4/5 stars

Thank you to Netgalley, the publishers, and Michele Campbell for allowing me to read and review this book.

We follow our main character, a young Harvard law student, who gets an internship with a judge she has looked up to since she was a child. However, both women have secrets that could destroy them.

Madison has a younger brother who has been arrested, and Judge Conroy is the judge on his case. She lies to the judge about being an only child, hoping to keep him a secret. This plan goes bad when her brother goes missing after accusing the judge, his lawyer, and the cop that arrested him of corruption. Madison dives deep into the judge's personal life and background trying to find and save her brother. However, the judge has some dangerous secrets of her own. Neither woman knows if they can trust the other one, or if one of them will betray the other and cause one of them to get killed.

We go back and forth between the two women's perspectives, the past and the present. We learn more about the judge's background while also trying to figure out who is trying to kill her know. A lot is going on in this book, there are a lot of dots to connect, but everything does connect in some way or another. This book is easy to follow, but it will have you wondering what will happen next all the way until the very last page.

THRILLING. What a ride. I rooted for the main character (who was so well written). This was one of her best yet! Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Thank you to Netgalley & the publisher for an early copy (Yes, I know this has been released in the world for a while now) in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed this one! Easily one book that I will probably think about regularly.

The plot of this story was a fun one that had a lot of twists and turns. The entire time it had me wondering what was real, who was telling the truth, and who was bad vs. good. I loved the legal aspect to it since the main female character is a Judge. I thought that was an interesting concept and not one that I have seen a lot of before!

The story is split into 5 different parts and each part is other the POV of Madison or of Judge Kathryn Conroy. Each character had a unique back story, especially Kathryn. As Madison was piecing things together, so was I, because I didn’t see most of the twists coming. A few times I audibly gasped or said “what?!” In my car and had to rewind to make sure that what I listened to was correct. The narrator did an excellent job changing her voice for different characters and just her narration overall.

I read a book by this author many years ago and enjoyed it. This is definitely an author I’d like to read more from!

I love a good legal thriller and The Intern was just what I wanted! It was engaging, thrilling and I couldn't wait to see what happened next. Fans of John Grisham will love The Intern.

Edge of your seat, nail biter! I was hooked on every page! You won't be able to put this down! Highly recommend!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

This was a solid thriller! I enjoyed the drama and the pace of this story.

This is a thriller I didn't see coming. I had never read a Michele Campbell book before, so didn't know what to expect. The judge is Madison's idol and she is excited to be working with her. After Madison's brother is arrested, events take a turn. This is a thriller you won't want to put down until you have it all figured out.

This is a gripping legal thriller that blends suspense, drama, and moral dilemmas. Madison is an ambitious law student who snags an internship with Judge Kathryn Conroy, but this dream opportunity unravels into a dangerous web of secrets when Madison uncovers dark truths about the judge and her own family's legal entanglements.

Madison is a relatable protagonist facing intense pressures and ethical dilemmas, while Judge Conroy is a complex figure with a façade of stern professionalism hiding dark secrets. The story is well-paced, and its exploration of ethical quandaries adds depth, prompting readers to ponder the grey areas of justice and loyalty. Campbell's background as a former federal prosecutor lends authenticity and realism to the legal setting.

The Intern is a thought-provoking and entertaining read that will appeal to fans of legal dramas and thrillers.

This one was just okay for me. The storyline was intriguing but I did not connect with any of the characters. I found myself skimming the pages a lot. All in all an okay read.

I enjoyed reading this book! It had a lot of twists and turns and it all wrapped up well in the end. The writing style was enjoyable! I would recommend!’n

This book was interesting, if a little overly complicated! I didn’t love the story, but did enjoy the multiple perspectives. I found the characters a little inconsistent, and felt story that communication between many of them would have helped

ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ: Law student Madison Rivera scores a job in a judge's office who she admires, but when her brother goes to jail and accuses the judge of corruption, Madison starts to dig into the cases.

ᴍʏ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴄᴇɴᴛs: I previously read Michele Campbell's The Wife Who Knew Too Much and loved it, so I received this ARC a few years ago and then just let it fall by the wayside when I got overwhelmed with other things.

I love a good political drama and a twisty thriller, so while this wasn't my favorite of her novels, I still found it to be highly enjoyable.

Madison and her mother's relationship was the one thing I really despised. Her mother was horrible and should remember she has two children, not just one. I also found several aspects to be highly dubious, particularly with how Madison and Judge Conroy become entwined. However, suspending a little reality for the story, I really liked the premise and the twists throughout to the end.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮:
👩‍⚖️ love a political drama
👩‍⚖️ want a corruption/mafia story
👩‍⚖️ are here for strong female main characters

This was a pretty fast paced thriller which I really enjoyed! I did not want to stop reading! Definitely excited to read more from Michele Campbell!

3.5/5 Stars

Harvard law student Madison Rivera lands an internship with Judge Kathryn Conroy. This internship should boost her career once she graduates, but she is hiding a big secret from the judge. Her brother Danny has been arrested on drug charges, and Kathryn is the judge on the case. After accusing Conroy of corruption, Danny goes missing and Madison realizes she's not the only one with secrets.

This was a fun thriller, but nothing that blew me out of the water. This does start off rather slowly, but does eventually become more intense as the story progresses and more things are revealed. I liked it better once we started getting the judge's POV as well. I thought her backstory was intriguing, and I wanted to know more about her. There is definitely more of a focus on her, rather than Madison through out the story. There were quite a few characters who were all connected in some way, which could get a bit confusing trying to keep them all straight, but it wasn't too overwhelming in the end.

I’ve always been a Michele Campbell fan but this one just didn’t scratch that itch that her other books did. I liked the book, it just didn’t do it for me. I would recommend to other readers

have a rather tenous relationship with legal thrillers. While they're usually clever and are a fun departure from the typical "wife is missing and the husband did it" domestic thriller formula, I find that they often get bogged down in the details and hinge on obscure laws that are hard to understand if you don't have a legal background.
While THE INTERN suffers a bit from this, I was pleasantly surprised by this legal thriller! Madison, a Harvard law student, earns the internship of a lifetime working for Judge Kathryn Conroy.
The issue? Her troubled younger brother Danny has been arrested, and Conroy is the judge of the case. When Danny goes missing, Madison is drawn deeper into Conroy's world of corruption and crime in order to bring her brother home.
THE INTERN went in a direction I totally wasn't expecting, but ultimately was not mad about.
From the synopsis, I was convinced that this novel would be more of a family drama, and let me tell y'all: I was VERY happy to be wrong. Instead, Campbell leads us on a cat-and-mouse chase as Madison and Kathryn decide if they can trust each other. There are two large chunks of the novel that dive into Kathryn's past, which ended up being highlights of the book for me. There's a mafia element in here that gave the narrative a unique edge. Very engrossing, but ultimately a little forgettable.

This was so unbelievably hard to get into. I kept picking it up and putting it down. I would have DNFd if it were not for the fact that it was a net galley and my mom said it got better.

Once the focus moved on to the judge, I was hooked. I think the setup of the intern’s brother being in jail made sense. I just didn’t really care about him. I feel like we didn’t get a good sense of him or the family and so it didn’t really matter to me. The judge’s backstory was very compelling and I think they should’ve just let with that. Once we started moving in that direction, I couldn’t put it down.

As a Harvard law student, Madison will do anything to set herself apart from her peers. That’s why she is ecstatic when she secures an internship position at the office of one of her professors and role models, Judge Kathryn Conroy. The only problem is, Kathryn is the judge presiding over her brother, Danny’s, drug case. Danny insists he is innocent, and that Kathryn is corrupt, but Madison doesn’t know who to believe or trust. She suddenly finds herself caught in a web of dangerous secrets. Can she save her brother without putting her future at risk?

The Intern is a heart-pounding legal thriller that draws you in from the first chapter. I was completely sold in the beginning, but things really started to take a turn for me in the second half of the book. For a law student, Madison seemed incredibly naïve about criminal investigations and kept mindlessly putting herself in terrible situations. I also found the last part of the book, especially the ending, to be a little slow, though I did think the rest of the book was well-paced. Overall, this was a solid novel, but it didn’t wow me.

3 stars

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!

The Intern started off strong for me with the introductions of our main characters.

But slowly lost me with a contrived and messy plot that didn’t have a strong meaning.

Not my favourite thriller, the beginning had me hooked but felt like the plot was all over the place. Still get me reading to find out the ending, but wasn’t my cup of tea