A fantastic return to form for the series, Joe is back. Learning his lesson from RIP Mary Kay, clean hands often won't reap the rewards we want. Can't wait to see what lessons Joe will take away from this latest dive into his never-ending quest to find "The One".

Joe Goldberg is back! And what a Wonder it is. Caroline Kepnes keeps the Joe we have come to know throughout the series and brings him to doing what he loves most- reading and writing while doing a fellowship at Harvard where he meets his newest Love. Mix this with an author he thought he knew and enjoyed, we find Joe at it again just doing Joe things. Another great one!

I have followed along with the Joe Goldberg series since the beginning. I feel like the story is becoming a bit stale. I enjoyed the setting of the writers retreat and the characters in the book but it is becoming a bit over the top and unbelievable to me. This is probably the last book in this series that I will pick up.

Thank you to Netgalley, Caroline Kepnes, and Random House for this book.
In this book we find Joe at Harvard as part of a writing fellowship. At this fellowship he meets Wonder Parish who he instantly falls for and begins to find out everything about her. He tries to kill her childhood best friend who turns out to be gay because her family wants her to be with him. We also meet Sarah Beth who is another writer in the fellowship who writes thriller/mystery books. Sarah Beth brings up a podcast one session and it’s about the last person that Joe killed and he instantly wants to kill her so that she will stop looking. He goes into her death shed filled with poisons where she works on her novels and confesses to everything he’s done up until this point. Sarah Beth wants to use it for her next book so Joe doesn’t end up killing her. Glenn is the person in charge of the fellowship and instantly takes a liking to Joe and his novel. So Joe becomes his “brotern” and ends up doing errands for him and going on bike rides, then when he insults Wonder’s novel , Joe kills him by sabotaging a bike ride and making Glenn ride off a cliff. Then his wife Sly ends up taking over and admits to Joe that she wrote Glenn’s book and he just took credit. Sly takes a liking to both Joe and Wonder and ends up giving their books to a publisher that she ends up changing unbeknownst to them both. So Sly ends up dead in her hot tub when she tries to break them up and when Wonder goes by her house just moments after Joe kills her they find her dead with a note that Joe wrote and Wonder tears it apart and takes it on herself to tell her story. Joe and Wonder break up after this and Wonder gets a book deal and Joe goes back to selling books at a bookstore and wanting to get back to loving reading. The book ends with him and Sarah Beth going to her cabin in Maine. It did take me a moment to read but I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss a thing and I loved the references to other books and the fact that Joe called Wonder a “Goodreads girl” it was very cleaver, lots of people use Goodreads to track their reading and review books. I cannot wait for the next book.

Is this the end of us? Joe, you have kept me on my toes for three books now. What's happening to you?

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the e-arc. Unfortunately this wasn’t my favourite. I found it to be an extremely slow read. I wanted to love it but couldn’t get into it.

I was initially excited to see another You novel but I found this one hard to get into. Joe was so creepy and the first 2 books were impossible to put down but now I feel like the stories are just rinse and repeat...

I’m sad to say this book was a huge let down for me :( I loved the first two books in this series so much, but by book #4 it’s getting very redundant. I was hoping that this book would veer off from the rest of the series, but it was more or less the same story: Joe meets a girl, Joe falls in love with the girl, Joe kills whoever he has to in order to get the girl. The first 1/4 of the book was so slow and repetitive I almost DNF’d.

Sadly my list of dislikes is much longer than my likes. Let’s start with what I liked: Joe as a narrator can be very entertaining, and though it felt repetitive at times, I still enjoyed his internal monologue guiding me through the story. I also liked Sarah Beth’s character, even though I think her story line could’ve and should’ve gone in a much different direction. Aaaand that’s pretty much it for things I liked about it.

Dislikes: the book was waaay too long. Like, could’ve shaved off 150 pages too long. There was too much about Joe and Wonder’s books (especially in the last 100 or so pages) and I just did not care at all. On that point - Wonder. She was so painfully average, and her and Joe had 0 chemistry right off the bat, making the entire story unbelievable. I also disliked pretty much every other side character. They were all very one dimensional, which I was surprised by considering how crafted the characters in books 1-3 were.

For a book marketed as a thriller, all of the “thrilling” aspects were wrapped up quickly, and it felt like nothing happened for 80% of the book. And to make matters worse, Joe was much more boring in this book. Being inside Joe’s mind, especially in the first book of the series, shows how twisted he is as a character. He can justify any and all of his actions, even if that is stalking, manipulation and murder. But there was so little of that in this one, and every time there was a little bit of action it fizzled immediately. I was bored and had to force myself to finish.

Though I have loved this series for years, I think it has run its course for me. Unless the formulaic structure of the books changes, I don’t see myself picking up book 5.

2/5⭐️

thank you to NetGalley and Random House for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

**Advanced copy provided by Net Galley**

Disclaimer: I do not watch the TV show but did read all previous books.

Mini spoiler for last book: Joe left for Florida at the end of the last book so I expected this book to start there. The author skipped Florida (and the pandemic) to bring us to Harvard. She did include some references to his time there which were incredibly entertaining!

The first chapter where you meet his fellows starts things off on the right foot and I loved his descriptions of them all. It was intriguing to see him from a writers perspective and it was a little bit of Beck’s role in the first book. As the book continues, Joe does what Joe does. The best part is the throwback to events from Bainbridge and one of the other fellows reaction to it. I loved the dynamics between the two “authors”. I could have used more time with the two of them, building on their baggage and histories. I loved how some of that was referenced in the epilogue.

I didn’t find the love interest as engaging. She is an interesting character, with enough drama around her to keep Joe spinning, but it wasn’t my favorite part of the story..

Overall, a great continuation of Joe’s story.

Note: Tesla’s do not need gas (chapter 39) or have engines (chapter 41)!

Another visit with the addicting anti-hero, Joe Goldberg. In anticipation of the newest season coming out on TV, I wanted to see what Caroline Kepnes had up her sleeve for Joe. I like reading the books and watching the show - in a dual-track, almost the same but not, sliding doors type of experience. I forgot how extra creepy and outrageous Book Joe is. This was a slow-burn read.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC!

I loved this book. I will read anything Caroline Kepnes writes. She always knows how to surprise me!! I Highly recommend adding FOR YOU AND ONLY YOU to your list.

Many thanks to NewGalley and Atria for my ARC!

Thank you to Caroline Kepnes, NetGalley and Atria Books for the chance to read this arc in exchange for an honest review.

I haven't had a chance to read book #3, but I have read the rest. This book was my least favourite so far, it fell very flat for me. I felt that it didn't have enough suspense and a lot of it was easy to guess what would happen next. I didn't find any shock value in it, and I was not too fond of his and Wonder's relationship. I did like certain aspects of the book, but the way Joe's voice comes through the text is still the best thing about these books. The way he continues to get himself into messes. I was just expecting more

His relationship with Love and Beck were way better than this one. This one was so back and forth, back and forth, super toxic and it just didn't make me root for them. I found no joy in their relationship. The whole thing with Sarah Beth was the same thing, it didn't make sense that they kept each others secrets.

I found it hard to get through the last 100 pages and I was very disappointed with the ending.

This was a difficult book to score because I love this series and the compelling narrative style, but this one didn't leave the impact with me the others did. I never once felt connected to Joe's love story with Hope. In the past, I felt like I was given reasons to understand Joe's interest in the girl. This time, I didn't feel like that magic was ever there. I kept asking myself why he was obsessed with her and why he felt like she would be a good match. Something was missing. There was also a lack of WTF moments, which every other entry has had for me. But FYAOY never gave me a single scene that dropped my jaw. The lack of connection to the previous stories also left me feeling cheated; I wanted more of a continuation between books but there's nothing involving the characters still alive after You Love Me. Some light mentions but nothing else. With the way this one ended, I hope we actually get a continuation next time instead of just another new girl set up. Disappointments aside, this is still wonderfully written and engaging. It's always cool getting inside Joe's head, even if sometimes it feels a bit forced.

I felt like this was my least favorite in the series so far, but it’s NOT the writing… it’s just the build up of knowing how amazing JOE IS! I’m wondering the whole time how Kepnes will top her last book in the You series. It’s still a 4.5 star read!!! I’m not going to tell anyone NOT TO READ IT! Let’s face it—- Joe is sexy as hell. We want Joe to step it up and change (please don’t change) because he’s a bad boy but so brilliant!!

Wonder— girl I need you to stop taking care of your dad and put the coffee down! But really!!! I wanted Wonder Woman to give some witty comebacks!!!!

I love how Joe is still better than everyone around him. He’s such an amazing character! How did we get SO LUCKY TO READ THESE CREATIONS?!

Could NOT put this book down! Caroline Kepnes does it again! Joe Goldberg is probably one of the most fascinating characters in modern day literary works. 5 stars for this read and can’t wait to publish a more thorough review on Amazon! Thanks for the ARC!

Joe... it's you, not me! This time around Joe is in Harvard! Hello professor Joe! Well not really... Joe is at Harvard for a writers program. He is starting fresh in a new life and all he wants is to complete this program and become a famous writer. His new life starts off amazing until about the time it takes him to meet her. I won't say who her is but we all know by now how intense Joe is with a female he wants in his life. As for the writing program He is immediately taken under a very famous writer wing. What's that saying though "never meet your idol"... Overall I really enjoyed another adventure from Joe Goldburg. I love that I couldn't predict what he was going to do next. I truly think everyone will really enjoy this book.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this book early in exchange for my honest review.

It seem like yesterday when I read the first You book, and here we are on the 4th book. And Joe doesn’t disappoint even if he is the bad guy of his story. It’s still hard to not want to like him or root for him to get kinda a happy ending.
I love the throw backs to the OG You book.

Once again thanks for allowing me to read this ARC NetGalley.

For You and Only You is the fourth book in a series. I think it could be read as a standalone but it would be better if you read the other books first to know how truly twisted Joe is! This time Joe is part of a writing fellowship at Harvard - writing books instead of selling them which is his usual job. A lot of the people who are part of this group have already achieved some success as writers and they love to tell people about it. Joe even meets Wonder who shares a lot of his interests and ideas about writing. But when people do anything to hurt Wonder's feelings you know what's going to happen! Joe becomes more and more wicked with every book!

This was a doozy! 4th in a series which has been adapted by Netflix. I have watched all of the seasons of the show but it was my first time reading the novel and it seems there is a gap in characters/story from the tv show, which is understandable.

So, the book starts with Joe joining an Ivy League writing Fellowship and meeting Wonder. First off, I gave a pass on his former interest being named Love (not really a name), but Wonder also?? Yikes.

Anyway, she is your typical hot Bostonian who works at a Dunkin’ Donuts and has an Ivy League writing fellowship, and is surprisingly unambitious... yeah, that’s the character. Like the previous marks of Joe‘s obsession, she is likable and naïve and endearing.

Joe is still… Joe. A Pendantic, cerebral, narcissistic, savior-complex having serial killer who believes he is just helping bad people “get what’s coming to them”. He can magically justify any of his murders. I do not want to spoil the plot & kills, but will say that I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to fans of the show.

I would also recommend that fans of this series and style of writing read “Perfect days” by Raphael Montes.

Joe Goldberg is at it again. This time he is in love with Wonder , a fellow student in his Harvard writing class. As usual, he has people getting in the way of his love . The worst is a writer, who is also a psychopath, that learns all of Joe's dark secrets. Lots of writers words, nice shout out to GoodReads. I think in this book, Joe has mellowed a bit of gas he.
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC.

I can't believe there's a fourth book in this series, but I have to admit I enjoyed it! Even though I know Joe is a bad guy/murderer and we're not really supposed to root for him, this one made me really want him to finally find someone to be with and change his ways. Besides the first book, this one might be my favorite out of all of the books.