Thank you for the review edition.

Rachel Hawkins has done it again - I was completely absorbed in this book. It was verrrrrry farfetched, but quite a wild ride and I enjoyed every minute!

3.5🌟
Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
This was a fun thriller to read. It had romance, mystery and was a quick read. Think Lost meets Clue and the ending well that was worth reading this book!

Lux has been drifting through life. She had been in college but left when her mother got sick and then spent her time nursing her through her end. Now she is waitressing and trying to decide what to do next when Nico walks in. He is gorgeous and seems to want to be with her. After a few weeks together, Nico suggests that they get on his ship and sail to Hawaii. Months later, Lux is in another dead end job while Nico spends his time at the marina. That changes when two girls, Brittany and Emma, offer him $50,000 to take them to a deserted island.

Meroe Island is gorgeous but has a haunted reputation. Over the years, those stranded there have not survived or survived by means they aren't willing to discuss later. It served as a military airstrip during the war and that occasionally brings travelers to visit but they don't stay long. But the four arrive and are entranced with the views and the sheltered cove they find.

The only fly in the ointment is that another ship is there, but Jake and Elisa are Australians who are great mates, willing to share their food and drink and soon the six of them are all friends, spending their days sunning and swimming and their nights partying. But as the days go by, secrets start to emerge and tensions start to bubble up. Then the first person goes missing, then another....

This is my first Rachel Hawkins novel and she is a great suspense writer. Each character has their own backstory and there is also an underlying class theme going on. There are secrets and betrayals and realliances until the end story is played out. This book is recommended for readers of psychological thrillers.

First let me say, Hawkins has some of the most beautiful cover art. I am always drawn to her books bc they are simply beautiful. I just wish I could say I was thrilled with the actual story as I am with its art! Overall I did enjoy it even if some of the twists were a bit cliche and predictable.

The setting of this book is phenomenal! The atmosphere is great also, a locked door novel but on an island... I mean what could go wrong right? How about....Everything!

I did get a little lost while going back and forth between the then and the now. But ultimately Hawkins did a great job wrapping it all up and resolving my questions by the books ending.

Also, I preferred the audio format for the novel, I think they did a splendid job overall!

As always thanks to the publisher and netgalley for providing me a copy in exchange for an honest review

Not fully on topic, but I love the name Lux. ANYWAYS I thought that this book was a book that I could not put down from start to finish. There was something so mundane about Lux's life and just something too good to be true about Amma and Brittanys offer. From the beginning I found myself sort of untrusting of everyone and trying to predict the plot twists (not successfully I might add) But overall, the beginning half of the book was slower to buildup, but the last half of the book absolutely made up for that in terms of pace and the amount of twists.

Reckless Girls

By Rachel Hawkins

Lux took off on what was supposed to be an adventure around the world with her boyfriend. Instead, she’s stuck in Hawaii cleaning hotel rooms until she gets fired. They seize the opportunity to take some tourist girls around to a remote island and the on an adventure. She quickly becomes friends with the traveling friends,Brittany and Amma. Something in the past happened with Brittany and Amma. They have a dark past secret keeping them tied together. They find more people on this remote island and together they all embark on what’s supposed to be an off the grid, relaxing experience. Instead, mysterious things start happening, someone goes missing, and the group starts turning on each other as secrets start to unravel.

Thank you @netgalley and @stmartinspress for the opportunity to listen to the ALC. I found the narration perfect with keeping up with the addictive book. I loved this atmospheric book full of tension, darkness, and twists. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
#recklessgirlsbook

A bingeable but predictable listen that doesn't leave much of an impression. It served as a time pass but I would not recommend to others.

I really really loved this audiobook! The plot was fast paced and it kept me interested the entire time. I also really enjoyed that reader of the book. It was very easy to listen to.

I enjoyed Reckless Girls much more than The Wife Upstairs. Reckless Girls had lots of twists and turns that were hard to predict. While some of the book wasn't exactly believable, it was believable enough that it doesn't make the reader want to drop the book and move on to something else. I would recommend this to anyone who likes tropical settings and twisty thrillers.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a decent read. I wouldn't say it is my favorite by this author, but it kept me interested,. The plot moved a little slower than I liked, but it had really good character development. The story was interesting with a few twists. Think Gilligan's Island with a twist.

The narrator was very good at emoting and doing accents. Some of the main characters didn't have much of a distinction between voices.

Excellent. Didn't want this one to end. I wanted m0re. Love Rachel Hawkins. Very talented author. Listened on audio book and then purchased to read it again! Very few books in the world I'd ever do that with!

This was slightly out there in the plot. Although I did find the beginning to really grab my attention which is what I am looking for in a suspense I found it slightly unrealistic to the point that I was just ready for it to be finished.

I loved this audiobook, full of twists and turns, kept me guessing until the very end! It was fun and entertaining to listen to as well! I liked that this told a story and I really got to know all the characters before the mystery presented itself.

Thank you to @netgalley @macmillan.audio @stmartinspress for advanced copies in exchange for this review!

Reckless Girls • Rachel Hawkins
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“Plus it seems cool. To go off the grid.”
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👍🏼 Thumbs Up:
This book was compulsively readable! It didn’t hurt that I was reading it on the beach in Maui, which is where the book is set!

👎🏻 Thumbs Down:
Wasn’t the best thriller I’ve ever read – the twists connected a little too well. Still a fun popcorn thriller.

🤓 For Readers WHO:
Are fans of popcorn thrillers and travel-gone-wrong stories.

👉🏼 This is what’s WHAT:
Stuck in a dead end job in Hawaii – Lux is finally ready for her adventure when her boyfriend, Nico is paid a large chunk of money to charter his boat to a little known island for two girls looking for adventure. As you can expect, things don’t go so well once they arrive there and it becomes more of an adventure than anyone bargained for.

⏳WHEN I read this book:
I got completely wrapped into the story! I was visiting Maui at the time and the eeriness of reading a travel thriller while traveling was super fun.

🚨WHERE you should watch out:
Murder, car accident, family death, cheating

📍WHY you should read this book:
It’s just an enjoyable story!

📚 HOW I read this book:
eARC from @netgalley @macmillan.audio @stmartinspress

While I was a big fan of Hawkin’s “The Wife Upstairs” I found myself disappointed with her newest book “The Reckless Girls”

I got approved for both an ARC of the e-book and audiobook, which I have gotten about 3% of the way through. I just don’t see myself continuing reading this story after not finishing the author’s previous mystery/thriller book that has a similar cover.

This one was good, but not great for me. I liked the island setting, the characters and the build up. I do recommend that fans of the mystery/thriller genre give it a read. I don't want to say too much and give anything away.

An adequate take on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, with a twist. A remote and exotic island, three beautiful women, two rich boyfriends. Who will remain standing?

I was really hoping for some suspense here, but never got it. This turned out to not really have more plot or any twists beyond what is spelled out in the synopsis and wasn’t what I was hoping for.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy to review.

I enjoyed this audiobook. Rachel Hawkins is not my go to author but this book kept me fairly engrossed the entire time.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy to honestly review.