As a huge fan of THE NIGHT SWIM, I was so excited when its sequel, DARK CORNERS, was announced. I have been waiting patiently for it to become my family’s book club pick and I am so glad it finally did!

I love our MC, podcaster Rachel, and greatly enjoyed another story featuring her. The twists and turns were great and I enjoyed the overall plot. It was a quick read and I definitely wanted to know the answers. I liked the concept of this happening at a content creator event, but felt it was missing something. The alternating POVs were handled fantastically and the pacing was just so good.

There was an added romance story line that I actually enjoyed, but I’m not sure it really added to the overall story. I did enjoy the reveals and connections throughout and the inclusion of the podcast transcripts was so good. Highly recommend listening to this one.

I hope that we get more books of Rachel investigating crime in the future!

I soooo enjoyed this novel. I absolutely adored getting to know Rachel Krall in The Night Swim, and I'm so happy to see her series continued. This audiobook was so well done and hooked me from the beginning. I see some discourse surrounding the podcast trope being overdone, but 1) I disagree and 2) even if I didn't, you can't help but love Rachel. This book was different from TNS in that you knew who the bad guy was almost immediately from the start - what you didn't know was how or why or WHEN. This lead to an increase in suspense throughout the whole novel that made this a super quick and compulsive read. Overall, I loved it.

Dark Corners was an enjoyable read. I did however, find this slow and lacking the pop twists Megan Goldin is known for! I would still recommend this to my thriller friends! Thank you NetGalley for this ARC.

Thanks for the review edition!

I love books that have an interesting format to them and this line is no exception. The podcast element makes choosing this on audio even better. I found this entire story very interesting and loved hearing the podcast along the way!

“Dark Corners” by Megan Goldin is an unpredictable and eerie thriller that keeps readers on their toes. Investigative journalist and true crime podcaster Rachel Krall is reluctantly drawn into a case involving a missing influencer, Maddison Logan. As Rachel delves into the world of influencers and online rivalries, she uncovers chilling secrets and faces danger lurking in the dark corners of the internet.

“Dark Corners” offers twists, suspense, and a creepy antagonist. Goldin’s portrayal of the digital age’s hidden dangers is both timely and spine-tingling.

I enjoyed listening to this book. The narrator kept me interested and it occupied me during my long commutes. The podcast clips in between were well done as well!

This story was a quick read and mildly entertaining about a true crime podcaster and a social media influencer.

I was so excited for this one. I was a huge fan of Night Swim. I recommend it to everyone as one of my favorite audiobooks because of the podcast element.
This… was not that. Not in the slightest. There was no podcast. I was kinda lost for a bit. I ended up DNFing at 35%.

This can be read as a stand-alone as references to the first book are usually briefly explained.
This book was very very similar to Carol Wyer’s A Life for a Life. I rated that one about the same as this one which isn’t too shabby! So if you read and enjoyed that book you will probably enjoy this one too.
Although I mostly enjoyed it, my biggest criticism would be the unnecessary length as I felt there was a ton of filler as well as predictability. A few of the ‘twists’ weren’t twists at all to me since I spotted them a mile away and I feel most readers probably would too.

I really loved The Night Swim - it was one of my favourite books of 2023, but this one didn't resonate quite as well with me. I'm not a fan of insta-love and I didn't like Rachel as much as I did in The Night Swim. She seemed to be over-confident in her abilities and her lack of concern over her own personal safety was, well, concerning. I didn't mind the social media influencer angle, although I'm not too engaged with it myself. I'm assuming the author did a good job with illustrating the dog-eat-dog world of influencers.

I still really enjoyed this book, it just fell a little flat after how much I really liked Rachel in The Night Swim. If THIS book had THAT Rachel, it might have been closer to a 5 star read. As is, it was a solid 3.5, bumped up to 4 stars.

January LaVoy did a stellar job narrating, as usual.

Dark Corners (Rachel Krall #2) was a great read by Megan Golden. Terence Bailey is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering even though investigators have suspected him in the murders of six women. He gets a surprise visit from Maddison Logan, a young influencer with a huge social media following. Maddison ends up disappearing hours later and police suspect that she has been kidnapped or worse. The FBI hit a wall in the investigation and reluctantly ask for Rachel's help in finding Maddison. It seems as though she has no familu, no friends, and that people have not actually seen her. Rachel goes undercover to Buzzcon using a fake instagram account. It is a popular influencer conference where she discovers that fierce rivalry may have turned lethal. Rachel must confront the real dangers that lurk in the dark corners of the internet. I enjoyed reading this book and can't wait to read more by the author.

Dark Corners by Megan Goldin
August 8, 2023

First off, I loved The Night Swim, and I loved Dark Corners just as much. Rachel Krall is the perfect protagonist to carry this series and I say that with hope of more books to come.

Dark Corners is the perfect balance of true crime and thriller fiction featuring Rachel, a podcaster with a history of success. Rachel goes undercover as a micro-influencer to investigate the disappearance of Madison Logan, a social media influencer and comes across Terrence Bailey, imprisoned for murder but soon to be released. Working with the FBI to determine if he’s responsible for Madison’s disappearance, Rachel enters the world of the shallow and obtuse! Haha!

Thrilling, twisty, and a bit heart-wrenching, Dark Corners is everything I’d hoped it would be. I cannot wait to read more about Rachel (and Martinez!)

Highly recommend this one!

This is the second Rachel Krall book by Megan Goldin. As a now famous podcaster, Rachel is asked to help the FBI with a prisoner who is about to be released. The FBI suspects that he is a serial killer or at the very least involved in the death of various young women over the years. But once Rachel meets with the prisoner, another dead body is found and Rachel sets out to find out more about the killer. A well narrated story told from several POVs, keeps you gripped with twists and suspense.

I was so excited for this one. I loved Night swim. Unfortunately this one was a DNF, I stopped at 40% and I can honestly tell you I have no idea what this book is even about. There’s no “podcasting”like Night Swim and Rachel is a completely different character in this book. She isn’t even likable it’s like she’s a different character from Night Swim. Such a disappointment. I recommend Night Swim to everyone I know.

*4 stars* Thank you Netgalley for the audio arc. This was a solid follow up from Megan Goldin. The pace and characters were great. Will read from again.

This book was a solid "popcorn thriller". It didn't bamboozle me and I wish the characters had more depth, but it's definitely something I still recommend reading if you have a free weekend. I'm a sucker for multi-cast narration, and this one didn't disappoint.

Thank you NetGalley for the audio ARC. All opinions are my own.

I read Night Swim shortly before requesting this book and loved it, so I was excited that I got approved for Dark Corners! Unfortunately I feel like it fell a little flat compared to Night Swim. Still worth the read, I just wasn't as in love with it as I thought I would be.

This one was okay. I read it a while ago and forgot to review it, and sadly I just remember it being decent enough and not my fav of hers, but good!

I loved Megan’s last book, Night Swim, and thought this was a great follow up to that story. The writing once again hooked me in and kept me on the edge of my seat, and I really loved the full cast audiobook narration which was both engaging and entertaining, and added to the suspense. I loved the character development as well, and will be recommending this to all thriller lovers.

*many thanks to St Martins Press, Netgalley, and Macmillan Audio for the gifted copy for review

This one was okay! I devoured the audiobook but I felt like there we some holes in the plot and I wished there had been a. bit more character development. Thank you so much for this opportunity.