What a great book! I first want to thank NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to get an ARC of this book in return for my honest review.
Alex Finlay does it again....I am really starting to get into this author and I cannot wait to see what they come up with next.

This book grips you from the very beginning and doesn't stop. There is a great pace of going back and forth between the three main characters(Jenna, Donnie and Nico) and their current/ past lives. Each chapter gives you just enough details that makes you want to keep reading so see what is going to happen. I will say I figured out who the "killer" was before the end of the book, but that did not deter me from reading it. I enjoyed that a lot of the characters had realistic issues and drama that they were dealing with and didn't just get "fixed". Each character in this book was believable and likable; which is hard to do with so many main characters. The weaving between characters and the chain of events that occurred starting 25 years ago keeps you glued to the pages.

This book was fast paced, keeps you on the edge of your seat and doesn't slow down from page one. I recommend this book and any others from Alex Finlay

This book - what a wild ride. I felt like there were so many twists and turns, and each chapter gave you JUST enough information to leave you wanting more. Great writing!

Jenna had a bit of a different upbringing. Parents killed in a car crash, and she was sent to a group home. She made friends there, but is chosen for “the corporation” and disappears one day.

Honestly, I don’t want to say much more because it would give things away. If you like quick reads, short chapters, and twists and turns, you’ll enjoy this one. So good!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to netgalley for advanced reader copy. This is second book I’ve read by this author and enjoyed it, though not quite as much as the prior book. I felt that the thriller aspect was there, but too many loose ends that didn’t come together. Overall, I would continue to read books by this author.

I loved Every Last Fear. The Night Shift was one of my favorite reads of the year. And now I’m obsessed with What Have We Done!

25 years ago best friends Jenna, Donnie, and Nico lived together in a group home for orphans called Savior House. After several kids from the home disappeared, Savior House’s doors were closed and the trio was sent their separate ways. The three friends are reunited all of these years later after someone has attempted to kill each of them. To save themselves the group must revisit some nightmares from their childhood and confront their past traumas to save themselves in the future.

The story is told from Jenna, Donnie, and Nico’s point of view with alternating timelines.

What Have We Done is filled with nonstop action with multiple plot twists. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, bam the story would change completely. I loved all three of the main characters but Donnie was my favorite. All three characters were exceptionally written and I thoroughly enjoyed learning about all of their backstories.

Alex Finlay has to be the most entertaining crime thriller writer that I’ve ever read. His writings are unputdownable and I always discover myself completely immersed from beginning to end. This is my 3rd read from Finlay and I am now convinced that anything he writes is pure gold. Finlay is up there with the likes of my other auto-buy thriller authors like Alice Feeney, Jennifer Hillier, and Tana French. So if you haven’t read any of his books yet, you are missing out!

What Have We Done by Alex Finlay will be available on March 7, 2023. A massive that is to Minotaur Books and Netgallet for the arc in exchange for an honest review!

Action packed thriller full of excitement! This book grabbed a hold of me right from the beginning & I couldn’t put it down. Told in multiple povs & it was easy to follow along with each character & not get confused. I was on the edge of my seat so often in this book, I just had to know how it would end & I'm happy with the ending!

What Have We Done is told from 3 different POVs and flashes between present day and 25 years ago. The main characters all lived together in what can only be described as sketchy group home as teens. They are forever bound to each other because of a terrible secret they share and now someone is out to make sure the secret is never revealed.

I absolutely loved Every Last Fear and The Night Shift by Alex Finlay so had very high expectations for What Have We Done. Unfortunately, my expectations were not met. The characters felt underdeveloped and were hard to sympathize with despite their hardships. The story itself was overly complicated and villians were hard to believe. 2.5 stars rounded to 3.

I do have to say I still cannot wait to read Finlay's next offering.

Thank you to Netgalley and Minotaur Books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Alex Finlay has been a top author for me but this one slipped a notch. Same good writing to turn the page but the plot and characters were just ok for me. A few decent twists with a title that was just too literal. Hoping he goes back to writing more of my favorite character from his last two books.

Thank you to both Netgalley and the publisher for this opportunity in exchange for an honest review.

What Have We Done is the tale of teens from a sketchy foster home 25 years after committing something terrible. What follows is a plot that is so unrealistic and so full of coincidences that I just couldn’t buy into what was happening. At the same time, though, the book was difficult to put down, despite my sense of disbelief and sometimes utter astonishment at how ridiculous the book’s events seemed, so kudos to Mr. Finlay for that.

I loved The Night Shift but was terribly disappointed in What Have We Done.

My thanks to the publisher and to Netgalley for providing g an ARC of this book.

Alex Finlay’s books never disappoint. The story kept me guessing and was A page-turner at its truest definition. The characters were well-written and well-defined and the ending a surprise!

I finished this book last week and really needed to think about this review. I love this author but I preferred his other books- this one was not my favorite. Told from 3 different points of view-Jenna, Donnie and Nico. The story line sounded interesting but I don’t think there was enough background about their past at the foster home to tie it together. I kept getting confused with the number of characters and where the story was going. I kept going back to try and figure out what was going on but I just couldn’t get into it.

On the heels of the bingeworthy "Every Last Fear" and "The Night Shift" comes Alex Finlay's latest highly anticipated release, a fast-paced, edge-of-your seat thriller.

The narrative weaves between three POVs: An aging rock star, a reality tv show producer, and a retired assassin for hire. The three are brought together through a shared dark secret they thought had been buried in their past, until a string of unexplained violence and murder leaves them scrambling to find answers, desperate to understand what has happened and uncover the reason for the recent killing before they become yet another casualty.

I devoured this book in under 48 hours. The short, snackable chapters make it easy to push to keep reading "just one more" until you've somehow breezed through entire sections of the book.

Finlay's characters borrow heavily from common character "types," which allows him to sketch out the outlines and allow the reader to fill in the pieces enabling the rapid-paced narrative despite the ensemble cast, but also risks feeling highly stereotyped at times. It also leaves the reader without much investment in any individual character arc. Nevertheless, I found the characters to be highly entertaining, especially Donnie with his tour bus and groupie anecdotes who stands out as one of the most colorful of Finlay's characters across his most recent books.

Another bright spot to "What Have We Done" are the moments of unexpected levity. A mysterious pair of twins play out as the Tweedledum and Tweedledee of the book with their ongoing blundering and mishaps... if Tweedledum and Tweedledee were a pair of highly attractive female assassins for hire whose sole motivation comes from taking pleasure in violence. Fans of the British tv series "Killing Eve" may find this particularly enjoyable.

I would recommend "What Have We Done" to readers looking for a light reading, fast-paced thriller, and am grateful to St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books and NetGalley for providing an arc in advance of the book's March 2023 release in exchange for my honest feedback.

A fast-paced thriller that starts off with a bang. Four foster kids bound by a shared secret from their childhood find themselves being targeted 25 years later by a contract killer. As they figure out that they are being targeted for their past, they come back together to try and end everything once and for all. Not the most likable of characters, but certainly an interesting cast including an assassin, gambling tv producer, honorable judge, tech mogul, and ageing rockstar.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read an ARC of this book.

I enjoyed Alex Finlay's two previous works and was so excited to be approved for an ARC of this one.

I love it when the author plunges the reader into the action right away from the first page. There is no dragging chapters that feel pointless and confusing.

There is no one main character but rather several point of view characters. It was a bit hard to keep track of who is who in the beginning.

Now let's talk about the twist! Wow! I would say there is one major twist plus a smaller reveal.

All in all, an enjoyable, fast read!

while certainly thrilling at some points, and mildly predictable at others, i ultimately i just couldn’t connect or believe in these characters. the prose and depth are there but fizzle out as the plot goes on, and i found myself almost completing this read like it were a chore.

Okay so all together I liked this book more than his last but I liked the second half of The Night Shift better than this whole book. This was one of those books where I’m truly baffled at the detail that goes into the back stories of creating a book with so many main characters who are all complicated humans.

I did NOT guess the ending which is always a nice bonus and I did like the twist and thought it was a solid execution. I’ll definitely be recommending to my followers! Finlay just has a knack for truly immersing their self in the book and really engaging with dynamic characters and that was so evident here.

My heart broke for so many of the characters and that’s RARE. The beginning is confusing because of how many characters there are but it’s by necessity and stick it out I promise!

Alex Finlay is a new favorite of mine. I loved the Night Shift and I loved this one, too! Might just be a new auto-buy author.

ugh I wanted to love this so much more than I actually did!! I absolutely adored THE NIGHT SHIFT by alex finlay last year, so I screamed out of my mind when I got the ARC for his latest, WHAT HAVE WE DONE.

sadly, it did not live up to my high expectations 🥲

alex finlay’s writing is so unmatched!! the amount of detail in characterization as well as the timeline of the story itself is well done, and the entirety of the plot was easy to follow! I could read finlay’s books all day long for that tension as you frantically flip through the pages to see if you were right 🫠

however, what didn’t work for me this time was the plot itself. it was comprehensive and quick paced, but I found myself guessing the plot twists miles before they even happened…

and don’t even get me started on the characters 🥴 MCs jenny, donnie, and nico are probably the three most unlikable people you’d ever read about

for a foster family trying to make good memories out a bad situation, they sure like to stab each other in the back (literally and figuratively) 🫠🫠🫠

I think the worst part for me was the fact that I simply did not care about what was happening in the story. I didn’t care about the characters’ backstories, the resolution, or even if the “villain” prevailed or not.

so to recap, the writing itself was excellent, but I just couldn’t get into the story at all 😅 but a HUGE thank you to minotaur books and netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!!!

rating: 2.5 stars
wine pairing: veneto pinot grigio

What Have We Done by Alex Finlay tells the story of how haunted pasts catch up with three individuals who grew up together. Packed with suspense, this story is told from three, well-written viewpoints. Each viewpoint opens with action and intrigue that keeps the reader asking “who” and “why” throughout the book. This book keeps the reader guessing until the end. Then, just as you think the story is winding down, Finlay throws in one final twist.

Thank you, NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press, for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed above are my own.

I read an ARC of What Have We Done from NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press. Thank you for this opportunity.

This book is about a group of adults with various high-end jobs and pasts who suddenly are targeted and attacked. They all make their way back to where they were brought up, a sketchy orphanage that started it all.

If it’s not clear from the rather sparse synopsis, I not only was not a fan of this book but didn’t really care about what was going on in the book either. The characters, such as they are, did not interest me. The most interesting was the assassin who’d settled down to start a family with a rich man, but honestly, she also was the straw that broke the camel’s back for immersion for me. The men we follow at the beginning are both insufferable, boring, and I wished their respective killers had gotten them, so I didn’t have to listen to their prattle because I hated them.

I read it all, but it took me forever, and honestly, I only retained enough to confirm that the twists and plot points that I thought were going to happen were going to happen. I get that books have a certain way they play out, but when I read a thriller, I want to be thrilled or at least routing for some character.

What We Have Done is the story of the consequences of a horrific event that happened many years ago. The characters were all residents of a group home at the time, and we meet them 25 years later as adults. This is a thriller with lots of twists and turns. Unfortunately, as the story progressed, it seemed to get a little too chaotic, and sometimes I had trouble distinguishing past from present. I did read it in record time, looking forward to some closure, which was provided.

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read and review What Have We Done.