Enjoyed most of these stories a lot of time in collections like this you o ly have 1 or 2 good ones but there was only 1 that I didn’t like much so I would recommend this collection

This book consists of 6 short stories told by some of the best psychological thriller authors. This book contains books from Liv Constintine, Rachel Howzell Hall, Loreth Anne White, Andrea Bartz, Ivy Pochoda, Carline Kepnes. All of the short stories are fast paced and give that creepy tales from the crypt vibes. I really enjoyed each of the stories a few of them more than others.

Live Constintine- Everywhere you look- this story was fast paced, and go right into the action. However, I was made about the ending I felt cheated lol. i needed more, i needed to see how things worked out for the main characters and their family members. I felt this book leaves the reading on a cliffhanger. I gave this book 3/5 stars
Loreth Anne White- The Ghost Writer- In typical Loreth fashion this book was insane, action packed and just when you thought you had it figured out it will surprise you and leave you wanting more. Congratulations Loreth this is the second book that you have sucked me into your vortex of writing with. I gave this book 3/5 stars.
Andrea Bartz- The Other Side of the Road- This book will have you questioning anyone and everyone it will have you trying to decide who did what, and if you can trust even those close to you. How far would you be willing to go to get the house of your dreams? How much do you love your spouse to make their dreams come true? Creepy neighbor or are they trying to warn you about the harm that's within your own home. 4/5 stars.
Rachel Howzell Hall- Scorpions- This book was unusual just like the other book i have read by Rachel, she has a very unique and interesting writing style, it often comes off as slow, but the endings will hook, line, and sink you. I love Rachel's work and look forward to reading more of her books in the future. This book has me rooting for the underdog, but the ending left me so confused and sad. 4/5 stars.
Ivy Pochoda- Jackrabbit Skin- this is my first book by this author however this book gave me creepy stalker, cult vibes so if creepy stalking vibes is what you are into then i recommend this short story. This story has a lot of action packed into it and it will leave you contemplating your choices at the end. 3/5 stars.
Caroline Kepnes- The Bad Friend- I have never read a book by this author, this was an interesting concept and an overall good book, it was engaging and keeps the reading flipping the pages to see what happens next. 3/5 stars.

I just reviewed Never Tell by Liv Constantine, Loreth Anne White, Andrea Bartz, Rachel Howzell Hall, Ivy Pochoda, Caroline Kepnes. #NeverTell #NetGalley

i love reading short stories so ofc i had to read never tell !! a collection with six short stories all about thriller with its secrets that will be discovered.

~ everywhere you look by liv constantine ~

jade had a stressful week in “everywhere you look” ! a couple days before her birthday she finds out that she has been cheated on and apparently her father is alive after being “dead” for the last ten years? jade starts to dig up old memories and hopefully she’ll find her dad but never in a million years she would dream about finding out secrets about her past and what really happened on the day her dad died.

it was a fun read, i didn’t guess the whole secret right and i wish there was more at the end but a good story to start the collection with !!

~ the ghost write by loreth anne white ~
MY FAVORITE ONE !!!!

grace logan was chosen to write a memoir of claudia blackwell, a woman from the same smalltown as grace, their difference? grace was accused of a triple murder but was never convicted. years later she’s ready to share secrets and hopefully the world is as well. she will spend her days at the same island as claudia and her employees, but during her stay she learns that there was another ghost writer who ended up dead and grace starts to think she’s next.

after reading this short story i need to read loreth’s other books !!!!!!! i was HOOKED since the beginning, i couldn’t even think about the truth from the murders because i just wanted to finish the book to find out and i can say IM NOT DISAPPOINTED !!!! the scene in which we find out the whole truth gave me THE CHILLS !!! it’s definitely worth reading in one go because it was an amazing writing and plotting for 65 pages !!!!! i’m really excited for the audiobook because i gotta see how it turns out !

~ the other side of the road by andrea bartz ~

lauren and kelsey are a happy married couple who can finally live in their dream house which was on sale so it was the perfect event since they’re expecting a baby boy. they loved the environment but they learned that the previous owner thought she was being stalked before dying and apparently their neighbor is giving weird vibes to the couple…

i liked this one !! i just found it funny that she learned the truth and did nothing about it, i guess family is family.

~ scorpions by rachel howzell hall ~

in “scorpions” we meet frankie who learns a secret from ruben, she used to be his caregiver till he passed away. the secret? he buried a lot of money in a ghost town but in two weeks, developers will teardown everything and bye bye money. frankie will have to work as fast as she can but everything changes when she learns that other people also know about the secret but she’s the only one with the location. the worst part? more secrets will surface and much more is to come till the end of the story.

it was predictable that the family knew about it and i had my doubts about them ofc and in my opinion it was crystal clear that they didn’t want to share with her since she “isn’t family” while they had to put up with ruben or should i say victor. this one had one catastrophe behind another ! the ending was kinda sad because everyone… you know ! but i had fun !

~ jackrabbit skin by ivy pochoda ~

swam started living in a new community in california and she gotta work so what’s better than her neighbor requesting a tattoo? she had no idea that it was a tattoo about his dead wife and she refuses to keep going with the sessions but she gives in. at the same time she learns the truth about melanie’s death and the community.

this was a nice thriller short story but it was confusing…. i wanted more of kurt talking and the neighbors…. i’m just gonna say that they’re all weirdos lol. i thought this one was gonna be my least favorite but it’s on the top 5 i think !

~ the bad friend by caroline kepnes ~

in “the bad friend” we meet ellen, troy, tanya and ross, years later we also meet abigail, josie and maxine. ellen and troy are engaged and tanya is hanging out with ross but the girls lose contact after ellen gets married. in the future someone from the past appears in her life and it changes everything but learning about a secret she never thought would be true was a whole new level.

this one is the most different one in the collection to me. it has huge time jumps. and in my opinion not really well done but still can be “kinda” enjoyable, i hated the secret so there’s that.

on the first page i was wondering why she was with troy if she felt like that???? it makes no sense. i didn’t expect about abigail but for the ending it makes sense (yes i still hate how this was done). the only fun part in this was the girls trying to set them up but now i hate it. troy and ellen needed to have a real talk because jesus christ what was that.

i enjoyed reading never tell collection but i gotta say that this one was my least favorite one.

thank you netgalley and amazon original stories team for this arc <3

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this book in exchange for my review! All opinions are my own.

I was super excited that this series was "read now" on NetGalley because of all the popular authors taking part in the collection. Unfortunately, I had conflicting thoughts about this series. Three of the books, I enjoyed, while the other three were not my taste. My favorite was the Liv Constantine story, and my second favorite was The Other Side of the Road by Andrea Bartz. The other ones were a little too dark and creepy for my taste, unfortunately. I hope Amazon continues to partner with other popular authors!

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This is a Really good a diverse collection of short stories that exposes you to many different thriller authors. I really liked that they were page turners

I love these short story collections by Amazon. The Never Tell collection has some great authors and some truly interesting, and complex short stories.
I’m always so impressed by people who can write such intriguing tales in such a short window of time.
This collection is worth the read.

These Amazon Collections have been some of my favorite things over the past two years. I love to gobble them up between books as little pallet cleansers.
I also love how the collections are stand alone books but tied to one theme, and it’s all how you read them to interpret them.
This collection is probably one of my favorites they have put out.

I was drawn to this collection of stories by the list of amazing thriller authors. I have read previous Amazon short story collections and really enjoyed them. But I felt that all of these stories fell flat. It took me a while to get through them all and they didn’t draw me in like I had hoped.

I love these short story collections! Always so versatile with an all-star author cast. Can't go wrong!

Big thanks to Amazon Original Stories and NetGalley for this treat!

"Never Tell" is a collection of short stories about secrets, by some of today's top mystery-thriller writers, three of whom I had read before & two (Liv Constantine & C. Kepnes) whose work I follow and read. Both of those stories were worth the time, particularly the Constantine, and the others were good intros to new-to-me authors. Many thanks to the publisher for the "read now" DRC and Net Galley - my pleasure to review this collection!

This book is a set of short stories put together by an absolutely fantastic group of authors!

The stories all kept me guessing and kept me wanting to turn the pages faster than I could even read.

Definitely recommend adding this to your TBR for some quick, easy, and thrilling reads.

This was another really fun short story collection released by Amazon.

Thrillers aren't my favorite genre so short stories are the perfect length. I really enjoyed most of these!

Rated 4 stats. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC ebook.

An enjoyable collection of short stories by contemporary thriller authors on the narrative theme of secrets. There was no stand out story, each one was interesting and compelling. I like very much Amazon short stories, quick.and satisfying to read. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the arc.

I’ve really been digging these original short story collections that Amazon has been putting out. Never Tell brings together some well known suspense authors, including Liv Constantine, Loreth Anne White, Andrea Bartz, Rachel Howzell Hall, Ivy Pochoda, and Caroline Kepnes.

Overall this is an entertaining set of short stories about secrets and lies. A couple of them really stood out to me:

- The Ghost Writer by Loreth Anne White: Grace is a ghostwriter who goes to a remote island to write the memoir of infamous accused murderess Claudia Blackwell. This Gothic suspense really packs an impressive amount of atmosphere and twistiness into a novella-length story. Perfect for fans of The Only One Left by Riley Sager.

- The Other Side of the Road by Andrea Bartz: Kelsey and Lauren couldn’t be happier; they’re expecting their first baby and have just moved into their dream home. Too bad the previous owner died under questionable circumstances and the neighbor across the street has a seriously sinister vibe. Andi Bartz’s writing style is so engaging and the big twist shocked the heck out of me!

- Everywhere You Look by Liv Constantine has the bones of a great story with not just twists and turns, but a surprising depth of emotion. This one left me wanting more – I wish it had been developed into a full-length novel!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing for providing me an advance copy of this book.

Never Tell
by Liv Constantine, Loreth Anne White, Andrea Bartz, Rachel Howzel Hall, Ivy Pochoda, Caroline Kepnes

A collection of six short stories by bestselling authors, it was curiosity, Caroline Kepnes and Loreth Anne White that brought me here and then the quality and variety of the the stories that kept me reading.

Loreth Anne White’s The Ghostwriter was the standout story for me, with a fast, creepy and twisty tale of gothic suspense. Of the three authors I hadn’t read before Ivy Pochoda’s Jackrabbit Skin made the biggest impression, with the story of a tattooist travelling out to start a new life in the desert.

Caroline Kepnes’ The Bad Friend is effortlessly stylishly written and Liv Constantine’s Everywhere You Look pack an intricately plotted story into its pages.

I liked some stories more than others, but as a collection and a sampler for some new-to-me authors it’s great. Very enjoyable and I will look out for more of the Amazon Original Stories Collections, and read all of the stories rather than cherrypicking the familiar names.

It’s a very good collection. Highly recommended.

Thanks to Netgalley and Amazon Original Stories.

Never Tell is an exciting collection of six stories, told by today's top authors, about lies and secrets.
Everywhere you look by Liv Constantine- Ten years after her fathers death, Jade still feels his presence but a chance encounter changes everything she knows to be true.
The Ghost Writer by Loreth Anne White- Grace Logan is asked to ghost write the memoirs of famous author and accused murderess Claudia Blackwell. Claudia has a secret about that day and Grace needs to be the one to finish this story
The Other Side of the Road by Andrea Bartz- Lauren and Kelsey miraculously find their dream home as they prepare for their babies arrival only to discover the neighbors might have secrets about the woman who died in their new house.
Scorpions by Rachel Howzell Hall- Frankie has made a lot of bad choices in life, struggling to make ends meet she takes a job as a caregiver. When her client dies he tells her a secret...the location of millions of stolen dollars.
Jackrabbit Skin by Ivy Pochoda- Swan, a tattoo artist, finds herself unveiling a mans secrets while doing his tattoo, a tribute to his dead wife.
The Bad Friend by Caroline Kepnes- Ellen is never quite happy with what she has "the grass is always greener" but when she discovers a secret that could impact her new life she must finally make choice to stay where she is or ruin the lives of those she loves.

Overall this was a great collection of short stories that were all entertaining in their different ways. My personal favorites where The Ghost Writer, The Other Side of the Road, and Scorpions. There is definitely something for every reader in this collection.

I loved this short story collection - I ate it right up! I enjoyed getting to read shorter works by all of the people whose stories I enjoy already. I definitely preferred some of the works over others but they were very compelling and I’m glad I got a chance to read early!

Never Tell

1. Everywhere you look by Liv Constantine:
The story is touching, reminiscing and twisted. Jade’s father died. He was a heart surgeon. She started dating Benedict. He had two failed marriages. After receiving betrayal from him, she feels alone. She go at her aunt’s place. And there she learns secrets about herself and her family. The revelations at the end were shocking and ending was twisted.

2. The Ghost Writer by Loreth Anne White

The vibe is atmospheric and characters are mysterious. The story is twisted and suspenseful. Grace Logan receives an opportunity to work with Claudia Blackwood, a murderer turned authoress. She receives a memoir proposal. As story unfolds, the big revelations were made and truth came in light. The truth is so twisted and the big revelation at the end shook me.

3. The Other Side of the Road by Andrea Bartz

The story is so mysterious and infused with buried secrets & Truth. And it ended on a mysterious note. It’s engaging and suspenseful.

4. Scorpions by Rachel Howzell Hall

The story is gripping and so many unthinkable things happens in the plot, I would not like to give spoilers. There are frightening elements too and a big secret.

5. Jackrabbit skin by Ivy Pochoda
This is such an interesting story with mysterious characters and mysterious setting.

6. The Bad Friend by Caroline Kepnes

The story is about complex relationships, secrets , jealousy and unexpected friendships. This is really deep and touching. It really emphasised on mistakes we make in life and realisation hit us when we grow up and we wish if we did things differently.

Overall the stories are engaging. 4.5/5

Thank you Netgalley, Publisher and Authors

So many amazing authors in this collection and I enjoyed being able to read their short stories, especially ones I have only read novels by previously.

Everywhere You Look by Liv Constantine ⭐4/5⭐
Very original. Loved the multiple twists. I could feel through the writing style that the main character was important, I cared about her. I also loved how we were led to believe things went one way, but they actually went the other. Keeps the reader on edge from midway through to the end.

The Ghost Writer by Loreth Anne White ⭐3/5⭐
Multiple twists again. Good one at the end. I was looking forward to reading this one as she is my favorite author among the 6. Perhaps my expectations were too high for a short story.

The Other Side of the Road by Andrea Bartz ⭐3.5/5⭐
Enjoyable read. I anticipated where the story was heading.

Scorpions by Rachel Howzell Hall ⭐2.5/5⭐
Intriguing beginning. I lost interest in the middle of the story. I didn't care about any of the characters.

Jackrabbit Skin by Ivy Pochoda ⭐1.5/5⭐
Same problems as the last short story. I also didn't like the concept. It wasn't even enjoyable. I couldn't get into it.

The Bad Friend by Caroline Kepnes⭐1/5⭐¨
Same problems as the last one and more. It was confusing.