I've been looking for a good thriller for a while and the last few I've read have been mediocre at best. I Choose You, however, had me intrigued from the start. The story flashes back and forth in time to before and after a murder as well as features chapters from the point of view of a mysterious killer. At first, you're not sure how everything fits together but the puzzle pieces come together very nicely.

This was a real page turner for me and I finished it in two sittings! The writing is good and the emotion surrounding the tragedies feels real. You see each character reacting to the deaths around them quite differently and that impacts their actions. There are a few red herrings thrown in for good measure but the ending is completely plausible. This one reminded me a lot of last year's big hit The Chestnut Man, if you liked that, you'll like this one a lot!

I love books that will give you goose bumps and this is one of them. The creep factor keeps ramping up page after page but you can't put it down because you just have to know what is going on. Don't start this book at night and if you do sleep with the lights on. Happy reading!

Thanks to NetGalley, Thomas & Mercer, and Gayle Curtis for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Elise and Nathaniel bonded over a shared tragedy - both their moms died by suicide. They are part of a support group of survivors. This group also discusses the Suicide Watcher, a name given for someone who seems to be playing a game with people that ends up killing them. Elise and Nathaniel are married and the parents of 3 children - when oldest daughter Ida is found murdered, it brings back all the old pain and throws suspicion on everyone.

I was excited to read this book - the premise sounded great. Although it was still a good read, it just never stepped up to my expectations, mainly because there were too many characters, too much time jumping, and just too much.

The Suicide Watcher has struck again. He's a killer that makes murder look like suicide. Now Nathaniel and Elise can't find their daughter. Could she have been a victim of the Watcher?
Everyone is questioned relentlessly. Everyone seems to have had a motive for the killing of this teenage girl. Even her boyfriend.
There's also a back story with Elise being suicidal and having post-partum depression. Also the surety that her baby isn't hers, but has been switched with someone else's child.
Suicide also seems to run in the family. Elise's mother committed suicide as did her husband's mother. Soon it becomes a mystery if the Suicide Watcher committed the crimes, or was it someone else.
Intriguing, mystery at its finest!

3.5 STARS

Here's the decision that is presented .... kill yourself or I will kill you myself. Those are the words of the person known as the Suicide Watcher. The Watcher is someone who perceives others without empathy.

Elisa and Nathaniel share a tragic background ... both their mothers committed suicide many years ago when they were children. It is suspected that the deaths were witnessed by the Watcher.

Now adults, married to each other, and having children, cracks have begun to erode for each of them.

Elise swears that her young son was swapped with another while still in the hospital. She has almost terrorized the other parents to the point that police have been called and restraining orders filed.

Their daughter was abducted and murdered. Could it be that ‘the Watcher’ has returned for another round of the same sadistic game? Why now? And why are Elise and Nathaniel being targeted again?

The story line goes back and forth between the present and the past. The past tells about the loss of their daughter ... the present is mostly about the Suicide Watcher.

Elise and Nathaniel are not the only family members being looked at. Elise's father and half-brother are also suspects, as is Nathaniel himself. The family dynamics show terribly dysfunctional families with deep, dark secrets.

And someone will kill to keep those secrets hidden from the light of day.

This is a deeply disturbing psychological thriller with unique characters, none of which are likable. Suspenseful from the very first page to the very surprising ending.

Many thanks to the author, Amazon Publishing, Netgalley for the digital copy of I CHOOSE YOU. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

I enjoyed elements of this book but there was so much going on in the past and present I struggled to keep up with what was happening.
Elise and Nathaniel are married with three children, one of them is murdered and everyone is a suspect! Everyone appears to be guilty of something, Elise's brother is not who he seems, her dead mother has more to do with the story than we realise. In between this Elise thinks her baby son isn't hers and accuses another couple of taking her child.
Someone has throughout their lives encouraged people to shoot themselves, by the end it appears virtually everyone is involved or shot someone or attacked them
Way too much going on

I received a copy from netgalley!
It was A good book!
wow on the ending.
this is my first book by this author hope to read more.

Is it possible for a novel to have too many twists and suspects. This book achieved that. I felt like it was too much packed into the pages.

I really wanted to like this one, but I didn't. At all. There were too many suspects. None of the characters resonated. There were abhorrent topics that were just treated as no big deal. I skimmed through a lot of the story to get to the answers. The only part I really liked was the ending. This book had a lot of potential and unfortunately fell short.

I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I really liked this book, but I didn't LOVE it. I felt like it moved too slow for my taste. I do think it was character rich. Overall an okay read.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for allowing me to review this title.

Parts of this story were really good. It was very confusing in parts as well. A lot of possible suspects were discussed. The timeline was confusing in places as well.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

I knew my good thriller roll couldn't last forever! After reading some amazing thrillers lately, this one just fell short - by a lot.

The number of red herrings was just absurdly high. There's a fine line between the perfect amount and too many and unfortunately, this went too far. There was also just a lot stuffed into a 2-3 hour read.

It did do well keeping you on the edge of your seat, though, and for that I gave it 2.5 stars. Please don't let me negative review keep you from reading it! I don't regret finishing it, just wish it were a little less packed and more mysterious.

I almost DNF'd this book at just under the halfway point. After a few days I decided to give it another go and so glad I did! Holy crap it had more twists than a twizzler! I didn't particularly care about any of the characters but that in no way makes a difference to me. Entertaining and fast paced, I loved it!

I Choose You is dark and intense thriller about the implosion of a family after a murder. Elise and Nathaniel met under tragic circumstances, both their mothers were victims of the Suicide Watcher, who gave the victims the choice of killing themselves or being killed. When their sixteen year old daughter is murdered they question why them, and could the Suicide Watcher be back. The chapters are split between Then and Now, Then looking back at Ida’s murder and the investigation, and Now looks at the fall out for the family. Complex and intelligent, this book has more layers than a Mille-Feuille.

The main plot line focuses on the murder of Ida and the many possible suspects who could have wanted her dead. There are many sub plots that look into the suspects, the family and friends and how Elise and Nathaniel cope. There are also chapters from the Suicide Watcher, explaining the motives behind the crimes, trying to justify them. A marriage based on tragedy is probably not the best foundation and there are definitely cracks in the relationship. Elise was brought up by her father Ray, a famous psychologist know for his experiments on the human psyche. She has a brother Sonny, a defence lawyer with plenty of skeletons in his closet. Add to this friends, clients of Ray and the Suicide Watcher you have a list of suspects all with secrets and lies.

Gayle Curtis certainly throws everything at this book; rape, murder, post-natal depression, a serial killer, addiction, child trafficking. I do think this was maybe a bit much at times, and didn’t really need all of this. Each of the main characters had secrets that came out during the book which turn the book on it’s head. I liken this book to entering a Maze, there are many twists and turns, some in the right direction some dead ends, until you finally reach the middle and conclusion, worn out.

I Choose You is a book about family, the lies we tell and the secrets we keep to protect each other. The split timeline keeps you gripped and the detailed characters, that are all dysfunctional add to the tension in the book. With many shocks and surprises along the way this thriller will keep you guessing until the end.

Thank you the Netgalley and the Publishers for providing me with an eARC of this title. This title was given to me for free for an honest review. All opinions are my own and in no way impacted by reciept of this title. 

I've read the who done it phycological thrillers off and on throughout the years. Thankfully not enough to figure out every one I read. 

This book is full of twists and turns and will keep you on your toes. Just when you think you know who did what, someone else is exposed for something making you think it's them. 

I was fairly sure I knew who did what throughout the book but there were a few things that detured me from figuring the whole thing out. There are two crimes to figure out so trying to piece it all together was fun.

I was able to follow the story line pretty well even though it jumps back and forth between three different times/perspectives (past, present and The Suicide Watcher). Though I can see how it could become confusing to others. As long as you're paying attention, you should be fine.

When a killer chooses you, what choice do you have?
Thirty years ago, Elise and Nathaniel shared a horrific trauma that united them in grief. Now, grown up and married with a young family, they feel their worst nightmares are behind them. Until the day their daughter is abducted and murdered.
Both Elise and Nathaniel lost their mothers to a notorious killer who manipulated innocent victims into taking their own lives. Could it be that ‘the Watcher’ has returned for another round of the same sadistic game? Why now? And why are Elise and Nathaniel being targeted again?
When Elise’s family falls under suspicion, her world crashes down around her. Is there anyone she can trust, or is her whole life built on lies?
Only one thing is clear: someone left their cruel game unfinished all those years ago. This time the Watcher intends to win – once and for all..

This book was fast paced and it kept me on the edge of my seat. BUT - red herring overload. I appreciate Curtis trying to make plot twists that you don’t see coming but in this book there are so many storylines going on and lots of side characters that it got a little overwhelming. Also, I do wish Curtis had done research on mental health disorders because the screw ups with the two disorders she talks about didn’t sit right with me. Overall, it was an okay book and Curtis does keep you guessing.

*Huge trigger warning for suicide.*

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for the copy in exchange for an honest review.

Elise and Nathaniel are married and have suffered a terrible tragedy. Historically they share a further tragedy as their mothers were killed by ‘The Watcher’ but it’s seems he has come back.

This book had such a great blurb but for me it didn’t flow. I was overwhelmed by a lot of characters and I was a bit bored by the end.

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

When Elise and Nathaniel's daughter Ida is found at her father's home injured, everyone is a suspect. There is her dad Ray is a psychiatrist and sees patients in his home. There is the long lost brother Sonny who was seen running instead of seeking help for Ida after he found her at the grips of death. This book takes you back and forth between Elise and Nathan's past and the present. For me, this book just had entirely too much going on and it was hard to tell where you were in the story and whether it was the past or the present. Throughout the book told you what was going on like it was a news cast and then had the characters dealing through the same event. It came across as repetitive and just confusing. The only reason that this is getting two stars is because I found the mystery element with Ida kind of interesting.

As if the tragic circumstances which brought them together wasn’t enough, poor Elise and Nathaniel are now in line for the tragedy all parents dead - a kidnapped child. This is a rollercoaster book, with various storylines coming in and out seen through the different POV’s. Only one thing seems certain, the family is being targeted, regardless of what the police initially believe - but is the perpetrator related to their shared history. I wasn’t expecting the level of suspense. My first novel by this author and looking forward to another.

I've been on a roll with not-so-great books lately, and this one was no exception.

There was so, so much going on with this novel.
Too much.

Red herrings abound! Unfortunately, it was obvious 99% of them were added as an afterthought, meaning it was still quite easy to figure out who the "Suicide Watcher" was.

So, let me give you a brief rundown of this story (no spoilers...this is all established very early on):

Elise and Nathaniel are married, having bonded over their mothers' suicides. Romantic, right? They have three children--Ida, Miles, and baby Buddy. Ida dies, but who killed her and why?

Following her death, Elise breaks down and believes Buddy was swapped in the hospital...that he's not really her baby. She knows who has her real baby. Or does she?

In the meantime, her husband, father, brother, in-laws, random friends, the milk man, her dermatologist, Flo from the Progressive commercials, Santa Claus, Marilyn Monroe, the Mothman, a toy bone, and an old pair of my panties all made an appearance...with accompanying story line, mind you...in this novel. Add to that the full chapters of philosophical ramblings from the "suicide watcher," and I was bored out of my mind.

Are you intrigued yet? My old undies have you rushing to click "buy," right?

::sigh::

Look, this book is horribly choppy and lacks cohesion. Further, there are so many characters, you don't really get to know any of them. While there was one mildly surprising twist at the end, mostly, I just felt confused by all the unanswered questions and plot holes. And don't even get me started about the totally nonchalant attitude regarding suicide and rape. One section, in particular, my jaw dropping, but not in a good way.