What a great psychological thriller. This book was very fast past and kept you reading until the very end. I was quite surprised by the ending as well. I do like the main character, Meredith and was very interested to watch her move through the ethical and moral issues in the story. This was my first book by Vi Keeland, but it will not be my last. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good thriller.

Thank you NetGalley and Atriabooks for this ARC.

The Unraveling

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book had me hooked from the very beginning. This book is about psychiatrist Meredith, who tragically loses her husband. She becomes obsessed with a man who is affected by the same tragedy. This was definitely a bingeable psychological thriller! There were some shocking twists that I didn’t see coming…..and that jaw dropping ending!!!
This was such a fun read and discussion with @thrillersbythebookclub.mke

Thank you @netgalley and @atriabooks for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

3.5⭐️s. Overall I enjoyed this book, especially the ending. I do love a good thriller that gives you a gut punch for the finale.

A psychiatrist loses her husband to an auto accident where he was impaired and two people were killed. A young mother and her daughter.

The story becomes about a bunch of different character around this accident. It's a fast paced who dunnit. I kept flipping back and forth. Great story, suspense and spice!

4.5/5!

If you’re looking for an addictive and propulsive thriller read, this is the book for you!

Keeland starts the book off with alternating chapters between then and now, which keeps the reader on edge as they try to figure out what happened in Meredith’s past that has led to where she is in present day. I enjoyed that Keeland didn’t drag this out throughout the entirely of the book, which allowed for the chaos of present day to really shine.

This is one that’s hard to talk about in detail because I don’t want to spoil any twists or reveals for readers. I think it’s one of those stories to go into blind and just sit back for the ride. And DM me when you get to the last chapter because WHAT!!

Loved it!

Meredith is a psychiatrist working in New York. She was living the charmed life until a series of events left her…unraveling!

When a new client walks into her office she realizes she knows him! And there is positively no way she should be treating him. This particular client could cost her everything!
But Meredith just can't say no!

Let's pretend I read the whole book and liked it. Or we won't pretend and I got to 46% and then read the last two chapters.

I'm obviously in the minority here as I don't get the high reviews I mean nothing happened apart from Meridith making idiotic choices. I felt there to be no depth to the characters. They are so very flat.

I like a good thriller/mystery and I've read many and as this is the author's first book in this genre it was okay.

I had time to kill today and usually when the book is good I use that time. Here with this book nada!

VK is a hit and miss author for me. Will I ever learn?

Dr. Meredith McCall has been struggling since suffering a traumatic loss. Determined to get her business back on track after serving a suspension of her psychiatrist license, she unexpectedly crosses paths with a man connected to her tragedy. How can he appear so happy and recovered, when she is still devastated? Despite knowing better, she begins to follow him. And then, he walks into her office as a new patient! She knows its against all ethical guidelines, but it’s more than just a coincidence, it’s a sign that she’s the one to help him. As things get even more complicated, life for Meredith begins to totally “unravel”.
As I sit to write this review, I realize there’s just so much to unpack in this story! Is Meredith a likeable or unlikable character? Frustrating in her decisions to say the least, but so guilt ridden that I sympathized with her and could believe her choices. Her isolation turned to obsession. And then the story takes a turn. The whole book has an unsettling atmosphere that will keep you on edge! It’s not a book you’ll easily put down!
Vi Keeland is a new to me author. I understand she’s written romance in the past but this is her thriller debut! And if this is any indication, I think we’ll be seeing a lot more of her in the thriller genre!

This is a psychological thriller as I love it! Plenty of twists and turns that kept me reading until the very end.
I gurss I am in the minority here but I liked Meredith, she is so flawed that even herprofessional ethics can't save her! She is a truely unhinged protagonist.

The ending was satisfying!!

Thabks #NetGalley #Atria/Emily Bestler Books for thus ARC

Read this immediately if you love psychological thrillers! I never rate books 5⭐️ but this was a 5. That ending my mind 🤯🤯 I had suspicions of the ending but it turned a little and I wasn’t expecting that part at all.

This book really wasn’t for me but I definitely could recommend this book to a lot of people because i think it had mass appeal!

4.5 stars rounded up to 5

I tend to enjoy stories featuring therapists, probably because I’m very familiar with unpredictability of that setting & work. The Unraveling was very true to its title - it truly felt like watching a person unravel.

Meredith McCall is riddled with grief, shame and guilt brought on by a recent personal loss. She becomes fixated on a man whose life is connected to hers in a strange way. And we all know that obsessions make for thrilling reads!

If you are comfortable with or even enjoy unlikeable characters or characters doing unlikable things, then you’ll find this story as entertaining as I did. Meredith was a train wreck but I understood her motivations and her isolation. This was such a fun, engaging read and I breezed through it! Perfect for summer or vacation reading!

A huge thank you to Atria for my ARC in exchange for an honest review!

And this just happens to be one of @aardvark July books so you have an opportunity to snag it at a great price!

Vi Keeland is a new author for me as I believe she is primarily a romance author. This is her first thriller and the synopsis had me intrigued. The Unraveling follows NYC Psychiatrist Meredith, who recognizes a new client as someone with ties to a traumatic incident involving her pro hockey player husband. Meredith takes him on as a client and also stalks him. The Cat and Mouse games that follow had me reading into the middle of the night to find out what happens. There are many unexpected and satisfying twists in this novel. If you like Liv Constantine, you will like this author's thriller debut. Thank you to the publisher and #netgalley for providing me with an advance readers copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Unraveling by Vi Keeland is about a woman who is struggling with recently losing her husband and the fallout from that event. When she sees the husband of the woman and child that were killed in the same accident, she is amazed to see him happy. She begins to follow him, feeling a strange connection. When she goes back to her practice, she is amazed to find he is one of her new therapy patients. Even though she knows she shouldn’t work with him, she cannot deny the connection she feels and continues to see him. As their connection deepens, how will she unravel herself from the tangled web she wove?

I could not put this book down! I thought the characters were really well written. The plot was detailed and kept the reader guessing. I liked how it went back and forth from before the accident and after to give the reader the full picture. While I thought I had predicted the ending, I was still surprised at the end and didn’t see it coming. I would definitely recommend this book!

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

I would like to thank NetGalley and Atria/Emily Bestler Books for providing me with an advance e-galley of this book in exchange for an honest review. Look for it now in your local and online bookstores and libraries.

Wow, what a ride! The Unraveling immediately sucked me in, and I read it in 24 hours. The narrator, Meredith, a psychiatrist in her 30s, suffered a terrible loss 18 months ago. The loss upended her personal life and career, but someone else suffered even more and she has felt immense guilt about it ever since. Early on, she sees and begins to follow Gabriel, whose life she feels she ruined. They become entangled in each other's lives, but Meredith keeps making poor decisions. Has she put herself in grave danger? I found this so compulsively readable. I had to know what would happen. It's kind of like watching an accident in slow motion. You cringe knowing something shocking is going to happen, but you can't look away. Highly recommend if you're looking for a read that will have you in a chokehold!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC. All thoughts are my own.

4.5 rounded up. WOW that was truly a ride. Having only finished the book moments ago, I’m still trying to wrap my brain around all the twists and turns it took. The first half was a little slower for me and I just could not see where this book was going. Well let me tell you, I have finished and I could’ve never saw where it was going. So many twists and turns.

Thank you net galley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

It took me forever to get into this story, and—if I’m honest—I’m not sure I ever completely got there.

I loved the idea of a psychological thriller about the emotional spiraling of a grief-stricken psychiatrist. There is something intriguing about a doctor who helps others but is unable to help herself. Meredith recently faced a tragedy, and the author does a good job of portraying her bleak life. I also understood her sense of guilt. Unfortunately, it doesn’t make up for the predictable storyline and unlikeable characters.

Also, I don’t handle second-hand embarrassment well. No matter how much Meredith justifies her unhealthy obsession with Gabriel, it’s cringey. It made me feel uncomfortable the entire time I was reading the story. Whenever she has the opportunity to do the sensible thing, she does the opposite.

The penny that drops at the end is unnecessary, contrived, and doesn’t add anything to the story. I think I will stick to Vi Keeland’s romance novels.

Meredith McCall is a busy New York psychiatrist with a thriving practice but she is currently on leave due to a horrific tragedy which claimed several lives and has left her dealing with unbearable grief, guilt, loneliness and anger and is in no condition to help her patients when she can't even help herself. Meredith has been self-medicating way too much with alcohol and has withdrawn from all her friends and she is just feeling so lost with no light at the end of the tunnel. She wanders the sidewalks of New York aimlessly for endless hours, day after day hoping to find some relief or answers to her tortured emotions.

Then one day Meredith spots the husband of one of the victims and begins to follow him because he seems happy and that can't be possib!e since he lost so much more than she did and she needs to to find out why! She should know better than that and she knows she's acting irrationally yet she can't stop herself and quickly it begins to turn into an obsession although Meredith doesn't believe she's stalking the man because she just wants to help him and herself if she can find out how he seems to be a highly functioning man while she can barely get out of bed in the morning.

As time passes and Meredith sees a therapist for herself and finally gets back to work, she seems to be doing much better although she is still following HIM while she knows it's wrong and plans to stop but it just may be too late because Meredith has just added a new client to her patient roster and imagine her shock and anxiety when she sees who just walked into her office as the last patient of the day. You know who it is! Coincidence or something a little more sinister? Will Meredith take the bull by the horns and do the right thing or will she get more caught up in the games she has unwittingly been playing although maybe not by herself!


What an entertaining, fast and clever novel! This story was like watching a train wreck when you know you should stop looking but finding yourself drawn to the scene telling yourself all the reasons you need to keep watching. Meredith is a mess. She may have been a good psychiatrist before but she became very unstable and was making poor and some downright stupid decisions for a doctor with her qualifications. Twist after twist, Meredith gets caught in a gigantic spider's web where she could even lose her practice and her license or risk possibly going to jail.

That is how deep she has dug a hole for herself and now she can't find her way back out and she is in trouble, big trouble! The bottom line is, Meredith is really a good person but she's not very smart in almost every decision she makes and I'm glad this is a fiction/thriller because I would hate to think of all the people in therapy having a psychiatrist like her! Creepy!

Sometimes the book was too repetitive at times although it didn't take away from my enjoyment factor just that it could have been a little shorter. When I got to the ending, I couldn't believe what I was reading and had to reread the page over and over again! I loved that unexpected and climatic finale. It pushed up my rating from a 3 1/2 star to a 4 star read!

Try to go in blind while reading this book and don't overanalyze the story, just sit back and enjoy it as you would a really good movie!

I want to thank the publisher "Atria Books" and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this terrific book and any thoughts or opinions expressed are unbiased and mine alone!

I have given a rating of 4 CREEPY AND SURREAL 🌟🌟🌟🌟 STARS!!

I’ve been going back and forth on this one, guys, to be honest. Although I did appreciate the well-crafted and well-paced plot, the writing style, and the intriguing plot twists, I was not too fond of the Main Character, Meredith. It was highly off-putting to see her appear unintelligent and immature, especially given that she is supposed to be a psychiatrist.

I have heard good things about this author but genuinely this was too boring for me and just was not interesting.