I was looking forward to this one. I got about 50 pages in and it didn’t hold me. Hired killers though are not my thing I had hoped to love this one.

Thank you Mulholland books & Netgalley for an eARC of Before She Finds Me by Heather Chavez in exchange for an honest review. Chavez is one of my favorite authors, her book being No Bad Deed an all-time favorite of mine, so as soon as I saw this one available as a galley I RAN (and maybe tripped) to hit request.

What’s it about?
Julia Bennett is moving her daughter Cora in for college with her ex-husband and his new wife. The last thing Julia expects is an attack on campus, but her quick actions save her daughter’s life. Julia’s not only shaken by what happened but is harboring secrets frothier past. Was the attack random? She isn’t so sure it was.

The novel also follows Ren Petrovic. Not only is she a trained assassin, but she’s pregnant. She wasn’t on campus the day of the attack, but her husband was. She doesn’t know why he didn’t involve her sooner…he broke their rules, and she begins to question who hired him, and how was Julia able to act so quickly?

Wow! Very rarely do I get triggered by a book, and I am constantly reading novels that many consider dark and twisted. Chavez writes the school shooting scene so expertly that while reading, I felt like I was there with the characters. Absolute chills. Julia and Ren, a current and soon-to-be mother, both want to uncover the truth behind the attack on campus. It quickly becomes apparent that the truth will destroy one of their families - And both are determined to keep theirs in tact. Dual POVs that are both beautifully written, details come full circle in this one to send you on a roller-coaster ride of emotions that will have you rooting for both strong female leads (even though they aren't necessarily on the same side). Chavez, job well done on another novel that will stay with me forever.

I love this intense, climactic thriller. I was incredibly invested in the characters and plot. Readers are going to love this incredible novel.

Thanks to NetGalley and Mulholland Books for this early access copy!
Trigger Warnings: Mass shooting/school shooting

Before She Finds Me starts on a high. I was automatically hooked, but the problem with such a climatic start is that it can be difficult for the rest of the book to hold the same intensity. Overall, I was mostly interested about Julia and her life, not as much Ren. 3 stars.

Chavez creates a world of opposites in Before She Finds Me that will leave the reader breathless.

Two women with their own definition of good, yet one of them is a hired killer who can calmly plot out a kill while undergoing an ultrasound for her unborn baby, and the other a woman whose family suffers an insurmountable loss yet has an undeniable knack of survival. And yet, there is a connection. They might, perhaps, be friends in another book, another story.

Before She Finds Me will take you on the ‘read’ of your life!

Yes!! Thrilling and suspenseful read that i could not put down. The female characters are so well drawn and the storyline is quite compelling. Strong female leads!!

YES. I loved it. I was rooting for almost all the females and and got really sucked into the book. It was original and I was really happy with how it ended