First off, thank you Caroline for the ARC - I love this series and i love the Netflix show so much. However I will admit I was a little disappointed by this book, we are introduced to a “new version” of Joe and it left me wanting more.

The kind of book you put everything else down to read.

Joe takes a writing class, where he finds a new love—obsession. Wonder is as insufferable as Beck, yet we want her to realize what a sneaky guy she’s dealing with at every turn. And she almost does so many times! But since it’s Joe, he always slips out of the tightest spots. This one felt a little different than the others, as if Joe is evolving. He’s always going to cover his tracks and he’s getting much better at it. He’s getting somewhat more unhinged as well. He finally opens up to someone completely, he lets someone live that he normally wouldn’t, and he killed a few darlings. I didn’t like this setting as much as I did the other books, but it was still enjoyable.

Witty, eerie, and destructive, this was a great read.

I love this series so much and am grateful to NetGalley for providing me with a ARC in an exchange for an honest review.

4.5 rounded up ! I would read about Joe Goldberg doing just about ANYTHING! Him writing a book just fits with who he is. I’m also always rooting for him even though he’s terrible - and I cannot stop!

Love love love this series! #4 was no different

I tried. DNF at 32%. I set this one aside in the hope a break would help, but reading other books just made me want to look for books I love and not force myself to finish something I'm not. Maybe I'm burned out on Joe? Or maybe this setting just doesn't do it for me.

I do appreciate the eARC from NetGalley and Random House, but this one's just not for me.

Caroline Kepnes has outdone herself again. This is my favorite of the “You” series and while I don’t think there will be another one, I can hope for it! Although there were some classic Joe moments, it never felt predictable, and I love all the nuances of her writing (RIP character name who Joe has killed, his vivid imagination, etc.).

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group and Netgalley for an ARC of this book which I voluntarily read and reviewed. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Everyone's favorite murderer (though he would deny being one), Joe Goldberg is back for another installment in the YOU series, FOR YOU AND ONLY YOU. Joe's story picks up a few years later when he's sold his should-have-been wife's dream book store/wine bar and is headed to Harvard after being accepted into a prestigious fellowship for writers. He's written a book and the best-selling author in charge of the fellowship was blown away by his Salinger-esque talent, leading Joe determined to focus on becoming a famous author himself.

However, as readers have seen in the previous YOU books, Joe is almost immediately taken by a new woman, Wonder, another fellow who also never attended college, and falls in love not only with Wonder, but the idea that they will soon be an author power couple. As always, Joe won't let anyone get in his--or Wonder's--way to their own happily ever after.

FOR YOU AND ONLY YOU once again shows us just how charming Joe Goldberg can be while also absolutely terrifying. He will go to whatever lengths necessary to protect his vision of the future, leading to more murder, more stalking, and more twisted thoughts. And while FOR YOU AND ONLY YOU was certainly a good read and will please most fans of the YOU series, I didn't feel quite the same connection between Joe and Wonder that I've felt between him and his previous love interests.

Being inside Joe’s head isn’t easy! He’s the creepiest of creeps, but then again, that’s why I read these books! Caroline Kepnes wrote another fantastic and weird book and I hope she keeps them coming!

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with the opportunity to read and review this book.

First I want to thank NetGalley for providing me this ARC! As a huge fan of the 'You' series, I was very excited to read more about Joe's saga in love/stalking/murder. 'For You and Only You' follows Joe to Harvard this time, in Massachussetts, because our favorite reader has now decided he wants to be a writer. And, thanks to the help of some author friends (including one he'd apparently caged up in Florida), Joe has won a spot in an elite writer's fellowship program at Harvard (Yep, only Joe). It's there that he meets fellow classmate and autodidact, Wonder, who in typical Joe fashion, he immediately falls in love with. But as with the case with all his past loves, Wonder comes with her own baggage and it is up to Joe to fix it...

So compared to the other books in the series, this book fell a bit short. I believe Joe already tried dating a poor writer once - Beck - and we all know how that ended. Although Joe has demonstrated some writing talent in the past, his suddenly wanting to be an author - which he obsesses over throughout the book - came kind out of left field for me. Personally there was far too much literary criticism in this novel for my liking. I also didn't really find Wonder's character that compelling, compared to his other loves, and I was actually a bit disappointed with her fate.

'For You and Only You' contains many unbelievable plot points and out-there twists and characters that 'You' fans have come to expect. But, if you're looking for a light satirical thriller and you're a fan of narcissist stalker, Joe Goldberg, you will probably enjoy this read.

I was thrilled to find out another Joe Goldberg book was coming. You was such a great book they just kept getting better. I really like Caroline's writing style, being in Joe's head while simultaneously having a conversation with another character. At times it was difficult to keep track of the conversations and Joe's thoughts but I think dialogue like that is necessary to really get to know Joe. Wonder was unlikable for me but Mayne that was the point.

I do feel like the book was long, a little too long but there were so many great references and sayings that are so relevant of today. It made you feel like this was happening now in the present and I enjoyed that. I wasn't thrilled with the ending. I thought it would go a different ay being this is the 4th book but it was still enjoyable. Thank you for the opportunity to read it!

Joe Golberg is back, but this time he is a literary fellow at Harvard. As Joe does, he quickly becomes infatuated with Wonder Parrish; another fellow in the program. This fellowship has members that are published authors or already known one way or the other in the writting world, and Joe has a feeling like he doesn't belong. Luckily, Wonder is more on his level as they both love literacy and he feels like they understand each other.

As they start seeing eachother and learning more about each other, Joe becomes obsessed with making Wonder happy and getting her to succeeed. At the same time, Joe becomes closer with Professor Glenn Shoddy who is in charge of the literary fellowship. After an evening at the Professor's house, Joe learns that the Professor specifically selected him to be part of the program and when he invites him to go bike riding with him, Joe doesn't find it within himself to say no. Wonder starts making fun of Joe and saying he now has a bro-tern relationship with Glenn Shoddy.

One member of the fellowship, Sarah Beth Swallows is an author or true crime and starts having suspicious of Joe after listening to a podcast about the death in Joe's previous town. Knowing she has all these suspicions about him, Joe now has to be very careful about what he says or do around her. How far is Joe willing to go to keep his name cleared and Wonder close?

Joe still has that very dark side to him throughout this book, but the ending left me surprised. I was expecting a very different ending based on previous books, but I loved how this one ended.

I am unashamedly a Goodreads girlie like Joe’s new victim, Wonder. This series is one of my biggest guilty pleasures to read, and it did not disappoint. As always, I found myself unable to put the book down as soon as I started reading. As always, as well, I’m now sitting in my room at 1 AM at night needing more of Joe’s antihero narratives, but it’s a good thing I have the next season of the show to look forward to in March!

Kepnes has done it again! The You series is captivating and it keeps going with this book. I love the direction this book takes. You won’t be able to put it down!

I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Joe, Joe, Joes it again. I miss the simpler times when Joe's motives were earnest, I miss the times when Joe used to only murder ex-boyfriends, and bestfriends of his love interests.

This time Joe is back, with fellowship at the prestigious Harvard University, learning under Nobel Prize winner professor. He's wonder- struck by fellow writer Wonder, and his obsession grows in the familiar creepy way we're now all expecting. I loved Joe's interaction with all of the writers in his writing circle, the chemistry between the characters are off- the charts.

I will never get tired of Joe's voice- he can narrate a manual on how to watch paint become dry, and it would be quippy, full of satire humour, and compelling.

I will gladly read another installment of America's Favourite Stalker.

I was beyond excited when I got chosen by NetGalley and Random House publishing for this arc copy of “You, and Only You.” This is the fourth installment of the “you” series by Caroline Kepnes. Joe Goldberg continues to be the lovable, but obsessed killer who leaves a trail of bodies along his path to find true love! In this one, he is an aspiring writer who is attending Harvard. True to form, this book has a great cast of characters, a complex leading lady and Joe’s head full of aspirations to make her see him as her one and only. The first person narrative puts you right into Joe’s first person experience and experience his crazy rationales for why he must remove any obstacle that gets in his way. The first person style provides the reader with his unique perspective on life snd those who encounter Joe. Joe is also pouring his heart and soul into his writing while spilling some blood along the way. Since it was the fourth in the series,this book lacked the intrigue and the reader could most definitely see where it was headed. Parts of it moved a little slow, but overall it was a good read! Thank you to NetGalley and random house publishing for this arc uncorrected copy in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you to Netgalley for an E-arc

DNF @ 42%

I'm sorry but this is so pointless, being in Joe's head is good for a book maybe two but this 4th installment is just more of the same and at this point, it's just annoying and exhausting. this is one of the only cases where I think the show is better than the book. I might come back to this but I just can't be in Joe's head anymore.

I love/hate Joe Goldberg!!! I was so excited to get an arc copy of this book! It so didn’t disappoint- every time one of these books ends I’m ready for the next one!! I can’t recommend this book / author enough times to anyone who will listen. Such a great addition to the ongoing insane Joe drama!! Sooooo well done!

This book was pretty disappointing to say the least. I’ve loved the series previously but I think it may be a bit drawn out at this pount. I found really nothing exciting about it anymore. The same things happen in every book with different people. I really enjoy the author’s writing style and being in Joe’s mind. It just was drug out and too slow for my liking. I think it was also quite predictable and I would have liked more of a thrill. Big thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC!

Thank you netgalley for the advanced readers copy. What a fantastic next installment to this series. Joe is at it again being a total creep and I can't get enough. A must read for the Joes

*SPOILERS*

Thank you, thank you, thank you for approving me for this read! I absolutely love this series and had been in withdrawal since reading the third installment, so I appreciate it so much.

Joe's internal monologues are so witty. I mean, he's a serial killer and I shouldn't even like him, but he usually makes a good point for his case and he makes me laugh, especially when he thinks one thing but says something else just to appease or manipulate someone. He's a terrible person but I am always rooting for him.

Well, almost always.

I enjoyed the setup of this book. The Harvard campus location was an enjoyable setting, and it was clever how the author made Joe a Harvard student without ACTUALLY making him a Harvard student. I love reading about writers, and the sheer audacity of this man to write a book in which he confesses to murder and to expect to publish it was just so much fun. I felt nostalgic about my college creative writing course, where we shared our pages for critiques. I felt the anxiety of the thing, too, especially as Joe struggled to even get other people to read his work. I enjoyed how he became the teacher's pet. And I felt his ire when he had become the new teacher's pet as well, only to find out it was all a lie.

All the writing parts were fun, but I especially liked Joe's recollections of the life he left behind in Florida, and how he kept RIP Ethel in a cage in his basement to read and critique his work. I want to read that book! But maybe it wouldn't be long enough to fill a novel.

I liked the characters in this book. Some of them (most of the classmates) ultimately faded into the background. I really liked the two writing mentors (as adversaries of Joe's) but Sarah Beth made the most lasting impression on me. She is all of us, all readers of the "You" series who think we could meet Joe Goldberg and tell him WE KNOW his sins, and still want to be friends. I kept wondering where their relationship was going to go, if he was really going to leave that loose end untied, but...well, we're talking about The. Joe. Goldberg here.

The character I liked least was Joe's love interest, Wonder. I found her to be two-faced and a liar (not to mention a thieving plagiarizer) and her home situation was just so unpleasant, I couldn't see what Joe saw in her. I usually feel like he's made a connection with someone but Wonder was surrounded by red flags that made her seem like a truly awful choice in life partner. I know he always wants the perfect partner and it takes him a while to see the women he targets as normal, flawed human beings, but I could not understand his attraction this time at all. He liked that Wonder was like him, wasn't a REAL Harvard student, but that's where their similarities seemed to end. She still lives at home and cares for her family of gambling addicts. She says one thing to his face and another behind his back, or one thing to him in a text and something completely different around other people. She stole from his book and then denied having even read it. She was so wishy-washy and dislikable. But, knowing Joe, he'll come to his senses next time around and finish the job, so to speak. (Right???)

There were parts of this book that made me gasp aloud, like when Joe realized the man he had just tried to kill was not Wonder's boyfriend at all, but her gay best friend. My favorite scenes were when Sly showed up wearing the sunglasses Joe had left in her house after breaking in (oops!) and the end when he and Wonder came upon Sly's body in the hot tub. I know it made Joe furious that Wonder destroyed the forged suicide note he had so carefully crafted, but I liked that she did that. Tried to save Sly her dignity, since Wonder thought there was no way what she said could be true.

I loved this book so much. I wish I had a shed like Sarah Beth's for writing! Just so many great details that made this book an excellent read, like all the others in this series. My only disappointment is that now I have to wait for the next one! Thanks again! I needed this!

YES!! Caroline Kepnes has done it again!! These novels keep on getting better and better. The characters, the thrill, the suspense and storyline are all top notch.