A different story from Joshilyn Jackson, and I think she may have found her perfect niche. Amy Whey has managed to piece her life back together after a tragedy in her youth turns her future upside down, until Roux shows up at book club with blackmail on her mind and threatens Amy's comfortable life with husband, baby, and stepdaughter. While Amy seems like your typical suburban housewife, does she have what it takes to save her life as she knows it?

If you like twisty fiction with well-written characters that is more shaded than dark, you will enjoy this book.

I count Gods in Alabama as one of my all-time favourite books so I was thrilled to receive this NetGalley of Joshilyn Jackson's latest novel, Never Have I Ever. The premise of the plot drew me in: a group of women - housewives, new mothers, working moms - all residents of the same neighborhood and members of a book club get sloshed thanks to the the heavy-handed pours of an intriguing new arrival to the neighborhood. The women start playing a game reminiscent of the classic "Never Have I Ever", ever popular at high school parties. Instead, the women each recount the worst thing they've done today/in the last week/month/year, etc. Secrets start slipping out, and it becomes clear to one of the women that the instigator of the game (the mysterious new neighbor) is looking for more than a social connection in the neighborhood.

All in all, it was a really engaging read and rather juicy - some points of the plot seemed a little far-fetched for me, but it was definitely a read worthy of your beach bag or a cozy chair by the fireplace.

I'm torn...this was definitely at least a four-star ride, and as well-written as Jackson's books usually are, but the icky bits knocked off a star for me. Spoiler alert...

...if swearing and sexual deviance and murder bother you, then skip this one.

*Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an e-galley in exchange for an honest review.