Thank you netgalley for the arc of business trip in exchange for my honest review. Stephanie Monroe is getting a little tired of her life and thinking that maybe she would be a little better appreciated if she just disappeared. Jasmine is escaping from an abusive relationship. Shes had a rough past without much support but she manages to scrounge up enough money to run away from Glenn. Heading to a conference Stephanie and Jasmine end up on seat mates on an airplane and the rest is history. This twisty turn of a novel was great for October. 3.5 stars and an easy read.

Thank you to NetGalley, Jessie Garcia and St Martin’s Press for the free ebook in exchange for an honest review.

Wow I have been having a run of meh books and this wasn’t different unfortunately. The twists I saw coming and I just felt like the pacing was so slow. So much repetition. Just not for me.

Huh? What? Who? 😅 What a whirlwind. To say I was invested, is the least I can say. I need someone to talk too after all of that. Great book!

I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The novel reads like a Lifetime movie.

An amazing debut! Like nothing I have read before. It kept me guessing at every turn. I can't wait to see what the author writes next.

Wow! This is a great debut novel with some unexpected twists! Jasmine definitely got the short end of the stick in life with an emotionally abusive family, few friends, and a jerk of a boyfriend. If only she hadn’t decided to take out her anger on other people. I was surprised at the elaborate scheme that she came up with. Her escape didn’t surprise me, but everything she did afterwards was shocking. The twist at the end, though. Wow! It was hard to put this book down!

Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for this advanced readers copy. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

The first half of this book felt like a slow burn to me. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it but I was interested enough to continue. By the second half of the book, I was shocked. It picked up the pace and I started questioning everything I was predicting in the first half.

I was so, so excited to get my hands on this book, and WOW! It did not disappoint. You will find yourself second-guessing yourself at every turn! It is fast-paced, twisted, and twisty.

THank you to the publisher and Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Layer upon Layer is exactly right in describing this book! Just when I thought I had it figured out, here comes another twist. The story is told in multple points of view, which was a little confusing, until I got familiar with each ones part in the story. The ending was a huge twist that I did NOT see coming. All in all, a twisty, quick read that will keep you guessing.

Thank you St. Martin's Press for the gifted digital ARC!

3.5 stars rounded up.

I had to sit on this one for days to really figure out how I felt about it. It was super fast-paced, twisty, and enjoyable, but the ending is where I really struggled. I will post my main issue in spoiler-wrapped text on my Goodreads page.

Ultimately I don't think the ending took too terribly much away from my overall enjoyment of the book. I would definitely read more from this author in the future!

The Business Trip pub date is January 14.

This was a fun thriller that kept me guessing along the way. It was a really quick read that was hard to put down. I enjoyed this one and would recommend it to others who like a fast paced thriller.

This is such a good book! The story features Jasmine and Stephanie, who meet on an airplane flight. There are so many twists and turns that kept me reading long into the night! There are various narrators, clearly marked by chapters. Recommended!

2.5 stars here. The first half of the book was so good, and then the last half pretty much required me to turn my brain off in order to finish it. There’s enough twists, turns, and deus ex machinas involved that it’s impossible to ignore.

For a debut novel the first half was superb, but I can’t in all honesty recommend more than that.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC, all opinions are my own.

I loved it, then I hated it, then I loved it, then I was charmed to death by the ending!

Jessie Garcia's novel starts off with a bang. Jasmine is escaping an extremely abusive relationship with little money and no friends or relatives to turn to. She is flying to Denver, a spot on the map she chooses at random, wanting nothing more than to just get away. On the same flight is Stephanie, a news director who is always the one picked to go to these boring weekend conferences because she is divorced with no kids at home. Their lives intersect and its nonstop action from there until the jaw-dropping finale.

The first quarter of the book I loved; Jasmine's story of escaping her abusing with determination and grit and little else, Stephanie's story of a failed marriage, an adult son who is drifting away, and nothing at home except her cat Fred. The decisions they make at the start of that fateful weekend, set the stage perfectly and kept my interest fixated on their fateful flight.

Then comes the second quarter, chapters narrated by the ladies' friends and co-workers. They didn't seem to make much sense, as if thrown in at the last moment for filler. Viewpoints from Stephanies neighbor, who feeds her cat, and her second in command at the news station, checking in with ho-hum questions about work. Jasmines only contact is with a childhood friend who helped her get the waitressing job at the bar, that she just left. She fills Jasmine in on the explosive reaction her abusive boyfriend has upon discovering her escape.

By the midway point, we get a day-by-day account from Trent, the man at the center of the mystery, who we immediately realize is a womanizing, pompous bore, as unlikeable as they come. Things pick back up and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Loving it again at this point.

By the final quarter of the tale, missing puzzle pieces are starting to fall into place and hoo boy, is the final picture turning out to be a doozy.! I literally couldn't turn the pages fast enough. One of the best endings I've read in a while!

This was a quick read with a lot of twists.

A bit of a warning. There are a lot of points of view early in the book. I want to say 10+ but I didn't count them. It was pretty easy to remember who everyone was and the chapters were short. But if you struggle with multiple points of view, this one isn't for you.

Stephanie and Jasmine were so different from each other even though they looked similar. Stephanie had a successful news career and was heading to a conference in San Diego. Jasmine grew up with nothing except for a mom that hated her. She was living with a guy that was abusing her and she needed to get away. It took her a year to save up some of her bar tips and escape. Both women end up sitting together on the plane. And that's where everything weird starts. Both women end up missing with some clues that lead to another person at the conference. The book has a few twists and the reader will go back to the beginning to hear what really happened.

I gave this book 4 stars. Thank you to Netgalley for my earc.

There are certain people you need to stay away from in life. Jasmine is one of them.

She was an abused 44-year-old wife, living in a trailer with her husband, Glenn. She needed to get out before there was another possible brutal attack. Jasmine could be pleasant yet, this was a woman that had a spiteful and mean-spirited past. She was a person I wouldn’t want to know. In fact, I wouldn’t want to hang out with any of the characters in this book.

It was a quick psychological thriller with short chapters and wild twists. It got my attention as Jasmine made her way from Madison to Denver thanks to a friend that gave her a loan for the airline ticket. I could probably make a list of all the unbelievable occurrences in her plans although it didn't matter too much as it was moving fast. In this case, the James Bond was a woman and my focus was how she would eventually escape. The ending was offbeat and totally unpredictable.

My thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book with an expected release date of January 14, 2025.

I didn’t care for this novel. I don’t generally like thrillers that try to out-twist every other twisty thriller, and this one just went too far for my taste.

I'm obsessed with this book! It's like, SO twisty and wild, I literally couldn't put it down!! Picture this: two women, totally different vibes, on the SAME plane, and suddenly—poof—they disappear!! Like, what?! You’ll be guessing the whole time about what happened, and trust me, you won’t see the twists coming. I was legit GOBSMACKED by the ending. And don’t even get me started on Trent McCarthy—who even IS this guy?? The tension, the suspense, ugh, chef’s kiss!

Anyway, if you want a thriller that keeps you on your toes and makes you question everything, this one’s IT. I seriously lost sleep over it, but SO worth it.

Huge thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review! 💖

I want to thank St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Ok firstly wow this book was filled with such twists and turns! The first 50% of the book had me hooked so bad! But once I passed that 50% i started guessing exactly what was going down.. until another secret shocked me again! I still found the first half was way better than the second.. it starts to fall flat when you start knowing exactly what will happen.. the ending also kind of threw me off a bit and was a little random.. I feel like it should have really ended with a huge bang with all that was revealed.. still such a twisty read!

The book draws you in quickly and keeps you hooked, the twists and turns keep you reading even when you have other things to do. Very twisted story but good read.