Really good read! I have loved every one of B. A. Paris's books and this one did not disappoint. The building of suspense and the characters in the book kept me wanting to continue reading the whole way. I loved that everything was explained in the ending because I need that in a book. I need it all wrapped up neatly! I will recommend this book to everyone.

If you like twisty novels and crazy endings, this is a must read!

Great characters and a solid storyline usually make a good story. Add in a fast paced and unique plot, creepy atmosphere with lots of tension. Now you have a great book.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC of The Prisoner by B.A. Paris

This wasn’t my favorite book. A lot of the story seemed very unbelievable, and forgettable… it had potential as a locked room mystery but just fell a little flat for me. It was entertaining and quick but not really for me.

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy

An absolutely captivating thriller! I could not put it down once I started it, and did not want it to end.

I loved this!
As soon as I saw my favourite narrator Georgia Maguire was the actor chosen to narrate this one, it was an audiobook I was desperate for. I cite Maguire and B.A. Paris as the duo that got me hooked on audiobooks, when I listened to Behind Closed Doors from the library.
This was just as good. Maguire has that kind of voice that just speaks to me (literally) and I listen at any available opportunity.
The dual timeline of before and after Amelie's capture was a great way to keep up the intrigue and suspense. At several points, I laughed at Paris' clever writing and how she brought it together.

Special thanks to Net Galley and St. Martins Press for an e-arc of this novel which was released in Nov. 2022

If you like thrillers, B. A. Paris, hit this one out the park. Lots of complex characters, plot twists. A favorite thriller.

Amelie Lamont has not had an easy life, despite being only 20. Losing both of her parents by the age of 17, Amelie makes her way to London on her own. Finding a support system through a chance encounter at a diner, Amelie later ends up meeting and marrying handsome billionaire Ned Hawthorne. Things are not as great as they appear, especially when the newly married couple are kidnapped. A prisoner in a dark room, will Amelie be able to hang on to her sanity?

Told in shifting timeline format, the author takes the reader from Amelie's teenage years to the aftermath of the kidnapping. There are characters that are from Amelie's life that are really only told in relation to Amelie's personal timeline. The background stories are really only there to provide a backdrop to the main character's life, a reason for her ending up where she does. The eventual reveal of the details surrounding the kidnapping is wholly implausible, especially regarding the supposed intellect of the kidnappers themselves. Ultimately, the author's previous works are better than The Prisoner, so I would be hesitant to recommend this book to other readers.

Disclaimer: I was given an Advanced Reader's Copy by NetGalley and the publisher. The decision to read and review this book was entirely my own.

A brand new thriller just released November 1st!

I have mixed feelings about this one…

The storyline was good but it wasn’t great, the ending just kinda fell off and it was predictable. BUT—as per usual with EVERY B.A. Paris book it was unputdownable!

3.5 ⭐️ rounded up to 4 for Goodreads. I find it hard to give it a higher rating than this because I know what this author is capable of!

Thank you to #partners St. Martin’s Press & Netgalley for my #gifted copy.m in exchange for an honest review.

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

In The Prisoner by B.A. Paris, we meet Amelie after she was kidnapped and wakes up in a pitch-black room. She soon realizes that her billionaire husband, Ned, was also kidnapped but Amelie is more worried about escaping than Ned.

This was a quick, easy read with short chapters so it was easy to get through even though I didn’t personally enjoy the story. Once kidnapped, the main character and female heroine, Amelie, was smart and did not fall into all of the stereotypical thriller tropes that you find in so many books. This would have been a DNF without those two aspects.

Personally, I did not like how the story was formatted. In Part One: The Kidnap, the story is told in two timelines where you are going back and forth between the present (Amelie being kidnapped) and the past (Amelie’s backstory with her friends and husband). Typically I enjoy the non-linear story and piecing things together but it did not work for me this time. In Part Two: The Reckoning, Amelie is on a mission to find who kidnapped her and get her revenge. This part felt like an action movie where she is hunting down her kidnappers even though she is an alienated woman and they were able to kill all of her friends and husband and get away with it. I found the entire story both unbelievable and predictable at the same time.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the gifted copy offered through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I had high expectations for this one considering the other MAMMOTHS this author has written but, unfortunately, this one just didn’t do it for me.

This book has a great premise that really captured my attention. Amalie is mostly alone when she meets and marries billionaire, Ned Hawthorne. All seems wonderful until she is kidnapped and taken to a dark room with no light, no window, no sounds and no information. The Prisoner opens with Amalie's kidnapping so you are immediately sucked into the tension and suspense of the novel. The timeline jumps back and forth as we learn more about Amalie's backstory and how she came to meet and marry Ned. We are as in the dark as Amalie about where she is, who has taken her, and what they want. As we learn more specifics, the tension builds keeping the pages turning. While there was a definite mystery to the story, it somehow fell flat for me overall. I really didn't love the ending but I did appreciate how much of a fighter Amalie was. While this one didn't work for me in the end, it has been getting great reviews elsewhere so I would say check this out if you are a fan of suspense books with a locked-room feel to them. You may find that this is the perfect read for you!

Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the handsome billionaire Ned Hawthorne.

But then, Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun to feel with her husband Ned?

My Thoughts:

A dark thriller, The Prisoner takes the reader through a tempestuous experience as a captive held for unknown reasons. The story is told alternately between the past and the present, which is a good thing, as focusing only on being kept in a dark and lonely place, frightened and not knowing what would happen next, would surely be a dreary experience.

Amelie has inadvertently found herself in a situation with a wealthy man named Ned who might be her ticket to having enough money to go to law school, but which she will soon realize is more dire than she could have imagined.

As we follow her journey in the dark, even as we also learn more about her past, we soon realize that everything is a lot more complex than we had realized. I loved how the journey unfolded, which was much more exciting than I thought it would be. A 4.5 star read.

The story follows Amelie, a survivor who has overcome various hardships in her life. From the beginning, the author immerses readers in a twisted tale of captivity and suspense as Amelie wakes up in a dark room, unaware of her whereabouts or the identity of her captors. The narrative cleverly alternates between past and present, gradually unraveling the mystery surrounding Amelie's abduction and the reasons behind her unsettling feelings of safety.

"The Prisoner" manages to deliver a few well-executed twists and turns, injecting moments of surprise into the narrative. The exploration of themes such as survival, trust, and the complexities of human relationships adds depth to the story, keeping readers engaged on a conceptual level. 3 stars from me!

Thank you to the publisher & Netgalley for my advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

I have read all of B.A. Paris books so far.
I really liked the storyline which was a page turner and kept you thinking who was behind it all. I liked the suspense leading to the ending which was unexpected. I like the fact that it ended on a hopeful note which would be great if there was a sequel. I was saddened by the fact that Amelie had no one left to turn to at the end especially Carolyn. I look forward to the next book the author writes.

I was a bit unimpressed with this book. I felt the pacing was slower than I'd prefer, and the twists at the end weren't huge shockers, especially the one at the very end, I just knew it would happen. The main character was very naïve, although she's meant to be, but it stopped me from connecting with her. It felt like stuff was just happening to her and around her, but I wanted to feel more of her emotions and didn't find myself feeling what she was going through. I was interested to hear about how she ended up in her situation, but the book left me feeling unfulfilled.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced read copy.

The Prisoner by B A Paris
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This story starts us with Amelie, in the past POV she is living on her own in London after her Father’s death. In the present POV she has been kidnapped with another person and being held by unknown people. As both POVs progress we learn how her life in London went and see clues to how the two POVs collide.
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This was a very interesting idea for a story and I liked how the two POVs were given alternately. It did a great job at keeping me in the dark and wanting to know how everything happened.
The ending was a little so-so for me, and there was a discovery that seemed out of the blue for me, so I rated it 3⭐️⭐️⭐️.

This book took me some time to get into it. Once I got 100 pages in it picked up more. Not my favorite by this author but still a good read.

Thanks to Netgalley, St. Martins Press and B.A. Paris for this ARC…I absolutely loved this book ! I’ve read all of this authors works and just when I think it’s the best one ever, she writes one even better, if that’s even possible. I could envision the characters in this book, and never got bored with any of them…so many great storylines that I couldn’t put this book down, honestly. A 2 day read but only because life got in my way the first day..I devoured this book… will there be a continuation to this story of Amelie ? , I hope, but I think it’s left up to the readers imagination…a 5 star read for me for sure…

A young woman finds herself caught up in a dangerous scheme that becomes a matter of life and death in this dual-timeline thriller by B.A. Paris.

I was really looking forward to reading my first book by this author because I had heard some really good things, but unfortunately, The Prisoner just didn't click for me all the way. I kept waiting to become gripped by the story in one way or another, but although it was a fast read, I was never super captivated by what was going on. For some reason, I found most of the book to be sort of anticlimactic, and I never felt shocked or surprised by the plot. I'm not sure why exactly, but I didn't feel any of the intensity that I normally feel in the thrillers that I tend to enjoy. I did, however, really like the rotating chapters focusing on the present and past. I thought that many of them ended on mysterious notes that made me want to start the next one right away. Plus, they were super short, which I always like in my books! Overall, this one wasn't my favorite; it was just fine.

CW for kidnapping, murder, sexual assault (off-page), blood, death, loss of loved ones.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC of The Prisoner by B.A. Paris. All opinions are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martins Press, and B.A. Paris for an advance copy of The Prisoner in exchange for an honest review. This was definitely an interesting story & premise but it just didnt work out as well as I wanted it to. I love this authors books and I feel like they are usually very suspenseful and maybe I just misinterpreted this one as a thriller so thats why it didnt fully work for me? Honestly, the characters annoyed me and I struggled paying attention when we were going back and forth to the past and present. With that being said, I think this book will find its target audience and people will definitely love it. I do look forward to reading more of this authors work in the future. This one is out now!

3.5 stars