This is the perfect beach read thriller! I’ll always love a good revenge story. I give this 3.5 stars.

“Reckless Girls” by Rachel Hawkins drew me in and I felt transported to the remote island! I truly enjoyed this book along with each of the female character’s stories. I didn’t want the book to end and wanted more!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martins Press for the digital arc in exchange for my honest review.

Another very entertaining read from Rachel Hawkins. In a plot with many twists, friends charter a boat that sails to a deserted haunted island. It looks like paradise until the bodies begin to pile up. No one in this is who they appear to be.

Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read and review this book.

I liked this. my first book by Rachel (i think) and was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed the way the whole mystery situation played out. i cant say much without spoiling the book, but everything is interconnected. We also have a nice mix of cheating (don’t condone but makes a good story line), murders that happen in close proximity with a very small suspect pool. I very much recommend this!! •

I. Adore. Rachel Hawkins.

Seriously - I'm not sure she could do any wrong. This book was a whirlwind read that I finished within 24 hours! I didn't even see the twist coming until pages before it was revealed. Seriously such a fun read. Going on vacation? Take this one!

Thank you to St. Martin's Press ​and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book.
Unfortunately, I didn't love this one. As I made my way through the book, I recounted a lot of the story to my husband and we both couldn't figure out why certain events were included in the plot. It seems like a lot of moments were added for shock value. I did enjoy the setting and Hawkins descriptions but a lot of the dialogue was cringey. I do think a lot of women would enjoy this as a summer beach/pool read, it just wasn't for me.

I really enjoyed this book! It was such a quick and fun read. I read The Wife Upstairs last year and absolutely loved it. Although I didn’t like this one more, I still had a really good time. These characters weren’t very likeable but I was okay with that. I just really enjoyed the setting of this book and the storyline. The ending was definitely my favorite! Such a solid and quick thriller!

I truly wanted to enjoy this book. Unfortunately, it felt really flat to me. I thought this was going to be a mystery/thriller and for most of the book nothing really in the lines of mystery or thriller happened. I’m still confused about all the buzz this book got.

Reckless Girls is a fun thriller. And by fun, I mean I was holding my breath, racing through the pages, and wondering when all the awful stuff was going to happen.

I found all the characters interesting, and more or less likable, at least until the secrets start slowly being revealed. I was constantly changing my mind about their motivations. We know from the prologue something terrifying will happen, but we don't know how or why, and I kept on trying to guess at that, too.

Loved the setting, too, that went from being beautiful and Insta-worthy to creepy. The deserted island, and nobody else around, became more and more claustrophobic as the story went on. The novel was superbly paced.

The only thing keeping this from a five star rating is there's a bit at the end that felt a little rushed and left me confused. Still, it gets 4.5 stars

Such an interesting book and I really really liked it! I was expecting it to be similar to the authors first book and it really wasn’t. The remote island setting was so cool and there were so many twists and turns I wasn’t expecting. I really liked Lux and was intrigued by the others on the island. I would definitely recommend this book!

3.5 stars

Thanks to the Publisher and Netgalley for an ARC.

What happens when a group of travelers end up on a remote island with a sordid past? What seems like a paradise island quickly turns into a nightmare. Who will survive?

This Rachel Hawkins has been one of her best to date. A mysterious island takes the centerpiece of this story.

This book was a fast read. I’ll admit that while I still loved it, I had super high expectations. The author Leif jokingly referring to it as her”Murder Boat” book, so I thought there was going to be more murder lol. It was a little slower paced than I thought, but still an excellent time psychological thriller. Thank you to St. Martins Press for providing a copy in exchange for honest review.

This book is really fun! It's a quick read and a great escape for the Winter months!

Lux is working in Hawaii, where she moved recently with her boyfriend Nico, when two girls ask to hire them to sail to a remote island in the South Pacific. Meroe Island is a beautiful, secluded paradise, but it is rumoured to be the home of great tragedies...ship wrecks, shark attacks, poisonous fish, and general misfortune! When the four arrive on the island, they find another couple there- Jake and Elisa. Everyone present is hiding something from their past and it is a perfect storm as everything comes together on this island in the middle of nowhere!

This is a super addicting story. I couldn't put it down! I was completely absorbed! Rachel Hawkins described the perfect dream-like yet very creepy setting! I would never go to that island but it was nice to think about the beaches and warm water right now. The characters are all really interesting, and I enjoyed the flashbacks to "The Before". I was shocked by some of the twists! The ending is totally wild and out there- the entire story requires a bit of suspension of disbelief- but I really could not read fast enough! I'll look out for more by Rachel Hawkins.

Thanks to St. Martins Press and Raincoast Books for my copy!

Barrie Kreinuk is a one man show. He delivers in a big way. Adding layers upon layers of depth to these characters. Reckless Girls kept me on the edge of my seat. From Hawaii to Meroe Island I felt the minutes ticking down. What a crazy adventure! Reckless Girls felt to me like reading a few intersecting stories that come together brilliantly.



Rachel Hawkins is an auto buy for me. Highly recommend all her books or audio recordings. Go in blind and enjoy the ride.

Rachel Hawkins did not disappoint with this one at all! I really enjoyed the story line and felt connected to all the characters. The main character and her boyfriend travel overseas with a newly bought boat that they had to remodel. I read over half of this book in one sitting and finished it the 2nd day I listened to it. I highly recommend for anyone who loves thrillers and can't wait to see what she comes out with next!

I loved this book. It is one of my favorite books that I've read so far this year. This book is the epitome of a thriller. It was perfectly paced with a perfect ending. I'm so sad that it's over.

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the chance to read Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins. After reading The wife upstairs I was excited to Reckless girls but soon found myself putting it down, over and over..I just couldnt get into the story, the characters, and the story kept jumping back and forth too quickly before I could get interested in it. I finally had to give up. I may try again later but at the moment its not for me. I definitely recommend The wife upstairs though.

I like locked door mysteries. What could go wrong when you're on a beautiful deserted island in the middle of the ocean? Well.... how about.... EVERYTHING? This is a great mystery! I liked it overall, especially the ending.

A lot of twists are predicable. The pacing back and forth between the then (to know the past of a couple of characters) and the now (on the island) confused more than helped me. It sounded like I was missing a lot of details... But... wait for it, everything resolved itself.

Many thanks to the publisher for the complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Rachel Hawkins explores can you really get away from your problem on a deserted Island:

Lux has always wanted to travel the world and with personal tragedy recently now is better than ever. When her boyfriend Leo suggests traveling via his boat the Susannah, Lux cannot wait to get away. But they end up getting stuck in Hawaii, working dead in job in order to pay for boat repairs. The boat is just fixed when they are hired by 2 women to take them to a private off the beaten path island. The job pays well and Lux and Leo are wanting to escape again. Once there the private beach is amazing but not alone for long when a Golden couple end up on the beach too. Everything is going great but being cut off from civilization can change people, make you see differently and the dynamics of relationships change. Lux soon begins to realize not is all what it seems and she doesn't know who she can trust.

This is the second book that I have read by Hawkins and what I like is that this is completely different from The Wife Upstairs. While the format is similar and I would call this a domestic suspense type book due to all the relationships involved in this book but the plot line and twists that Hawkins takes is completely different.

This book makes me miss the beach and vacations even more (Thanks COVID) but aside from that, this book is a roller coaster ride the farther you get in to it. Even though I was able to figure out the twists that Hawkins was going to throw out there, I was not sure how everything was going to play out. So this was a fun ride that does start off slow and seems just like people having a fun Island party but it for sure takes a dark turn.

There are three main POV that have both current and before aspects with them but Lux is the character that gets the most page time. And I’m not going to lie there were times when I would get Brittney and Amma’s POV confused when they were in the before chapters. I wish that there was not an Eliza POV as I felt like it gave too much away and assisted me in figuring out what was going to happen. I think the information that was given in her POV actually hindered the story.

Lux feels like a very real person, her insecurities, he wanting to run away from the pain in her life and thinking that it will solve all her problems. As many people know that doesn't exactly work, so there is lots of drama and self searching begins and not all of it is positive. So Lux does grows as a character in throughout this book and the events that happen in the Island really do change her, which i appreciate Hawkins doing.

I really enjoyed this book, it was a little bit slow to start with getting to know the characters but keep with it craziness is going to happen. I look forward to seeing what Hawkins comes out with next.

Enjoy!!!