Love books about girls with a dark side, and Megan does it so well. I probably won't be recommending this book since it's backlist now but I did enjoy it.

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Thanks so much to the publisher and to NetGalley for giving me access to this book. Meg Abbott does a great job of writing teenage/family drama. I found that this book grabbed my attention and kept me focused until the last page. I will be recommending this book to my patrons.

It's easy to see why this book has exploded all over the place! This was a good mystery, and I enjoyed that there was such a focus on each of the characters and their parents. It showed everybody's dark side, which made it all the more enjoyable to reach the conclusion.

First, I'd like to apologize for my only providing you with feedback on this book just now. I did start it back in its pre-release days but put it down as I was having difficulty engaging with it. It was my intention to pick it up and give it another go in short order but, for reasons I can no longer recall if I'm honest, that didn't happen. Today I read 10% and found that I was still not able to get into the book as I would've liked. It's very well-written but I'm finding that it feels like it's more of an introduction to the world of gymnastics and that nothing at all is happening with the characters. At this point, I've decided that it probbaly isn't the best fit for me.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to review this book. Aplogies that it didn't work out and for the lack of timely feedback.

RATING: 3 STARS
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I was excited to read this book, as I was seeing this book everywhere. I decided to try this one on audio and found it well done. The plot was interesting, but I found the suspense and the story a bit lacking. I would definitely try another novel by Abbott.

***I received an eARC from NETGALLEY***

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to review this ARC of You Will Know Me.

Devon Knox has a gift, a gift that seems to only be enhanced by the tragic accident of losing toes as a child. She is a skilled gymnast with Olympic potential and her and her parents will stop at nothing to achieve their dreams.

But everything comes to a jarring halt when Ryan, a young supporter of the gymnastics community is violently killed. Was it intentional? And amidst all of the competition and jealousy, it could be any number of people.

Okay, this had SO much potential, and I really got into it, and then it ended and I was so disappointed. If you were to do this book for a book club though, you could have a great discussion about how to navigated a prodigy child who could break records. Achievement vs. regular childhood and life. Which one is more important?

I’m no stranger to author Megan Abbott. She’s one hell of a writer. Love all of her books especially this one. I definitely recommend everything she does!

Always love Megan Abbott. This will be one of our book options for April. All five stars.

Thanks to netgalley for the opportunity to have read this great book.
Devon Knox is a gymnastics prodigy and her parents have to support her through all the competitions and progress. This unfortunately causes her parents a lot of heartache and stress to cope with the growing debt. It was interesting to see how they cope with her expectations and where Devon ends up going in her sport. Worth the time.

This was a fun read! The author weaved the thrilling story with the world of competitive gymnastics. The pacing of the story was done very well.

Nothing was specifically wrong with this book, I just didn't find it interesting.

This was a real "it's not you, it's me" reading situation - I could appreciate that propulsiveneness of Ms. Abbot's writing and she creates a semi-believable world populated by tightly coiled springs but, in the end, it all just fell kind of flat for me. Perhaps the foreshadowing is laid with too heavy a hand, perhaps it's that the characters are a bit cookie cutter, or maybe, for me, the adult reading a YA novel thing has finally reached the end of the road. In any case, I wouldn't recommend.

Sadly I didn't care for this book. I think it was just the subject. I found the writing to be good in fact that kept me reading farther than I would have. I look forward to the author's future work

Whoa. This book was really interesting. Unputdownable. I'd read it again!

Devon Knox had an accident as a young child that resulted in the amputation of a few toes on her foot. But that has not stopped her from being the rising star in gymnastics. She trains for hours every day on top of keeping up good grades. She is determined to be in the elite, then on to the Olympics. Her parents are buried in debt but they are taking the risk for the chance of their daughter to be an Olympian. They fear the puberty that could come any day, the high risk that everything could be ruined by one tiny mistake in a routine, and that one small mistake could cause an injury that can't be bounced back from. But they face it all to make Devon a household name.

But one night, something goes terribly wrong in their small gymnastics community and it is another name that is spoken in every household.

It took me over 2 weeks to read this book because I dreaded picking it back up. The characters lacked depth and I could not establish any kind of connection with any of them. The parents, Eric and Katie, were immature, narcissistic, and oblivious. They consistently ignored their son, Drew, in order to focus on themselves or mostly on their oldest daughter, Devon. Drew, however, was written to not mind being ignored and to be very laid back. He "understood" the attention that had to go to Devon and "never had a problem with it". Not only did it come across as very unrealistic but it also came across as useless. Devon did not demand attention outside of the gymnastics gym, rather she kept to herself and kept secrets. Devon clearly favored her father and (in somewhat of a juvenile retaliation) her mother, Katie, stuck to Drew. Poor Drew developed Scarlet Fever and still received little attention from his family.  His mother even left him alone in the car and then revealed that it was not the first time she had done that.  She had left him in the car because she had forgotten he was even in there when he was much younger.  They put Devon into a fellow gymnast's home (read: mansion) so she wouldn't catch what Drew had.  The fellow gymnast whose mother footed the bill for the renovations to the gymnastics training center. This mother, Gwen, footed the bill after much wining and dining with Devon's father, Eric, so that his daughter could improve with better equipment. Oh, and Gwen's daughter, Lacey, could also improve. But no one would ever be as good as Devon!

Not only were the characters a disappointment but the writing was also hard to appreciate, in my opinion. The plot did not flow well, neither did the chapters. There were snippets of paragraphs that seemed to be copied and pasted to piece together a chapter rather than being more fluid. There were even paragraphs that could have been "pasted" together and it would have flowed better. It was jagged and frustrating to read. Furthermore, there was a lot of repetition for minor details that came across as redundant to me. Katie's ringtone being the same song that Devon has a floor routine to, saying "I love him so much!", are just two examples. I have heard many great things about Megan Abbott and, as a result, had looked forward to receiving an ARC of this book. I cannot say that I would have that same excitement in the future.

I would not recommend this book. I think I have made that very clear. Furthermore, I would certainly not recommend this book for those who may be sensitive to foul language, violence, tumultuous relationships, murder, manipulation, parental neglect, and sexually suggestive scenarios.

This is the first book I have read of Megan Abbott's and I am certain I will read her other works. I liked the style of the writing as well as what this story was about. It is hard to give a review without giving away details or the storyline. If you like thrillers mixed with hormonal teen girls and competitive moms this one will be a winner.

I really enjoyed this book and tossed up between three and four stars for a long time. I enjoyed the twists that I was taken on as a reader, especially when it was revealed to us who was guilty of the crime, only to have it turn around once more. I also liked it how we were made to feel the pressure that young Devon was under by not just her parents and coach but by the rest of the gym community. It really does go to show how far you would go to protect your children.

This author has a gift for crafting work that sucks you in and does not let go. While at times you may find it predictable, you cannot help but hang on tight to see how it all comes together.

When a close-knit, but very competitive, gymnastics community is met with dark turn of events, we are thrust into a world where we see some of the harsh realities of these athletes. We see how coaches, the students, and even the parents handle tough situations. This shows a family who has their eyes set on the Olympic dream and prize, at any cost. Note, I said "family." They have just as much drive, if not more, than the actual daughter who is competing.

This is a great psychological thriller that will make you sad for the child who is not the athlete, and comes across as an afterthought. Something extra, and scared for the idea that, while farfetched, could be a reality (in the intensity) for many families of children in competitive sports.

This was a great novel, and I love this author. Cannot wait to read more!

15 year old Devon is on her way to qualifying for the Senior Elite and becoming an Olympic star. Obsessive dedication and practice is required, but when the death of someone close to the gym community occurs, every is rocked off kilter. It’s a mystery of how and who intermingled with accusations and relationships falling apart under the pressure.

This was a good book. It was intriguing and twisted around on itself. If you really love relationship driven books and you’re looking for a book that explores the way parents sacrifice for their kids and the way that both parents relate to their kids differently, then this book did a spectacular job at that. However, I feel like I’ve read other stories in the thriller genre that did a better job, and I unfortunately compared this book to those books too much. I wanted the characters to be deeper and I wanted the metaphors to be subtler. I wanted to not be able to figure out the murder so early on in the story. It was still good, just maybe not right for me at this time.