📣 BOOK / REVIEW 📣

I am really on a book binge these days! With some newly found free time, I am able to dedicate a lot of my power to both physical and #audiobooks.

I was lucky enough to get an early copy of #gonetonight by @sarahpekkanen (huge thanks @stmartinspress - you're the best!) My virtual #bookclub has been raving about this one, so I wanted to start immediately!

As a mom, I felt all of the stress and anxiety that Ruth was facing. While I didn't agree with all of her lies and decisions, I couldn't say that I didn't silently cheer her on the entire book. Both she and Catherine were unreliable narrators throughout the story, which definitely kept me guessing and invested in the truth.

I loved the "diary entries" woven throughout the chapters and really appreciated all the lengths that this mother <> daughter duo went through to keep each other safe.

This book is TENSE and fast paced - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. It will be available on August 1st!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC. I found this book a little slow pace. I kept waiting for some big thing to happen and it never did. It was just an ok thriller.

Book : Gone Tonight
Author : Sarah Pekkanen
Pub Date : 01 August 2023

Thank you NetGalley, St. Martin’s press, & the author for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Do you love:

- Domestic Thrillers
- Suspense
- Twists & Turns Left & Right
- Family Ties
- Dual POV w/alternating chapters (MY FAV!)

This book is for you!

I love a good twisty domestic thriller & I had never read anything from Sarah before and let me just start by saying that I will continue to watch for her releases because her writing style really does something for me. The characters in this read were so well done and the dialogue and storyline was perfection. This was one heck of a book. I sat down and opened this up and lost track of the entire day.

Without giving too much away because I think with this one I would…we follow a Ruth (the mother) who got pregnant with her daughter (Catherine) in high school and raised her into a beautiful young adult and she just graduated nursing school. Not long after we realize that her Ruth is forgetting things and they begin to wonder if possibly she has the early onsets of Alzheimer’s causing her daughter to put her life journey on hold — but the story takes a twist and we follow them on a wild ride that will have you hanging off the edge of your seat.

This book was hands down just wonderful! So many secrets, so many twists and mysterious turns. You never really know what’s going to happen next. I was not expecting the ending that was for sure. This book was probably another one of my favorite for the 2023 year. If you haven’t thought about picking up this book yet, this is your reminder. Cannot wait for the next one!

At first, I was really surprised that Pekkanen had written a sad book. It was like nothing I’d ever read of hers… but then I saw the “thriller” side of it and it all made sense. 😂

I enjoyed this story, told in alternating points of view between a mother and daughter who are all on their own.

I thought Ruth’s back story was really sad, which made the book feel more real and tragic. I hated all that she went through as a young girl, but I loved how she worked very hard to move past all the trauma in her life.

I saw the twist coming so it wasn’t surprising for me. I thought it was a good story, though a little unbelievable in spots and a little slow at times.

Absolutely brilliant! I have been a big fan of Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Henrick's dual thrillers so when I saw Sarah was releasing her own thriller, I knew I had to read it ASAP. I'm so happy to share that it completely lived up to the hype! I loved the dual-POV and the twisty mother-daughter relationship. The pacing was perfect and the story just totally engaging.

4.5 stars! LOVED how fast paced this was. Kept me on the edge of my seat, a truly suspenseful and thrilling read! Highly recommend! Will be filming a more in depth review on my youtube channel at the end of the month as well :)

A mother and daughter go HEAD to HEAD in Sarah Pekkanen’s “Gone Tonight” 🥊

BOOK REVIEW: 🖤🖤🖤🖤/5

It has always just been Ruth and Catherine … a closely knit mother and daughter duo that have braved the world together. But now Catherine has been offered a nursing job at a world renown hospital and is ready to flee the nest. BUT is Ruth willing to let her go??

Catherine has never asked too much about Ruth’s past and why they have no family ties. Ruth just explains that everything that she has done in her life has been FOR Catherine. When Ruth reveals something tragic about her genetics, Catherine feels the need to stay home and care for her mother. She begins to dig into her mother’s past and the two of them play a game of cat and mouse around each other while covering up and uncovering secrets and lies. Will Catherine ever find out the REAL truth and escape her mother??

I went into this book blind and I am thrilled that I did! What I thought was happening completely took a turn and I was astonished by Ruth’s past and the lengths she will go to protect her daughter!

Thank you kindly to @sarahpekkanen @stmartinspress @netgalley for my advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest review! This book releases on August 1, 2023!

Kept me glued to the pages. Fabulously entertaining. Loved it! Thank you publisher and netgalley for this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Single mom Ruth has raised her daughter Catherine all on her own for the past 24 years, now Catherine is ready to leave the nest and pursue her passion for nursing. A week before Catherine is due to leave and start her own life Ruth has an appointment that has Catherine feeling like she has to hang around and watch over her mother. Catherine thinks her mother is showing signs of Alzehimers but the signs are almost textbook…..

I loved this book and could not put it down, I finished it in less than 24 hours. So many twists and turns, everytime I thought I had the plot figured out another twist in the story.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC

I *really, really* enjoyed this book. I loved that we got the dual point of view from mother and daughter and the unreliable narrator vibes. I have read one other book by Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks, The Golden Couple and I was really just kind of underwhelmed by the story. It made me a little nervous to go into this book but I was pleasantly surprised. Unlike my previous experience with this author I felt much more connected to these characters and I could not put this book down. Each twist and turn of this book really leaves you guessing what is going to happen next. As someone who frequently can guess the ending of books, this one really had me scrambling for pieces to the puzzle. I absolutely enjoyed this and highly recommend it to other lovers of thrillers!

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book, releasing August 1, 2023!

This is from one of the authors who brought us The Golden Couple and The Wife Between Us. I enjoyed both of those books so was intrigued by how this one would be. I was not disappointed. What a roller coaster of a ride!

Catherine Sterling and her mother Ruth have always been a pair. They live together and have rely on each other through all things. All seems well until Ruth starts showing signs of Alzheimer's. Catherine works at a memory care facility and immediately goes to worst case scenario on where their life is heading. However, she notices a chink in her mother's story one day. She finds that she has checked out a book called Understanding Alzheimer's. This gives Catherine pause and makes her start to question EVERYTHING. Why does her mom never talk about her past? Why do they move around so much? What is she hiding?

I thought this was a wonderful thriller that kept me guessing until the end what direction it was going in. I liked getting glimpses into Ruth's past to get a better understanding of her story. This is a story of a mother who will do ANYTHING to protect her daughter. Maybe even kill for her. I really enjoyed this book and hope you do too. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

Gone Tonight had me hooked since the first few pages and it was one of those books that when I started I could not stop reading it and I finished it in one sitting! Sarah Pekkanen did a tremendous job keeping the suspense, and providing plot twists that I never saw coming in this engaging thriller. Fully recommend for all thriller fans looking for a great story and fast read!

A big thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an ARC of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.

As soon as I saw the name Sarah Pekkanen I wanted to read this book immediately. I’ve loved all the books she has co-written with Greer Hendricks, but this is the first solo book of hers I’ve read. I went in completely blind and it was not what I expected. While I didn’t find it to be very thrilling, it was pretty suspenseful. The story alternates between the POV of a mother and daughter and I thought their relationship was interesting. The book is definitely a slow burn. Once the pace picked up though I couldn’t put it down. 3.5 stars rounded down.

This book started off a bit slow for me, but once it picked up it I didn’t want to put it down! Loved the plot twists that kept me guessing. Will look for other books by this author!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for my advance reader copy in exchange for my honest feedback.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for my copy of Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen in exchange for an honest review. It publishes August 1, 2023.
First off, I think Kate Mara did an excellent job narrating this book, very well done! I would definitely listen to anything by this narrator!
Secondly, this was my first book that was a solo book by Sarah Pekkanen, and she definitely holds her own! Just when I would think I was onto something, I realized that was exactly what she wanted me to do! She is a master of this genre, and I applaud her work! The characters were so interesting, I wanted to know so much more, and she delivered! You can also tell the depths of research that was done on the topics important to this story! If you like thrillers, definitely give this a go!

Gone Tonight
by Sarah Pekkanen
Pub Date: 01 Aug 2023

Gone Tonight was an excellent story about a relationship between a mother and daughter. The story was completely original and very plausible. I liked it from the start.

I would describe it as jaw dropping, addictive, a very tense twisted story that kept me hooked from the first page. I highly recommend this 5 star book!

Synopsis:

Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for her daughter. All her life, it's been just the two of them against the world. But now, Catherine is ready to spread her wings, move from home, and begin a new career. And Ruth Sterling will do anything to prevent that from happening.

Ruth Sterling thinks she knows her daughter. Catherine would never rebel, would never question anything about her mother's past or background. But when Ruth's desperate quest to keep her daughter by her side begins to reveal cracks in Ruth's carefully-constructed world, both mother and daughter begin a dance of deception.

Many thanks to #NetGalley, #StMartinsPress and #GoneTonight for a copy of this E-ARC. All opinions are my own.

Catherine and her mother Ruth have always depended on each other but suddenly things begin to fall apart when Catherine decides to move to another city and start a new job. Ruth knows she has to prevent Catherine from leaving and will do anything to make it happen.
I sadly found the story dragged along and it was a bit repetitive. Some of the ending was sort of predictable for me and I found it lacking. That's my opinion only.

Gone Tonight is a thriller that looks at a mother's secret past and the lengths she goes to protect her daughter. The chapters alternate POV between the mother and daughter and overall, the format works. It wasn't my favorite thriller of the summer but it definitely kept my attention throughout.

Thank you to #NetGalley, Sarah Pekkanen and St Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read an advance copy of GONE TONIGHT, to be published 1 August 2023. This domestic thriller was about two women: mother and daughter, who for 24 years lived on the run, unbeknownst to the daughter. It was presented from their own perspectives and involved some pretty fancy footwork on the part of the mother — to keep a variety of facts hidden from her daughter. But then the past came back to haunt them, with a surprise twist at the end. Well structured storyline and overall a good read. 4/5 Stars. #NetGalley. #SarahPekkanen #St Martin’sPress. #GONETONIGHT

Catherine and Ruth have a wonderful mother and daughter relationship. They are each others rock. Until some questionable things begin coming up and Catherine is beginning to wonder if she truly knows her mother.

I enjoyed the plot and way this story is written! This multilayered storyline keeps you on your toes as we get both Catherine and Ruth’s points of view. Has Ruth been keeping secrets from Catherine? Has she been lying to her? What is truth?

I loved how the nuggets of truth are dropped and the way we learn what’s real and what’s truly going on. Great writing and great twists! How far would you go to protect your daughter?