This starts off real slow, I almost put it down a few times. Once you hit 40% it picks up and I couldn’t put it down. This is such a messed up story and that is right up my ally.

As we have come to expect, LRJ has a home run on her hands. I will fully admit that it took me a little bit to get into this book. I honestly wasn’t looking for a thriller when I picked it up (my own fault I know). But WHOA, when it gets going, it really gets going! I couldn’t put it down! The heroine, Mia, was terrifyingly relatable for me. She’s an introvert at heart, living her life trying to be invisible to the world around her. She has her two besties, her parents, a job she loves, a boss who gets her. What more could she want? Until her friend Jess asks her to help with an article that Jess is writing on online dating. Reluctantly Mia agrees, and now, she’s seeing secrets everywhere. Everyone seems to be hiding something from her. But she’s also hiding something from them…a new man, Adam, who sees her despite her best efforts. But as she starts changing more of herself, she realizes that it’s not just a game of dress up for Adam. And when people around her start turning up dead as gifts, she has to figure out who Adam is before it’s too late.

This book has all of the twists and turns that fans of Lisa Renee Jones know and love. It falls definitively into the thriller category, not romance or romantic suspense. Although the hopeless romantic in me sees hearts and flowers at the end. Or was that just me?! I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for somewhere to start with this author that doesn’t want a multi-book series. Great representation of her writing but a stand-alone which she doesn’t usually do.

YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL TONIGHT starts out innocently but soon builds into a thriller that has you trying to read faster.

Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko for Fresh Fiction

Complete review: https://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=82167

A twisty novel about Mia, who finds herself first stalked by and then in a relationship with Adam, who seems like a good guy. At first,. Then the bodies turn up and now Mia's got questions. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. This has hints of You and it might seem way over the top at times but it is a page turner that will be good for the beach or travel.

Edge of your seat, action packed, emotionally thrilling roller-coaster journey filled with danger, intrigue, heart racing twists, engaging charters and witty banter. Great reading from beginning to end.

In general, I try not to be a hater, but oh my lord, this was bad. It was so bad it became good, in its own way. It was very entertaining; I will give it that. But the characters were absolute cliches, there was so much filler that I ended up skimming over, and the twist, while it made sense, also made me laugh. This book made me laugh more often than was intended, I'm sure.
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The convenient FBI friend she just happened to run into, the "black ops" blackmailing Mia into wearing her hair down and changing from glasses to contacts, the cutscenes from "The Present" that came up at random and added nothing to the story. Also, explaining Jess's actions away as stemming from a mental illness is so tired and tasteless. We learn at the end of the story that she stopped going to therapy and went off her meds, and now she's having people killed. It's never explained what sort of illness she has, and on top of that, we are told that she was molested as a child by her father, which, given that she's the villain of the story, has troubling implications.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher of this book for providing this eARC.

Shortly after this novel begins, the main character is prompted by her friend to post a romance ad; ultimately, the replies are predictably mundane and dreadful, however one is intriguing.

From that point, things rapidly start going predictably squirrely and out-of-control, although I was shocked by the "big reveal". Brings up some interesting points about those who chose to be "invisible" versus those who chose to be seen and heard.

Ultimately an excellent entertaining read!

Until next time...
Be careful about who you let into your inner circle.

Thank you to the author, Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a real slog. Slow slow slow and lots of filler, agonizing descriptions and stilted dialogues, not to mention threads that were spun and then vanished - the blurbed psychological suspense was a complete miss, and the thrill for me was confined to finishing it and being able to put it aside. Some of this could be compensated with better editing, but overall I doubt the premise and the author's perspective could carry even an edited, shorter story.

You Look Beautiful Tonight
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Pub Date: 1/6
⭐⭐⭐

Read this if you like:
Dating apps
FMC is librarian
You by Caroline Kepnes

Mia is a shy librarian, she believes that she is invisible to people and prefers to live this way coz she is used to being ignored and overlooked. However, when her friend gets her to sign up for a dating app things change.
She meets Adam who trys and insist on pushing out of her comfort zone and limits. Mia gets scared, how much she can take? Will she be able to keep him in control or will things get dangerous???

It was a good mystery but it was rather slow and not so much to my liking coz I'm not a big fan of stalking stories. However, all in all it was ok 👍🏻.
Thank you so much for @Netgalley and the publisher for granting me an ARC of #YouLookBeautifulTonight in exchange for my honest review.

The story about Mia was so different from the books I have read by Ms Jones. This one is much more of a thriller/suspense. Mia has always felt like she is invisible. Though she has great friends like Jess and Jake, who support her as well as try to encourage her to put herself out there, she has a hard time meeting men. Adam is someone who becomes a kind of admirer of Mia. The story is well written and will keep you wanting to read more of it to find out what will happen next. Ms Jones has done a wonderful job with this book.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.

I love Lisa and her books, this is a new category for me and I was looking forward to reading this. I love the cover.

If you are looking for a suspense, dark, this is a good one. Mia is kind of invisible out in the wild, she is . She is a librarian, does not stand out and to her, this is fine. She is pushed to get out of herself and experience things. She does in signing up for a dating app. Is this more than she can handle? I felt like this was a little of a slower start for me in Lisa's books, but once I got into it, I really enjoyed this book and found it entertaining. It is sometimes hard to read an author's new books that is outside of what you are used to, however I really enjoyed this and am so thankful I had the opportunity to read this one early.

It is a suspense and a thrill, enjoy the ride!

The first chapter was gripping and had me intrigued. But the story goes back to the past and it is slow and I skimmed a lot. Though short chapters make it a quick read. Chapters in the present are interspersed with the past, but they didn’t grip me the way the first chapter did. I found Mia to be frustrating. She’s very repetitive in her thoughts. I didn’t like any of the characters. I didn’t connect at all and I wasn’t surprised by anything that happened.

A secret admirer’s devotion turns deadly in a twisting novel of psychological suspense.
I would highly recommend to family and friends. I love author’s that can describe a scene and you are immediately there, you close your eyes and you picture the scene. This author does that for me.

Twisty thriller follwoing Mia a quiet librarian who tries to always fade into the background and not get noticed. She starts to messages from a secret admirer someone who fianlly seems to see her. Her life starts to take some turns she did not expect and this admirer may not have her best intentions in mind, I really liked this novel and wasn't sure what was going to happen next. I rated this one 3.5 rounded up to 4 stars. I want to thank NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the digital arc in exchange for an honest review.

A riveting psychological thriller. So full of intrigue, suspense, chills, and a roller coaster ride with twists and turns, that had my adrenaline surging, my heart galloping and my nerves frazzled, beyond relief, holding me captive with every, little secret, and detail, until I could finished this book. And…Wow, what an ending!

“Secrets they’re in the air burning through the sweet smell of friendship and leaving behind a bitterness I cannot quite name.”

Librarian Mia Anderson has always felt invisible by those around her. But when she starts receiving messages from Adam Roth a handsome man she meets on a dating app, that she has never met in person, she is flattered to say the least. But all too soon what seemed to be a blossoming romance takes on a disturbing quality, and people in Mia’s world start to die. Maybe being unseen was for the best?

I couldn’t put this one down!

I enjoyed the mystery that slowly opened itself up to Mia. This story includes time jumps from the past to the present but it was written in a way that I never felt confused but rather intrigued as the author gives us a piece of the puzzle a little at a time along the way. I liked that it basically starts at the end before retracing the steps that put the heroine in this situation. It really built up the anticipation for me.

There are a lot of twists and turns that left me guessing and by the time I had figured it out, the author was revealing everything. This has a slower pace to it and a bit of unbelievability but I’m a lenient reader and was fine with suspending belief when actions called for it. Overall, I found this to be an interesting read that kept me engaged from the beginning.

You Look Beautiful Tonight was my first read from author and absolutely wasn't my last.
At beginning I didnt realized that this story was about murder mystery. The writing so light and fun. I like all the characters, it is seem generic but they are easy to remember and likeable. The banters feel natural and I enjoyed how they interact with each other.

The early chapters feel like cozy romance chicklit before the mysteries slowly lurking at the pages. The pieces information and puzzles clues dropped slowly at each layer plot. The twist isnt lifechanging type but enough to make me enjoyed and intrigued enough to finished this story in one sitting.

Thank you Thomas & Mercer and Netgalley for provided my copy. My thoughts and opinions always become my own.

Holy crap, okay this one… it did honestly take me a few different attempts to finally get into it, but once I did I liked it.

This is a pretty standard thriller about a stalker. Fans of the book and show series, You, May like this. If you’re looking for a psychological thriller, and enjoy these types of storylines then give it a try.

It took to long for this book to get even a little bit interesting, but even then, I didn't care about the plot. The characters were boring and terrible from the start.