Alice Feeney does it again. Although this time, she does it differently. This story is completely different from her others, in my opinion, but no less enjoyable. It is much more domestic drama/suspense than thriller, but I loved it. I felt connected to the characters and really enjoyed the mystery at the center of the story. I felt so satisfied with the ending after reading. Alice Feeney can do no wrong in my eyes! The narrators also do an incredible job. I can't wait to read what Alice Feeney has coming out next.

I am SO LATE to the club reviewing this! I love, love, Alice Feeney - her novel Rock Paper Scissors is, in my opinion, one of the finest and twistiest thrillers of the last few years and I will ready anything and everything she writes. I love her novels, in particular, in audiobook format, as read by the exquisite Stephanie Racine. Good Bad Girl, her latest, was no exception. I enjoyed the female-centric plot here and, true to form, the twists as the story went on left me completely AGOG. Once again Ms. Feeney delivers a sharp mystery and Ms. Racine absolutely nails the reading the the audiobook with her beautiful voice, accent and expert delivery. Five stars!!!

Love everything from Alice feeney and this didn’t disappoint. Love the characters and that twist, so good! Highly recommend. Thank you NetGalley for this ARC

Whenever I read an Alice Feeney book, I know that I am in for a good, twisty ending. Good Bad Girl was no exception. The book, which is told from multiple POVs, is more of a domestic suspense than a cut-and-dry thriller. While there is a murder investigation, it does take a back seat to the drama surrounding the main characters. Personally, I prefer a domestic thriller, but others may be disappointed.

Good Bad Girl is a case study on people doing bad things for good reasons. The different POVs were hard to keep up with at first, but as we learned more about the motivations of each character, it became easier to follow. The book keeps you guessing until the end and comes together in a satisfying way.

Thanks to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for allowing me to listen to this book before publication in exchange for my honest review.

I now understand all the Alice Feeney buzz. Wow! The very first chapter grabs you right away, told in first person, with the abduction of a baby from a supermarket cart. Fast forward 20 years the murder of a nursing home supervisor, with three potential suspects: an elderly woman (former store detective, thank you very much), her daughter, and a young woman who goes by the name Patience, who just happened to get herself fired from the nursing home. All three of these women are connected in one way or another, and the inspector is sure that one of them is responsible, but who and how will leave you guessing. A few twists I saw coming, but there were some that came from out of the blue. All of the characters are wonderfully fleshed out and interesting, and it's near impossible to stop reading once you've started.

Thank you to the author, MacMillan, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for a fair review. Highly recommend.

Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney was such an great audiobook. The plot twist was chef's kiss i wanted to keep reading more

4.5 rounded up to 5!

Okay, okay , okay ! I loved this ! My high rating streak for all of Alice Feeney's books continue! I just love the way her stories are told, short and cliffhanger chapters and twists at the end that you never see coming! I think I've previously called her the master of twists and I still stand true to that!

In 'Good Bad Girl' the story starts right away with a baby that was abducted and as the reader we are constantly guessing who took the baby, who's the baby's real mother, and who even is the baby! Most of my predictions were correct but then Feeney and her twist mastery strikes again and throws in a twist near the end that I definitely didn't see coming and it actually worked out so well!

The only thing that prevents this one from being a solid 5 star for me is the whole murder mystery side story that is written, just didn't really feel pertinent to the main storyline and felt kind of random, but oh well - still a hit for me!

Alice Feeney's "Good Bad Girl" left me wanting more from its character development. Unfortunately, the characters fell short of being truly convincing, making it challenging for me to fully invest in the story. The lack of distinct voices for the characters, except for one, was a notable drawback. This homogeneity flattened the narrative, and I found myself yearning for more depth and diversity in their portrayal.

While the book did address significant themes like post-partum depression and child abduction, it struggled to maintain a gripping narrative. The promised thriller element seemed to take a back seat to a more predominant family drama, which failed to capture my attention.

Thanks to @netgalley and @macmillan.audio for a copy in exchange for an honest review.

2.5 stars

I listened to the audiobook of Good Bad Girl and I really like the story and narration. This is my third book by Alice Feeney and is my 2nd favorite. This book is told from multiple point of views and had several twists. One of the major ones at the end was totally unexpected. I definitely recommend if you have read and liked her stories before or if you are new but like mystery/thriller stories!

Alice Feeney has done it again. This was fantastic. This was another fast-paced thriller that kept me guessing until the very end. I think one of my favorite things about Alice Feeney's books is just how many twists and surprises she throws at you. Even if you think you have figured something out...she will come right back with a twist you weren't expecting. I enjoyed the narrator, the pacing, the different character viewpoints. It was all just so well done. Would definitely recommend!

Alice Feeney takes readers on a journey of four women, all who are good but have done some bad deeds:

Everyone has secrets, everyone lies every once in a while, thinking that they had done something for the greater good. But what happens when what you think is right turns out to wrong. Edith is currently living in a nursing home, where she doesn’t want to be, she hates her daughter Clio for putting her there and her nurse Patience is the only individual she now trusts. Patience has been lying to Edith since day one, and part of that is that she has ran away from her mother Freddie for the lies that she has been told. All the women have things they regret, all have secrets and lies that they want to remain hidden, but they are all about to be thrust together in a mystery that spans over 20 years.

I am finding that Feeney is hit or miss for me and I think that the miss part is when she goes more to the domestic suspense side of things, instead of the murder side of things. I am not going to Lie I was boarded for probably 70% of the this book. It was much more about how the people were connected to eat other, which was interesting in a way, but I was able to figure out most of that early on. With this mainly figured out, I wanted to know more about the murder investigation and it seemed odd to me that this investigation was a side point/secondary aspect in the novel. Like why would a murder investigation be left off to the periphery of the plot. I mean this is where the interest really lies as to who killed Joy and Why. And while we do get the answer of this in the end it's just a bit rushed is all.

I think this suffered from a few too many POV as there are four and each one seems to get as much airtime as the last one and all of them in their win way are similar to the last one. I think the only one that was truly interesting was Edith's, with her sharp whit and being from a different generation from the other three characters.

I wasn’t expecting this book to be a domestic suspense one, I wanted it to be the twisty thriller that the premise promised to me. While there are some interesting events that happen in this book, the plot never really focused on the most interesting part. I will read another book by Feeney, i would just try to discern if the book is more murder than domestic.

Cheers!!!!

I absolutely Loveee Alice Feeney and all of her books so far! This was no different! This was a slow burn domestic thriller and it sucked me in. I could not stop listening to it and finished it in a day! Like all of Alice Feeney's books this one really got the gears turning on a lot of societal issues. The book kept me reeling on what was going on and who was to blame and it never lost my interest. There were multiple twists that just added on to the next one so if you dont like that just keep it in mind when you go into the book. It definitely made the book more complex. Loved the book, Loved the story, the characters, and the writing. 10/10 recommend this book!

Thank you netgalley for the arc!

I enjoyed Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney! I listened to the audiobook narrated by Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine and they were great. I liked the dual narrators in this multiple POV novel. This is more of a mystery than a thriller as we learn how a missing daughter 20 years ago is connected to a murdered woman today. I didn’t care for how the timeline was set up. I think I was expected more of a thriller but as a mystery it’s good and I enjoyed listening to the audiobook.

In true Alice Feeney fashion, this book was full of twists and turns, and took me on a wild literary ride. While I guessed the biggest twist early on, it was still thoughtfully plotted out. I enjoyed all of the characters in this book, and found that I was really cheering them on as I went. I felt that the ending wrapped things up nicely, and was exactly what I was hoping for. The narrator for this audiobook was also very good.

Alice Feeney is one of my all time favorite authors. I was not disappointed reading Good Bad Girl. It is a slow burn like a lot of Alice Feeney books, but so deliciously written. I enjoyed every moment of this book.

Good Bad Girl is about the intertwined lives of women, Clio, Edith, Frankie and Patience. This book is about family and the good and bad things people do to the ones they love. But the best part of this book is it starts at the end and ends with a beginning. I like that the female characters in this book were strong willed and not whiney.

In the beginning/end of the book a child is abducted, and a person is killed. Which leads to an investigation by DCI Chapman. Who kidnapped the child and who was murdered? What is the relationship between the female characters?

The characters were rock solid in this book. We are introduced to Frankie, who lived a hard life but does everything for her daughter and counts things to calm herself down. This was something she used to soothe herself as a child. She works at a jail as a librarian because books also make her feel secure. Frankie has a daughter who is around 18 years old but since her daughter ran away her main mission besides work is to find her. Edith is an elderly woman who hates living in an old people home. She keeps begging to move back home with her daughter Clio, but they have a strained love hate relationship and struggle to be in the same room for very long. Edith has another child, a son, that she rarely acknowledges because he is rotten to the core in her opinion. But is he really? Clio is the daughter that is trying to get her mother's love but thinks how much Edith cannot do as a parent. And then there is Patience. She works at the old people home and has become a great friend and carer for Edith. Until Edith goes missing and she is suspected of murder at the old people home by DCI Chapman. Did she commit a crime? Has the old people home become a place where you enter but can never leave? The female characters are constantly circling each other until they meet together at the end. Will everyone survive? Will Frankie find her daughter? Are they really Good Bad Girls as Frankie considers herself? This is a book about strong women, that overcome their adversities and never give up.

I also liked the altering time frames in the book. I am sucker for books that go into the past and present or from different character perspectives. And this book was so good at laying out the foundation for different points of view.

This book had several twists at the end and kept me on my toes. I definitely recommend. I give it 3.75 stars but rounded up because of the narrator.

Thanks to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for allowing me to listen to this book before publication in exchange for my honest review.

A good thriller that kept me reading. Not Feeney's best but considering the quality of thrillers out there, the story and the writing style put this one above the rest.

Good Bad Girl is Alice Feeney's latest twist. If an author is always writing twists, though, you are constantly looking for it. The formula begins to become familiar and loses some of its intrigue and excitement. After so many books, I am doing that with this author. The story is good, but familiar. The twists are interesting but expected. This was a good quick read.

As usual Alice Feeney knows how to twist a story and make you believe anything to finally figure out you had nothing right. It was so fast paced and had me hooked straight from the start. I devoured this book. Perfect one to get you out of a slump.

The plot of this book is very complex and intricately pieced. Throughout all the book Feeney places strategic pieces for you to discover, but I couldn't be prepared for the ultimate twist.

I loved that each chapter was a different POV and that you got to get a feel of everyone. The characters were well constructed and developed. They felt so real with all their multiple flaws.

I don't want to give too much away, but this book is centered on mother daughter relationships, I found it was very well done. That not all mother daughter relationships are all rosy and dandy, she showed the other side which I truly enjoyed. She always has me flabbergasted with her jaw dropping twists.

If you're looking for a fast paced engaging thriller with a jaw dropping twist definitely add this one to your TBR !

✨️Thank you to @netgalley, @macmillanaudio & @aliceinwriterland for my free ALC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a wonderful book. A great Thor ill er that kept me guessing the whole time. I would recommend this to all thriller lovers!

Alice Feeney is an author whom I’ve fallen in love with for her stories full of suspense and crazy twists.

What appealed to you the most in this story?

I really enjoyed the theme of mothers and daughters that ran through the story. Feeney really captured the true ups and downs within these relationships.

I also found myself drawn into all the morally ambiguous characters. There were no straightforward “good” or “bad” characters. Instead, you saw each character working within their circumstances to the best of their abilities.

How was the audio?

I listened to this intriguing story as an audiobook during my daily walks and the narrators Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine (who has narrated most of the Feeney books) did a wonderful job bringing the story to life.

I will say that I kinda wish I had a physical copy to look at since the beginning was a bit confusing and there was also a large cast of characters.

How was the pace?

Slow burn

Do you recommend this book?

Overall, this wasn’t the suspense filled and twisted story I was expecting, but that is on me. Instead, this was more of a cozy mystery that took its time bringing all the pieces together through each of the characters. This was not my favorite from Feeney, but overall and intriguing story.

Thank you, Flatiron Books, for this gifted copy in exchange for my honest opinion.