Traveling With T’s Thoughts:

I’ve read a couple of Hannah Mary McKinnon books and enjoyed them and when her publicist reached out about The Revenge List, I immediately accepted the book. It sounded good!

But have you ever read a book when you are so tense from the shit show that a main character is making of their life that you need a massage? That is how I felt about Frankie. Sure, her take no BS approach to life- especially when dealing with men, ok, I could get behind that. But every time there was some tension, a scene that where if Frankie would have backed off a bit, that could have been defused- I was begging her to NOT keep pouring gasoline on on the fire that was her life. Literally telling my Kindle “Walk away, Frankie, walk away.” Of course Frankie being a character in a book, she did not listen.

What I Liked:

I like the cover. It’s got enough mystery about it to keep me intrigued.

The idea of a revenge list. I loved that part of the plot.

The ending. I absolutely loved it.



Bottom line: Frankie is a character I am not soon to forget.



*This book was sent to Traveling With T for review consideration. All thoughts and opinions are mine alone.*

I loved the premise of this book- Frankie joins anger management and the assignment is to write a list of people she needs to forgive in her life. When the list is stolen, the people she named start getting hurt and she quickly realizes that someone is taking revenge on her behalf.

I was on the edge of my seat throughout the entire book and didn't see many of the twists coming! I love when I can't predict the ending of thrillers.

Thank you to NetGalley, Hannah Mary Mckinnon and Harlequin Trade Publishing for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

After having read Never Coming Home and finding it an enjoyable and deviously written thriller, I was really looking forward to The Revenge List, which sounded very intriguing! I was completely bummed out by this story because I found it extremely boring and Frankie very annoying. The deviously delish part I was hoping for comes without surprise and so far at the end of the story that it just fell flat.

I thought this book had a creative premise, however, it fell flat for me. I loved that it was set in Portland, I've always wanted to go there. Frankie the FMC has issues regulating her emotions and when she goes to anger management she is told she should make a list of people who have wronged her as a means to forgive them. Unfortunately, this list goes missing and becomes a revenge list and the people on the list start experiencing "accidents" Frankie desperately wants to find who took the notebook in hopes of stopping the killer.

I found Frankie to be insufferable. I found the plot to be good, but just slightly ridiculous at times. I did enjoy it but it just didn't stick out to me.

Frankie makes a forgiveness list of all the folks who have wrong her in her life. She then loses the notebook that she wrote all the names in.
Soon everyone on the list starts getting hurt in drastic ways. Frankie can't understand who is harming all of these people
Are they trying to set her up?
Is there a reason? A connection?
Frankie must race to find out who is harming the folks on her list, because she put her dad's name on that list as well

Thank you to NetGalley for an arc of this book.
In this novel we meet Frankie Morgan who has anger management issues. Frankie meets Evan who is another member of the anger management group that she joined after an incident with a co-worker. Frankie and the other members of the group are charged with creating a list of people that have wronged them and why they are still angry with them. After the meeting Frankie goes with Evan to a coffee shop and catches Evan going through her things and gets quite upset with him. When she returns home after getting a ride from uber she can't find her notebook with her list inside. Then the people on her list start having accidents and she believes that it's Evan and goes to confront him and ends up pushing him against a glass door by accident. Frankie then starts looking for the other people on her list including the father of her son that she gave up for adoption when she was 14. Frankie later finds out that her son who know goes by Jonathan is behind the attacks and wanted to help her and wanted her to love him. Four months later Frankie is celebrating her thirty fourth birthday and gets her list back tapped together with the words good luck on your new job after believing her son died in the sea after trying to drown them. Then she remarks that next time she will be ready and he will lose.

I could not put this one down, wanting to get to the bottom of why the FMC was so very angry. The Revenge List included a heroine that was definitely
damaged, complex and carefully developed. Throughput the book you find out why and I found it to be the perfect edge-of-your-seat thriller, filled with intricate plot twists and finishing up with the ultimate WTF ending.

The whole idea of a revenge list intrigued me. I knew to be on the lookout for a twisted ending, after all, that's what the Queen of endings does - she twists them and they're always a surprise to me.
I'm not the type of person who likes to figure things out - although I know a lot of readers are like that. I prefer to enjoy the ride the author takes me on and this ride on The Revenge List was...curvy.
It starts off with someone with obvious anger issues. Did this make me like the character more or less? Honestly, I wasn't sure - she was very flawed and I wasn't sure if I was going to like her or not. Let's be honest - she made a lot of stupid decisions that cost her more than she could afford.
One thing the author did brilliantly was the creation of her characters - we're not always supposed to like them, but we are supposed to have emotions for them, and Frankie brought out a lot of emotions in me.
The twists and turns - I'm being honest when I say I didn't see them. Most authors would have started out with a safe path and maybe twisted some of those paths to bring conflict, but every single twist and turn, it became obvious there were no safe paths.

Do I recommend? Absolutely!

I just love Hannah Mary McKinnon. Such drama-filled, twisty, flawed character-driven storiessss. I'm a lifer. This one was no exception. Don't sleep on HMM!

I really liked the main character and her anger, as it is a large part of the book. However, this book was very middle of the road to me. Frankie, the main character was the only character that I liked. I felt like the whole plot of the novel was very basic and that I had seen or read it many times before. I could also see a few of the twists coming. The writing was okay. This book was good but not great, okay but not terrible.

An exciting and original read with lots of twists, turns and red herrings. I loved the revenge list premise and the protagonist’s anger management issue which kept getting in her way.

A list in the wrong hands!
A bit of slow burn, but that amazing plot really does it justice. More mystery than thriller and with a synopsis like that you would expect this book to give you that sense of intense excitement, suspense, and anticipation.

Overall not a bad read.

Another great thriller from Hannah Mary McKinnon that kept me guessing right 'til the very end. She always writes interesting characters and unique plots that draw me in right away. While I did find the MC, Frankie, a bit much at times I enjoyed following her journey. If you're looking for a fun + fast paced thriller I'd recommend picking this one up.

Thank you to Hannah Mary McKinnon, NetGalley and the publisher for an early review copy in exchange for my honest opinions.

This is my 4th book by this author and I think my new favourite! I started it in print last night and listened to it on audio in its entirety today. It accompanied me on my walk through our beautiful public gardens, which felt like quite a contrast to this sinister and twisty plot!
I am not primarily a thriller reader, but I do really enjoy this author and The Revenge List, out today (May 23) kept me guessing the entire time. It's a good one to go into blind although some trigger warnings to be aware of (in comments ). I could not put my finger on what was going on at all, much like the main character, Frankie, although I was a bit less mad about it than her (she has clear anger management issues as a major facet of her personality).
I also enjoyed that this thriller explored different family relationships than a couple which is so commonly done. Hannah Mary really excels at these slightly less common family dynamic thrillers and without saying too much about the book, I found all of that very interesting. (Frankie is quite close to her father and brother in the book).
This one would make an ideal beach read because it's very hard to put down and I also enjoyed the audiobook narration a lot and it's on @hoopladigital!! Go check out @hannahmarymckinnon 's bio for more info about the new release and big congrats to her on pub day!
Thank you so much to the author and the publisher for the gifted copy!

Hannah Mary McKinnon is one of my favourite authors, so I was excited to read her latest release! Although The Revenge List isn’t my favourite of her novels, I did enjoy it. I really look forward to her next release in hopes it is a bit more to my liking.
Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for an ARC of this thriller!

I struggled with the main character. I did not like her and the decisions she made or how she acted made me want to shake her.

*full review will be posted*

Thank you Netgalley & HTP Books for an eARC of The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon!

Frankie Morgan is angry - Hence why the book kicks off at an anger management session in which she has to create a forgiveness list - but for her, it's more of a revenge list. The list goes missing, and one by one, the people on it start getting hurt in what appear to be freak accidents.

Frankie is such an interesting character - I loved following her and learning more about her life and background. I found the ending to be a bit far-fetched but still enjoyed it nonetheless! As always, I can't wait to see what McKinnon comes up with next. This was a fresh, unique book for the thriller genre that had me laughing, too.

This reminds me of one of the scenes from Billy Madison where the guy has a revenge list but crossed with a secret vigilante. Of course, Hannah Mary McKinnon writes a fabulous thriller and this wasn't an exception. I really enjoyed the plot and the characters. Frankie just has sooo much anger inside of her, and I think we have all felt that at some point in our lives. We have all wanted to seek revenge. I probably wouldn't have added myself to my list, but Frankie isn't me. Alas, the plot thickened.

This was a good weekend thriller for sure.

Oh, I love a revenge plot! This one is a little different because we aren’t exactly sure who is exacting the revenge…which I loved and had us pointing a lot of fingers during our buddy chat!
Yes, Frankie made the list but it starts out as a forgiveness list she was tasked to create in anger management class. The notebook she wrote it in goes missing and then terrible things start happening to the people on it. (Let the finger pointing commence!) Frankie has her suspects but, with her anger issues, she’s not the ideal candidate for confrontation. (Insert the police beginning to know her on a first name basis.) The ending was action-packed and shocking and so love how everything wrapped up.
This is a quick, suspenseful read that is definitely fun to read with friends!

📝 BOOK / REVIEW 📝

@hannahmarymckinnon is BACK!! Sending out a MASSIVE thank you to both @_mira_books_ and @netgalley for my #ARCs of #therevengelist, which published May 23, 2023.

This one has been on my backlist forever, so I grabbed it from @hoopladigital and thoroughly enjoyed the #audiobook version (#laurenezzo was a tremendous narrator!)

I really loved the premise behind this book and often wondered if I would ever make a revenge list and who I would include 🤔 I struggled a bit with Frankie's character, but that is because I felt she was well written! The book is fast-paced, and I thought the ending was 👨‍🍳💋. I feel like this one begs for a sequel - I love #thrillers that keep you guessing well after the book ends.

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️