Thanks verbally for allowing me to read This book. Terra was attacked after a sorority party, but no one believes her. She is currently living with her aunt, because her parents died in a house fire. This story was gripping at times.

Terra Smith knows that she was kidnapped after a party six months ago and held in an abandoned well for four days. She remembers the book that was left with her, a man's face with a ski mask, digging herself out, but nobody else actually believes her story. The police report that there are no wells in that location, no fingerprints were found, and Terra didn't bring any physical evidence when she escaped. Even the aunt she lives with thinks that her story is only a result of mental illness, as she has a history of hospital stays. Now, while finishing high school online and working at a library, Terra is starting to wonder if they may be right.
She joins JaneAnonymous.com, a chat site where she can interact with many other survivors of kidnapping. One of these is Peyton, a 24-year-old from Chicago whose experience is quite similar to Terra's, from the book to the fact that she had to save herself. Even though Peyton doesn't always tell the truth, Terra thinks she can trust her. Soon, Peyton starts claiming that her abductor is leaving clues that he is coming back for her, and she eventually disappears from the site altogether after leaving one. Terra knows that she is in danger, and sets off to rescue her. But is Peyton trustworthy? Does she even exist? And is Terra risking her life to help her?
Obviously, I'm not going to spoil anything big here, because I don't want to ruin a book that isn't out and/or get criticized for doing so. I'll admit I almost DNFed this when I saw that it used the "Dead parent in house fire" trope, which it seems like I see multiple times every year since I picked up "A Series of Unfortunate Events" when I was seven years old. The only thing it really added to the story was that it served as the cause of Terra's mental illnesses, but I've seen books use things that are way more creative for that. This just seemed like the easy way, which almost ruined an otherwise original book. Also, how often does that actually happen in real life compared to in books?
I kept reading because I really wanted to find out if Terra was actually kidnapped, and if so, who was responsible for it. I figured that it would be someone she knew, since there were no signs of anyone breaking in to the house. I also wanted to see who Peyton was, if she was real and if Terra was going to find her. You won't be able to put this book down once you really get into it, and I'm glad I gave it a chance.
You don't need to have read Jane Anonymous, either. I didn't.

I was given this arc from netgalley in exchange for my honest opinions. Uhhh where do I begin? I had such high expectations for this book and it just left me feeling utterly disappointed. The story would of been good had the author started with the kidnapping and continued on through the book while she was in captivity towards her escape and the aftermath of it. I hated the before and now broken up parts of the story. I also think the ending finding out who the kidnapper was to me made no since. It would of been so much better had it been Garrett but who it actually was....no just no. This book had so much potential and just fell very flat for me. Sadly disappointed.

***Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of THE LAST SECRET YOU’LL EVER KEEP by Laurie Faria Stolarz in exchange for my honest review.***

THE LAST SECRET YOU’LL EVER KEEP is a loose follow up to JANE ANONYMOUS which can also be read as a stand alone book as each book has unique characters and plot. THE LAST SECRET YOU’LL EVER KEEP mentions a book written by JANE ANONYMOUS and a website she created.

Orphaned at age thirteen, Terra is abducted, escaping four days later with an implausible story nobody believes. Terra finds solace in a chat room for trauma survivors called Jane Anonymous, created by a kidnapping survivor. Is Terra telling the truth as she believes, delusional as her doctors believe or outright lying as her friends think?

Terra tells us she’s not taking her meds, but not which meds she’s forgoing. If she’s not taking antipsychotics, chances are she’s not telling the truth although being delusional and being caught in an unbelievable situation are not mutually exclusive. If she’s telling the truth, I had a suspect.

The final 25% of THE LAST SECRET YOU’LL EVER KEEP are nonstop thriller, nothing turned out the way I expected.

THE LAST SECRET YOU’LL EVER KEEP is a solid followup to JANE, ANONYMOUS which I enjoyed very much and recommend.

I am dunking my head into ice bucket. Smoke still comes out from my deep fried brain cells! What a batshit crazy, twisty, confusing, exciting journey it was!

Netflix Undeniable meets Room with psychological and hallucinating vibes pushed you out of your comfort zone, chilling your bones, disturbing your mental state which help you to connect with unreliable heroine!

18 years old Terra might be one of the most inaccurate narrator you have ever met.

When you read her traumatic, heart wrenching story about losing her parents at house fire, dealing with her survival guilt feelings and her dysfunctional, estranged relationship dynamics with her nurse aunt she has to live with, you feel like you’re moving at the dark streets of her life and each place covered in fog. You cannot see where you move because everything is so blurry, questionable, indecisive.

She tells her captivation story which lasted four days she spent in a well. But after she ran away by beating her captor ( or he let her go, who knows?) nobody believed in her that she has been kidnapped! They treated her like liar shepherd boy.

The police thought she was wasting their precious time and taxpayers’ money. Her own aunt thinks she already lost her mind so she needs to be hospitalized before everything is getting out of control. The friends she had start bullying her, sharing meanest comments on social media accounts. She turned into a pariah, outcast, persona non grata.

The only people she can connect and share her experiences are on “ Jane Anonymous” site: a group of survivors who have been captured, abused, traumatized just like her.

She befriends Peyton from the same site, chatting virtually helps her deal with her pain as she continues to search evidences to prove her own story.

Garrett, the charming guy she met at the very same night she’s been captured, acts like friendly, wanting to help for digging out the mystery. But Terra has hard time to trust people when everyone in her life turned their backs to her.

Does Garrett have secret motive? And why did Peyton vanish into the thin air? Her story has so many resemblances with her captivation pattern. Did the same person kidnap both of them or do somebody from her inner circle play dangerous games with her?

I have to admit: I truly enjoy the books play mind games with me and I love clever authors who can easily fool me by creative tricks, pulling the rug out from under me,killing my spidey sensitive senses with intelligence. This book checks all those boxes.

But the storyline’s connection and similarities with Jane Anonymous ( the previous book of the author which I adored so much) made me lose my enthusiasm about the story just a little bit.

The conclusion of this story was twisty but not earth shattering of emotionally overwhelming kind of surprising just like Jane Anonymous.
Some parts of the mystery didn’t fit with my expectations.

It was still well developed, gripping, thought provoking psychological thriller and throughout your reading you always question what’s real and what are the distorted facts. You finally learn to find your way to understand the credibility of heroine’s story.

Overall: I enjoyed the previous book more but this one was still brilliant, fast, riveting, exciting reading earned my shiny, blinking four stars!

I cannot wait to read more works of this brilliant, smart author!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Wednesday Books/ St. Martin’s Press for sharing this exciting arc with me in exchange my honest opinions.

I read an advanced copy of, The Last Secret You'll Ever Keep, By Laurie Faria Stolarz. Terra was attacked, but nobody believes her. Her parents died in a fire, but Terra survived. This book is so engrossing, sad, but gripping. Their is real evil in this world, and Terra experienced it.

This was a suspenseful read and you couldn't help but feel bad for the narrator, even when you're not entirely sure what the truth is. I'm also wondering...do people still use chat sites? The last time I remember that being a thing was when AOL first came out (pretty sure I just dated myself, haha).

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Last Secret You'll Ever Keep is the perfect YA thriller that keeps the reader constantly questioning if they can trust the narrator. Terra is a troubled teenager living with her aunt after a family tragedy who was taken and held in a well by a mystery kidnapper after a night at a party. After she manages to escape, no one believes that she was really taken. What a ride this book was! I will say that I figured out part of the twist pretty early on, but I didn't see the whole story coming. Even at the end, some of the pieces felt a little unfinished, but it was still a fun read that I binged in one day. I'd recommend this book for fans of YA thrillers who love questioning the narrator's version of truth.

this was such a ride. not only is the cover stunning, but so is the plot itself. i was genuinely impressed with how engaged i found myself, and definitely look forward to seeing what else this author has in store

Honestly, I'm not quite sure how I feel about this book. On one hand, it was suspenseful enough that I read it in one day. So that's a definite positive. But as I was reading it, I kept thinking, "this is really strange." I felt like there were a lot of plot holes that were kind of weakly explained at the end. Why was Dessa SO disengaged with Terra? It seems odd that she wouldn't realize that a teenager living with her was gone for days? And what about the initial disappearance of Charley? It just seems a little too unclear. I imagine that the author wanted to portray Terra as confused and doubting her own sanity, but it seemed a bit too convoluted. However, I was engaged in the story enough that I rushed to find out the ending, so I guess in that sense it was a good book.