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For anyone who has read The Wife Between Us or An Anonymous Girl, it's safe to say that when Hendricks and Pekkannen team up, the readers are in store for a treat and this is certainly the case with You Are Not Alone. When Shay witnesses a woman jump in front of an oncoming subway, she is strangely sucked into the life that the woman left behind - through her friends and more. Watching You Are Not Alone unfold is a truly fun ride that will have you guessing and needing to turn the pages faster to find out what happens next!

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Shay Miller can be standing 5 feet away from you and you wouldn't notice her.
Cassandra and Jane Moore are noticed everywhere they go.
Shay is lonely, has nothing and no one. And the Moore sisters have everything, and now they want Shay.

I really enjoyed this book.
So rarely do I find a book in this genre where I have no idea whats going on.
And until the last couple of pages... I had no clue what I was reading, and that was a great feeling.
To know that anything can happen.

This is the kind of book that you will not want to put it down. And when you are forced to put it down, you will could the hours till you can pick it back up.

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One moment, by chance. Seeing one woman’s death by suicide on the subway. That’s all it takes for Shay to be thrown more off-kilter than she already is.

She’s in a vulnerable place when she meets the Moore sisters and is thrilled when they begin to support her as the friends she needs in the aftermath of witnessing death. But as the sisters pull Shay into their glamorous world, is it really what she wants or is she just pretending to be someone else?

Although this was not my favorite thriller by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, it certainly kept my interest! As usual, the author duo writes from varied character standpoints, as well as back and forth from past to present. It switches like these and the slight insight into each character’s thoughts that make this story move quickly. If you enjoyed An Anonymous Girl and The Wife Between Us, pick this one up, too!

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TEN STARS!

Do not miss this one. OMG this book was incredible! I've never read anything like it, and probably never will again (unless these women write another book). A heck of a ride, an amazing plot, and a twist you won't see coming. Couldn't put it down. It's hard to describing be, but ten stars doesn't even cut it. Amazing story. These women can really write!!

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Another excellent thriller from Hendricks and Pekkanen! After a lonely young woman witnesses a suicide in a New York subway station, she becomes obsessed with the victim's life and insinuates herself into her circle of friends.

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If you liked The Wife Between us and Anonymous Girl you will love this to! These authors have a very particular writing style. They lead you and build the backstory the first half of the book then towards the middle they deliver a twist so huge your head spins by the time the ending rolls around so much has happened I can barely take it! Must read for fans of their previous books!!!

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A psychological thriller with the emphasis on thriller. An exciting twenty-two seconds turns into a great read. Lots of twists and turns and a variety of perspectives keep the reader Guessing and reading.

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I read An Anonymous Girl recently and found the plot to be quite innovative and thrilling, so when I saw this book on NetGalley, I requested it without hesitation. You Are Not Alone is fast-paced and intriguing. And, while I must admit that I enjoyed other books by this author pairing slightly more, I still ended up finishing this novel almost in one sitting.

This is a hard thriller to review without giving too much away, but if you're looking for a novel that delves into the complexities of female friendship, you won't be disappointed (even if you end up guessing certain elements of the twist)!

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this novel for review.

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Wow! This was a great read!! Fast paced. Couldn’t put it down. The writing was great and story kept me in the edge.

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WOW. After DNF’ing 3 books I am so happy I was able to read this. I was super addicted and when I was not reading it I was thinking about it constantly wanting to finish it so bad. It was an intense, fast paced psychological thriller and I loved every part.

The protagonist, Shay, is naive and desperate to make friends with the Moore sisters after Amanda’s suicide. I cringed at the things she does to get in their circle of friendship. But, the more desperate she gets, the more she dismisses the red flags.
Cassandra and Jane are fashionable, rich, successful and sweet af so how can you NOT want to be friends? Ok, I see where Shay is coming from now.

There were quite a few characters in this book and even though I got lost a couple times trying to figure out who was who, I didn’t care, the story was so good. I love stories with multiple POV’s, this one had 6.

I loved the interesting statistics and facts in Shay’s data book/journal. It was in almost each of the chapters. Freeway is a West Coast term? Who knew?

The plot twist was so good! Totally unexpected!

Probably one of my favorite books I’ve read in 2019, hands down.

Thank you St. Martin’s Publishing Group for sending this to me!!!!!!!

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Wow! This was a very fast read, I didn’t want to put it down. You just wanted to get to the end to find out what the sisters really wanted with Shay. I could definitely see this book turn into a movie. Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy.

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I'm going to be a bit evasive so I don't spoil anything!

I imagine it's hard to read YOU ARE NOT ALONE by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen & not be sucked in. Right off the bat, something wild & scary happens. It's intense, unexpected & sets the stage for a thrill ride. Like, what is going on?

We meet these women, there's three to start & later we meet more. Honestly, it's a tiny bit hard to keep everyone straight, But, the authors shine here because they give us just enough tidbits to differentiate the women. Thank you for that!

Shay is having a rough time. I have ZERO patience for weak & unreliable female characters in thrillers. I will say Shay got on my nerves at times. Overall, I felt something for her. I wanted to see what happened to her in the story.

I love the alternating perspectives of the women and I love the time jumps between past & present. Yes, it might seem like a lot, but the authors pull it off. Throughout reading YOU ARE NOT ALONE, I'm intrigued, curious & trying to piece it all together.

I didn't guess the ending & I think this is a book thriller & suspense fans will connect with. There's definitely creepy vibes that will keep you turning the pages late at night.

Special thanks to St. Martin's Press for our gifted review copy.

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I received this book free from Net Galley for an honest review. Out of all the books these two authors have written together I would say this one is my favorite. I couldn't put it down. However because I anticipated a hard core twist in the book, I was slightly disappointed in the ending. The book kept you wondering what would happen next. And the characters where distinct enough that you weren't confused in who's voice was speaking. It's a good read for sure, and like I said I liked it better then some of the other ones. I felt more invested in the characters to find out what would happen next.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It grabbed me from the start and didn’t let go. A rollercoaster of a ride! These authors never disappoint.

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I might have squealed A LITTLE BIT when I received an email with this ARC from St. Martin's Press. I may have been on an street in NYC when this happened - which, coincidentally, is where our story takes place.

I was between 4 and 5 stars - mostly due to some more outlandish plot twists - but there has to be some suspension of disbelief - in life and in art - so 5 stars it is.

There's not much I can say about this book without giving too much away. There is an unreliable first-person narrator -Shay- and a slew of even less reliable characters who surround her. You're not exactly pulling for Shay at first, but you're not NOT pulling for her either, and in the end you do hope she prevails.

What I can say without giving too much away - Hendricks and Pekkanen are fantastic at tapping into one particular theme - loneliness, especially when surrounded by millions of people in a vast, fast-moving city like NYC. What does it mean to feel alone, and what will you do to belong?

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You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks . and Sarah Peklanen is a well written fasinating and psoycholical mystery.The story revolves around several main characters and their relatiionships. Shay, the maiin character, wittnesses a young woman, Amanda, who seems to throw herself in front of incoming train. She is . killled imediately. Shay soon afterwards becomes involved with Jane and Cassandra two sisters who claim to be friends of Armanda. They continually reach out to Shay and appear to be making her resemble Amanda. Shay has few good friends and is pleased that Jane and Cassanrdra want to be her friend. The police have been questioning Shay as well since she was there whenAmanda threw herself in front of the train.
the tension is the book . increase as Shay feels . unsure of herself and her sudden relationship with Jane and Cassandra.

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I am speechless. I cannot believe that Greer and Sarah have written a thriller better than their first two combined. Shay is a nice, normal young woman who just can’t seem to get a break. She is on her way to the subway one morning and stops and takes time to put her hair up in a ponytail. 22 seconds is all it takes but that is enough for her to arrive at the subway platform just as the train pulls away. It is then that she sees another woman who also just missed the train. As the next train approaches she watches in horror as the woman jumps to her death. 22 seconds is all it takes for Shay’s nightmare to begin; only she doesn’t yet know what a nightmare it will become. You will not be able to put this one down so don’t start it until you have time to read it straight through.

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Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

This is my 3rd book by this writing duo, and I already can't wait for the 4th. This book was fast paced, clever, page turning and I could not put it down. Unlike many "thrillers"...this one really was. Read it!

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This book follows the author's style of being a compelling psychologcal thriller! I read the book in one sitting because I needed to know how it ended and why the plot took the turns that it did. There were points where I thought I had it all figured out, but the clues were slowly unraveled until the end, where it all came together in a spectacular fashion.

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