I think this book is proof that there are too many psychological horrors. Some of them are absolutely brilliant but others fall short of the mark and unfortunately this was one of them. The second half was messily written and made little sense.

Enjoyed the pace of this book, wasn't expecting the twists -which is always a plus! The ending didn't sit well with me, left me wanting more.

This book makes you question everyone you know and meet...how well do you know your childhood friends and the lengths they will go to keep you safe? How well do you know and trust your self and your memories? definitely will keep you up at night questioning everyone in your life.

In this book a new girl name Rachel moves into a spare bedroom of the flat when Mary lives. This new girl seems strange and everyone is weary of her, except for Mary. This new girl Rachel seems to have a lot of things in common with Mary  where they grew up, etc and Rachel seems to know quite a lot about Mary. Is this strange? How does this new girl know so much about Mary?

This book for me started off a bit slow but began to pick up the pace. It was interesting to read all of the twists and turns in the book, as the story unfolded and began to answer some of the questions that keep you guessing. A great psychological thriller and it has a great twist near the end, which quite what I had expected which I really enjoyed.

Exploring the depths the human mind will go to, to protect you from trauma, betrayal, and hurt. 

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books UK for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

2.5/5 Hmm... this may be the book that represents the straw that broke the camel's back. I've read so many psychological thrillers with far too many of them containing the word "Girl" in the title. Therefore, if you're going to put yourself out there and follow that trend, you need to have an original idea- or at least make your book exciting and fun to read. In this, I got neither. Sorry to be so harsh.

I managed to fly through this book in just under a day. The main character Mary has moved across Australia with a friend to escape a violent ex. A new girl replies to their advert looking for a roommate and becomes very overfamiliar with Mary. There are some unexpected twists and while it was a bit unbelievable at times but overall enjoyable.

Pretty average. Nothing particularly bad about this, it just feels like a book trying to imitate successful thrillers and only half succeeding. It feels distinctively less sophisticated than the adult thrillers I've read recently, but , I think the writing has good qualities that could be built upon in future projects.

Instead of a review because it's impossible to describe how I felt about the book without giving anything of the plot away, I wanted to say this:<img src="https://mojaloss.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/somethingaboutmary-932x524.jpg"/(minus the dog in the picture)

I think this for me takes the cake of all the books that completely throw you off what's coming from their synopsis. To say this was nothing I'd expected would be an understatement.

It felt like a pyramid of twists build (as in written) only to be continuously explained throughout the book. And that is to say, my mind hurt trying to follow as opposed to enjoying a thrilling read.

Also, it's hard to describe this story not using the words disturbing, far-fetched and misleading. I could translate that misleading to boring if I had a bad day.

In the end, I don't know how I feel about the reveal or even the plot itself, it's just SO NOT the roommate mystery I'd expected. And, sadly, it reads more or less chick-lit style whenever any dialogue comes in.

That cover really lured me in this time!

Thank you Netgalley for the copy in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed this book although I did guess elements of the ending it did not detract from my enjoyment of the book, probably relates to my job! I thought the story was interesting and the characters well developed and would read future books by this author.

Thank you Net Galley and Publisher for this ARC!

The New Girl just didn't cut it for me. As an avid reader and lover of psychological suspense and thrillers, this fell short of my expectations. I found the characters very unlikable, and not even to the point where you can deal with it. Too drawn out.

A big thanks to Avon Books UK and NetGalley for the advance copy of this book.
I liked this book. It was a very quick read, and had a good twist at the end. The tension was well done. But I did feel like the ending was a tad rushed. That said, I look forward to more from this author.

New Girl for a new month. A psychological thriller with female leads and the word Girl in the title. Now there’s something not even remotely original. But then again it’s what sells and here’s yet another author jumping on that ever so popular and frankly overpopulated bandwagon with her debut. The main plot driver is that the narrator is wildly unreliable and possibly quite bonkers, although just to what extend you’ll find out in the end. Or, if you’ve read this sort of thing before and/or possess even slight powers of deduction, pretty early in the game. The main protagonists here are all obscenely young, something like 20, just out of their teens enough to have this not be YA, but not mature enough yet to not make the stupidest mistakes and seriously terrible personal choices. And roommating situations especially seem to be something that positively reeks of youth, not too many adults would conceive of sharing their living space and essentially their life with a complete stranger. Hasn’t anyone seen Single White Female at least? Anyway, here’s a story about some roommates with a twist, sort of kind of. For all its faults it’s actually very readable, the snack food of literature if you will, and reasonably entertaining. It doesn’t particularly challenge the readers, but doesn’t really insult their intelligence either. Clocking in at exactly 180 minutes it was a perfectly adequate way to spend a morning and just barely satisfy a mystery thriller craving. And it’s Australian, so should technically count for international reading, although the location, outside of topsy turvy weather, doesn’t really that much of a difference in this case. Thanks Netgalley.

This book to me was long and drawn out. I almost stopped reading so many times but powered through to the end. The ending ended up being good, that said it to me was the only good part of the book. I hope others find this book enjoyable, just wasn't for me.



Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for an early release of this book.

1.5 stars. I'm addicted to psychological thrillers. The blurbs always draw me in, and they promise so much intrigue and creepiness and tempt me with secrets that I suddenly *must* know the answers to. Sometimes they live up to my expectations, but often I feel less than satisfied at the end, kind of like I've just eaten too much junk food. This was was decidedly on the junk food side for me. I was sucked in at first, but then it went downhill and I was skimming most of the second half. The ending was bonkers in a way that's sort of par for the course of you've read a lot of these books. So, this one was not for me, and I wouldn't really recommend it--but if you are a committed lover of psychological thrillers you might get more out of it than I did.

This book was just "okay." Most of the time I thought that Mary/Rachel were the same person, like a split personality type of thing. That ended up not exactly being the case. The journal to present tense writing kept the pace of the novel moving nicely, but I didn't feel like everything aligned; some things were mentioned in the journal that were going on at the same as the present tense, so it got confusing. I found the end to be extremely rushed, which was disappointing because Mary's personality was finally just revealed, which was a huge plot twist! The author should've spent more time on the ending and not rushed it so much.

This was an okay read. I liked it but I did not love it. I do feel like it deserves 4 stars since I was interested in reading more and finishing it, but it is not a story I will revisit again.

A good plot ,but it took a long time to get to the plot of the book,id not know sho to trust.Rachel charzcter was a bit wesk, who wojld go out if their way to help someone who they admired from school a bit hard to imagine ,and this is the part that the book falls flat,otherwise a good read.

This book is definitely an ok for readers who like psychological books.. I usually enjoy them but this one fell flat for me. It wasn't a bad book it was just ok...Took a very long time (3/4 of the way) for the plot to get to the point and was a little boring...I was waiting for the big WOW which never came.. Thankyou netgalley for letting me review this book.

The synopsis may not give away yet its more than just a 'new girl'. The title can be ambiguous if read the book. The book has weird vibes mostly the main character that is not a health person. Too druged or making up theories.
I feel sorry for her and was sad to see that people who loved her most could not reach out for her.
Mary is a runaway with the money and all the free time its not easy to guess how she is that way. I feel anger towards her because its always right in her face.
The story is back and forth and sometimes I was feeling doubts
about what she is writing was real or not.
Rachel I did not like the character and she is obssessive slash stalker who tendencies I dont know in the book.
My only thought is that maybe one day Mary will be fine