I felt very whelmed by the overall story. It had some good ideas, but the execution was a bit lackluster. Not my favorite by the author, but not my least favorite.

A psychological thriller told in the practiced hand of Paris. Amelie is resilient. She became an orphan young, created a life she was proud of in London and married a very handsome billionaire. On paper Ned is everything she could hope for but everything isn’t as it seems. When she wakes up being held hostage she questions everything, including why she feels safer here than with her own husband. I wasn’t sure where this one was going which is exactly what I want out of a psychological thriller.
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Thank you #stmartinspress and #netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review

B.A. Paris writes the most interesting books! This was a quick and easy read. While it didn't have me on the edge of my seat like some of her other books, it did keep me interested the whole way through. If you're a fan of her work then I think you'll enjoy this one too.

I loved this book! What a mystery that kept me guessing until the very end. I really enjoyed the realistic relationships that were without false pretense. Great book!

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to review this ARC with honesty.

I'm trying to attempt not to sum up a book in my reviews anymore because I feel it's repetitive and can bog down the point of a review (for me anyway) that I'm going to make them short and to the point.

I found the this book both fast paced and frustrating at times. It held my attention and I did overall enjoy it enough to continue however the storyline felt a bit - weak? Unbelievable? That being said, it's a thriller and thrillers are meant to entertain and it did do that. I did suspect a lot of the twists and some of them seemed unnecessary (I will not mention them because of spoilers) but overall it didn't take away from the story enough for me to want to stop. I did find the main character a bit frustrating and annoying as well some of the other characters. I will say, I had a real hate on for the antagonist of the story but was disappointed with how that's character's arc ended.

I will say it is a fast and easy read to get through. There are trigger content in here to so please check that out though for the most part nothing was too vulgar or extremely descriptive in that sense.

My Rating: 3 Stars 🌟🌟🌟

Page turner, breezed through it in two sittings. The story is based around a girl, down on her luck but then her life turns around. However, not everything is at it seems. Love BA Paris books. They always leave me entertained

Thank you to NetGalley, publisher, and author for giving me this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

B.A Paris definitely has a way to keep me on the edge of my seat. This is a must read!

Amelie has pulled herself up by her bootstraps, so to speak. She marries into a wealthy family after losing her parents and not an easy childhood. However, her life turns out not to be ideal - she wakes up locked in a dark room and kept prisoner. Without any information about her captors, Amelie struggles to put together the pieces that would help her escape. How is Amelie going to get out of this situation?
The Prisoner is another pulse pounding thriller from BA Paris. A must read if you enjoy thrillers with twists.

Amelie has built a life for herself, despite losing both her parents before she was even 18 and starting from nothing. She makes some friends and eventually ends up working at a magazine run by the young billionaire Ned Hawthorpe. Then she finds herself married to Ned.

Soon after she moves into his mansion, kidnappers take them both, and Amelie finds herself trapped in a pitch-dark room. She doesn’t know for sure why she was taken, nor who is holding her hostage. The pieces just don’t seem to fit together.

As day after day passes and her captors don’t utter a word, Amelie feels unsure of her fate, but she still somehow feels she is being taken care of while Ned is being treated more harshly. But surely the longer she stays imprisoned, the worse her chances are for finding freedom, right?

I read The Prisoner because I’d enjoyed two of B.A. Paris’s previous thriller books, The Therapist and The Breakdown, and I appreciated that both were rated mild. Clean content is fairly rare in this genre. Unfortunately, this newest book from Paris has strong profanity, breaking the clean streak. In addition, this plot didn’t quite hold up for me. The whole thing seemed like a stretch, and the outcome had to be explained at the end by one character to another. Since it’s not a classic whodunit with a master sleuth like Hercule Poirot, this method of wrapping it up didn’t work.

I recommend the other two books above, but as for this one, I recommend skipping it.

This was not for me. I think I have potentially outgrown BA Paris’s writing style, which is not their fault!

I will be reviewing a physical copy of this book that I bought on my social media platforms but thank you agin to SMP for the digital arc

B.A. Paris is a popular thriller author and while I have enjoyed the other two books I’ve read by her, The Prisoner left a lot to be desired.

I was intrigued in the beginning to find out where the plot was going to go, but as I went on with the story, it just felt all around mediocre. Plot holes, intense scenarios with little recourse, and lack of any true character development left me feeling kind of over it.

Regardless it was a popcorn thriller to listen to that I was able to get through in a day and I guess that counts for something?

The summary of this book sounded very compelling but ultimately it didn’t seem to deliver for me. The beginning had me think Amelie was going to be very special with her skills and cunning to escape her situation but that failed to be the case. I wanted to be wowed by her but I wasn’t. When she was trapped the story also dragged for me. I did stay with it and wanted to see how it would end. It kept my interest enough to keep going but it wasn’t the thriller I was hoping for unfortunately.

BA Paris is the best to ever do it. The Prisoner started off with a bang. We have Amelie who is kidnapped with her husband Ned. Initially we have no idea why or who has kidnapped the couple.

The story alternates between the past and present. We receive a first person account solely from Amelie's perspective. I thoroughly enjoyed part one of the book but part two is where the book fell flat. The second half of this book did not read like BA Paris wrote this half.

It was still entertaining but not one of my favorites by this author.

I was unable to read this book because i lost my login information ! But i am back now and can’t wait to start reading and reviewing books for authors !

Amelie is knows she wants to become a lawyer, but the sudden death of her father means that she is all alone. Knowing if she stays in her hometown she will be placed in foster care, she runs away to London. This way she can save money for law school. She quickly finds out that making a living and being on her own are much more difficult than she could imagine. She happens upon a women in a coffee shop who is going through a tough time too. She offers Amelie a job as a live is housekeeper. This unbelievable offer opens up doors and connections for Amelie that she could have never imagined. One of these connections offers her a proposal that she can’t refuse. Soon after her world is turned upside down and things will never be the same again. Sometimes our choices have more dire consequences than we could ever imagine.
This book was a pretty good read. It wasn’t my favorite of B.A. Paris, but it was entertaining.

I've read a few of this author's novels and I always find the concept very original and evocative, yet somehow lacking in polish and execution, and for me, this book was no exception when it comes to that. I felt that there were too many plot points and twists, and it became difficult to continue to care about the main characters and how they would fare., but I still thought this was an entertaining read and worthy of a lazy night of thrillers.

I’ve enjoyed past books by this author, but unfortunately I struggled with The Prisoner. I felt like the MC made nonsensical choices and had a hard time caring about what happened to her. On the plus side it’s fast paced with short chapters and a quick read. For me it was just too over the top with an overly complex and somewhat confusing plot. I’ve seen great reviews, it just didn’t work for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and St Martins Press for the gifted ARC.

I am always up for reading a B.A. Paris book and The Prisoner did not disappoint.

This was a solid psychological thriller with a strong female character.

The story is told in two different timelines, past and present. The present begins with the kidnapping of Amelie and her husband Ned. The past is everything that led up to the kidnapping.

I was a little conflicted about the story because while Amelie is amazingly strong and intelligent while being kidnapped, I find it hard to believe that she would have agreed to marry Ned.

The parts of the story where she is locked in the dark room were the strongest. You could really imagine what it would be like to be in her situation. She was so strong and resilient, I would have probably just curled up in a fetal position and sobbed.

I got a few of the characters mixed up at the end and I don’t think I’m clear on all the loose ends tying together, but it was a good thriller and I stayed awake reading extra chapters way past my bedtime.

A good solid thriller, I received an ARC of the book.

In a world where there are very few things you can count on, luckily, B.A. Paris always delivers. The Prisoner is an impeccably written and engrossing story that I read in just a few sittings, which for this time of year (just days before Christmas) says a lot!

Amelie has a rough life. After the loss of her father, her only remaining parent, she assumes she's destitute and relocates herself to London. With nowhere to live, she starts out living on the streets and it isn't until she meets a gracious new friend in a coffee shop, that her life begins to turn around.

She takes a job as a live-in maid/cook to a young professional and quickly finds herself in the middle of a social circle full of beautiful and accomplished young women. She's still planning to go to college (the whole reason she moved to London), but is able to land a job with the same magazine that some of the girls work for and it's the perfect situation to save money for her studies .

It isn't until her boss invites her on a trip last minute that things start to take a turn. And they take a turn fast. Ultimately landing Amelie as a prisoner in a dark room where she doesn't know what is going on or who she can even trust in the world.

The Prisoner is a fast-paced read and an absolute page-turner. It's a great one to fill the long empty days (amazing empty days) of Christmas Break. Special thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for an advanced e-galley in exchange for my honest review.