I choose this book for the cover - it’s pretty and gives off “island vibes.” I thought it was a mystery, which it is, but it’s not what you’d expect. I hate to give out spoilers or rehash stories, so I’ll just say try it! Especially if you’re in the mood for a quick beach read.

I received an eARC of Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins from St. Martin's Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
I'm giving this book 3 stars. It was overall well-written, just not the book for me.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher/author for providing me with an e-copy in exchange for my honest review.

This book was exactly what I wanted it to be! I loved it. I will make sure to check out other books by this author. When I requested this I was just intrigued by the concept of it and I loved how it turned out. This story had a great plot and if you have read this and enjoyed it, This was so much. It was such a great story. I would say give this one a try. I will continue to follow this author. Way to go to this author for not letting me down.

This is the second book I've read by this author and I enjoyed it. I liked all the mystery the kept me guessing as to what was going to happen.

Reckless Girls was a crazy read I had to read the last two chapters over To make sure what I thought happened happened. Love when I am surprised. Rachel Hawkens did a great job. Thanks Netgalley.

The first half of Reckless Girls was interesting and the overall premise was intriguing. Lux and her boyfriend are hired by Brittany and Amma to sail them from Hawaii to the deserted, small island of Meroe in the South Pacific. Soon after, another boat arrives with Eliza and her boyfriend Jake. All is good for a while, then the lies start getting revealed and chaos follows.
The ending felt rushed to me and preposterous. There were also quite a few plot holes that I couldn't get past.
I did like the setting and Lux as a character. The other characters - not so much.

Thank you netgalley and St. Martins press for opportunity to read this arc and provide my honest feedback.

Wow. This is my second book by this author and she definitely has a talent at pulling you in and keeping you engrossed where the words just flow and before you know it it's the middle of the night and you need to go to bed. Read this book in less than a day, which definitely helped me get out of my reading slump. Definitely recommend this for a creepy gothic stranded island type thriller that's fast paced and unputdownable.

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Wow. This book was very good, though it has a slow start. There is a reason for the slow start, I found out. Once it gets going, you can't put it down. Awesome story!
Thanks to netgalley, the publisher and the author for a chance to read this advanced copy.

Reckless girls was a book by an author that I knew I loved but I had to be in the right frame of mind to read. This weekend was it. I read this book in 36 hours and loved every fast page word of it. A truly enjoyable adventure. Full of suspense and mystery. If you are looking for a fun read you found it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💫

This book was good. It has twists, unexpected turns and a great thriller tone. It was hard to put it down.

I couldn’t get into this book. The plot was something I would normally like but I didn’t fall in love with the characters.

I'm just going to be honest. This was one of my most anticipated reads, but it ended up being a DNF for me. I meant to pick it back up, but I haven't had the urge to at all. If I do, I'll update this later, but for now, I don't feel comfortable leaving an official review.

Reckless Girls is an understatement! These girls want it all and they want anyone standing in their way or who have wronged them, to pay!
Lux is alone in the world after losing her mom when she meets Nico. Handsome, confident, and into her, what more could she want! When Nico invites her to charter 2 girls to beautiful Meroe Island, she hesitates at first. Then she has Nico convince the girls to pay to repair his boat, The Susannah, so they can travel on that. This is what Lux has been dreaming of hitting the open water on The Susannah! Meroe island seems like paradise and when another couple join them, it seems like paradise. They all become fast friends and have a great time, at first. But as tensions rise and the realization of how far they are actually away from civilization, things start to get crazy. The new friends’ lies are revealed and everyone begins to realize that they may not all be here for the reasons that they thought! Crazy ride with twists and an unexpected ending!
Thank you netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

After loving The Upstairs Wife so much, I was severely disappointed with this follow up thriller. When the book summary gives away things that don't even happen until 2/3rds of the way through, you're mystery probably isn't the greatest. The characters are all pretty annoying and their mysterious backgrounds are very unexpected. Everything felt pretty obvious and I'm not familiar with the Agatha Christie it's inspired by. By giving away in the book summary some of the more interesting plot points that occur in the second half of the book, there isn't much to be suspenseful about.

I was interested in this book because I've read a few of Rachel Hawkins's books for younger readers, and enjoyed them. I also followed her tweets about her boat murder book avidly, and was not disappointed by the end result. I love books that are fully of pretty people who find themselves in situations that aren't as they seem, and even though the advertised murder didn't happen until later on in the book, the whole thing was still so unsettling that it didn't really matter to me. And I mean everything -- the fact that the characters are definitely keeping secrets, and Meroe Island itself, all of it.

I read this book because it was one I, personally, was interested in. I suppose if I were a high school teacher, I could recommend it to students, as the characters in this book are in their 20s, and are still trying to figure out what to do with their lives.

I was very interested in this premise and the first couple of chapters really pulled me in. I was intrigued by the characters and setting. I would say the first half of the book did a great job building mystery and suspense. The second half was a little slow and kind of just puttered out. The character development kind of stagnated as well.

I predicted the ending, which is not really a problem, but I know bothers a lot of readers. I also thought the epilogue was a but unnecessary.

A quick read. Would be fun to read on a island vacation. I enjoyed this book until the end. It just dropped off. I just needed a little more...

I loved this book by Rachel Hawkins. She takes you on a wild adventure from Hawaii, to a remote island in the Pacific, to Europe and other locations. The book starts out with a woman named Lux McCallister who is living in Hawaii with her boyfriend Nico. She's trying to get over the death of her mother and the betrayal of her father. Nico meets a pair of women who want to hire him to sail them to a remote island in the Pacific. Nico agrees but only if Lux can come along.

At the island, they meet another couple, Jake and Eliza. The six of them form a friendship and are enjoying the time on the island. Then a stranger arrives and disrupts their happy life. Things go downhill from there. I loved all the secrets that get into the light near the end of the story, and I really liked the ending. Leaves it open for a sequel???

I want to thank the author, the publisher, and Netgalley for giving me an e-copy of this book, in return for an honest review.

Thrilling, taut, and difficult to put down! I'm not usually one for thrillers, but I enjoyed Hawkin's sophomore thriller outing as well as the flawed characters she introduced us to—the flashbacks were a highlight. Definite recommend.

I have enjoyed the other books I have read by this author, so I was excited to read Reckless Girls.

The story started off strong with how readable it was and with how the story was flowing. I felt I got a good impression of the main character and the setting.

The story was going well until it wasn't. Characters were appearing (to a deserted island) without any sort of preamble. That felt odd. Then as it got close to the end, it all happened too fast and too haphazardly. It frankly didn't make any sense. The way everything fit together was very half baked. I still don't understand the motivation.