A sexy suspense novel? Hmmm marketing gone wrong yet again.

I’m a big fan of Lovering so I dove in blind but that cover and the synopsis gave me thriller vibes. A thriller this is not. I say this was a dramatic romance story. It definitely gave me COHO vibes which I think a lot of readers will enjoy. I will say that the development of the characters does not disappoint. The author has a knack for this. I found this an enjoyable read but my least favorite of the authors to date.

I loved this one!! I was a huge fan of her last book, so I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one, and it definitely didn’t disappoint!!

Thank you to @stmartin'spress and @netgalley for allowing me to read Can't Look Away by Carola Lovering.

While this one is branded a mystery/thriller......please don't expect that from this one. There are elements of mystery and it is suspenseful ( I had a hard time putting this one dow), but I it's not your typical mystery/thriller.

I enjoyed this one a lot! It's a love story with suspense intertwined.. We have have Molly and Jake who found love together when they were younger and have never lost that love. We also have an ex girlfriend who is a stalker. As Molly and Jake navigate into adulthood, will their love stand the test of time. And if it does, at what cost? If not, what will happen to the both of them?

I really don't want to get too much more into this story because part of the suspense is the unfolding of what happens in this one.

Can't Look Away releases on June 14, 2022 and you should mark your calendars! You're not going to want to miss it!

I don’t quite understand why this book was marketed as a thriller, as it is definitely more of a domestic drama to me. I enjoyed the character of Molly, and thought she was very relatable. Being in my 40s, reading about problems in someone’s life that’s not even 30 yet, kind of made me roll my eyes at times. But I did enjoy Lovering’s Writing. I give this three stars. And only because it wasn’t a thriller to me and just kind of a little mundane and predictable.

Brief Synopsis: Molly and Jake had an immediate connection. Jake was the singer in a band and saw Molly in the crowd while singing and felt instantly drawn to her. They start dating and Molly as a writer and Jake as a singer/songwriter became each other’s muses. Inspiring each other. They have a powerful intense love but Jake is on the road so much with his band their relationship struggles. Decades later Molly is living with her husband Hunter and her daughter in a suburb outside of NY where Hunter grew up. She meets a new friend Sabrina and it turns out she is married to Jake and has her own reasons for moving to the suburbs and befriending Molly…

My thoughts:
- This book is full of so many secrets, lies and obsessions right from the start that really keep you captivated throughout
-Jake and Hunter… the two men in Molly’s life that both steal your heart for different reasons.
-The whole time I read this book I could definitely see it as a tv series! So much drama! I really hope it is made into a movie or tv show.

-Overall if you love obsessive stocker thrillers full of drama, secrets, lies and love you will love this book!

So happy with this one which kept me turning pages. Its sexy and taught writing. This suspense novel deals with love and addiction in a smart propulsive way. Molly meets Jake and they fall in love. Fast. But she gives up her dreams of writing and settles down (not with Jake), marries, has a kid and is deeply unhappy and out of sorts when she meets a new friend, Sabrina. Sabrina has secrets. What happens next, forces Molly to confront her past - aka Jake and her dreams. So much obsession in this one, i couldn't put it down. A great binge.

This is a quick moving thriller!
Back in 2013, Molly was working at coffee house in NY and dreaming of writing a novel. By chance she meets and falls in love with the lead singer of an up and coming band. It's a whirlwind romance and Jake and Molly fall in love.

Almost 10 years later Molly is living with her husband and child in a small town in Connecticut when a new friend turns up who happens to know a bit too much about Molly - where she works, where she relaxes. Who is Sabrina, and is she friend or foe?
If you like the domestic thriller genre, wonder about lost loves and are nostalgic for the aughts, then #CantLookAway is for you!
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It's been awhile since I've read a good contemporary romance that put my heart through the wringer, but this certainly did that. From the synopsis of this book and the way it was categorized, I thought this would be thriller, or suspense...but it was neither. For my angst loving friends, this story has that in spades!! There is a love triangle of sorts, but not really. A woman scorned and with an agenda. A bit of mystery and a lot of heartache. I needed this one!!!

This was an entertaining 4 star read for me, though it is more dark domestic fiction than mystery/thriller. Told from alternating points of views of 3 characters across a span of several years, this is a tale of obsession and the one that got away. There are a few twists in the story and one I for sure did not see coming! Each chapter slowly built to a climax that was crazy, soapy fun! Looking forward to reading more from this author!

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

This is my second novel from the author and I enjoyed her previous book Too Good To Be True last year. I was very happy to know that she was coming out with a new domestic suspense mystery this year and was ecstatic to receive an ARC of it! I can't truly say what genre this book falls under, but it has mystery, suspense and a love story all rolled into one.

Thank you to the author Carola Lovering, Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for this advance reader's copy in exchange for an honestreview!

Pub Date: 6/14/22

Molly is an aspiring writer who one night at a concert, locks eyes with the band's vocalist Jake. They instantly fall in love. After 10 years, Molly is now living in a posh
suburbia but is married to someone else. She bumps into Sabrina who is new to town and forms a new found friendship with her. As they go deeper into each other's lives, they unravel secrets and mysteries that has long been buried in the past.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. I really enjoyed this one that had me turning the pages and race to the end for answers. I questioned a lot of things in the beginning as to why
things happened. The mystery of Molly and Jake's relationship and how the other characters were also interwoven in each of their paths, made me wanna find answers ASAP! Although I was able to piece things
together, I did find some things very convenient. Towards the end it became very dramatic. I did enjoy the things that led up to it though. The characters were very well developed and found myself empathizing with each of them. Read this if you enjoyed Too Good To Be True or if you're a fan of domestic suspense and drama. This book also reminded me of the show and book You!

Woah! What a ride this book was! I went into totally blind. I didn’t read the synopsis or know much about the book. After seeing so many great reviews on bookstagram I just picked it up. I will admit I went into this book thinking it was a thriller…little did I know it was more of a romantic suspense. Nonetheless it was really good! There were so many good twist that I didn’t see coming! How the heck did this author put this puzzle together!

The biggest surprise for me was finding out Stella was Jakes kid. I really didn’t see that coming! Throughout this whole story you find yourself liking and disliking certain characters at certain points. I loved that the author made me question every character and their motives!

I wish the ending would have had a little more about Molly and Hunter. I’m glad we got a good ending with Sabrina but also wish we didn’t because I couldn’t stand her!

Overall this was a great fast paced read! I highly recommend.

While there are definitely plot twists and a few (predictable) surprises, the book reads more romance than thriller. This showed up under mystery/thriller and I would say was just Miscategorized. Appreciated the NYC and CT references having lived in both. And the 'villain' was pretty devious which I enjoyed.

This was one of my most anticipated books of 2022 and maybe because of that I'm a little bit disappointed.

If you know me you know thriller is one of my favorite genres and don't get me wrong this is not a bad book. However I believe it was just mis-labeled/marketed.

It wasn't really mystery or thriller- maybe more like a domestic fiction?

There were some moments that caught me off guard and because of that I want to give Carola Lovering one more shot. I just realized I have the physical copy of Too Good to be True and will most likely get to that soon.

Even though it didn't turn out the way I expected I'm still grateful that I get to read this book earlier than the publication date- huge thanks to NetGalley!

I just finished Can’t Look Away last night and I absolutely loved it! Not only that, but it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a while. It kept me so interested, that I had a difficult time putting it down. The Author does an amazing job with character building. I felt myself falling just as in love with Jake & Molly, as they did with each other.

I noticed some readers had a difficult time with the changing POV’s, which is understandable, but maybe this doesn’t bother me since I’ve read so many books in this style. I actually tend to enjoy this when I’m so attached to the characters, as I feel like it gives me more insight into their background and individual stories.

Sabrina’s POV did tend to feel out of place at times, but I think this was necessary for all the moving parts of the story to work together. Overall, I truly enjoyed this book and think it would make a great movie or miniseries!!!

Thanks so much to NetGalley and the Publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review Can’t Let Go!

This is my second thriller in a row, and I just realized all 3 books I’ve read so far this month have chapters in different POV. Who is she?!

I really liked this book, but didn’t enjoy the different POV in this one. I LOVED Molly and Jake’s chapters, but Sabrina’s felt jarringly different. Going from 3rd to 1st person, made it feel like a completely different book, and honestly took me a minute to figure out what I was reading. Though maybe that was intentional given Sabrina’s role. That’s all I’ll say about that. 😉

This book is great! Would definitely recommend. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Twisty tale is told through multiple POVs, flashbacks, and a very entangled web of relationships. It's definitely more of a domestic suspense/drama than a thriller, but still very engaging and worth the read. There was a plot thread about an ex that I was hoping led somewhere, but never did.

ARC from NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

Yoooooooooo this book was ridic. I realized halfway through I had read another book by this author and it had the same twisty weirdness that also ended in a "oh okay well that happened" aspect, so even as we went super high and super "wtf??"-y, I knew that the good times would end.

I really liked that we got to see all aspects of the characters. I loved that we got the POV into Sabrina's head because whew girl, no man is worth all of that!

But overall, this is one of those reads that feel like popcorn. You keep grabbing at more, trying to figure out how it ends. You feel a little empty when it's over (you should have had a real dinner!) but it was entertaining while it lasts.

A fairly quick read, that was pretty enjoyable so... yeah! I liked it.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

Can't Look Away is another well written and unputdownable book by Carola Lovering. I found it to be intriguing, a tad emotional, and had a good enough mystery to keep me invested. I look forward to more of her books!

4.5 — WOW what a surprise! This was messy, sweet, suspenseful, and a heck of a good time!

Told in alternating chapters from the present day and then from the beginning of Molly and Jake’s relationship. I was so surprised at how much I enjoyed reading the Molly and Jake chapters, because it ended up being a a surprisingly real-feeling romance. Molly and Jake are messy and selfish, not always making the best decisions but you could feel how much they loved each other underneath.

I love books where pretty much all of the characters are walking around making these terrible decisions and trying to come back from them, and that is true for every single one of these characters. The “obsession” angle always hooks me too and this had plenty of that.

I will say that this doesn’t completely fit the bill of a thriller, although we have someone from the past trying to worm their way into Molly’s life and we know it won’t end well. There is a little twist that was pretty obvious and on the whole this wasn’t technically thrilling. But it worked so well on everything else it was doing that this didn’t really matter to me.

This makes me want to go read everything else this author has written!

I received an eARC via Netgalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.