I requested this title on Netgalley after reading reviews about how good it was.
The first few pages into the book, I was hooked. The story starts with a bang. Unfortunately, I didn't care for Frankie: I knew she would be an obnoxious character since she's in anger management classes, and her unwillingness to accept responsibility when she is the cause of the problem irked me. It took me three days to get to chapter 11. Today I considered just DNF: to be fair, I speed-read to the end.
On a positive note: the twist is a good one: I wouldn't have thought to go down the road the author did to make you keep guessing who is stalking Frankie.

Thank you so much for sharing this advanced copy ebook with me. Unfortunately this book did not work for me. I had great difficulty with the main character. Her behaviors throughout the book were frustrating to me and really made it hard for me to enjoy the story. I did not finish this book. My apologies.

This was a solid thriller with an interesting premise. Frankie starts attending an anger management support group and meets a single man. After their evening together her forgiveness list goes missing. When the people on the list begin having dangerous accidents, Frankie realizes she could be next. This story moved quickly and kept my attention the whole time. I liked how we learned about their connection after Frankie hears about what befell them. It made for a fast pace and I needed to keep reading to find out what would happen next. It did have a satisfying ending and I liked how the author wrapped up Frankie's story (or did she?). All in all, I enjoyed this read and will continue to read McKinnon's future work. Her books always entertain me. Thanks to Hannah Mary McKinnon, Harlequin Trade Publishing, MIRA, and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this title in exchange for my honest review.

After a incident at work Frankie must attend anger management therapy. At therapy the group is told it write a forgiveness list, or as it seems to become a revenge list as Frankie’s list goes missing and bad things start to happen to the people she put on her list.

Like I said I couldn’t put this down Hannah has a way of writing that keeps you flipping the pages and it just flows so well. I really liked Frankie’s character and it was interesting to read from someone who can be a angry person. I didn’t really know where this book was going and mostly everything in the book surprised me (one exception but didn’t take away from my enjoyment and fast page flipping!).

I have read 3 of Hannah’s books and I can’t wait to finish the rest on my shelf!!

I absolutely no questions asked love Hannahs creative mind when it comes to stories, At her first anger management class, Frankie is tasked with creating a forgiveness list, which quickly becomes her revenge list. When she loses her notebook, it is no coincidence that a series of mysterious “accidents” start to happen to those she listed. There's no way in heck they are linked to her or could they be? Dive right in I had no problems and i truly don't think you will.

This book is crazy. The kind you can’t stop reading until you figure out what the heck is going on!

It starts out with an intense scene that hooks you and then never let’s go. Our main character is ANGRY. She tries to go to anger management group sessions, but then people start getting hurt on her “forgiveness” list 😳 and boy can Frankie hold a grudge!

Poor Frankie has no control, and her anger acts out in horrible ways. She says what’s on her mind and doesn’t hold back. At times I thought she took things too far, but that’s what made such a unique storyline and character.

It was binge worthy, but also a bit of a slow burn at times. Lots of family drama and flashbacks to those on her list and how they wronged her.

I was pleased with the reveal at the end, and I hope there is a sequel coming because it was left with an open ending that had my jaw dropping!

Oh @hannahmarymckinnon you wrote a great book that had me glued to the very end. If you’re looking for a thriller that you will binge in one sitting - this is it.⭐️

The Revenge List is so unique and is full of twists. Frankie has an anger issue - she’s in an anger management course and as a way to reconcile, has to make a list of those that she needs to forgive. When the list goes missing, and people on the list start getting hurt, Frankie has no idea who is doing this - why are they going after the people who she hates.🤔

I started this book - sat outside and honestly didn’t look up until the last page - and oh what an ending! Such a great binge worthy book. Highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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I’ve been a fan of Hannah Mary McKinnon since her first book “The Neighbors” and she has solidified herself as a top writer in the genre of domestic suspense. Frankie seemed to be the character that everyone loved to hate but I really liked her. She had anger issues, but she’s fearless. The character development was flawless and the plot development was seamless.

I always enjoy thrillers from McKinnon. This was a decent one, not my favorite as I thought it seemed too easy to figure out. Some parts of it were a little far fetched but sometimes that's ok in a story. If you are new to thrillers this would be a great one to read.

I love every book I have read by this author and this one was no different. Great and original plot, unlikeable MC and a dark twisty storyline kept me interested throughout. What happens when Frankie’s private “revenge list” falls into the wrong hands? Guess you’ll have to pick this book up and find out!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest review and opinion.

Way to deliver a great thriller! Couldn’t put this one down. Great twist. Thank you for this opportunity to read this ARC.

Got me again!
Twists and reveals, right to the end! (Shouldn't I be getting smarter by now? Don't I read enough thrillers? Do I need a whiteboard to keep track of theories? An algorithm? A team of investigative minds on call and at the ready?)
Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing/Mira Books and Netgalley for my eARC for review.
Hannah Mary McKinnon's latest novel, The Revenge List, takes an anger management exercise and flips it.
Frankie (Francesca) Morgan's dad thinks she has rage issues. She goes to anger management classes on his request, and loses her notebook along the way. The notebook contains a list of those she feels need her forgiveness.
Someone, though, has found it and made it into a hit list.
The Revenge List took me a bit to settle into. But once I got to the second half, the pace was set and I raced to the end. We are taken through Frankie's feelings of guilt and remourse, as well as her trove of secrets.
Well done, once again Hannah - recommended!
Released on May 23.

Thank you Harlequin for an advance copy in exchange for a review.

Frankie Morgan works with her dad in construction. Her father has encouraged her to sign up for an anger management course because he believes she has too much rage in her that she needs to work through. Frankie's not sure what the benefit would be but reluctantly attends the first session. The group sessions are being led by a woman named Georgina, who suggests that all the attendees put together a list of people they would like to seek revenge against. The goal of the sessions is to work through their anger by forgiving each person on the Revenge List.

This was a fun thriller. The story was interesting and not too scary, which I was happy about. I was looking for a suspenseful thriller with some twists, and this book provided me with an abundance of twists and kept me curious. I wanted to guess the direction the story was taking and enjoyed going on the journey with Frankie. Frankie was a somewhat likable character with some anger issues. I found her backstory intriguing and looked forward to learning more about her.

I recommend this book if you are looking for something to distract you. There are a few triggers in the story, but I felt that the book wasn't too heavy, even though the topics were intense. I rate this book a strong four stars and cannot wait for her next release.

I love when Hannah has a new novel out. They are always entertaining. In this installment we get a character, Frankie, that is very hard to like or root for. She has anger issues that are more than out of control. In her anger management class, she writes a list of all the people that have done her wrong that she needs to forgive. Then it appears someone is getting revenge for her as accidents happen to those on her list. Everyone Frankie encounters becomes a suspect to her.

While at no point did I like Frankie, she is a strong willed woman that knows what she wants. The more I read, the more I understood what made her what she is today. Some of her own doing and some were just part of a hard life. But it is hard to sympathize with her becuase she never learns from her mistakes. About halfway through I figured out who was “helping” Frankie get revenge, but as usual, there were still a few twists to come. The beginning and the ending were fast paced, but the story slowed down a little in the middle for me, but just when I started to lose interest in Frankie and her dilemma, the story went full steam ahead and pulled me back in.

Anyone loving suspense filled character driven stories, should pick this one up.

Julie here... Hannah Mary McKinnon has done a great job with The Revenge List! I loved it!
And...I might add...I love a good revenge list.
This book has:
A list with names on it.
Anger management sessions.
The boss who is also your father. And he fires you.
A high school bully.
An envelope with a family profile.
Unfortunate "accidents".
A karaoke night.
A stunning realization.
More stunning realizations.
It's great!

Frankie Morgan had a rough life with many losses, and now she's in an anger management group. She makes a list of all the people who have wronged her, and her name is on the list as well. She doesn't think about it again until she realizes she lost the list and everyone on it is dying off in bizarre accidents. If she can't figure out what's happening, she could be next.

Frankie is an angry, irritable woman. Everything sets her off, and she takes it out on whoever is around her. It escalates quickly; we know it's just over a week because we open with an intense drive, and chapter two begins ten days earlier. She resents the world and wasn't a fan of the anger management class or the idea of making a list of people she hated so that she could forgive them. The accidents didn't always end up in death, but they happened fast and at random along her list, so the guilt regarding her list drove her further into her anger. As she contemplated each name, we learned why she hated them, and the wrong each one did to her. She didn't have it easy, and all those who manipulated her or took advantage of her meant that I felt sorry for her even as she kept screwing up.

As the story escalated, I was constantly surprised. First, by how far Frankie went to try to figure out what was going on, then by her capacity for forgiveness after all. The actual killer was a surprise, and the ending was a shocker. This is an excellent and tightly wound suspense thriller, that I stayed up late to finish. I had to know what happened next, and it was absolutely worth it.

When our main character, Frankie, is asked to make a forgiveness list by one of her counselors she does so begrudgingly. How can she ever forgive the people who have hurt her the most and why should she? If this list is what her father expects of her she decides that she should at least try to give it to him. The jerk client, her obnoxious neighbour and last but not least the man that killed her mother all of these people make their way onto Frankie's list as she categorieses it by severity levels. Things take a terrible turn when Frankie's notebook and her list are suddenly taken. Who could want such a private list and for what reason? Frankie has no idea but she becomes desperate to find out. I loved this book because I have never read a book about anything even remotely close to forgiveness lists. That fact alone I find amazing because so many people wrote lists for so many things so it's not far fetched yet I've never seen it done before. While the concept of this book was amazing I found the execution to be not quite what I was expecting and it was very hard to hold my interest all the way through. I found myself putting it down a lot and considering how short the book was it took me a lot longer than usual to finish it. Overall while there were a few small parts I didn't like they were easily looked past and I am glad that I got the chance to check it out because even though it started off slow it quickly picked up and took off like a rocket. This book had all the great workings of an amazing thriller and the characters really had you rooting for their safety. The ending and the big reveal were my favourite parts I never could have seen it coming.I can't wait to see what else Hannah McKinnon comes out with because I will be one of the first to check it out whatever it is.

I was excited for another book by this author. The beginning starts at an anger management session which wasn’t obvious to me right away. I kept waiting for this story to pick up pace and it didn’t. I couldn’t finish.

I found Frankie SO unlikable that I didn't really care about what was happening to her. Not my favorite HMM.

I received an advance copy. All thoughts are my own.

I loved this book. It was original and dark. I could not help but wonder what I would do if I was in the same position. There are some twists and a few turns, which added to the suspense and overall enjoyment of the novel. I was satisfied with the ending and felt that overall this was a brilliantly plotted and fleshed out thriller!