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What a fun and twisty ride! This book is told from alternating perspectives hence the title His & Hers. There is also a third voice that provides commentary but the reader is not sure who is behind the voice. It makes for a fantastic guessing game for the reader and you will be continually revising your opinion..

Everyone in this small town has secrets. The author doles out these secrets a little at a time through flashbacks and through the police investigation of the crimes. At several point in the book you will think you have it figured out but then you will be hit with yet another twist. The author skillfully leaves hints and clues so the reader never feels suckered by a reveal.

This is the first book I've read by Alice Feeney but I will certainly be looking at her backlist and eagerly awaiting her future novels.

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This book is honestly just brilliant. Alice Feeney is the absolute master of twists and turns and should teach grad-level courses about writing the unreliable narrator. Throughout the story the reader has no idea who to trust.

Anna and Jack divorces after the death of their daughter. Anna is now a news anchor for the BBC and Jack is an Inspector with the police force. A gruesome murder in their small hometown brings them back together. And it turns out that both Jack and Anna know secrets about the murdered woman—secrets that are slowly revealed as the story evolves.

“There are at least two sides to every story;
Yours and mine.
Ours and theirs,
His and hers.
Which means that someone is always lying.”

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Wow! Excellent dark psychological thriller that is full of twists and turns. BBC presenter Anna has many secrets in her life including alcohol abuse and a horrific incident that happened when she was a teenager and caused her to leave town. When her young daughter dies and she gets divorced her main focus in life becomes her job. As people she knew who were former friends start getting murdered in horrific ways her life starts to quickly unravel. Told from multiple points of view, this chilling tale will keep you guessing until the unbelievable end. Could not devour this book quick enough.

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I've read quite a few psychological thrillers that have surprised me. This one left me in shock. A group of girls were friends in high school. Anna's 16th birthday celebration went badly. Twenty years later, someone is killing each of the girls. This is a book about friendship, betrayal, lies, revenge and murder.

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This is Alice Feeney's best book yet! I love this author, she is a master at shock and awe and this book definitely shocked me once again. I loved the way the title influenced the set up of the chapters where you alternated perspectives between him and her. The murders themselves were twisted and gruesome. This book was so full of twists and just completely addictive. The characters were all flawed and likable but anyone of them could have been the killer. I was completely shocked at who the killer was in the end, but I absolutely loved that it ended that way. This was a five star read for me that I will definitely recommend!

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I was completely shocked and I loved it! I'm beyond thankful to MacMillan Audio and the Libro.fm ALC program and having the opportunity to listen to His & Hers early. I love the ride of mysteries, especially when I can't guess who done it, what really happened and why. Not seeing that puzzle and trusting the author to take me through their maze as they had intended. I have enjoyed Alice Feeney's writing in I Know Who You Are and has knocked out of the park with His & Hers.

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I enjoyed her previous novel, but felt this one had too many coincidences in the plot to be realistic.

I liked the way the author told the story with the his/her narrative.The back and forth kept me guessing and putting pieces together. I never really connected with the major characters, and maybe like true life, many of them had major character flaws. I think the ending was very unbelievable

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I really enjoyed the storyline of this one. The alternating POVs were done really well and added to the creepiness of the story. Throughout the whole book, I was constantly trying to figure out who the killer was. I think I changed my mind at least 6 times and still got it wrong. I was also able to listen to the audiobook and found it very well done. This was a great thriller and it definitely deserves 4.5 stars!

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Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron Book for the advanced reader's copy of His & Hers by Alice Feeney.

Alice Feeney has hit it out of the park with His & Hers. For a person who reads books characterized as "suspense" or "thriller" I did not expect this book to surprise me. I expected an enjoyable, twisty read having read Alice Feeney's last book, Sometimes I Lie. I was not expecting to be shocked by the ending. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I could never have predicted the ending. Never, not even 2/3 of the way through the story, did I expect the story to end the way it did. You won't either.

I will not be giving any plot details to this review, as to love this book is to read with completely fresh eyes. The things you think you know as you read, you don't. The assumptions that you make will be wrong, I promise. Alice Feeney has written a completely surprising, totally enjoyable, roller coaster ride of a book. I am already excited for her next book.

For fans of suspense or thrillers, this one should not be missed.

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I loved this quick fast-paced thriller. Alice Feeney is the master of the crazy unpredictable narrator. This is by far my favorite book by her and I will be recommending it to everyone. His and Hers is told from two points of view. One is Jack the other is Anna. Jack and Anna were married but have since gotten divorced. It follows the story in the present day. I loved the details that are provided slowly by the author as you think you have it figured it out and your jaw will hit the floor when you read the end. I loved this smart read and perfect for a summer afternoon at the pool or beach. Thank you to Flatiron Books, and Netgalley for my advanced copy. All opinions are my own.

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This is a story of betrayal, secrets and revenge.

As I started reading this it felt a bit like ‘Clue’ and I had so many guesses for “whodunnit”. I immediately second guessed every theory I had because there were so many twists!

Every single character had me going back and forth, numerous times on their reliability. Each twist in the story got darker and darker.

As with her other books, Alice Feeney left me guessing and doubting each character until the very end! I enjoyed every bit of it!

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I loved this book and was hooked from the first page.
The His & Her perspectives kept the story rolling. Twists and turns with every chapter. At times I was wondering where this book was going- but in a good way. I also enjoyed the “underlying” third narrator- it added such an extra layer to the story.
The plot was great! I love thrillers that I can’t figure out and this one was it! I thought I knew several times who dun it but had it wrong until the end.
This is my favorite Alice Feeney book yet!

Put this on your tbr- it’s out later this month.
Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, Flatiron Books and the author for my advanced ebook copy.

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His, Hers, and a revenge killers story. You want to see the best in everyone, even when they show you who they really are.

Anna is finally in the spolight, only to have it ripped from her.
Jack is investigating a murder, and may have made himself a suspect.
Both have secrets that will come out of the shadows and result in more death. The last has a way of catching up with you, and sometimes hides in plain sight.

This book had me page turning frantically. I figured out who the killer was, had myself convinced, only to find out I was completely wrong. I love it when that happens. Alice Feeney has done it again! Based on her previous book, Sometimes I Lie, I knew Alice Feeney was a writer to follow. So I waited, patiently, and was rewarded!

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To me, the mark of a true thriller is when the reader is kept on the edge of their seat throughout the story. This book delivers! I had to know what was happening, which ended with me finishing it in less than 24 hours. I truly wasn’t expecting the ending. Highly highly recommend to any and all psychological thriller lovers.

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First thank you to Flatiron Books and Libro.fm for the advanced reading and listening copies. This is the second work that I’ve read by Alice Feeney and each time I’ve been left feeling totally shook.

This is told through 3 alternating perspectives. You have Anna, Jack, and the killer. I highly recommend this on audio for the simple fact that there are 3 different narrators users.

Some trigger warnings: rape, animal cruelty, death of a child, domestic abuse, murder, suicide depictions (Alice Feeney tends to write some dark, twisted material).

I had this figured out about 50% of the way through. Then that changed and by 70% I had it figured out again. Then that changed and by 92% I had it figured out. Then that changed and I didn’t know the truth until 97% of the way when it had to literally spell it out.

Full of vivid, twisted, gory descriptions, we are taken though the lives of Anna and her BBC job. We see Detective Jack and his partner Priya. Alternating between present day, childhood, marriage, children, you will see the lives of these characters and how this whole story is twisted together after a woman that both Anna and Jack know has been murdered. The real question is who did it and why?

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Anna Andrews(Hers) and Jack Harper(His)are divorced and leading very different lives. Anna is a news anchor and Jack a detective, and when a murder occurs in their hometown of Blackdown, their paths will soon cross. Jack and Anna have so many secrets and both of them could potentially be the killer. The third point of view is that of the killer, and we learn that this person has an agenda.
I was so convinced that I had this one figured out! I gasped, scared my cat, and discovered I was so wrong. Of course, I had multiple guesses for just such an emergency, and yet I did not come close to the truth. When reading an Alice Feeney book, I might as well just hang up my super sleuth sniffing out the killer cape!
I didn't plan to read more than a chapter yesterday. I was enjoying a physical book that publishes on July 7th. But it was brutally hot and humid and when I came inside for some water, I decided to stay for a little while and cool off in the air conditioning. My book was outside and my Kindle with His & Hers was right on the counter, so I thought I would just read a chapter or two. That didn't happen because this book pulled me right in and I didn't leave the comfort of my couch until I was done. Be warned, as I neglected everything else I had planned for the day. 4.5 stars.

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Very much enjoyed this one. I love a good unreliable narrator and don't need for the characters to be likeable, but I do want them to be believable. His & Hers hit on all of these points, and this was a quick read with only a couple of pacing issues. It's a thriller that I want to go back through to figure out where I missed all the clues to the ending along the way. I might have enjoyed a bit more information in the wrap-up, but that's just a tiny pick and I'll definitely be looking for more of Alice Feeney's books.

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When it comes to thriller / suspense novels, Alice Feeney has become a “go-to” author for me ever since I read her debut novel Sometimes I Lie — a book that was so brilliantly and intricately plotted that it easily became one of the best books in the genre that I’ve read thus far. Given how much I loved her debut, I had high expectations for her sophomore novel I Know Who You Are when it came out last year — unfortunately, that book went the other direction and in the end, left a bad taste in my mouth. While the experience didn’t put me off from still wanting to read Feeney’s future works, it did make me a bit wary about what to expect. This is why, going into her third novel His & Hers, which comes out at the end of this month, I was a bit apprehensive — luckily, this one ended up going more in the direction of Feeney’s first novel rather than her second one.

As with all thriller / suspense novels, it’s best to go into this one knowing as little as possible, which is why I won’t be going much into the plot with this review. The only thing that needs to be known is that the story alternates between 2 main perspectives — the “hers” perspective is Anna Andrews, a news anchor living in London, and the “his” perspective is Jack Harper, a detective in a small town named Blackdown. There is a “third” perspective interspersed throughout — that of the killer, whose identity is anyone’s guess right up until the very end. And herein lies the brilliance of Feeney’s novels — as soon as we think we have things figured out, a twist is thrown in at the end that completely upends everything we thought previously. All 3 of Feeney’s novels so far have left me in a state of shock after I finished reading — not necessarily because of the content (though do be forewarned that all her novels lean toward “dark and twisty” and can be uncomfortable reads) — but more because I never saw what was coming, not even for one second, but then after the “ultimate reveal,” when I go back through and review the clues, it makes perfect sense, to the point that I can’t believe I never picked up on it.

Though Feeney’s second novel wasn’t a good experience for me, she essentially “redeemed” herself in my eyes with this third one — however with that said, her debut novel is still my favorite out of the three. I still recommend this newest one though, especially to fans of Feeney’s works and/or those who read her previous novels. For those who’ve never read this author, a word of warning that all her books deal with heavy, often controversial subject matter, along with flawed, morally questionable characters who more often than not turn out to be unlikable. Triggers abound and many of the scenes will likely make the reader uncomfortable (and maybe even squeamish). Her books definitely aren’t for everyone so just know that if you’re deciding whether to try her works or not.

Received ARC from Flatiron Books via NetGalley.

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There are 2 sides of a story and in this thriller the chapters alternate between His version of the truth and Her version of the truth. But which really happened? Divorced couple Anna and Jack find their lives intersecting when a body is found in their home town. Both have secrets and ties to the murder victim that they want to keep hidden. What is the real story and will they survive to tell it?

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There is always two sides to every story...Welp, Feeney delivered another super twisty thriller. 🥨 This one was so extra, and I enjoyed trying to keep up with all the turns.

Every single character sucks. Every single character seems guilty. This is one of those books that will have you second guessing your suspicions and throw you loop for loop like a yo-yo.

The book alternates perspectives between a sketchy “Her” point of view and an equally sketchy “His” point of view. The Her in the book can DRANK. She takes alcohol indulging to an entirely new level. My goodness. The “His” is a detective who’s cracks are beginning to show and just gave me a yucky feeling right from the start.

This story is one intricate puzzle and matching the pieces up is no easy feat. My eyebrows raised a lot. So, throw out what you think you know and just go with the flow of this one because it’s quite a ride. It gave me some Pretty Little Liar vibes, which is always fun.
I give this 3.5/5 stars rounded up to 4 for this review.

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