I’m going to give this book 5 stars just because it was really fun, quick psych thriller to read! I’d definitely recommend reading the prequel first, and I cannot wait to read book 3 in this series whenever it comes out!

Thank you very much to NetGalley and Thomas and Mercer for the advanced reader’s copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This book was such a fun read! It was fast-paced, and the plot twist really hit the mark. Overall, I have nothing negative to say—it was an enjoyable, quick, and entertaining ride.

Minka Kent is one of my absolute favorites so I immediately dove into this one after the approval. Thank you for the early copy. I loved the first book in this series and this one was just as good. Camille is such a fun character and she never fails to lead the reader to think one thing before twisting the plot to another. I can't wait to see what happens next and as always Minka Kent did not disappoint.

It was a quick read I liked but it kinda felt like a short story trying to be a novel a little, and the ending, the cliff hanger, felt more like the story just stopped.

Love this book and author! Quick, easy read that really gets you hooked. The twists are always great. Definitely recommend this one

An excellent read for any and all readers! Author comes at you with both barrels and knocks you out of your shoes! Great job fleshing out all the characters. I give this book FIVE stars! Definitely recommend!

This was my first book from this author and I took my weekend to read and it didn’t disappoint one of the characters was very messy lol but then wait the main character was messy too lol and so was her life I loved reading this book it was a page turner for me

𝑰 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕. 𝑵𝒐𝒘? 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆.

DO NOT read this book unless you've read 𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 as there are several references to past events that will leave you puzzled. Plus, that book is perfection. Camille and Will Prescott have left the horrors of what happened in San Diego and relocated to Phoenix for a fresh start in a quiet gated community. Will's mother is now in jail, and the couple just wants to live quietly with their two children. However, their neighbors are determined to insinuate themselves into the couple's lives, especially Sozi and Mara.

Female friendships always have an interesting dynamic, but for this trio, even more so: Camille is a diagnosed sociopath, and she does not take kindly to the drama these women try to entangle her in. She becomes obsessed with watching their lives spiral and indulging in her own secret hobby, but while she's distracted, she has no idea that her own life is about to derail in a way that she never could have predicted.

A monster from her past taunts her with letters in the mail, the tone soothing and calming, but Camille can read the subtext. Not only do they remind her of the worst parts of her past, they also remind her that she can never outrun who she is.

Things come to a shocking climax when the shocking prologue circles back to the identity of the battered, bloodied body in Camille's garage. You'll spend the whole book guessing who it is, and while you may figure out the who, you will not know the why! If there isn't a third book in this series, I'm going to absolutely lose it! Thank you so much to Thomas and Mercer for this thrilling early read that is set to publish August 19, 2025.

Thank you to Minka Kent, Thomas & Mercer, and Netgalley for the e-arc of Circle of Strangers! Fast paced read with a twist! After reading the first in this series the twist in this was unexpected! The ending leaving me hopeful for a third book in the series! Minka Kent is an auto read author for me! I love all of her work! This book publishes on 8/19/25! In the meantime check out part one titled Imaginary Strangers!

I love everything Minka Kent writes. When I saw she was writing a sequel to imaginary stranger, I was SOOOO excited. I lovedddd Circle of Strangers. Kent is such a master of plot twists. She reaaaally got me with this one… again! I’m dying for book 3 now 😭

Excellent!!! Every single book this author writes is perfection! If you're looking for a physiological thriller, then read this series!! Camille has moved into a new neighborhood, and nothing is as it seems. Who can you trust? The neighbors all have secrets, and now her precious husband Will is hiding something. There are so many twists in the book! Every time you think you have this book figured out, the author makes sure you don't!! The end..wow!! Such a great book!

Our favorite sociopath Camille is back!! Her and Will have moved to a new neighborhood escaping the drama that had recently plagued them only to be caught up with more drama with their current neighbors!! This had a very desperate housewives feel and kept me on the edge of my seat.

This story starts off with a dead body in Camille’s garage so my interest was immediately piqued. I cannot wait for the next installment in this series to see what Camille is up to next.

We continue Camille's fascinating story in this sequel to ‘Imaginary Strangers’.
Following the events of the previous novel, we see that the family has moved to a new community. The perfect life that Camille has so carefully constructed is threatened by the new neighbours, by the secrets that Will seems to be keeping and by the dead body that turns up in their garage.
The characters are certainly interesting and all the drama unfolding around Camille helps to keep you totally hooked. You can't stop guessing about the identity of the body and who the culprit is.
Twists and turns and surprises lead to an ending that just makes me want to get my hands on the next instalment.

Circle of Strangers gives "popcorn thriller" vibes. It's a fast, easy read that is a little unbelievable at times, but that's what makes it fun. Camille is a fascinating character to me. It's not often you have a character that is a diagnosed sociopath but isn't also a raging maniac. Camille finds a dead body in her garage and calmly goes back to taking care of her children as if nothing is out of the ordinary. Crazy! None of the neighbors are terribly likeable but they keep things interesting. The ending definitely threw me for a loop and I need Minka Kent to hurry up and write the next book in the series!!!!

Thanks to NetGalley an and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

In this sequel to Imaginary Strangers, Camille and her husband, Will, have moved to Phoenix into an affluent gated community to start fresh. His mother is now in jail because of the staged kidnapping of their daughter and her attempts to have Camille put away. But as much as Camille would prefer for them to keep to themselves, her new neighbors are determined to make friends. Sozi (no one ever comments on this name by the way, or mistakenly calls her Suzi) is next door and seems a bit desperate to have a best buddy. She warns Camille about their other neighbor, Mara, who appears to enjoy flirting with Will even though Mara’s married to Oscar. This is all prefaced with a scene where, a month later, Camille finds a dead body in her garage.

So the reader is trying to figure out who the body could be while the story unfolds. With so much drama, it appears the victim could be anyone. And then once that’s discovered, the plot twists off into something else, and it just gets crazier from there. It also gets a bit unbelievable at this point, and I hope it’s wrapped up in a more believable fashion in the next book. It definitely feels like a soap opera towards the end.

The story is entertaining, and it’s easy to get lost in the gossip and toxicity of the neighborhood. It definitely ends abruptly and makes you crave more to see how all this craziness wraps up. It may not be the most intelligent thriller, but it’s breezy fun and the perfect escape!