This psychological thriller by Cathryn Grant holds your attention. Starting with unknown characters and a boy falling into the Grand Canyon "Only You" is quick to grab your attention. Getting to know Hadley and her life lulls you into a sense that everything is going to be alright right up until she discovers her sister, Alice, murdered while on a morning run,
The book moves quickly and I think is the right length to keep a readers attention without being too long. I enjoyed the twists that were part of the story, especially right at the end. Grant makes enough twists and turns that you get lulled into a false sense of security only to have it grasped from your reach with a flip of the page.
Overall, I enjoyed the story. I think that the fairy tale parts of the story are very disjointed from the rest of the story right up until the very end and on a reread would do much more to foreshadow. I also think the Deborah's mental health is something that isn't given enough time to develop in a way that makes her seem much different from beginning to end of the book.
A solid mystery book.

I was provided a free copy of this text by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book was good for the most part. Not the most original of topics, but enjoyable to read. The only issue I had with this book was the unnecessary fairytale portions with Camille and Clementine. They really killed the momentum of the book.

I was lucky to receive an advance copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review and opinion. This was the second book I've read by Cathryn Grant and felt this was just as good if not better than my first read. She draws you in right from the first page and keeps you guessing until the very end. You will love this! I promise!

I received a copy of this book from netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I almost DNF this book. It was alright, but didn't keep my attention. The plot was a bit predictable and the characters too two-dimensional for me. I would recommend this possibly to some of my older family.

Having previously enjoyed The Guest and The Other Couple, I was keen to read the latest offering from Cathryn Grant and I most certainly was not disappointed.

This book was filled with twists and turns throughout, with a brilliant storyline that kept me gripped and desperate to discover the ending whilst at the same time, not wanting it to end!

The storyline centres around Hadley, who is your typical mum, living in the suburbs with her husband, Jonah, and teenage daughter Geneva. The characters were strong and believable, especially Geneva – with whom I felt Grant depicted the “teenager on the cusp of adulthood” behaviour perfectly. Whilst Hadley presents the image of a perfect family, deep down she’s harbouring a dark secret from her past and when her sister, Alice, makes a surprise visit to stay with them, Hadley fears her past is in danger of being uncovered.

The chapters are written from the POV of both Hadley and Geneva and also chapters entitled “The Story of Clementine & Camille”. I have to admit that the latter were very puzzling to begin with and it wasn’t until I was around 60% into the book that I began to understand their purpose. I just could not understand their relevant to the storyline and found them slightly off putting – perhaps if they’d been introduced further into the storyline, it would have been less puzzling.

Overall, this was a well written psychological thriller with a unique storyline and great characters.
Many thanks to Inkubator Books and NetGalley for the review copy.

Hadley is very happy with her life - living in a beautiful home in a great neighborhood, still in love with her husband Jonah, and raising a teenage daughter, Geneva. Other than the annoying neighbor Kenny who gives off a bad vibe, she is content with her life. When Faith moves in to the house next door, Hadley is the first one to welcome her to the neighborhood. But soon it feels like Faith is everywhere - giving an extravagant gift to Geneva, pestering for lunch plans, and unexpectedly showing up at her house. When a murder hits too close to home, Hadley's perfect life begins to crumble and everyone is now a suspect. With everything going on in her life, she doesn't realize just how much danger she is in until it's too late.

I thought this was a good read, this being the first book I've read from this author. The story is told in the present tense with the past told in a fairy tale setting. I haven't read anything like that before and I thought it was interesting, as it does tie into the story. It wasn't hard to figure out the killer; it was a matter of answering the question why? The ending was good and unexpected. Overall a good read and I look forward to reading more from this author.

Thank you Netgalley and Inkubator Books for the opportunity to read this book.

The story is based on Hadley, and as a protagonist with a perfect life - she is a wife, mother of a teenager, she lives in a good neighbourhood... She has a very sympathetic husband and a lovely daughter, Geneve. The situation complicates when a new neighbour is moving in. Faith seems to be a nice person, but as more Hadley is letting her into her life, as more she began to be possessive and cannot accept 'no' as an answer. There is as well Kenny, who become an unappreciated person.
I can understand Hadley as a mum, but she tries to have too much control over the others. Geneva as a teenager, is easily manipulative, probably the past tragic events have impacted her ability to be more assertive, or maybe she never had an opportunity to make her own decision, especially if she has been under mother pressure. Parents wanted the best for her, but does she need to catch all possible opportunities to achieve it?
A mysterious tale about the princesses sedated by the evil prince - is a bit confusing. As much as I can understand the main plot from that part of the book, I cannot connect it with the main story. It is interesting to include mystic paragraphs, but I am not sure how to link it to the other part of the book.

Hadley's idyllic life is complicating, as she cannot resolve it anyway. The book intrigues me from the very beginning. It is not a boring story about a precious life, as we all have some secrets. The twist in the plot making the book more exciting and mysterious. We all have secrets - what with Hadley's secret? Will she share it before she loses everything? And who does want to break her perfect world?

Overall I liked the book, intrigued from the beginning and love the ending. A well written, absorbing and enjoyable psychological thriller with a breathtaking finale. I highly recommended it.

Thank you, NetGalley and Inkubator Books, for providing a copy of the book.

I was surprised by Only You, it’s certainly not what I have come to expect from Grant. As every gripped from the beginning but I did feel that I was getting less and less intrigued. There’s nothing wrong with this book. Grant as ever delivers character and development, twists and surprises..

For some reason it just felt a bit flat.

Cathryn Grant has quickly become an auto-buy author for me, and when I had the opportunity to review her new book, I jumped at the chance.

Hadley is living her best life in suburbia with her perfect family in her perfect home. But nobody's life is perfect, and soon after her sister arrives unexpectedly, Hadley's suburban fairy tale starts to unravel, and things really start to get interesting.

Hadley has been keeping secrets.
A new neighbor moves in next door.
Hadley's long-time relationship with a dear friend is strained.
Oh, and Hadley's husband is suspected of murder.

It was so interesting to see how all of these seemingly unrelated events would all come together.

My only criticism was reading the Clementine/Camille chapters, an interwoven fairy tale that didn't add much to the story, in my opinion. Otherwise, a very enjoyable read from an author I admire.

If possible I would give this story 3,5 stars.

It’s a good psychological thriller, but mixed between the chapters are a fairy tale and I didn’t really like that. I guess it was a personal thing. At times I felt like skipping the fairy tale chapters, but then I didn’t as I was too scared I would miss a vital part of the story. In the end it was good that I didn’t skip the fairy tale chapters as I would have missed something.

The story mainly focuses on Hadley and her family. When someone close to Hadley dies it is possibly the wrong person that is accused and held in custody so Hadley sets out to investigate herself with the help of her new neighbor Faith. There is a weird dynamic in Hadley and Faith’s friendship. Friend seems too needy and just too much, so Hadley at times backs off and even becomes quite mean/rude towards Faith, but then at other times she is quite accepting of the friendship. Rather confusing. Personally I would not be able to be friends with someone like Faith, so wondered why the hot cold with Hadley, but it all gets explained.

I enjoyed the style and the main story line and had it been done differently without those sometimes long fairy tale chapters I would have given it 4 stars.

I would like to thank the author, the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC that I received in exchange for an honest review.

I have read several of Cathryn’s books and I thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. By no means have I caught up with everything that she has written but I am getting there. I read the synopsis for ‘Only You’ and it certainly sounded like just the kind of psychological thriller that I particularly enjoy reading. I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Only You’ but more about that in a bit.
I have to be honest and say that it took me a little while to get into this story. I think that part of the problem was that I couldn’t take to the character of Hadley one little bit. There was just something about her that set off little alarm bells for me. Once I got used to Hadley and I got a bit further into the story that was it. I had to keep reading to discover the truth about Hadley and just how the story was going to pan out for her. I had my own suspicions as to what was going to happen so I kept turning those pages to see if I was anywhere near the truth or if I had wandered down the wrong path entirely. I found ‘Only You’ to be an intriguing and interesting read, which certainly kept me guessing.
‘Only You’ is well written. The author certainly knows how to grab your attention from the start and she reels you in in the same way a fisherman reels in a catch. For me, ‘Only You’ was more of a slow burn type of read which gathers momentum as the story continues. Reading ‘Only You’ did feel like being on a rollercoaster ride with many twists and turns along the way. I felt as though I was part of the story and that’s thanks to Cathryn’s very vivid and realistic storytelling.
In short, I did enjoy reading ‘Only You’ and I would recommend it to other fans of psychological thrillers. I will certainly be reading more of Cathryn’s work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a well deserved 4* out of 5*.

Only You by Cathryn Grant was a bit of a disappointment for me as I have previously enjoyed this author's writing. Sadly, I was left feeling flat and underwhelmed by this one.

Hadley has, by all outward appearances, a perfect life. But when someone close to her is murdered, the secrets from her past will reveal themselves, and Hadley will realize that her ordered and enviable life is becoming her worst nightmare.

While this is, arguably, a solid read and will appeal, I expect, to many readers, I just did not connect with it on any level. I look forward to reading what comes next from Ms Grant. 3.5 stars

Many thanks to NetGalley and Inkubator Books for an ARC.

There were so many elements of this book I enjoyed. As is becoming popular in the psychological thriller genre, the book covers quite a significant timeline but does so quickly in order to ramp up the tension and in some ways, this makes it easier for the reader to make connections, in other ways it ensures we are swept up in the action and can sometimes miss vital clues.

Despite hearing from Hadley and Geneva, I didn’t really know what to make of the characters in this one. I’m not sure I really gelled with any of them. Of course, I was pre-dispositioned to question and dislike the creepy neighbours. However, the central family irked me as well. Jonah fell under suspicion for me, Hadley seemed very selfish, and I’m not sure Geneva came across as her age – she seemed more childlike and vulnerable, which in some ways made the narrative more intense.

In between many of the main chapters, there are imaginative and intense fairy tales. These narratives mirror some of the warnings and dangers present in the main plot, but I also found this to be a highly original and engaging element of the book.

Overall, I found this an engaging and gripping story about trust, risk, the fight for justice and dealing with grief.

Full of twists and turns this is a great read ....Hadley Jonah and their daughter Geneva have a good life in a nice neighbourhood with lots of friends. New neighbour Faith introduces herself and a new friendship is formed .... Faith is very eager to become part of their lives but all is not as it seems. Hadley’s sister Alice comes to visit and tragedy strikes whilst out running she is brutally murdered and suddenly Hadleys perfect life is shattered . Her mind spirals and she finds herself pointing the finger at her friend Deborahs creepy son Kenny .... throughout this Faith is at her side giving much needed support..... but behind closed doors Faith has a very different agenda
This book keeps you gripped until the very end highly recommended and I’ll be checking out others by this author

Boring, underwhelming and repetitive.
The storyline was so weak, it could've been written in a much better way, obsession is one of the most powerful things to build a story upon, but this wasn't the case in that book.
Hedley's character wasn't likable, like ...at all, she was whiny and obsessed in her own way.
Geneva.... I wanted to shake some sense into her throughout the book, there were a lot of red flags even for a 15 year old.
The side story had this irritating omniscient narrator that kind of bored me to death.
Overall, not recommending it.
*I received an ARC of this book via netgalley in exchange of an honest review*

Hadley loves the tight knit neighbourhood where she lives with her husband Jonah and their fifteen year old daughter Geneva. All the neighbours are friendly and look out for each other, the only exception being her friend Deborah's obnoxious son Kenny with his creepy behaviour and inappropriate comments about Geneva. The houses were situated in a stunning location near a lake with running trails winding their way through the woods. So when Faith moves into the house next door, Hadley is quick to go over and welcome her into the community. Faith appears to be a nice person but Deborah is not convinced and doesn't trust her, Hadley dismisses her worries and begins to spend a lot of time with Faith. But as time passes and Faith starts to integrate herself more and more into Hadley's family, Hadley begins to wonder if maybe she has made a mistake and tries to distance herself from her new friend but Faith does not like being told no. Meanwhile, Hadley's perfect life is blown into tiny little pieces when someone close to her is killed and a apparently obnoxious detective who acts as he is the reincarnation of Columbo but is not as likeable keeps turning up on their doorstep and interrogating Hadley and her family. Hadley is convinced that she knows who the killer is and is determined to uncover the evidence that proves that she is right. But is her obsession with that person distracting her from the identity of the true antagonist, someone who knows Hadley's secret and is determined to make her pay for events of the past.

As the story unfolded I struggled to find anything likeable about Hadley's character and therefore couldn't feel any sympathy for her as her perfect life fell apart around her. I felt a lot of sympathy for poor Jonah who was actually one of a rare breed in the world of psychological thrillers, a genuine nice guy. I can imagine that quite a few readers will label Geneva a brat guru could fully understand how she was so easily manipulated. Fifteen is a difficult age packed full of confusing feelings and raging hormones and her parents weren't really there for her or offered her much support. The question was, who was ruining Hadley's perfect life and why? What was Hadley's secret? Will Hadley uncover the truth before she loses everything that she holds dear?

Scattered throughout the story was chapters that told the tale of the trials and tribulations of the lives of princesses Clementine and Camille. Two characters whose fairy tale lives and close relationship was torn apart by a evil prince. A shocking event would cause the princesses to go their separate ways and years would pass before they were reunited. During this time, one of the princesses had fallen in love with a handsome Prince and they had a beautiful daughter and the other princess began to feel unloved and unwanted. Darkness grew within that princesses heart and she decided that drastic action had to be taken. This was a dark tale that has a chilling sense of obsession and control permeating the pages but how does this tale fit into the main story? I thought I had figured it out but when I got to the end of the story, I discover that my theory was way off the mark. The answer to that question was a mind blowing, unexpected twist.

Omg, this is a addictive, twists packed read that hooks the reader in from the shocking prologue, keeps you captivated and glued to your kindle. The pages are permeated with a chilling sense of foreboding and danger and the story has some unexpected twists and turns. The cast of characters who lived in Hadley's neighbourhood were a diverse bunch of realistic, relatable individuals who could realistically live in anyone of our neighbourhoods. This is a very enjoyable, entertaining thriller and very very highly recommended.

I enjoyed reading this book even though it was slow at the beginning. The chapters of fairy tales confused me until I figured out how they fit in the story. It didn't have me on the edge of my seat but it was an interesting read. I especially liked the ending. I have read this authors work before and I have enjoyed everything she has written. I definitely recommend.

Thanks to Net Galley for allowing me to read this arc for my honest review.

I have to admit, Only You was hard to get in to. But I kept reading and after 1/4 of the book, I was hooked. I love the way Cathryn Grant tells the story using 3 perspectives and manages to also tie in fairytales. Like every other Cathryn Grant book I’ve read, there’s a lot to love.

Hadley is your typical suburban mom with your not so typical past. Grant does a great job of portraying how running away from your past can come back to haunt you and your family... Throughout the book you read excerpts from a fairy tale life of Clementine and Camille - I love how the author ties this into the story, I found myself going back to re-read these stories the farther I got into the book as i learned more about the characters and their past!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read this ARC.
I really enjoyed this book. I could have done without all of excess detail in the Clementine and Camille chapters; however the rest of the story held my interest.
4 Stars!
I really enjoyed this story and the ending was really, really good.
Highly recommend.