3.5 Stars — Just out of nursing school and struggling financially, main character Emily is thrilled when a wealthy psychiatrist wants her to care for his wife. What seems like a dream job turns out to be anything but when Emily sees what’s going on behind closed doors. Clearly, something odd is going on with his wife. Is she in danger from her husband? Emily wants to help, but after signing a strict NDA, what can she do?

THE NURSE is a simmering domestic thriller that put me on edge wondering who could be trusted. The first half of the book was a slow burn with lots of details about the workings of the Roths’ bizarre life and their expectations of Emily. Maybe a bit too slow for my taste, but the mystery about what’s really going on kept me reading as secrets are revealed.

The last third of the book was very exciting and super twisty. While I loved the final outcome, I felt like much of the ending was just an explanation of how things fit together, instead of showing. Still, I thought that the conclusion was wildly entertaining and satisfying.

Emily just graduated from nursing school, class valedictorian and with plenty of ambition.

Emily then lands herself her dream, as the private nurse for the wealthy Mrs Roth. She soon discovers the job entails more than typical nurse roles, however, but the pay will make up for the tedious housework and adult sitting that is required.

Mrs Roth is mentally unwell and her husband, Dr Henry Roth, a charismatic psychiatrist who hired Emily, is his wife’s primary doctor.

A slow starting psychological thriller with lots of secrets and a signed NDA…

My first book from this author, it was a captivating story and I am about to go add some of Jenna’s other books to my TBR pile.

Thank you NetGalley, Jenna Kernan and Bookouture for allowing me to read this book before it’s release 📚💫

Happy start to the spooky season!

The Nurse is a psycho-thriller by @ and today is publication day (heart) so happy publication day!

The plot of this novel is about a newly graduated nurse who lands a private job for a family. From the start Emily notices something wth the dynamic of this family is interesting. As time passes and minds become clearer the story that unfolds is one of dark and lengthy. Who is more vile and evil? The Husband? Emily? The Wife? Stick around and find out because it’s one that will have you at the edge of your seat.

Always a fan for a thriller read and I can wanted all the details from this book. The book gave off “The Silent Patient” & “Verity” vibes which I couldn’t put either down. I rate this book very highly. The flow of the novel kept adding to the suspense of what was revealed at the end. I had a slight feeling of what was going on but the ending was one which was so calculated. Emily comes off has naive and wanting to please the family she is working for but I think that was all a ploy so that Dr Roth would think she was weak. I have to add that the end gave all the answers and I was so excited to read it, I can only think how @ came up with this idea cause it’s pure genius.

“The Nurse” by Jenna Kernan is a slow burn thriller that held my attention completely! Emily is a nurse who is happy to have landed a new job that is paying way more than it should, at the home of a well known doctor. Dr. Roth needs a nurse to help care for his wife, who suffers from delusions and other mental health issues. One of Emily’s responsibilities is to ensure Sabrina is taking all of her medications, but soon begins to think Dr. Roth may be over medicating his wife. Emily strives to find answers, and what follows is a series of twists and secrets that kept me guessing. Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for this ARC!

First, I want to thank Jenna Kernan, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review!

OMG!! I loved every moment of Jenna Kernan’s latest psychological thriller The Nurse! Once I started reading it I just could not put it down! The Nurse was suspenseful, extremely twisted, captivating, thrilling, and heartbreaking at times! It is a 5 star must read book!!

Ohh how I loved Sabrina and what a firecracker she was throughout this storyline! Her spitfire personality went from hot to cold real quick! However, that is what I loved about her character! She kept you on your toes and never knew what to expect!

Even though I loved Sabrina, Emily came in close second place! She had a huge heart of gold and wanted to help out anyway that she could. Even when times get rough and I loved that about her!

I absolutely loved all the medical and mental health aspects of the book.

This was one ending that I NEVER saw coming and was actually shocked by!! So many emotions ran through my head about the climatic ending!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really struggled with the pacing of this book. The minor details were overly explained, so much that it felt ridiculous reading about the specific type of olives that were being eaten or the exact material the clothing was made out of.

The last 30% of the book was pretty good and captured my interest, but the first 70% was so drawn out at some parts that I just felt bored. Overall it was a good story but could have been much shorter.

The Nurse was a slow burn to begin with. Slow, but not boring (almost comforting?) and it did ramp up massively towards the end. A few twists and turns, a lot of unlikeable characters (in a good way) but I did really warm to Emily who I found very relatable.

I found the chapters quite long, not a criticism, I just found it hard that I had to pause reading half way through chapters when reading while commuting.

The ending was a shock, I thought it was very well wrapped up. I thought the aspects of mental health were nicely done. Overall, a great thriller, well written and if you can push through the slow burn the ending is well worth it.

Loved it!!! LOVED IT!! Great characters, Twists, shocking revelations, loved to hate characters. The end!! Perfect! I’ll be suggesting this to all my reader friends and groups. Think I have a new fav author. Going to find what else she has. Go get it now! #Thenurse

I’d like to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘The Nurse’ written by Jenna Kernan in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Emily Lancing has completed her nursing programme with top marks in her graduation class. Dr Roth is a prominent local psychiatrist who wishes to employ the nursing valedictorian to care for his wife Sabrina and ensure she’s given her correct medication. It’s not long before Emily can sense the toxic atmosphere in the house as Sabrina is kept in a catatonic state with drugs Emily doesn’t think are necessary, and as she goes around the house snooping in locked cupboards she learns a lot about the couple and their secrets.

‘The Nurse’ is a riveting rollercoaster of a thriller with so much drama, suspense and twists and turns that I was totally hooked and couldn’t stop reading. The storyline is well-written, dark and sinister, with the characters of Dr Roth and his wife Sabrina chilling and menacing, and the further I read the more the tension increased. This is an excellent psychological thriller that’s kept me involved from page one to the final and explosive chapters that tied up all the loose ends perfectly. Thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended.

Started slow - but ramped up near the end! Will keep you guessing, all the way! Lots of little twists, secrets and lies. Will leave you shocked!

I had the pleasure of Arc reading this from Netgalley! I have never read any of her books or even heard of her but I can tell you this booking was absolutely amazing! Always had me on edge, made me stop breathing quite a few times, made my heart race a ton of times, and always had me trying to guess and I was never right!

I will say as of now, THIS book is my absolute favorite book of the year I have read and I will definitely have to read her other books! I average reading two books a day too. I am in awe…that is an understatement! I will definitely be recommending this book to anyone and everyone.

Masterpiece Jenna! Thank you for allowing me the pleasure of arc reviewing for you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A huge thanks to NetGalley and #bookouture for allowing me to give my opinion in exchange for an advanced readers copy! “The Nurse” is a page-turning, thrilling and suspenseful ride full of secrets, a controlling husband and a mentally ill wife. Emily is a new graduate nurse, the top of her class and desperate for a well paying job. She accepts a position as a private duty nurse/housekeeper/person assistant to a wealthy and pretentious couple.

The couple is hiding secrets but is Emily hiding them too? Is the wife really incompetent or just heavily Medicated? Why does the husband, a psychologist and personal physician to his wife, controlling his wife’s every move and the one prescribing her these medications? Everything is tied together nicely at the twisty and murderous end. Loved this fast-paced thriller!

The Nurse is quite a slow burner to begin with but once the twists and turns begin it picks up pace and it kept me guessing and questioning everything along the way. I really enjoyed it.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for my ARC.

★★★ 3.5 stars

The perfect job...the perfect home...the perfect nightmare...

Emily is a struggling nursing student having just graduated as valedictorian and is now in line for the perfect nursing position working for prominent and renowned psychiatrist Dr Henry Roth. Her role is to care for his ailing wife, Sabrina, suffering from mental illness in their palatial and luxurious Florida home. As a struggling student, Emily has landed on her feet with this job as it pays well and heaven knows she needs a reliable income to pay the rent, lower her student debt and pay off her credit card.

It isn't long before Emily discovers her duties extend beyond nursing and she is expected to be housekeeper, tidying up, doing laundry and household chores the entitled rich who never seemed to lift a finger themselves. That's what "the help" is for. Added to the growing list of duties, Emily must ensure Sabrina takes all her medications...but are they doing her any good?

According to her husband Dr Roth, Sabrina suffers from delusions amongst other mental health issues that require a consistent medication regime to prevent her condition from deteriorating.

Soon Emily begins to wonder if the good doctor is over-medicating his wife. And if so, why? But things are not always as simple as it seems at first and Emily takes it upon herself to figure out the enigma that is Dr Roth and uncover the truth about him and his wife before it's too late.

A carefully woven web of secrets and lies are the backbone of this complex tale where nothing is what it seems. A little slow to begin with but the pace picks up in the second half. Towards the end, it becomes obvious what going on but prepare to be shocked. A clever little sting in the tail from Ms Kernan.

I would like to thank #JennaKernan, #Netgalley and #Bookouture for an ARC of #TheNurse in exchange for an honest review.

This review appears on my blog at https://stinathebookaholic.blogspot.com/.

This was a slow burn domestic thriller that Ramos up in the last 30ish%. There were some points that kind felt a bit sluggish but it was worth sticking through it to get to the ending.
Emily has recently graduated at valedictorian of her nursing school class and is now an LPN. She comes from a humble background and is burdened with student loans and with the loss of her mother, she’s trying to save for a headstone. So when she hears of a home healthcare job that seems to good to be true, she decides she has to apply for it anyway and she gets the job and that’s where the story kicks off. The husband is a psychiatrist who is also responsible for the care of his wife, who he says has many issues caused by trauma in her past and it will be Emily’s job to make sure she takes her meds and stays calm and stays on her routine so that she won’t become unstable. But Dr. Roth doesn’t seem completely stable himself. Is Mrs.Roth really a danger to herself and others or is Dr.Roth just super controlling? Do the Roth’s have secrets they’re trying to hide?
The pacing was a little slow for the first half and then it started to pick up but then it had enough twists to keep me intrigued and questioning who was telling the truth and who was lying.

Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for this Earc in exchange for my review.

This kept me up way too late trying to figure out this psychological thriller. Lots of lies and secrets thrown in and you didn’t know who was fooling who. Loved the twist at the end! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this early release in exchange for my honest review. Can’t wait for more books by this author, Jenna Kernan. To be published October 2023.

The Nurse by Jenna Kernan sounded like a juicy domestic thriller about a recently graduated nurse who is hired under mysterious circumstances by a concerned husband for his mentally fragile wife. This premise hooked me, as I could picture lots of room for dramatic suspense, upon which the book ultimately delivered.

The protagonist Emily was likable from the start. She was struggling to make ends meet, and when she was offered the lucrative job of "private nurse" to one patient, she jumps at the chance. Dr. Ross seemed a little too smooth from the beginning, but no one is who or what they seem in this novel. I appreciated the twists and turns. What I struggled with was some of the obvious plot points - wouldn't a wealthy doctor have screened a potential nurse more closely? How could a psychiatrist ethically be the only health care professional for his own wife? Putting those questions aside, I suggest simply enjoying the ride.

3.5 stars.

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was super creepy and sinister! I had a real sense of foreboding all the way through the book, which started off slowly and built in intensity and complexity as the truth was gradually pieced together.

Dr Henry Roth, his mentally ill wife Sabrina, and Emily, Sabrina's nurse, are all compelling characters, each with their own chilling agenda. As well as administering her medication, Emily's duties are essentially to be at Sabrina's beck and call, clear up after her and drive her anywhere she wishes to go. This gives Emily ample opportunity to snoop, and snoop she does! Emily is determined to uncover the truth about The Roths and when Sabrina refuses her medication, Emily takes advantage of the opportunity to find out who Sabrina really is, when she's not in a drugged haze.

The suspenseful writing was brilliant and when the sickening truth came out and then the big twisty ending, I was STUNNED! I had a inkling of how it might go, but I had NO idea of the extent these three brilliantly written characters would go to protect themselves - WOW!

5 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, Jenna Kernan and Bookouture for an ARC in return for an honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this advanced copy. Emily takes a job as a nurse at a private residence. She begins to suspect that the husband is giving his wife too many sedatives, but this job pays well, and she needs the job. This went quick and I was SHOCKED at the ending!

This is not the fast paced thriller I was expecting from the blurb. After only a few chapters in I was bored and DNF.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.