Thank you Netgalley for an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This one was very twisty and I liked it. I basically read it in one sitting, so I was definitely entertained. Dual timelines and unreliable narrators are always a positive for me. I was rolling my eyes are some of the scenes (some characters were so naive!!) and was shocked by the severity of others (heavy content in this one), so it was a little all over the place. If you're looking for something quick and entertaining, this would be a great option.

My thanks to Net Galley and St Martin's Minotaur for this arc .

I was not feeling this book. It wasn't what I expected. I felt it a bit disjointed. This was the story of 2 sisters in 2 different timelines with a missing child of one of the characters in present time. We have 1 sister happily married with a husband and daughter where the daughter is picked up from school by someone claiming to be her aunt when there's no aunt. The other sister is an obsessed groupie of a rock band, then a rape and a murder. This was all over the place. I really can't recommend.

I think this is my favorite of Sandie's books. 80s rock n roll, groupies, dual timelines; it has it all. This was great for me, because I grew up in the 80s and it took me back. When her daughter goes missing, Nicole will have to relive a past she has long buried, even from her husband. Why did she leave the UK and why has a writer come to her door asking questions? This kept me glued to the story and I didn't want to let go.

I Would Die for You by Sandie Jones is a riveting and intricate tale filled with unexpected twists. This gripping story delves into the dangerous repercussions of jealousy, misplaced passion, revenge, obsession, and even love. Jones masterfully weaves these elements together to create a haunting narrative that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Prepare to be captivated by this compelling exploration of the dark side of human emotions.

NetGalley ARC

I am honestly struggling to find a single nice thing to say about this one. Every single person in this story was absurd.

This book was a recipe for nonsense:
- 2 Delulu teens who think their rockstar idols are in love with them, and seem to think that matters more than family or ethics
- 1 Teenager with zero faith in her boyfriend
- 1 Husband who never noticed that his wife has been dying her hair for years (!) - does his wife not have roots she has to dye? c'mon.
- 1 Overbearing father
- 1 Enabling mother
- 1 Poor child who through no fault of her own was apparently never taught not to talk to strangers for her entire 8 or so years
- 1 Police force who bought a poorly staged crime scene
- An entire cast of characters who may well be compulsive liars
- Random occurrences of things being in American measurements instead of British, which, I'll admit, is mostly just a pet peeve of mine

I was bored out of my mind. Nothing in this story made sense, the POV transitions were confusing because everyone sounds the same, and every single twist beggard belief to the point that I was starting to worry I'd sprain my eyeballs with all the rolling they were doing. This is my third Sandie Jones book. I didn't like the other 2 that I read any more than this one, and I think it's time I admit that Sandie Jones' books are simply not for me.

Often times the audiobook narration helps lift a book like this for me, but it wasn't enough here and the accent switching just didn't work for me.

A huge thank you to the author and the publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.

3.75/5 | Releases March 24, 2025

This book had a lot of promise with its dual timelines—one in the 1980s, following sisters Cassie and Nicole in the height of the rock scene, and the other in the present, where Nicole is forced to confront the past she ran from. The mystery kept me hooked, and I loved the nostalgic music industry backdrop. Cassie’s obsession with Ben, the lead singer of Secret Oktober, was unsettling from the start. She was volatile, reckless, and willing to do anything to get to him. That part of the story had me completely engaged (and enraged).

But Nicole? She needed to learn how to use her words. She trusted too easily, never asked enough questions, and just let things happen around her instead of taking control. As much as I enjoyed the pacing, something about this book didn’t fully click for me. By the time the ending rolled around, I hated how every single character handled things—especially when it came to Ben. He was a scapegoat for everyone else’s bad choices, and what happened to him felt unfair and heartbreaking.

Overall, I Would For You was an engaging read with a juicy, tangled mystery, but the character decisions had me screaming in frustration. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press / Minotaur Books for the eARC.

3.75/5 (rounded up)

This was one wild ride! I was hooked from the start—which is impressive, considering most of the characters were downright insufferable. I couldn’t help but feel for Nicole, even with her flaws, while Cassie was, as another reviewer put it, utterly deplorable. There’s truly no better word for her—she was downright delusional at times.

I love a good band story, and this one delivered. Secret Oktober’s rise to fame was explored from every angle, showing how it impacted each character in different ways. The twists and turns kept me engaged—some were predictable, but others genuinely shocked me. The ending, while chaotic and fast-paced, didn’t quite live up to the build-up for me, but it was still a thrilling ride.

This book was perfect for a long day in the car. I have only read a few Sandie Jones novel so far, and I definitely enjoyed this one and look forward to reading more of her work.

Audio Comments: Imogen Wilde was fantastic. It was amusing to hear her narrate such a dark, twisty story right after a smutty romance, but if anything, it proved she can do it all!

Thank you to St Martin's Press and NetGalley for the ARC & Macmillan Audio, for the advanced listening copy!

3.75/5 rounded up

Thank you Minotaur Books for the advanced reading copy!

This was one wild ride! I must say, I was hooked from the very beginning, which is saying something considering most of the characters were utterly insufferable. I really felt for Nicole, even though she was flawed, too. I saw another review that described Cassie as "deplorable," and I think there is no better word for her. She was truly deluded at times.

I really love a band story of any kind, and I thought this one was well-executed. We kind of saw every side of Secret Oktober's fame and the ways in which this affected each character differently. There were so many twists and turns throughout, though some of them did end up being predictable, others caught me completely off guard. The ending, while insane and fast-paced, was a bit of a letdown to me after the chaos and build up of the rest of the story.

I can easily say that I was latched onto this book from start to finish, finding excuse to do household chores or take walks just to finish it. I enjoyed it more than other Sandie Jones I've read and definitely makes me want to pick up more of hers moving forward.

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Nicole is living her life with her husband and daughter when a writer knocks on her door asking about the downfall of a popular 80s band Nicole was involved with. Flashback to the 80s and we find out that Nicole's sister, Cassie, is obsessed with the band, especially the lead singer, Ben. She doesn't know that Ben heard Nicole singing one night, and one thing led to another, and Ben and Nicole have been seeing each other and recording music in secret. This dual timeline novel jumps back and forth from the present to the 80s as we see the effects that fandom and obsession can have on some young girls. Things quickly escalate in this novel, and everything comes to a head at the end. This was ok, even though it does leaving you hanging a bit at the end, just not my favorite by this author.

SO good! I listened to this one on audio and it was fantastic. Fans of Daisy Jones or Mayluna will enjoy this book that follows a band through its trials and tribulations along with those in their circle.

This was a weird one. Disjointed storylines, clear mental illness, and just...annoying characters.

Nicole is a do-gooder. She lives in California with her military husband Brad and their daughter Hannah. Nicole is the leader of a 'save the seals' organization. One day, a woman comes to the front door and asks Nicole to tell her about Secret Oktober, a band from the 80s that ended in tragedy. Nicole hasn't thought about that time in almost 20 years, and she doesn't want to. She rushes the woman out of her house and tries to move on. When the school bus doesn't arrive to drop off Hannah, Nicole knows that things are going to start unraveling.

1986 - Cassie is 16 years old and in love with Ben, the lead singer of Secret Oktober. Her older sister, Nicole, has recently moved out of their childhood house and their mother is currently laying in bed, dying from cancer. She meets Amelia, another fan of Secret Oktober, who quickly brings her into the (somewhat) inner circle of the band.

Nicole (1986) is a struggling songwriter, who waits tables to pay for her small apartment and gas for her run-down car. One night, Ben walks into a bar where she is singing and they slowly start to connect....all while Cassie continues following the band to airports, hotels and red carpets.

Current Nicole's marriage is starting to fall apart as her long-buried secrets start to come out. She's not the person she said she was, and someone is threatening to tell everything.
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I get the idea behind this story, but I felt like the flashbacks to the parties, etc where reading like fan-fiction. Of course, there were models and drugs, but this read like something out of a tabloid. I found Amelia tooooo shady, and Cassie just...went along with it, with no questions!

It just overall was a bit disjointed. I felt like there should have been more to the Cassie/Nicole relationship, more to the resolution to be explained. Everyone was a bad person, that's the moral of this story. Everyone is terrible.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Nicole is a Mom and married to a man she loves living her best life until a writer tries to interview her about the events that happened years ago regarding band leader, Ben Edwards and then her daughter goes missing. Sometimes the past doesn't stay in the past and the secrets can come back to haunt you! Another twisty thriller for Sandie Jones!

Thank you to St Martin's Press and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review! #IWouldDieforYou #NetGalley

This book keeps you guessing throughout. Interesting premise. Would recommend to others as overall a good book. I personally am not a huge fan of multiple timelines, but that is more personal preference and this author handled them well.

I Would Die for You is a thrilling novel by Sandie Jones. Nicole Forbes lives a quiet life in a small town with her husband and young daughter. However she hasn’t told her husband about her past in England. She was suspected of murdering the member of a popular boy band, and he family is now gone. However, when her daughter’s aunt picks up her daughter from school one day, Nicole’s past has come back to haunt her. What really happened that day?

This story really sucked me in. I like how it was told in multiple timelines between the present and what happened before Nicole left England. However, I felt the book ended abruptly. It felt like that was a stylistic choice by the author, but I felt like it was too abrupt.

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

"I Would Die For You" by Sandie Jones was a book that keeps you guessing to the very end. This book was fast paced and had many twist and turns. This book is a duel timeline.
Nicole is happily married and living her best life, when trouble comes knocking on her door. Nicole's past is coming back to haunt her and it's effecting her whole life. As Nicole tries to figure out who is messing with her life and why all the old memories come back to her.
Highly recommend this book.

I loved this one! First I must say, as a former teenage girl who loved a boyband once with all my heart, I am definitely the intended audience for this book. This book follows a hot 1980s band (similar to Duran Duran) called Secret Oktober, and focuses on one family with two sisters who become enmeshed with the band in different ways. Cassie is an obsessed fan who meets the band as a fan and eventually a sort of groupie, following them about and showing up at their hotels and parties. She gets to know the band outside their clean-living image and some dark things happen. And most of all, she's in love with Ben, the lead singer whose face is all over the posters in her walls. She has a somewhat fantastical and delusional view of Ben, even as she sees the darker underbelly of the band and its worldwide fame.

Meanwhile, her older sister Nicole (who doesn't even know the half of Cassie's groupie adventures) stumbles upon the hot lead singer Ben in a real life situation, and the two begin a real relationship.

All of this comes to a head in 1986 with a national tragedy.

The book follows two timelines, 1986 and 2011, as we learn about the sad events that tore a family apart and caused the national mourning of a death in the band.

I thought the book did a fantastic job of capturing that crazed teenage crush love so many of us experience for celebrities, and showing how the fantasy young girls have of such boys doesn't comport with reality. I also loved the character of Nicole and her more mature and real relationship with the celebrity. The murder mystery unfolds with intrigue and lots of emotion and there are many twists and turns. More so than a thriller, this is an emotional book about the contrast between teenage infatuation and real love; and about girlish fantasy versus reality. I loved the narrator and the writing and really enjoyed listening to this one. 5 stars!

This was another good story by Sandie Jones. To be fair, the ending was abrupt and didn’t provide a definitive resolution, although based on the storyline up until that point the reader can pretty much tell what will happen. This was entertaining and had some good twists

Another one that had potential but falls short in the end. I think this was my first book by Jones, and I'm not sure I would pick up anything by her again without a recommendation from a friend. The plot had some holes, and it just required you to suspend disbelief overall. The character development was all over the place, and their arcs were not consistent. There are better thriller options out there to read.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this early review copy.
This book was kind of a roller coaster. It was not at all what I expected going into, and I did enjoy it. The story goes back and forth between two timelines of events, the character's past and their present which is in 2010. Lots of twists and turns, and the end... ugh! Are we getting a sequel, or do we have to fill in the blanks of what happens next??

Honestly, this was just boring to me. I didn’t like any of the characters and I skimmed to the ending. The “thriller “ aspect was mid at best. 2/5 stars.