workers, set up search parties and held vigils, praying for her safe return. Against all odds, she was found, alive, clinging to a storm drain. The girl from Widow Hills was a living miracle. Arden’s mother wrote a book. Fame followed. Fans and fan letters, creeps, and stalkers. And every year, the anniversary. It all became too much. As soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name and disappeared from the public eye.


Now a young woman living hundreds of miles away, Arden goes by Olivia. She’s managed to stay off the radar for the last few years. But with the twentieth anniversary of her rescue approaching, the media will inevitably renew its interest in Arden. Where is she now? Soon Olivia feels like she’s being watched and begins sleepwalking again, like she did long ago, even waking outside her home. Until late one night she jolts awake in her yard. At her feet is the corpse of a man she knows—from her previous life, as Arden Maynor.


And now, the girl from Widow Hills is about to become the center of the story, once again, in this propulsive page-turner from suspense master Megan Miranda..


My thoughts

Would I recommend it ? Yes

Would I read anything else by this author? Yes

Wow other win for this author, so far besides this one I've read All the Missing Girls , The Last Houseguest, The Perfect Stranger.And all of them just like this was and is five start reads for me, in fact I would go as far and say that this one is my all time second favorite book of her while All the missing girls is my all time favorite one.Why is this my second all time favorite book over her other two books The Perfect Stranger and the Last Houseguest you may be wounding and the answer is because it's more dark and twisted then they are, and it makes you question everything you thought you knew about Olivia. And to tell the truth even though I give the other two books 5 stars and they deserved them this one was everything that I love when it comes to a thriller fast paced, heart pounding, non stop action. With that said I want to thank Simon &Schuster as well as NetGalley for letting me read and review not only one of my most anticipated reads but also one of my top books for January 2020.

Megan Miranda's books are ADDICTIVE. This one was no exception--don't start before bed or on a day when you have anything else to do, as it's unputdownable. It truly kept me guessing until the end, but in Miranda's special way where I'm never truly scared (a good thing) but stay compelled by her complex characters and the twists and turns of the story. Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for the advanced copy!

⬇️Review
The Girl From Widow Hills

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5
This book was a good read, but.....It's not one that I just couldn't put down. It's missing a lot. It has some great twist and good plot. Unfortunately it's lacking more. I feel like the author could have put so much more into it. I kept waiting on that holy crap moment, but it never came.

Thank you to @netgalley for the arc. #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #arc #thegirlfromwidowhills #booknerd #booklover #booklife #suspense

Description from #goodreads

Everyone knows the story of “the girl from Widow Hills.”

Arden Maynor was just a child when she was swept away while sleepwalking during a terrifying rainstorm and went missing for days. Strangers and friends, neighbors and rescue workers, set up search parties and held vigils, praying for her safe return. Against all odds, she was found, alive, clinging to a storm drain. The girl from Widow Hills was a living miracle. Arden’s mother wrote a book. Fame followed. Fans and fan letters, creeps, and stalkers. And every year, the anniversary. It all became too much. As soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name and disappeared from the public eye.

Now a young woman living hundreds of miles away, Arden goes by Olivia. She’s managed to stay off the radar for the last few years. But with the twentieth anniversary of her rescue approaching, the media will inevitably renew its interest in Arden. Where is she now? Soon Olivia feels like she’s being watched and begins sleepwalking again, like she did long ago, even waking outside her home. Until late one night she jolts awake in her yard. At her feet is the corpse of a man she knows—from her previous life, as Arden Maynor.

And now, the girl from Widow Hills is about to become the center of the story, once again, in this propulsive page-turner from suspense master Megan Miranda.

Don’t start this before bed or you might be up all night finishing it! The Girl From Widow Hills kept me guessing all the way through! I didn’t have a clue how it was going to turn out. 10/10

After suffering a traumatic childhood experience, Arden begins anew in a remote town in North Carolina. Although she keeps her past sheltered, Arden has a successful job as a hospital administrator and finds solace in her two friends despite keeping them at an arm's length. When Arden begins sleepwalking, just as she did in her childhood, and characters from her past begin to darken her doorstep, she realizes she must face her past and attempt to remember what she has tried so hard to forget.

I was thankful this book did not end up to be a predictable read. At one point I thought I had the mystery solved, only to be pleasantly surprised that it did not go in the direction I had predicted. Once again, another great read by Megan Miranda. It was a page-turner for me that I could not put down. Thank you NetGalley for the arc of such a great mystery!

Megan Miranda’s new book, THE GIRL FROM WIDOW HILLS is one of the best books I’ve read this year, so far.

Arden Meyer was a 6 year old girl who sleepwalked one night and after an exhaustive search was found in a drainage pipe 3 days later, alive mad with no memory of what happened to her. The media attention surrounding the story dragged on for years afterward and by the time the 5 and then 10 year anniversaries came, Arden didn’t want to be the girl from Widow Hills any longer.

A name and location change and she thought her new life would be better.

But the past has a funny way of catching up with people. When a man turns up dead in Arden – now called Olivia’s yard – a fascinating scenario begins to play out in the young woman’s life that has all roads leading to her past.

I hate spoilers so I won’t give any, but this book is a #2020mustread.

Reminiscent of the 1987 rescue of Jessica McClure, this story really got me thinking about how lives are changed for ever not just for a rescued child, but all the people involved in the rescue. After Jess McClure was rescued the paramedic who did so committed suicide several years later. The pressure of the fame surrounding him was too much to bear. 30 years later and people still talk about “nbaby Jessica” and her rescue. It must be difficult to be someone so famous because something happened to you. This is the story Megan Miranda has successfully told – and the questions she answers about the past catching up with you.

Thanks you to Netgalley and Simone and Schuster for a sneak peek at this fabulous and well told story.

This is a great book from Megan Miranda! It’s got everything. It’s a spooky, fast read with an ending you won’t believe. The twists and turns will keep you guessing until the finish.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my advanced copy of The Girl from Window Hills by Megan Miranda. All opinions are my own!

I came into this a little biased- I love Megan Miranda and will read anything and everything she publishes. That being said - up until about 50% of the way through this book, I was unsure of how I felt about it. The mystery of it made me stick with it, but I wasn't absolutely hooked from page one like I normally am with her novels.

I felt that there were some unanswered questions once this got wrapped up, but I still enjoyed the ending and honestly didn't see it coming. I probably would have given this book a lower rating had it not ended the way that it did. I loved that I was second guessing everyone I came in contact with throughout the story while also painfully hoping that they weren't the antagonist.

Is this Miranda's best work? I don't think so. But it was a solid read from someone and had it been written by anyone else I probably would have loved it - my expectations are so high in regards to Miranda. While I'll recommend her other work first, this is still a book I'll recommend to thriller-loving patrons.