Oh Joe what did YOU do to me? YOU were so excellent in the first two books but you got redundant. And it makes me sad…..


I love this series and my last review said while the third book wasn’t my favorite I would be interested in a fourth and sure enough I jumped at the chance .

My issue with this one is it was so slow and long. I would say it took 50% of the book for something to happen and then it would take off and then slow down again. So much potential but then fell off.

What I loved and would have thought would have been great was more of Sara Beth! Awesome idea of the podcast…and that storyline was awesome. Loved it!

What I didn’t like: Wonder….nope didn’t work and then the repetition of all the previous novels . Joe finds someone stalks them to then realize things aren’t happily ever after . But the idea of the fellowship didn’t work for me, it was too literary. And Sly and Glen didn’t work for me

Joe as much as I have followed you from New York, to Washington , to Florida and then to Massachusetts I’m done. It was a great trip but I might have to drop off

Thanks so much to Netgalley and publisher for my review in exchange for an honest review

I love anything with Joe Goldberg in it and this is no exception. Thank you for this book and all of its spookiness.

The third book of Joe Goldberg, You Love Me, left readers with the wonder of “Where will Joe go next?”, would he confront his past, continue to try and be a better person? Going into For You and Only You, readers want to see how much Joe as progressed as an individual, especially in his love life. The beginning of the book gives off the similar feelings of Beck, writer girl who in some way needs to be saved. From there, Joe’s actions just didn’t live up to what he’s previously been through. The story felt repetitive up until Sarah Beth, but even then it seemed lacking. The story felt all over the place, Joe didn’t seem as thoughtful as he once was. One mention of his son, almost like he’s completely forgotten about now. The writing didn’t seem to go into depth as it once did in previous books. It felt rushed and I unfortunately wasn’t left wanting more.

Joe Goldberg is my all time favorite antihero, a guilty pleasure, an addiction I cannot let go!

I screamed a lot as soon as I got the arc copy and had a privilege to find out what kind of new and thrilling adventures await us, where Joe will move and rewrite a new cover story for himself to start over!

The series on Netflix is announced to release first half of new season 4 on February 9th ( yes, it’s earlier than this book’s release date) There’s a small difference about the location between new series and the book:

In this book: Joe restarts his new life in Harvard as an aspiring writer candidate, attracts a famous author’s attention with his talent and get approval to join tight- knit writing fellowship. And wait for it! All of his expenses are paid. But in the series, the producers carried Joe’s adventure to the UK. He will hang out with intellectual Oxford students.

Instead of getting irritated by British snobs, Joe finds himself to barely communicate with a bunch of American, artificial intellectuals. He’s the only pure talent, joining in the pretentious, know it all circle of privileged author wannabes and he is the only one who didn’t graduate from a college! Wait a minute: he’s not the only one. A peculiar girl slurping her Chocolatta steals his thunder! Nice to meet you Wonder!

Joe finds his new Wonder Woman! She’s not pretentious just like the other members of their new writing group! She works at Dunkin Donuts as a manager. She’s living at the same old house with her family, taking care of her needy, grumpy father, her careless sister and her lovely nephew. She likes to read a lot and writes great Goodreads reviews. ( hey Joe, I’m also very popular in Goodreads and I already put my kettle on and bought delicious cookies if you want to stop by! ) But most importantly, Wonder is looking for commitment, pure love as she’s mentioned at several times on her reviews.

Joe’s regular tendencies take over and his stalking obsession, his desire learning more about Wonder’s life give him his new purpose! He can push her to write her first novel. He can kill her darlings for her! He can do anything to earn her devotion! He was unlucky but maybe he has closest chance to reach his own HEA! Don’t you think?

Well, I admire Joe’s extra creative, sarcastic dark humor! I love how Caroline Kepnes designed a special world belongs to him. She takes us to a long tour inside Joe planet and we find ourselves get lost in his rambling mind embellished with rich cultural references, laugh out loud criticism of our modern world! Only bad thing in this book: the intense and continuous rambling of different opinions overshadowed the entire execution. It gets repetitive and it affects the pacing a lot. Joe’s story can be told at least 100 pages shorter. The repetitive cycle disappointed a big Joe rambling fan like me!

The other thing I didn’t much enjoy was the ending of the story. I thought a few alternative endings on my mind but I cannot share it with you for not giving spoilers. But this conclusion wasn’t the kind of Joe Goldberg kind of ending I expected!

I just cut two points because slow burn storytelling, semi satisfying ending and a repetitive cycle push us stay on Joe’s mind too much longer ! I enjoyed the previous book a little more and I have to admit it was so much better than season 3 of the series!

I was expecting a little more from new Joe Goldberg book! And I actually find Wonder a little flat, boring character.

I’m giving three solid stars and giving my hopes up to enjoy the next book a little more!
I’m still so thankful to have this greatest opportunity to have a chance to read this book before the release date as a die hard Goldberg fan ( as it’s tattooed on my left shoulder! )

Special thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest feedback.

This is the fourth book in the series and, yes, Joe is back on his sh*t. The thing that I love about these books is peering into his mind. The way he rationalizes stalking, murder, obsession, and controlling every single detail of someone's life is so utterly mind-blowing. Every "up" in his mind is brought down by such simple facts of life, but twisted to be such horrible events. Some of this book seemed more drawn out. Usually he can make us feel like his current obsession is a Goddess incarnate with no flaws (for a while), but immediately it was clear that Wonder was nothing like he was building her up to be. Lacking that made it a little hard to connect to the book, kind of like, "Really, Joe. You picked HER?"
Overall, there was some really good twists. Some I saw coming, some I did not. It wasn't my favorite book of the series, but it I did thoroughly enjoy it! If you (HA) love the "You" series, don't skip it on this wonderful addition.

A new Joe Goldberg book,! I was so excited to read For You and Only You but I honestly had difficulty reading it. I found myself not reading because I wasn’t enjoying the story as I expected. I don’t feel it was as good as the other books in the You series. It dragged on and was quite repetitive. I felt I was reading the same things over and over. Wonder really didn’t add much to the story-I didn’t feel that she was a strong character. Caroline is an excellent writer but I wonder if the series should be done. Thank you to Random House Publishing,, Caroline Kepnes and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Joe Goldberg is back - and he’s at Harvard? Caroline Kepnes writes this character so well and there’s a reason the world is obsessed with his twisted mind - it’s brilliant

Sigh. Joe’s gonna Joe. -Harvard was inevitable -He’s back to type.

Joe’s finally moving in the right literary circles, but of course he feels alienated and anti-social, and seeking to fill his inner void with someone else’s heart.

You know what to expect from Joe, but it was fun seeing him among the literati. Read it all in one sitting. I’d nüchtern him into my veins if I could. I guess I back to type.

Being like the first 3 books it was going to have the same set up. He meets girl, falls for girl and then realizes she is not perfect and kills girl. I had a hard time getting into this one. It seemed to drag on and I had a hard time staying engaged.

It’s always a rollercoaster being inside of Joe Goldbergs analytical mind. Reading a story from the killers POV is like seeing an accident; you want to look away and know you should, but you just can’t. Surprisingly, Joe was rather subdued in this installment of the You series and I don’t know how to feel about it. I feel like it was missing something throughout the novel. Joe was very leashed and restrained which is a twist in itself but also makes it not the same as the first three books, but maybe that was the point? Either way I’m not complaining. It’s still a good read and continues Goldbergs insane life. However the ending was rather lackluster. I was expecting a big OMG reveal at the end but I sort of predicted how it would end. Again, not a bad thing though. All in all it was a fun read and I’m still excited to continue the story and see if Joe ever gets caught!?! I think it says something that he’s still loose and attracting all of these shattered souls to his own.

For You and Only You…. For the love of God, it’s past 1 in the morning. I finished. And here I am, ready to review because just like Wonder, I’m a Goodreads Girl. I’m in it until the end with Joe Goldberg. I’ll die on his hill. I’ll read every Joe book that gets put out into the world. Why? I love his character. I’m captivated, fascinated. I love the psychological aspect of spending time in his crazy, absolutely off-the-walls, bonkers brain. His fixation with love, his obsessions and murderous tendencies- I’m here for it all. He’s one big speeding car crash waiting to happen and I’m in the driver’s seat… buckled in and ready for the wild ride. He’s nuts, but we love him, and we root for him. I loved that this book was set in Boston (that’s where I’m from!) but overall, it was possibly my least favorite of the series. It took me almost 2 weeks to read. It had all of the typical Joe language and humor, plus his unique wit, and every bit of his insanity, but it just… hit different. I’m not disappointed (not even close), but it didn’t throw me over the moon either. It doesn’t matter though. When you read Joe once, you’ll read him again. And again. And again. If there’s a #5, you bet I’ll be there.


*Endless thanks to NetGalley, Random House and Caroline Kepnes for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

It honestly pains me to give this 3 stars because I love Joe Goldberg’s universe and will always read any book Caroline Kepnes writes about him, but this book just didn’t do it for me.
It had the chaotic inner dialogue of Joe that I find so creative and appealing, but lacked in a lot of other areas. Somehow this book managed to feel both rushed and never ending at the same time. It also felt incredibly repetitive!
For You and Only You centers around Joe’s journey into a Harvard writer’s fellowship where he (shocker!) meets and immediately falls in love with a peer. While this premise should be perfect for any “You” lover, it falls short. The majority of the book is basically spent discussing each author’s novel and goes on and on whose is better or more meaningful and blah blah blah. I just didn’t connect with that aspect at all and found it to be boring and specific to a fault. At times I felt like I was reading the wrong book.
Of course, Joe is Joe and he drug me back in with his insane inner workings every few chapters enough to keep my interest.
Overall, I don’t think the characters or the story were likable enough for me to sing their praises and I would only recommend this book to true “You” lovers.

Thank you to NetGalley, Caroline Kepnes, and Random House for this ARC!

I was thrilled when I was approved for this because I love the You series. Unfortunately, this book was such a disappointment. The book felt 100 pages too long, dragged on, and was just kind of boring. And I don’t even see what he saw in Wonder. She was full.

Joe is back in the 4th installment in this series. And this time he’s taking over Harvard! He has been invited by acclaimed literary author Glenn Shoddy to join a tight knit writing fellowship at Harvard, because instead of selling books, Joe is writing them. This is where he meets the talented Wonder Parish and believes they are destined to be literary soulmates.

I have been such a fan of Joe’s crazy, obsessive self since Caroline first came out with You. The way she writes the story as if Joe is talking to the person he is currently obsessing over is just pure genius, and such a unique way of story telling. To me that just adds to the appeal of being inside of Joe’s head and knowing what he’s thinking every step of the way.
Although the story was good, it didn’t receive five stars from me because Joe does get a little repetitive over time and I was hoping that his killings in this book would have a little more excitement to them and wouldn’t have been so boring. Also if you’re a person who needs to LIKE characters in order to read the book then you will be disappointed. I didn’t enjoy any of the newer characters because I found them all so full of themselves, prententious, and downright selfish. They were not like able at all and I found myself getting more annoyed with them as the book went on.

While I liked the show I could not get into the book version of Joe and it made it hard to finish this book.

For You And Only You was one of my most anticipated reads of 2023 so you can only imagine how elated I was when Random House Publishing Group approved me for an ARC of this book.

In this latest installment Joe Goldberg is heading to Harvard for a writing fellowship led by an acclaimed author with the hopes of getting his book, called Me, praised and published. In typical Joe fashion, he has become infatuated with a new lady, Wonder Parish. As usual though, it's not smooth sailing and Joe must resort to his homicidal ways to get what he wants.

If I had to choose one word that encapsulates how I feel about this book that word would be lackluster. While there were a few portions that had my heart pounding and interest piqued, mostly I was bored, confused, and disappointed.

It would be easy to blame this bust on how formulaic the series is, but it's that formula that's kept me coming back for more. The first book in this series was IMO unputdownable. I read it in one sitting because I could not get enough of being inside the mind of this MC who's so twisted yet so relatable. Although I didn't love the second and third book nearly as much as the first, I still enjoyed them and they sustained the excitement and demented sentiment of book one.

Wonder Parish was a flat character, there were missed opportunities for things to turn twisty that didn't, and the setting & scenario with all of the writers discussing writing was too meta.

Then the ending ... such a huge letdown! I actually had to read it twice before I could accept the fact that was the end of the book.

After reading all of the above you might ask, "Will you be reading the fifth YOU book if/when it comes out?" And surprisingly the answer is yes, yes I will.

I am secretly hoping that this book was written as a means to show growth for Joe and move his story forward before hitting us back with everything we love about this series in book five.

I give For You And Only You by Caroline Kepnes 3.25 stars ⭐⭐⭐🌠

Thank you Random House & NetGalley for this e-ARC! Pub Date: April 25th 2023

Whyyyy do we love Joe Goldberg so much? It’s exhausting to spend all that time in his head. And I loved every minute and can’t wait for the next one

This book will leave you feeling jittery and uneasy in the best way possible. As wonderfully written as the others in the series, just a great story with characters you love and love to hate. (And hate to love)

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

Goodreads Girl here, I was pleasantly surprised when the tale I thought would start in the swampy, unbearably hot Florida weather opened with Joe in a coastal city due to his ambitious goal of becoming a published, well known writer. You Love Me was my favorite book in the series until I read this one, where we get into Joe’s twisted psyche that much more with SB and her calling Joe out on his patterns. I also noticed several little Easter Eggs that have to do with the show scattered throughout, and though they are separate YOUniverses, I couldn’t help but smile when I caught one. This book went in a different direction than I thought it would, with our narrator confident and covering his trail carefully while realizing some people cannot be kept in his metaphorical cage no matter what he sacrifices to keep them there.

Caroline Kepnes does it again another creepy chilling thriller.Joe never fails to freak me out.I could not put the latest episode down.Looking forward to more by this author.#netgalley #randomhouse