I LOVE B.A. Paris books, but I don't generally love audiobooks. I decided to give this one a shot so I could hear the story, and I am glad I did! The narrators were quite good, and the English accents made it very pleasant to listen to. It only got a little confusing at times when the timeline jumped, but I still very much enjoyed the story and the twist at the end.

I just truly enjoy B.A Paris and her writing. Although this book was a bit on the slower side, the writing and the story kept you intrigued. The building of who the characters were and what was playing out. I would say at about 40% I felt like I had figured it out. Well let me tell you I was completely wrong and I'm okay with that. What ended up happening did not even cross my mind. Now I can't wait for her next one!

I felt like The Therapist by B. A. Paris had so much potential but it just didn't cut it for me. I found it a little irritating and repetitive - the protagonist was frustrating as a character and continuously made stupid decisions. The ending was a bit over the top and convoluted. Though the mystery had lots of room for suspicion and plenty of suspects to consider, which I liked a lot. There were moments of true creepiness and intensity. I listened to this audiobook and found the narration well done and entertaining.

"The Therapist" by BA Paris is a page turner for sure. If you want to read a novel with tons of twists and turns; this is the one for you. It will keep you guessing the whole way through. If you have read any of PARIS's other novels you will not be disappointed.

Best book I’ve read in awhile! I loved the twists and couldn’t figure out how it would end. I will definitely be recommending this title!

3.25 stars
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TW; Death, Grief, Stalking, Murder
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When Alice and Leo move into their new home in the circle, they're both thrilled. As she starts to get to know her neighbors, she starts to uncover some secrets that happened in her own home. A terrible tragedy - a murder has taken place in her home, specifically in her very room. When a stranger turns up a party asking her what she knows about what happened in her home, she finds herself digging deeper - and realizing that something about it doesn't sit quite right.

This book was a little slow to start and lulled in the middle, we're introduced to a lot of the fellow members living in the circle - I felt like I needed a character map of who was who. As the mystery starts to unfold, the ending becomes a bit predictable. At times I felt myself yelling out loud at Alice since it seemed a little obvious that she was putting her trust in the wrong people, in the end, there was a bit of a twist that I hadn't seen coming and did make me enjoy the end of the book. Overall, I think the last 20% of the book really saved it as it's when most of the action happened.

Alice and Leo, both hesitant and unsure of their relationship, decide to take the plunge, that they are good for each other. When Leo finds a house, one of twelve arranged like a clock, in a gated community, he thinks this is the opportunity they have been waiting for. He gets a great deal on this house and the reason for that soon becomes clear. I had some trouble, maybe because it was an audiobook, keeping all of the neighbors straight, but that worked itself out. If you are the type of reader who likes to figure mysteries out as you read, you will enjoy this one. #thetherapist #netgalley

I am glad I listened to the audiobook rather than reading the book because I am sure I would not have finished turning the pages. This book had a few problems mainly the protagonist Alice and the repetition of the slow moving plot. Alice made so many bad decisions that it was hard to like her. The plot was as slow as molasses and the scenes felt like they were repeating over and over. Aside from that the narration was good.

In The Therapist by B.A. Parris, Alice and Leo purchase a house in a gated community in London. As Alice gets to know their neighbors, she learns about the history of their home and feels connected to Nina, the therapist who had previously lived there. Alice becomes obsessed with learning more about Nina and increasingly paranoid and suspicious of all those around her.

The Therapist was a domestic thriller with a relatively quick pace. I wanted to get to the end to figure out the truth of what was happening. The author does a nice job of making each of the characters look guilty, and the pace was particularly rapid at the end with some surprise twists and turns. I had a hard time liking Alice in the story, however, as she seemed to be a little naive and missed some things that I felt should have concerning to her. Overall, this is a book that will keep you guessing right along with Alice, but be prepared to feel frustrated with some of Alice's actions throughout the story.

The audio for The Therapist was performed by Olivia Dowd and Thomas Judd who did an excellent job of building suspense and bringing the story to life. The audiobook was engaging and paced perfectly for a domestic thriller.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for this ALC. This did not affect the contents of my voluntary review, and all opinions are honest and my own.

The Therapist by B.A. Paris was a slow, steady burn. While there are typical similarities between this book and some of the others of the same genre, I really enjoyed the twist at the end that the author added. Without giving anything away, it was a lot of fun and not one of those twists that came out of nowhere. I had suspected the murderer for a bit, but the whole story and reasoning behind it was a surprise. The story itself was well written and well thought out. Details that matter at the conclusion of the story were well placed throughout and the characters, although I didn't really love some of the Circle members, were well developed and had their own unique personalities.

The narrator did a good job with her performance. She didn't really use unique voices for the characters, but the writing didn't warrant unique character voices to be able to tell who was talking. Overall, I'd give this audiobook a solid 4.5. It was a tad slow for my liking, but still a very enjoyable listen.

Moving into a new neighborhood can be exciting and stressful. When you move into a gated community into a house where the previous owner was killed, it can be a little more stressful. The Therapist is a novel of lies and secrets, and I loved it. Twisty and atmospheric, I fell into this story quickly and didn’t often come up for air.

Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC of the audiobook in return for an unbiased opinion

Well. B.A. Paris is brilliant. I consider myself fairly decent at guessing a books ending but Paris shocked me. There are so many twists that the book had me guessing throughout the entire book. The pacing was on the slower side but I never wanted to put it down. The Therapist is full of lies, misdirects, and twists that is perfect for the psychological domestic thriller audience.

The audio narration was smooth and flowed really well. The way the narrator easily takes in Alice’s voice really brought this nail biting thriller to life.

Thanks to St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

**Potential Spoilers**



A new book from B.A. Paris is usually an automatic preorder for me. I’ll start off by saying that the narration on this was great. The storyline intrigued me right away however the characters fell flat. Alice seemed to drone on and on about things that a normal person might not care about. Your boyfriend withheld some things from you…we get it. It doesn’t need to be repeated 50 times. The neighbors were incredibly boring as well. The end result of the book was a little lackluster due to guessing who done it about 3/4 of the way through so we just had to see where they went with it.

Thank you to St Martin’s Press and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Meh, The Therapist was okay. Didn’t love the characters, the plot was interesting, the ending was okay.
Thanks to the publisher and net galley for a copy of this audiobook in exchange for my opinions.

This book was so good. It follows a woman named Alice who moves to London to start a proper relationship with her long distance boyfriend. She finds out about a crime that happened in their house while trying to dig deeper into what happened she finds out somethings that her partner has been hiding. Just when you think you know who did the crime, there is another twist and you are wrong again.

3.5 Stars

Alice and her boyfriend, Leo, move in together in an exclusive private gated community call The Circle. Alice is very excited to move out of her small hometown and away from the family tragedy that still haunts her. Looking to make new friends Alice hosts a housewarming party, a mysterious man shows up to the party, when she learns he is a private investigator and the former wife, Nina, living in her home was brutally murdered by her husband. Alice is applaud to find out Leo knew before buying the house and kept it from her. She feels that she must leave the home but something is keeping her, Nina's ghost and the private investigator have convinced her it was not the husband and the murder is still on the loose and it has to be someone living in The Circle...but who.

**Possible spoilers**

B.A. Paris is very good at spinning mysteries inside her novels, but I struggled with this one. I enjoyed the premise and her writing style but I disliked Alice as the main character. She spends the majority of the story punishing Leo for keeping the secret from her, but expects him to do whatever she says or needs without question. She is a very selfish character who becomes completely utterly obsessed with the murder, because she happened to share the same name as her sister. At one point or another she thinks that EVERYONE in and around The Circle, is the killer and is lying to her. However, she immediately and unquestionably believes everything Tom, the private investigator, tells her even though he lied to her from the very beginning. The truth about the killer and their motives are a bit forced and slightly erratic. Decent mystery but overall not my favorite.

I received an audio version from NetGalley and really liked the main narrator Olivia Dowd, she was clear and easy to listen too. Thomas Judd offered a small portion of the story which I also appreciated and would be happy to listen to more works from these narrators.

A nice escape thriller set in a London gated community that smells of lies and secrets.

The Therapist is a domestic thriller in which our main character Alice and her boyfriend Leo move into a beautiful house in The Circle, a fancy gated community in London. Inadvertently, Alice finds out why they had purchased the house below the market value - something terrible had happened inside. Someone, a kind therapist named Nina, had been murdered in the house, which is something Leo had hidden from Alice when he found the house.

As a result of this shocking discovery, Alice becomes obsessed with Nina's murder and finding out what actually happened. But when she tries to ask her neighbors about it, everyone seems to be hiding something. And as Alice and Leo begin repeatedly noticing someone's presence inside their home, it becomes clear that the truth behind Nina's murder has been hidden.

This was the light mystery I needed at this point in my difficult year, just after submitting my Master's thesis. It felt like a nice escape listen with a truly excellent narrator, although certainly not a particularly memorable one - nor a very thrilling one, either. However, the twist and the ending managed to catch me totally off guard in a really good way.

*Thank you to the Publisher for a free advance copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Leo and Alice meet by chance, or do they? Moving to a new neighborhood together, Alice tries to make friends with others in the neighborhood so she invites them for drinks…here comes trouble.

Leo’s past isn’t what it seems, all of the neighbors know something and they don’t want to talk about it…strange things start to happen and Alice digs into the past and of course discovers the secrets she’s been after.

The book reads a bit slow and some of the plot twist are a little predictable, in the end it’s a 3 star read thriller for me.

I enjoyed the narration, I did feel like it read a bit slow and when you put the speed to anything past 1.75 it didn’t read smoothly. Overall, it was well done, Olivia Dowd and Thomas Judd did a wonderful job.

I have always been a big fan of B.A Paris! The Break Down and Bring Me Back are just a few of my favorite books of all time! I was so excited to be approved for the Therapist before its release date. I received this as an audio and it was the first time I had tried an audio book. I was not disappointed!

The Therapist is filled with twist and turns, lies and deceit! Just who is telling the truth? I was left guessing throughout the entire book.

Alice is excited to finally move in with her boyfriend whom she has been carrying a long distance relationship with. Alice soon learns not everything is at it seems and learns of a dark secret regarding the previous owner of her new home. Alice is soon led down a rabbit hole of obsession in finding out what had happened and who is telling the truth?

You wont want to miss this one! I highly recommend this psychological thriller to anyone who loves a good mystery.

When I saw that BA Paris was coming out with a new novel involving a therapist I was SO EXCITED. Behind Closed Doors was one of my favorite thrillers of 2020, and from the blurb, I had high expectations for The Therapist. Unfortunately, it fell really flat for me. The whole premise of the book only could happen if the main character was a gullible, pretty unintelligent woman and boy did Alice live up to that, and it got old fast. All the characters in the book were shallow and not particularly likeable. While the ending was a bit of a shock, it was only because it was so left field. It's not that hard to make a shocking ending when it didn’t tie into the story line almost at all. If you like rich petty people, drama, and deceit with a side of mystery you may enjoy this. Otherwise likely wouldn't recommend.

I enjoyed the narration, but did speed it up to 1.75 easily. It felt too slow at normal speed.