3.5 stars

This was a wild ride! The beginning was a little slower and somewhat repetitive, and some of the descriptions and conversations went on for a little too long. It definitely jumped up in pace as the book went on. There were lots of twists, some I figured out and some I had no idea about.

Emily was so frustrating, I wanted to shake her for being so naive! If it seems too good to be true, it is. But it worked well to show desperately she needed the job. I also loved the back and forth on how I felt about Sabrina, did she actually have the mental problems her husband said she did, or was he overmedicating her?

Overall I would recommend this audiobook, I enjoyed the narrator and found the book hard to stop listening to once it picked up.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC. This book started off slow and had Verity vibes, but really got interesting around the 50% mark. I loved that this was set in Florida and I am familiar with the cities and prisons. (I used to work at the one in Orlando). The whole book has me guessing about who was lying and who was telling the truth. This was definitely a great read and I look forward to reading more of this author in the future.

Thank you to Bookouture, the author and NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are solely my own ⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5 Amidst the humid backdrop of a Florida town the wealthy and those who serve them live out their secrets. Emily, a recent nursing program graduate interviews for the job of her dreams; a private nurse for a mentally challenged, spoiled housewife, Sabrina. Sabrina’s husband, respected psychiatrist Dr. Roth is his wife’s treating physician as well as concerned husband. Upon receiving the job of her life, Emily agrees to all conditions laid out, nurse, driver, cook, maid after signing a NDA. She learns Sabrina is paranoid with delusions and must rely heavily on a steady pharmaceutical regimen to treat the worst symptoms. Sabrina is a petulant dismissive patient…but are her delusions really imaginary? Are shadow people following her or is dr Roth over medicating his wife for other reasons? This domestic thriller contains all the elements of a suspenseful tale. What is real and what isn’t? Who is the prey and who is the hunter and why? Saying that, the story takes a long and I do mean long route to get to it. I prefer a growing sense of unease, I didn’t feel it until about the 70% point. The author waits until the last chapter to describe in detail how the events unfolded; I wanted to get there by picking up hints along the way and drawing my own conclusions not read a step by step synopsis. Take me on the journey with you. Character development was strong for the main characters not so much for secondary ones. Atmosphere was descriptively accentuated.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
Really great slow burning thriller. I enjoyed listening to this one. Definitely interesting and lots of surprises that I was not expecting.
The doctor hiding secrets. The wife acting so strangely. A nurse to basically babysit the wife.
Then some major revelations later on.
Great listen. Great narrator.

The Nurse follows Emily Lansing, who has just graduated from college as a nurse, needing any job she can get. She applies for a job as a private nurse for a local prominent psychiatrist, Dr. Henry Roth's, wife, Sabrina. Emily falls into routine, making sure Sabrina takes her correct medicine and stays out of trouble. However, she gets a suspicious feeling that Henry Roth is poisoning his wife's medication. Sabrina keeps telling Emily she has done terrible things, but Henry says that she just has delusional thinking. Is Dr. Roth trustworthy? Is Sabrina telling the truth?

Something did not feel right with what was happening with the Roth Family. I loved not knowing exactly what was going on. The Nurse started off pretty slow, but the second half of the book was at high speed! I did NOT see the ending coming. Thank you, NetGalley for this audio book review!

The Nurse is the latest domestic psychological thriller, just quite the slow burn.
Hired to take in-home care of the wife of a psychologist, Emily is fresh out of nursing school and desperately needs this job. Although most of it seems like housekeeper duties, she is able to build a relationship with her patient - only to find out all is not what it seems.

The first 70% of this book with the slow build up, and at times seemed repetitive. But stick it out and the last 30% will blow your mind. I resonated a lot with the whole “money buys power” theme just based on personal experience in my own life, and seeing karma come back to bite them in the ass was so satisfying!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Select for this advanced audio copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

The excess of wealth and ethical boundaries are highlighted and explored in the latest slow-burn thriller from one of my favorite authors, Jenna Kernan.

Emily just graduated nursing school at the top of her class and can't believe that a wealthy doctor wants her to come and work for him, caring for his wife. At this point, I'm thinking it's some kind of Verity scenario, but I was wrong.

It seems like a perfect fit for Emily, who has no other commitments because her family is dead. They need her to really be available and Emily is pleased to oblige. Her old clunker car isn't, but she's limping it to work.

Emily finds out this job is a bit more than she bargained for, as she will not only be the wife's nurse, but an assistant of sorts. She has duties beyond medical, and speaking of medical, we don't really know what's wrong with the wife. Sometimes she seems fine, sometimes her behavior is bizarre, but the afflictions her husband claims she suffers from are alarming and as a new nurse, she can't really pin down what's going on. Is there a reason they requested her aside from her good grades?

It seems Emily will do anything to make this work and it begs the question of why she's so committed to this family. Did fate bring them together or did one of them have other plans?

This really took a while to build up but it was interesting from the first page. There was a lot of dialogue and a lot of character building, which bores me if done incorrectly but Kernan always keeps it interesting and is very descriptive. It was almost atmospheric. It kept its real secrets for the end reveal but left enough breadcrumbs to build tension the whole time and I thought it was excellent!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read and review.

The Nurse is a psychological thriller that I could not put down! I see so many books say for fans of “The Housemaid” This book did not say it but this was finally a book that was similar to The Housemaid that was not a shameless clone. This was a great read.

Emily graduated top of her class as an LPN and she gets an offer that was meant only for the top of the class. It’s an offer from a rich and successful doctor, Dr. Roth, to look after his sick wife Sabrina. You get a drip feed of information about Sabrina throughout the story. It was never too much information, it was the perfect amount to have you screaming for more. Sabrina thinks her husband is drugging her and holding her captive, Dr. Roth says that his wife has delusions, and as the reader you do not know who to believe.

In all the scenarios Emily found herself in I kept asking myself who would I believe? What would I do? Honestly, I have no idea so I’m glad I just got to read what Emily did.

By the end of this book I was shocked at the twists and turns and where we ended up. I didn’t see most of this one coming. My only complaint about this book is its length. It was longer than a lot of other books like it and there were some points that dragged on a little too long but it was never enough to pull me out of the experience.

If you like thrillers this is a book you do not want to miss.

Emily can’t turn down the job offer. Looking after Sabrina for her husband, Dr. Henry Roth, will help Emily pay off her college loans. On the surface, Sabrina seems to have everything she could want, a pricey home, a husband who loves her but she’s a deeply unhappy woman. Emily is far from her biggest fan, but she follows Dr. Roth’s instructions to make sure Sabrina takes her medication every day. So she spends most of her day in a drugged state, rambling about the death of a child. But there’s a reason the good doctor wants his wife to stay medicated, and one day, and a burst of lucidity, Sabrina tells Emily the truth about her husband. The book definitely has a slow start, but stay with her and you will be rewarded.

An audio arc from NetGalley which I might have dnf’d if not for my moral compulsion to finish when given a review copy.

My honesty to give a 3 stars is also a compulsion.

It was ok. Not great, and I think one reason was the lack of any character worth caring about. I disliked every single one of them.

Briefly, Uber wealthy, distasteful couple in a compound where access is limited hire a nurse who they treat as a housekeeper, cook, maintenance, and nurse discovers a mystery.

The burn was too slow and if, like me, you have a PhD in domestic thrillers, the “surprise ending” was guessable.

The Nurse is a Psychological thriller following the FMC Emily, a newly nurse graduate interviewing for a job.
This book was very very slow and honestly not much happened the entire book.

The author used unreliable narrator for pretty much all of the plot. Without that nothing would have made sense, and you only find that out the last 20 pages. Not my favorite way to fix all the plot holes.

Amazing. Thrilling. Entertaining.

I was surprisingly impressed by this story. Right away I was intrigued and couldn’t figure out what was going on. There’s a lot of “he said, she said” that makes the reader question who is lying. The end reveal was unexpected and shocking. The cool thing is that the end really goes back and loops in random details that I thought didn’t mean anything.

Narrator was great, but this was not my favorite audiobook. It started a bit too slow for me, and I was really only interested in the last 50-70 pages where we got the final reveal. I always finish a thriller to see how it wraps up, but I shouldn't have to wait for the final twist to be into a book. That said, it was wrapped up nicely and I wasn't left with any lingering questions other than Sabrina and her husband suck as people. Ugh!

This was my first book by this author, so I never judge an author by a single book. I'll have to check out some of her other work before making the final decision about whether this is an author I wish to continue to read.


Thanks, NetGalley and Dreamscape, for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

It starts slow, but stick with it - the payoff is so worth it! When this book gets going, it *really* gets going. It's so twisty! And the final twist? Oh my goodness, I did *not* see that coming at all. It's so good!

This book is brilliantly plotted, deliciously devious, and there are NO good people. It's fascinating and terrifying.

I'll keep this review brief, because I don't want to spoil the book - just read it!

Thanks, NetGalley and Dreamscape, for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Nurse
By: Jenna Kernan
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Psychologist Dr. Henry Roth hires Emily to look after his wife Sabrina as her private nurse and companion. Emily jumps at the chance as he student loan debt is waiting to get paid off.
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As with most kind of jobs where some of high profile involved she is asked to sign a NDA. The house is amazing and she is granted a lot of access and access to a vehicle for the job. Sabrina requires a lot of medication. Is it all necessary? He requires a lot of Emily as he can be called away for work at any time. He has lots of requests! Sabrina has PTSD, depression, paranoia and a multitude of others diagnosis. Is Emily up for all that he is requesting?
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Let the fun begin! Emily is now getting starting to get conflicting information so the snooping and concerns start. This was my 3rd novel by Kernan and I am a huge fan of her psychological thrillers.
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Thank you Bookouture and Dreamscape Elect for these advanced copies. This novel is out October 2 and is defined worth reading!
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I liked this book but didn't love it. It was a bit too slow paced for me. It have suspense but it took way too long to get to the point with too many extraneous details thrown in for no reason whatsoever. I finished it because I wanted to know what happened, so it was definitely interesting enough, but I felt it could have been shorter. There is something to be said for buildup so I'll give the author that, but I found myself getting bored in parts.

Overall a good read that will keep you guessing. If you like a slower pace book this is definitely a good pick.

Thank you NetGalley, Bookouture and Jenna Kernan for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A young nurse accepts a job caring for an incredibly rich wife of a doctor. The wife is heavily medicated and absolutely mad. She's also mean AF.
The doctor is far meaner.
She is in a dangerous and precarious situation. The doctor is abusing her and (maybe) his wife. Things aren't as they seem for sure.
I love these books where the young woman can't mind her own business. She just keeps getting in deeper and deeper.
If she had just honored the NDA there wouldn't be a story.

Oh and the narration was great.

This was a twisty thriller that kept me guessing!

The characters were easy to read, and very compelling...it was easy to tell that something suspicious was happening, but difficult to tell who the culprit was. I felt for Emily and the demands of a nursing career, especially as someone just starting out of college.

The pace at the beginning was a little tough to wade through, but definitely picked up in the second half of the book. Overall, it was a very quick and enjoyable read.