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Thank you netgalley for this ARC when i saw lisa had a new book out and especially with this cover that i love so much i had to read it. This novel was so good and fast paced and i thought the storyline was so good.. We follow a character who we see the POV from but also see him under different names and living different lives and his mind was something one of my favorite things in thrillers are past chapters and present and we had that in this novel and i really enjoyed the daughter of the new woman and how she was getting suspicious vibes from him so she decided to do her own digging and maybe she figured him out maybe she didnt. I will say this novel also touched down on how people can become so obsessed with people to the point that they are so envious of them to the point they want to mirror the life they live and will go above and beyond to make that happen. This storyline definitely had secrets and betrayals i will say tho some of the characters didnt have alot of time in the book so sometimes when they mentioned some of the names i didnt really remember who some were but that could just be me. Lisa writes such great thrillers and i own some of hers that i really need to dive into because they are very enjoyable. Lately ive been getting back into thrillers and this one made me realize why i used to love thrillers alot. Good book!

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It took a minute to get going for me. Eventually seeing how everything was connected, I was able to appreciate the detail and nuisance of the writing. Good read.

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Thank you netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this! I have read several other Lisa Jewell books, so when I saw this I knew I wanted to read it. Wow! Lisa does a great job with crazy and this was no exception. Manipulative and evil! A quick read that I recommend!

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I love anything and everything from Lisa Jewell and Don’t Let Him In was no different. I found it to be fast paced, very engaging and I was on the edge of my seat at multiple points while reading this.

Thank you to the author, Atria Books and NetGalley for the advanced digital copy.

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A bit slow and predictable. I felt like it took me ages to get through I was never really wanting to pick it up. It was an interesting concept but just not quite exciting enough for me.

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I’ve read a lot of books by Lisa Jewell and loved them, but unfortunately, this one didn’t quite hit the mark for me.

The story was interesting, and I definitely got hooked, but everything felt super predictable. Which, for a Lisa Jewell book was severely dissappointint. That said, I still enjoyed the read—it felt like I was watching a movie, and the writing was great.

One thing I didn’t love was the switching between first-person and third-person POV, plus the constant time jumps. It made the first half of the book a bit hard to follow, and when I was already a little checked out from the characters, it made me not really care to follow.

Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

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Thank you Netgalley and Atria for the opportunity to read early in exchange for my honest review. Wow, wow, wow. Okay, I love Lisa Jewell and this was by far not my favorite of hers, but it still kept me glued and on the edge of my seat. Ash’s father Paddy is pushed onto train tracks and died instantly. While grieving, Ash finds a package delivered to their front door from a man named Nick who claimed to work with Paddy back in the day. Ash’s mother, Nina reaches out to Nick to thank him for sending some of Paddy’s old things and strikes up a relationship with him. Throughout their relationship, Ash is noticing inconsistencies with Nick and gaps filling his stories. There is another woman named Martha who is married to a man named Alister who she shares her flower shop with, but lately he has been disappearing too. Nick/Alister/his other alias’s that I don’t want to spoil don’t realize all of his lives are coming together, but the women do. Can they stop him in time?

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I wanted to love this! But I was confused through the beginning with all the time and character jumps and had a hard time staying connected to the story. However, at about 70% I was hooked and starting to put pieces of the puzzle together.

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Thanks to netgalley for the arc. Lisa jewell is one of my favorite authors so I was very excited to read this one. Unfortunately, it wasn’t my favorite book of hers. There were so many identities to keep track of and the timeline and changing narrators were confusing. I also found the women involved to be so frustrating and gullible.

If you like the movie “the other woman” you will enjoy this. Overall a 3/5 but not my favorite Lisa jewell book.

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If you love suspense and mystery please please please read this book. Lisa Jewell is absolutely amazing and has out done herself with this novel. It is brilliantly written with so many perspectives and details. So many twists and turns until the very end. Buy or borrow this book as soon as it comes out in June, you won't regret it.

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This book was intriguing and a fast read. I do think the character could have been a little smarter in some of the situation s

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This book was so good!! It took me a little while to grasp the different characters/timelines but once it all came together, I could not put it down. I loved this book and want a sequel!!

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Thank you Netgalley for an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was so disappointed reading this book. I love Lisa Jewell and I loooove a good thriller, but this one fell flat on so many levels. None of the characters were interesting, the plot was not intriguing enough for me to want to continue, none of the twists were all that surprising. I originally thought maybe 2.5 stars, but after sitting with it for awhile it is closer to 2 star rating. I think maybe this book is just an odd one in her collection because she is a good writer.

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This is the first book by Lisa Jewell that I’ve read. Multiple women are part of couples that are entwined throughout this story. At times I found myself confused with keeping up who was who and how some characters were connected. At about 30% in, I decided to start over from the beginning. Overall I enjoyed the story but it had its confusing moments, and I certainly wouldn’t consider it a thriller although there was some suspense to this mystery.

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Lisa Jewell has done it again. Such a great book! I really enjoyed this one. It’s about a con man who gets women to fall in love with them and leaves them with a ton of debt. He always has another one waiting in the wings before he leaves so he always has a new source of income.

I love that you hear the man’s point of view and hear what he is thinking. He really knew how to give the women what they wanted and always had an excuse at the ready if they ever questioned anything.

At first I thought his behavior wasn’t too too bad but then he just keeps getting worse. You want to shake the women for believing the best of him but I know it happens in real life.

I couldn’t wait to see how this one turned out in the end. It was a really good ending. I will recommend this one for sure!

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To sum it up: Lisa Jewell never misses. This book will have you questioning every man in your life.... is my DAD even who he says he is?! A book so diabolical only the queen of thrilling suspense novels herself could have come up with the premise.

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3.5 ⭐

Like myself, my coworker received this ARC, but I finished it first. I told her, if you’re in your man-hating era, you might want to skip this one.

There are a lot of names and characters to keep track of—thankfully, Kindle’s search function helped me retrace my steps. If you don’t have much patience for women falling for charmers, you’ll likely find this book frustrating.

I’ve read better from Lisa Jewell; this one didn’t quite do it for me.

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Arc Review: Unfortunately this book just didn’t have that shock factor that I like in thrillers. It was pretty much just a solid telling throughout. No ups and downs to it but interesting enough.

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Thank you to NetGalley for the Advanced Reader Copy of "Don't Let Him In!" I love Lisa Jewell and this did not disappoint! This book still has me thinking...I wish I had a paper copy of the book to thumb through back to when one of the characters that was mentioned on the last page so I could figure out the ending. I love a book with multiple narrators, but this one through me, a little.

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I couldn't put this book down!! I don't know if I've ever disliked a villain as much... SO many twists... a great and suspenseful thriller! One of Lisa Jewell's best in my opinion.

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