This is a well written story.
The pacing drags a bit in the middle and the ending was a bit weak
A good suspense read

An interesting thriller that will keep you in suspense until the very end... One murder, one forgotten truth and immense pain are enough to draw you into its world. There, together with the characters, you will persistently search for the truth, which will be in front of your eyes all the time, but you will not want to admit it.
Highly recommended for all readers

This was a bit of a slow burn and quite repetitive but I did enjoy it a lot more once I got further in. The writing style was good and I did find myself becoming more engaged as I went along

While this one was a bit of a slow burn, the story kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time! I loved Jennifer Harvey's writing style. The past and present narratives worked well, and I immediately connected to the characters. This was a very emotional read, and if you are ready to immerse yourself into a family story, be sure and read No More Secrets! 4 Stars!

No More Secrets Jennifer Harvey
I enjoyed this book, although I did find the mid section a bit repetitive. The story did take off again towards the end and I found myself turning to pages to see how it would end. Overall a good read.

Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the chance to read and review, "No More Secrets" by Jennifer Harvey. I was a bit disappointed after finishing this one. The characters just feel two-dimensional with no real depth to them and the ending just fell flat. The story is really too repetitive for my taste. It felt like I just kept reading the same things over and over. As the mystery was coming together, it became pretty obvious who the murderer was. I would have been much more interested in the past events from 1995 a lot more than the events from 2015. The present has nothing really going for it, in the story. I didn't love it but I also didn't completely hate it.

I would rate this book 2.5 out 5 stars.

Unfortunately this story didn't really work for me. I found it entirely predictable, the interactions between characters make little sense and the story is repetitive throughout.

This one just didn't work for me.

The only reason I gave this a 4 star is because it was slow to me. It was a good story line. I knew what was going to happen about 1/2 way thru. I would still recommend this book.

This book took forever for me to finish and I’m not sure what extent was due to my personal factors and what extent to the book. Honestly, this is probably some kind of record for me, taking four months to read a book that isn’t long at all. Due to the long, drawn out process, my opinions of the book may be a little skewed because hey, it was the reading that was drawn out, not the plot right? Right?

No More Secrets by Jennifer Harvey details the events that follow when Evie’s brother, Ethan, a convicted murderer, returns home after serving twenty years, intending to set the record straight. Now, this had all the trappings of a good read, with the claustrophobia of a small town, the mystery of what really happened that fateful day, and a narrator who was so traumatized, she spent the last twenty years in a kind of limbo, with no memory of the day everything changed.

However, I’m sad to say that it didn’t really work for me? I couldn’t sympathize but with the characters, guessed the ending about two chapters in, and spent the rest of the book wondering how does a town not change at all in twenty years. Maybe small towns just work differently? Anyway, it is a pity that this book wasn’t for me.

Diversity meter:
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This was a crazy read! Unpredictable, thrilling, and lots of twists. There was a few times that I got a little lost, but with some back tracking I was able to orient myself. Good read!

The story involves you quickly and draws you in. There is an undercurrent from the start that things are not the way they seem, which keeps you guessing all the way through.
Evie's brother has been in prison for 20 years for commiting murder, Evie cannot remember the day and the event of the murder. Why has her brain blanked this out completely? Are things not really as they appear?

The book can be a bit disjointed at times, jumping about from the time of the murder to the court case and the present time. I would suggest it is best read in longer sessions.

An engaging read.

Creepy, chilling and a damn good addictive read. I loved every single page and the surprise at the end is certainly something I never saw coming. Fast paced with twists and turns that leads you to doubt each characters innocence. 10 out of 10 from me.

Twenty years ago, Evie's older brother Ethan confessed to a murder and went to prison. Now he is out and returns home on the death of his father, claiming his innocence. Evie struggles with her own emotions as well as the resentment of the local community. Can Ethan reveal secrets that prove his innocence?
The plot of No More Secrets is delivered in a range of timelines but mainly 1994 in the lead up to the murder, 1995 in the trial and 2015 as the present. The flashback chapters do not appear in a linear way so darts back and forth with the present. This feels a little disjointed to read but I think it is effective for representing the mental breakdown Evie has experienced.
Evie's confusion and the way her brain has blanked out the day of the murder makes it clear that her own mind is keeping secrets. However despite a number of suspicions, the true events are not revealed until the very end.
My sympathy was much more directed at Ethan than Evie as it become clears that he has been the scapegoat and accepted the prison sentence and harsh opinion of his friends and family. I wanted him to prove his innocence but feared that he was also keeping secrets which would prevent his exoneration.
The events of the book are intense and the family links between the main characters is a dynamic that is easy to identify with. The impetuous nature of teenagers was also very authentic which gave the plot and characters an added realism.
Overall, No More Secrets was an enjoyable psychological and family drama.

I enjoyed this author’s Someone Else’s Daughter, so I was looking forward to this one. It’s safe to say that this was a very different read from the previous book I read.
I will say that I feel the author improved her writing style. In the first book there were linguistic choices that were inaccurate. I didn’t find any of those here, which enabled me to enjoy the story without being jarred out of it.
I’ll also give the author credit for helping me realize something about my own reading preferences. I now know that unreliable narrators are not my favorite type (most of the time), mainly because I like to be off-balance on my own terms, not due to a character’s fallibility.
That being said, it’s a very interesting premise. Evie’s dad goes missing and then is found dead (that’s not a spoiler). As a result, her brother, Ethan, returns to town. He’s been gone for 20 years…in prison for allegedly killing Evie’s boyfriend, Michael.
Or did he.
Evie has amnesia centered around the events of that time, so her memories are unreliable. Actually, it’s more than that. She has full on blackouts where she’s in the present, but not really. From the descriptions, it sounds like she goes fairly catatonic.
It soon becomes apparent that the people around her are contributing to her confusion, sometimes in nefarious ways. She soon doesn’t know who to trust, whose recollections are accurate, and what actually happened to Michael.
I will say that I had a feeling as to what had happened and why the characters took the actions that they did. But I also think that some readers will not see it coming or might think that the resolution is something different.
I liked that the author wrote it in such a way that it could reach different styles of reader (if that makes sense). I’m one of those who likes to try to outguess the author. I know others are simply along for the ride the author takes them on. Both are okay, and both styles of reader will find this book engaging.

** I received an advanced copy of this book from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. **

3-3.5 stars. Evie is tormented by her past. Or her lack of memories or blackouts as they are called. As a 16 year old girl, she was having a fabulous summer with her first love and her friends. But it all changed one day and her brother suddenly admits to murder and she can’t quite figure out why, thanks to her blackouts.

Jennifer Harvey weaves an emotional story of past, longing, and family healing that will pull you in. Much like Evie trying to figure out why she blacks out, the pages kept turning so I too could figure it out.

No More Secrets is well-written dramatic fiction by Jennifer Harvey.

Evie doesn’t remember, but her brother can’t be a killer, can he? But he confessed, so he must be guilty, right? To protect her sanity, Evie McCallister has suppressed her memories of the terrible events from that summer, twenty years ago. Now the return of her mother and brother may force her to remember things best left forgotten. No more secrets.

No More Secrets is told from the viewpoint of main character, Evie, via alternating timeframes, 1994/95 and 2014/15. The switching timeframe is handled efficiently through chapter headers. The characters are well-rounded and believable. The plot is engaging, but the pace is slow, and the tone is much the same throughout. The ending was good and not exactly to be expected. This is a solid 3 out of 5 star read, deducting points for the tone and pace. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys the mystery genre.

My thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book. However, the opinions expressed in this review are 100% mine and mine alone.

Wow this book just tears at your heart and doesn’t let go. It tells the story of damaged family brought back together after the death of Evie’s father. As her mother and brother return dark secrets from the past start to spill out and Evie’s mental health is pushed right to the edge after her brother claims the murder he was spent twenty years in jail for he is not guilty of and Evie knows the truth about what happened all those years ago. This book will break your heart.

A tense and emotional family drama full of intrigue and suspense, Jennifer Harvey’s No More Secrets is a creepy spine-chiller that will keep readers hooked from the first line until the last sentence.

Evie had once thought that she had the world at her feet – she was head over heels in love with a man who made her so happy and a bright and happy future had stretched out ahead of her. Evie thought that she would have years and years to spend with the man she loves by her side – until one horrible day when all her hopes and dreams were smashed into a million tiny pieces. Not only was Evie angry and heartbroken, but she was left reeling by the fact that the man she loved had been killed by somebody she trusted. Somebody she thought cared about her. Her own brother. Not only did Evie have to deal with the heart-wrenching betrayal, but she also had to spend the last two decades wondering just what had possessed her brother to murder the man she loved. Was it jealousy? Anger? Revenge? Or was it something even more sinister? What had driven Ethan to murder somebody so coldly and cruelly?

In the last twenty years, Evie has asked herself all of these questions so many times. She hadn’t seen Ethan in all this time, but when he comes back into her life, she realises that she can no longer continue putting her head in the sand and running away from the truth about that night. Ethan’s return is a shock in itself, but even more shocking is Ethan’s revelation that he didn’t do it. He was framed for this murder and is completely innocent of this crime and he is determined to prove it – but only if Evie agrees to help him out.

Evie’s every instinct is telling her to give her brother a wide berth, but something deep within her is compelling her to find out the truth. No matter what it will cost her, Evie has to know whether Ethan is telling the truth and whether he is truly innocent – even if it means delving back into past events that had nearly destroyed her. Will Evie ever find out what really happened that day she had lost everything? Is Ethan telling the truth? Is he really innocent? Or will the shocking revelations that will come to light end up being more staggering than anyone had even realised?

Jennifer Harvey knows how to hook her readers from the off and keep them on the edge of their seats throughout and in No More Secrets, she has penned a shocking, unnerving and terrifying thriller that will keep readers turning the pages way past their bedtime desperate to find out what is going to happen next.

A brilliantly crafted and densely plotted tale of dangerous secrets, divided loyalties and cold-blooded murder, Jennifer Harvey’s No More Secrets is one superb chiller readers will not be able to stop reading.

This is the story of Evie and you are plunged right into her nightmare as she sets out looking for her missing father Andrew. Getting to meet the people where she lives and discovering the history of her family. Her father’s disappearance takes a shocking turn when his body is discovered and Evie has to contact her mother Carole. They had separated and the family was split down the middle with Evie’s brother Ethan going to stay with her on his release from prison while Evie stayed with her father.

Evie’s friend makes it clear her brother will not be welcome for the funeral and suggests he stay away. The town hasn’t forgotten his confession to the murder of Michael the first boy Evie had feelings for.

So when Ethan tries to proclaim his innocence it falls on deaf ears.

The strength of this book is the characters. Evie in particular has mental health issues and memory loss from the fateful day making her a great unreliable narrator. As I continued reading I was questioning a lot of people’s reactions trying to determine the truths and the lies. Told in past and present it drip feeds just enough information that I thought I knew what the ending would be. Well I got some of it right but I did not expect the shocker that came after it!

The intrigue of somebody confessing to a murder they may not have committed was a great hook and the dual timeline kept the pace fairly evenly throughout, although it did slow a little towards the middle. That may have been more my impatience at wanting to get the answers than the author though.

A great story of secrets, guilt and what binds a family. I would recommend this for people who loved the drama Broadchurch.

Evie's brother has been in prison for the murder of Evie's boyfriend
The fami!y sp!it down the middle when this happened. Evie stayed with her dad. And Ethan when he got out of prison went to stay with their mother.
Evie's father has disappeared but when a body turns up she has to get in touch with her mother Carole.
Evie's friends do not what Ethan at the funeral they aren't over the concession of the murder of micheal.
But Ethan declares his innocence .
This is told in the past and the present
Thank you NetGalley