“Stay Awake” isn’t possible for me at the moment, unless I have supplies of stuff Liv has, so for now……..stars……you deserve awards for this one @megangoldin I, who never shuts up and never stops typing, am at a loss, but I’ll be back when I can put words for my feelings of this book into something cohesive. I ‘can’ say….’THAT’ is how a thriller and suspense at its best are done. Chilling, terrifying, gripping at the throat, unimaginable, and once more, chilling. From first page to last and every bleeping page in between. This is the hold your breath, omg no! Wait! what?! gasping for air, but savoring being suffocated by suspense, kind of book.

It is 2:30 a.m. and I’m going to sleep and I’ll share my thoughts asap.. Fantastic! Top 3 most suspenseful I’ve ever read. Pristine in writing and ugh………I’ll be back to write this, lol. I’m on a book high from it hehe

Endless thank to @NetGalley @StMartinsPress and to the author, of this crazy awesome spine chilling, thrill ride of a story, @megangoldin who also happens to be my new and one of only 3 I'm going to need all your other books now, author. ‘Nothing’……I truly mean ‘Noth-ing’ frightens me as much as #StayAwake did, Thank you because I needed that.

When I do write my review, it will be posted to Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon and Instagram when I’ve finally gotten to posting to my new Instagram

Wow, what a wild ride! Wake up with Liv Reese who doesn't remember anything since answering her phone at her office on a summer day, but that was over 2 years ago. She is now involved in a murder investigation of a man she can't remember and with the message "Stay Awake" written on her hand. The story is told in dual timelines from Liv's perspective, 2 years ago and now, and also from the point of view of Detective Halliday who is investigating the murder. Both women were great characters and you really can't put this story down as you have to find out what happened then, what happened now and will Liv remember? I can't say that I loved the ending, but I did really enjoy the story and would highly recommend to thriller lovers.

A mind bending, heart pounding thriller from the author of The Escape Room!

Liv’s life is forever changed when she witnesses a traumatic event. Her memory, suffering from a type of amnesia, completely resets every time she awakes from sleep. The only memories that withstand sleep seem to be those from two years ago.

Discombobulating and disorienting, Goldin weaves an intricate thriller that is certain to make one’s pulse accelerate.

If when reading this one becomes confused—keep going. It will become clearer as the book progresses.

A very satisfying and different thriller that will likely appeal to readers of this highly saturated genre.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the Kindle ARC. Stay Awake is the third book I've read by Megan Goldin. I'm not usually a big reader of the "suspense/thriller" genre, but there's something about Ms. Goldin's stories that are a cut-above the genre. They are intelligent and very fast paced. In her latest book, Liv is a thirty-something woman who wakes up one day and can't remember anything - where she lives, where she works, where her boyfriend is, who her roommate is. Unbeknownst to her, she was a victim of a crime in the past and is now under suspicion for a murder. Reminiscent of the movie "Memento," Liv has messages to herself written on her hands and arms, one of which shows up at the murder scene. The story was engaging enough to keep reading, even when I suspected all was not what it seemed. I look forward to Ms. Goldin's next novel - I know it will be unique and worth reading.

Stay Awake was a page turner. It kept me NEEDING answers the entire time. It was dual POV and multiple timelines, which kept me really intrigued. I had to find out why Liv lost her memory every time she slept.

I really liked how the author kept switching up the story line, revealing just enough to get me curious, and then switched over to a different puzzle piece of the story. Lots of smoke and mirrors. The answer was hiding in plain sight.

I was genuinely terrified for parts of it though. It was a little darker and more graphic than I prefer, which is the only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars. If you’re an avid thriller fan, you’ll love this!

Every time Liv Reese wakes up, she forgets everything that has happened in the last two years. Her instincts tell her that someone is after her and that she shouldn’t trust anyone. When there is a murder, all the signs point to her being the killer so Liv has to try to figure out the truth and start over every time she wakes up.
This is a thriller version of Groundhog Day. We get the clues and information a piece at a time and only ever know slightly more than the protagonist. Fans of the Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle will like this book.

Silly premise, but this book was so fun I didn’t even mind. Tightly written, and I finished it in three nights. Fun little thriller!

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Publishing Group for sending me an ARC of Stay Awake in exchange for an honest review.

Stay Awake sounds like other books you’ve read and movies you’ve seen. Liv Reece keeps waking up in unfamiliar surroundings, with no memories of anything since answering a phone call over two years ago. She’s written cryptic messages like STAY AWAKE to herself on her body. And she seems to be a person of interest—maybe even the prime suspect—in a murder, which would be impossible to believe except for the bloodied knife she’s carrying ….

So Stay Awake may start off feeling familiar, but rest assured that it is much better than most of those other books and movies (except maybe Memento, which is also pretty great). Liv’s first-person perspective as she tries to make sense of what’s happening around her each time she wakes up is unsettling, absorbing, and left me genuinely scared for her. The flashback technique, overused in so many psychological thrillers now, works perfectly here as the reader slowly learns what happened to Liv two years ago after answering that phone call and what happened moments before the book’s opening scene. The portions of the story told from the perspective of the two detectives, Darcy Halliday and Jack Lavelle, also help move the story, and their characters manage to avoid the ‘new detective/grizzled vet’ cliché they could have fallen into.

Will you guess what happened to Liv, then and now? Parts of both, probably, but only after making lots of other incorrect guesses. The answers to the mysteries are of course eventually revealed to the reader, to the detectives, and to Liv, though at different times and not necessarily in that order. However, those revelations only add to the novel’s thriller/suspense finale. The plotting and pacing are very well done, creating a truly suspenseful story that you’ll stay awake to finish reading (pun intended 😀).

I really liked and recommend Ms. Goldin’s earlier novels, The Escape Room and The Night Swim. But she has taken the strongest elements of each of those novels and combined them in Stay Awake to create her best novel yet. This is the one I won’t just recommend, but will rave about. Highly recommended.

FINALLY! a thriller with a million pieces that keeps you fully engaged and turning pages with haste. that's what i'm looking for in a book and this delivered!

if you like a little bit of cop procedural along with your thriller, this story will speak to you. while we're getting liv's past POV and current POV - slowly learning her memories with her and trying to figure out what's going on - we're also seeing detective's working a murder case. i love those types of books, so this was a welcome piece for me and a great way to gather information from a variety of characters without having them directly interact with liv.

i didn't figure out any of the twists or big reveals (staying vague here to avoid spoilers!), but i do wish that we had gotten a bit more explanation on the motivation behind everything. overall, i'll definitely be recommending! it's going to be a perfect late summer read.

Liv Reese is completely confused! When she awakens, at any time, her hands are covered in messages in pen demanding that she. "STAY AWAKE".

Do you remember Memento? I have very fond memories of that movie. This book is in the similar vein and equally thrilling.
Through flashbacks we learn more about Liv who was living a very good life two years ago in NY. Something terrible happened however, and caused her to move as far away from NYC as possible. When she awakens next, we realize she is back in NY and her life is in danger. There are a series of deaths that may be tied to her either implicating her or putting her in further danger. Can Live finally remember? Only if she STAYS AWAKE!
If you loved Memento, thrilling twisty novels or just want to read another great Megan Golding book, grab #StayAwake
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This was my first time reading Megan Goldin and I can definitely say that I will certainly be reading more of her work., I devoured this book in two sittings. I loved both POVs told in this book and I thought the dual timelines were also done very well.Sometimes a dual timeline can feel a bit jumpy, but that was not the case with this one. I found this book to be very well crafted, expertly plotted, with lots of suspense and twists. I had thought I had the ending figured out, but was very happy that I was wrong with my suspicions. I.m ready for more of Megan Goodwin, so I will be checking out her previous titles to see what I can read next, Thank you to NetGalley and to St. Martins Press for the ARC, I’m very appreciative,

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Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

**Book will be available in August**

Liv arrives home with no memory only to find other people live there, her hands are covered in words like STAY AWAKE and she has a bloody knife! Did she kill someone, why can’t she remember the past 2 years and what is going on?!

Wowzers this was a thrilling story…. Think 50 First Dates (movie) but add murder, mystery and a thrilling ride! Love how we get nuggets of information at just the right time. The story bounces between current and past along with detectives working the case! Don’t go to sleep or you might miss it!! 😉

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4.5/5 An absolutely stellar thriller! One of the best I've read recently. Every character, every strange factoid, and every twist leading up to a delicious ending.

When I first started reading I was a little skeptical of the "amnesia" bit. I'm tired of the "unreliable woman narrator who can't be trusted because she drinks too much" (like Girl on the Train and Woman in the Window, you know the drill). But Liz Reese! What a different sort of character! She's got two whole years she doesn't remember due to a traumatic event, and has to do her best to STAY AWAKE so she doesn't forget anything that happened.

The multiple timelines were really well written--I like that they're separate enough that I could figure out what was going on without having to flip back and forth, but they flow smoothly so readers can connect the dots.

Loved that it was more than a simple "whodunit," and the amnesia aspect also put a lot of (good) pressure on the situation. Had my heart racing in some spots, and I had to STAY AWAKE past my bedtime to read just a few more chapters.

Guys! @megangoldinauthor has completely hit it out of the park with her new thriller. I finished this a few days ago and am still riding the high from this crazy ride! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. When she’s dropped off at the door of her brownstone, a stranger answers—a stranger who now lives in her apartment and forces her out in the cold. She reaches for her phone to call for help, only to discover it’s missing, and in its place is a bloodstained knife. That’s when she sees that her hands are covered in black pen, scribbled messages like graffiti on her skin: STAY AWAKE. Has she committed murder? Is someone out to get her? Why does she have to stay awake?

There are 3 things that make this thriller so outstanding. First, the plot line! It's so unique, well thought through, and perfectly executed. Second, the narration! It switches between Liv in present, Liv in past, and the detective investigating the murder. That takes skill folks and somehow Megan completely nailed it while propelling the story and keeping the reader at the edge of their seat. And finally, the characters. I loved all of them and was so invested. It felt like I knew them in real life!

If you've read either of her prior books or love thrillers, mark your calendars for August 9! Thanks so much to @netgalley @stmartinspress and the author for the #arc 🤗 🎉

Thank you to NetGalley, Megan Goldin, and St. Martin’s Press for this E-ARC in exchange for my honest review!

This was one of my most anticipated reads of this year, so when I was approved for an ARC I was SO excited! I loved Megan Goldin’s other book “The Night Swim” and could not wait to dig into this! She kept me on the edge of my seat the entire way through the book (which I never doubted!) and I definitely had a hard time putting this book down!

I thought the plot of Liv losing her memory every time she woke up was very unique. Megan Goldin did a fantastic job of putting you in Liv’s shoes and I felt panicked right along with her when she’d wake up and have no idea where she was or what was going on. I love books with multiple viewpoints, especially when the main character is an unreliable narrator, and Liv was definitely that! I also loved the chapters with the detective’s perspectives. I love crime documentaries so the chapters with their investigation process was so interesting to me! I will say it did feel a little repetitive when she’d wake up and forget everything and would basically relive the same day from two years before, and I did feel like the end was a bit rushed after so much build up, but it didn’t change my opinion of this book at all. I highly recommend reading this if you like twisty thrillers that keep you on the edge of your seat, with a very unreliable narrator! I will definitely be grabbing this one on release day to keep on my shelves!

Thank you again NetGalley, Megan Goldin and St. Martin’s Press!!

This was another amazing book by Goldin. My first book by Goldin, The Escape Room, was a book I couldn't put down... and this was no different. I read it in two sittings! Stay Awake is the story of a woman who forgets everything that happened in the past two years every time she falls asleep. She's paranoid... but maybe she has a reason to be? And then a man dies, and a note is written in blood on the window... and that same message is written on her. What does it mean? Did she kill a man?
Such a great book! I will be buying a copy for my mom to read when it comes out in August. Thanks so much for the opportunity to review another great book by Megan Goldin!

I feel like Megan Goldin is carving out a niche for herself doing the equivalent of slasher films (with ridiculous premises) but in literary form. And somehow the ridiculous premise works better this way. Don’t get me wrong, I love to watch an implausible thriller, but I feel more invested in Megan Goldin’s take. I guess because she goes through the trouble of fleshing out the characters.

It shouldn’t work but it does. It’s just downright fun.

However, in this particular case, I was frustrated by the incomplete ending. You get the whodunit but without the whydunit. And it doesn’t really make much sense. It feels like there’s some stuff that’s left out. Or the who was picked at random and she never went back to connect the dots?

After a really fun story, it was kind of a let down.

Wow! I know it sounds cheesy, but I stayed awake way too late at night to finish this book. It was fast-paced and I kept telling myself "one more chapter" until it was the middle of the night and I finished the book. I love the writer's writing style and the plot twists kept me constantly surprised. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves psychological thrillers. I received a free copy of this book from netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

So many characters, Liv doesn’t know who to trust especially when the past two years of memory are wiped away every time she sleeps. There’s murders.

We alternate between two years ago and now; alternate between Liv and the detectives; alternate between New York and London.

A fun fast paced thriller that will have you speeding through this read. I am loving everything that Megan Goldin writes and Stay Awake is no different.

What would you do if you woke up and had no memories from the past two years only to find out that a killer is after you? That is what Liv Reese must deal with. She is on the run from a killer and is also wanted for murder. She is on the run and each time she falls asleep her memory resets.

Will Liv be able to piece together the pieces of her memory to remember who murdered her best friend and ex-boyfriend or will she be a victim of the person she has been running from.

This is a fast paced read that I thouroughly enjoyed.