This is a pulse pounding read, leaving you guessing until the very end. I loved every single minute of it!

A teenage girl wakes up battered and bruises with absolutely no memory. An officer finds her and soon, her father comes to take her home. He says her name is Mary and he has a slew of documentation to prove it.

Meanwhile, hours away, Drew is grasping at straws searching for his missing girlfriend, Lola. Everyone in town thinks he killed her, but he is the only one still actually looking for her.

The first takeaway from this book: all the adults were capital S- Stupid!! They were the worst, never listening, showboating, blaming, just terrible. The second takeaway: holy smokes, this book was fantastic.

Drew is relentless when it comes to finding Lola. He works tirelessly, infuriated by the fact that nobody else seems to be looking, especially not the sheriff… Along with his cousin and an unlikely ally, they seek answers anywhere they can, following a dangerous path for the truth.

Mary is home with her dad, though it becomes clear very quickly that something is not right here. We get their alternating POV in different chapters, leading to an explosive ending! I loved the writing, I loved the way the author keeps you guessing, and I loved the characters.

One of the best YA thrillers I’ve read in a long time! The fact this is a debut novel to boot really emphasizes how well written the plot was and the depth of the characters. That’s Not My Name had me glued to the page right from the start and was the perfect mix of slow burn and suspense. The ending was not at all what I was expecting, but the authors choices only made the plot stronger. I really enjoyed how the mystery (Who is Mary Boone? What happened to Lola?) and how the events played out in two different POVs/locations. I was completely blown away!

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Disturbing from page one. This read was definitely a slow burn, but it did not disappoint with the suspense factor.

Wow!!! I could not put this thriller down. I was engrossed the whole time and that is not how I feel about a lot of teen thrillers. I didn't guess the twist or the ending AT ALL. I can't wait to recommend this one to teens in my library.

Thank you NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire for the copy of That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally. I love a good YA story and this debut is a fun one. I was expecting a typical “Missing girl, boyfriend is accused” tale, but it was so much more! I loved Drew and Mary as main characters and they both had really good narratives. In true YA fashion, the adults are not really well defined, and mostly play minor roles. Many books have epilogues, but this is the best one I have ever read; other authors should take note of how it wraps everything up so perfectly. If you want a well-written, fast-paced book that you will want to read in one sitting, this is it!

This book is incredible. Truly hard to believe it's a debut it's so well crafted. The pacing is IMPECCABLE. I stayed up all night to read it in a single go. I truly haven't read anything else so binge-able all year. This is going to be a TikTok sensation, calling it now.

Quite note for the publisher: the quotations have gone awry in several moments. Dialogue tags are clearly not where they were intended by the author, and I hope this can be fixed before the book goes to print because it's truly a breakout book and I'd hate to see it poorly reviewed due to some formatting mistakes.

Wow! This is another one of my fastest reads. I was able to devour this book in one sitting, completely drawn into the mystery of a seventeen-year-old girl who wakes up in a ditch, covered in blood, with a crushed nose and a lump on her head, in the middle of nowhere. She has no idea who she is. At the same time, there's Drew, another seventeen-year-old boy accused of the disappearance or presumed murder of his girlfriend, Lola. Are these two events connected?

However, the girl who lost her memory has already been taken home by her worried dad, who drove her from the station and told her a story about meeting her in a cabin. She might have had a car accident, and her name is Mary, so she's not the same missing girl Drew is accused of killing, even though her body hasn't been found. Officer Roane is determined to pin the crime on him to provide closure to the very concerned citizens of the small town.

As Mary spends more time with her overprotective dad, his conservative and controlling ways, which prevent her from going outside without a disguise, raise questions in her mind. Why can't she remember him? But, most importantly, why can't she remember who she really is?

Meanwhile, the town's shunned boy, Drew, is determined to unravel the mystery of his missing girlfriend. Guilt eats away at him because he let her go on the night she disappeared. Can he piece together the clues and track down Lola's location, which may lead him to the cabin where Mary resides and provide the answers he's looking for? Could these two mysteries be connected?

Overall, this is a well-written, heart-throbbing, riveting, and exciting page-turner that you shouldn't miss. I initially planned to give it four stars, but the epilogue featuring Drew affected me more than I expected and brought tears to my eyes. So, I've added half a star and rounded up my rating to 4.5 stars! I'm eagerly looking forward to reading more works by this author in the near future.

Many thanks to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire for providing me with this unputdownable book's digital review copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.