Started out with a bang. Lost some momentum in the middle, nice twist at the end. Not Alice Feeney's best novel, by any means, but still a decent read.

Good Bad Girl
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🔍Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth.🔍

I flew through this audiobook. It's an interesting story that pulls you in trying to figure out what exactly happened. It's starts off with a baby being stolen from a stroller so off the bat, there is already mystery and a scary awful situation. The book is told in multiple character's POVs but only 2 narrators and multiple timelines so it was difficult to understand in some parts. Overall, it was an interesting read but just had more family drama than actual thrill.
Thank you so much Net Galley and MacMillion Audio for the ALC

An involving mystery that crumbles upon revisit, true to her moniker, Alice 'Queen of twists' Feeney delivered yet another wild ride with Good Bad Girl: compelling POVs, teasing chapter stops, and surprised me with a couple twists that weren't even on my radar. Unlike the previous novels I've read from her, this one requires some patience, as the first half of the book is consisted of primarily building up the foundation for the reveals to come; so if you are expecting a typical Alice Feeney experience, where the tension/red herring is in place since page one—you might be a little disoriented by the more laid-back pacing.

Even though I really liked the direction of its reveals, unfortunately upon rereading a couple early chapters, instead of finding planted clues, I found mostly plot holes and illogical character behaviors. I can tolerate a certain level of suspension of disbelief when it comes to thrillers, but even with a cursory glance I can tell Good Bad Girl will not hold up as a re-read. Still, as a whole, I was thoroughly engaged/interested as the experience was happening to me (especially the audiobook, which was expertly performed). Perhaps not as intricately crafted as her previous works, but it certainly scratched the itch.

This was an excellent audiobook. I read this physical book and listened to the audio and they both were excellent. The narrator did a great job.

Alice Feeney does it again! I absolutely loved Rock Paper Scissors so I knew I had to read this asap and of course, Alice Feeney did not disappoint! This book had me constantly guessing and questioning myself! Now don’t get me wrong, starting off, I was very confused about what was going on and who was who with all the characters and perspectives but that’s Alice Feeney’s thing! She knows how to keep you guessing and then wraps it altogether at the end!!!! And in the end, the plot twists are phenomenal and all the confusion and questioning is worth it! She does a great job at keeping her audience engaged and I cannot wait to see what she does next!!

I really enjoyed the audiobook of His & Hers by Alice Feeney (pretty sure I gave it four or five stars), but all of her other audiobooks I seem to not be a fan of. This was advertised as a thriller, but it was more of a family drama situation and I was not feeling anything about the story whatsoever. It did not hook me from the beginning. The two narrators for four points of view, with no changing up of their voices so you could TELL it was different POVs, really bothered me and I think that was why I also didn't care for anything in this story. I gave it two stars on Goodreads and Storygraph.

Thanks to Netgalley for allowing me to listen to this ALC.

Hello domestic drama!
Omg I loved this.
The story follows 4 women in different stages of their lives and I did not see where we were going or what twists were coming and I enjoyed it so much.
Read it in a day.
I had to know wtf was going on.
The narration was great and even with the multiple pov the narrator gave distinct voices and was easy to keep track of who was talking.

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced listening copy.

4.5 stars

These are my own thoughts and opinions.

Loved this! Narration was phenomenal, never saw the ending coming. It kept me captivated the whole time and I had to find things to do to keep listening to it to finish.
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Blurb:
Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things.

Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth.

Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she’s planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything.

Edith’s own daughter, Clio, won’t speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio’s door…and their intentions aren’t good.

With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them.
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Posting on my feed on 8/10, saving my review to my ARC highlight as well.

Another fantastic book audiobook by Feeney. Told from multiple perspectives, this story is impossible to stop listening to. The story starts out with a heartbreaking abduction of a baby girl from a grocery store outing with her grandmother. While you learn about the family of the abducted girl and the circumstances they are in many years later you realize things are not as they seem. Sad and ultimately uplifting story of family and making peace with the past. Loved this audiobook and will recommend it to anyone.

Sometimes good people do bad things. Usually there is a good reason for the bad choice. Twenty years ago a baby was stolen from her shopping cart and now a woman has been murdered in a retirement home. The two seemingly unrelated crimes are where those choices come in to play.

Edith lives in a nursing home her children forced her into and she does not intend to stay. With the help of one of the workers, Patience, she believes she can make her escape and get back to making her own decisions. But like everyone else in her life, Patience is fibbing to poor Edith too. She is living under a pseudonym since she ran away from home.

Clio, Edith’s daughter, has a fraught relationship with her mother since she made a few poor decisions in her youth. Though they were never close, she cares for her mother and is worried this new young girl in her life is a con artist, only out for Edith’s money.

Frankie is always on the run. She doesn’t even have a permanent address, as she lives on a boat. She hasn’t always made the best choices, but she believes she made the ones she did with the best of intentions. Unfortunately her runaway daughter disagrees with her decisions.

All of these women are perfectly imperfect. They are human and in the moment made the best choices they thought possible. Each woman carries a number of secrets, but who is guilty of a crime?

Alice Feeney does another amazing job, weaving the womens’ lives full of secrets and lies into a fantastic thriller. It’s always fun to read a book that keeps you believing you’ve got if figured out, and then you realize you don’t.

Thank you to NetGalley, Macmillan Audio, and of course the author Alice Feeney for the advanced copy of the audiobook. Good Bad Girl comes out on August 29th. Go ahead and add this to your TBR list. All opinions are my own.

After recently reading Rock, Paper, Scissors, I was intrigued to read (or, in this case, listen to) another book by Alice Feeney.

Wow! There are a lot of characters, and at first, I had a hard time keeping track. However, the more I listened, it became easier to remember each character’s storyline. As the story unfolded and I began making connections between the characters, I was hooked.

Who stole the baby? Whose baby was stolen? How are all these women connected?

These truly were three good women who made some bad decisions. And after all the twists and turns and “a-ha!” moments, there was a “happily ever-after” (which is not always the case in suspenses!).

I was pleased with the way the book was wrapped up. A well-written novel with no loose ends. Well done, Ms. Feeney.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan audio for proving an advance review copy in exchange for my honest review.

Another good one from Alice Feeney! Narrated by Frankie, Patience, Edith, and Clio in alternating chapters, how are these women connected? It did take a good bit to make the connections so I do think this could have been modified to keep the reader's engagement. Feeney's writing style really sucks me in so I was determined to stick with it. There were two women narrating this story on audio and their voices were very similar so I found myself getting confused a couple of times. Two distinct voices are necessary for a female-driven plot in my opinion.

Thank you to NetGalley, Macmillan Audio, Flatiron Books, and the narrators Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine for an advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest review.

In "Good Bad Girl," the author introduces us to a interesting psychological read that is a non-linear journey. The story unfolds in multiple perspectives, revealing complex characters and mysterious relationships. Set in both the present and the past, the plot is filled with intrigue, keeping me engaged and intrigued. As the narrative progresses, we are led deeper into the characters' lives, uncovering their secrets and flaws. The narrators, Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine, skillfully breathe life into the characters.
If you enjoy intricate plots, multi-layered characters, and a satisfying ending, then be sure to add this book to your tbr.

Yet another delightful suspense by Alice Feeny! In this newest by the author of Rock, Paper, Scissors and Daisy Darker, anattempted murder in an elderly care home is somehow linked to a baby going missing 20 years earlier. As the story goes back and forth between the two time periods more and more pieces fall into place and the characters are connected more than you’d ever expect them to be.

A woman is murdered in a care home and twenty years earlier a baby is stolen from a stroller. Somehow the two may be connected. There is one good bad girl that may be the missing link. Very intriguing and suspenseful!

I think I made a mistake by listening to the audio version of this book and it was very hard to follow. I adore Feeney’s books but this one was a bit confusing for me. It delivers though. It has all of the elements of a great thriller but it felt choppy at times. I didn’t remember who was who until I got to the middle of the book and I had to take notes.

The confusion actually benefited the suspense at times because I was shocked to see the next revelation. I did not figure it out until it got closer to the end. All the pieces started coming together.

Feeney is one of my top thriller authors and I think she is a master at her craft. I may buy this book down the line and read the print copy to get a different experience with it as I feel it truly is a great story and full of fantastic curlicues!

Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron Books for the ARC. I appreciate it.

Well, alrighty then Feeney, I see you.

4 stars, ma'am. 4.5 stars, truly.

Let me just say that the only reason this book wasn't an automatic 5 stars from me is because there were a few times where I felt the story moved a little slowly and I would step away until I could handle that pacing... then it would pick up... repeat.

Anywhozzle, if you're looking for twists(multiple, people. MULTIPLE TWISTS) then you just do yourself a favor and add this baby to your TBR. I was expecting one *le gasp* moment and I think I got more like four.

Family drama? This book has it. Crime? This book has it. Snarky characters? Yep, we've got that right here, too. This book had everything I like in a mystery/thriller and I am so glad that I got the opportunity to experience this story.

This may be my first Alice Feeney book, but it will NOT be my last. Gimme me more.

This was my first Alice Feeney book and it won't be my last. This is more of a slow burn literary fiction with some mystery thrown in rather than a thriller but it was still very much enjoyable. It kept me engaged and I literally teared up over Edith's letter. Overall a good read. I look forward to reading more books from this author.

Book Releases August 29, 2023

Thank you to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for the ALC

All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.

I was excited to get the Advanced Listeners Copy from NetGalley because I have enjoyed Alice Feeney’s other books. The audiobook was well done and I enjoyed the narrator. Even though there were multiple female characters, it was easy to tell whose chapter it was. That said, I had trouble keeping the characters’ stories straight. The book has a very unique plot and I appreciated that. However, I didn’t find the characters to be very likable. I was confused for most of the book. The ending was tied up well and the twists were well done.

I love when characters converge and we’re able to see the connection between them. We had characters that were easy to like and empathize with that helped to examine the thin line between good and bad. This was a quick read with my favorite- multiple POV’s. I always enjoy Alice Feeney.

“Sometimes bad things happen to good people. So good people have to do bad things.”

This book departs a little from Feeney’s domestic thrillers that she does so well. There still is an overarching domestic theme with the “mother daughter” trope but I would describe it as more of a slow-burn mystery rather than a sinister thriller. Adjust your expectations before diving in!

It opens with a banger of a beginning - an infant snatched right out of her stroller in a grocery store - and then closely follows multiple women as we learn how their lives intertwine.

You’ll follow the perspectives of:
-the mother of the abducted infant
-a mother desperately searching for her runaway daughter
-the runaway daughter herself
-an elderly women residing in a nursing home
-and the daughter who placed her there

Each chapter bounces between these different POVs which left me feeling totally confused for pretty much the entire first half of the book. It was almost like I needed to take notes re: who’s who and what happened when because the POV and timelines kept changing. I understand that sometimes this type of writing can keep the reader turning pages but it left me feeling like my brain was working on overdrive just to keep up and made the read a lot less enjoyable

There were a few well-placed twists (some that I figured out, others that surprised me) that kept the story moving forward without being too over the top.

All in all it was a fun read but easily forgettable.

TLDR:
-multiple POV
-nonlinear timeline
-slow-burn mystery
-mother/daughter trope

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan audio for proving an advance review copy in exchange for my honest review.

Set to publish on August 29th, 2023