Alice Feeney is a must-read author for me, so to get the chance to listen to her upcoming book was a treat! That said, I felt like once I did figure out how the missing baby and present-day crimes were linked, the book zipped by after a fairly slow build. I did enjoy this narrator a good deal, and I would totally listen to other audiobooks performed by her. That said, this isn't my favorite Alice Feeney, but it is very good and a great listen!

3.25 stars

I really enjoyed the fact that we have the same narrator as we did for Daisy Darker. I really like her!!

We have a few a few stories that are intertwined. An older lady in a care home, a teenager that left home, the daughter of the older lady who's baby was kidnapped when she was young. Somehow their stories are all linked.
Yes, the book is very predictable and there's barely any mystery.

The book didn't feel as good as Daisy Darker , it tended to be too philosophical, too many introspective questions, scenarios and so on.

I did enjoy the book and I am looking forward to Alice Feeney's next book.

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for allowing me to read this great book!

“ Sometimes bad things happen to good people so good people have to do bad things.”

Whew there’s a lot going on in this one! There’s essentially 4 main characters and the story alternates between past and present. A lot to keep up with in this slow burn thriller but I would say it’s worth it! A few well placed, unexpected twists. By the time the big twist came around I was a bit checked out, though.

3 stars for me

Thanks to the publisher and Net Galley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney was absolutely unputdownable. This was my first book by the author and I can't wait to read more. The book had several povs, and it was very easy to keep track of what was going on and who was speaking. The narrators did a lovely job bringing the characters to life. The mystery of this one keep me guessing until the very end. The twists were nearly mind blowing. I don't want to give much away so I'll just say this is a must read for thriller lovers.

Thank you to the author, publishers, and netgalley for this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Yes! Feeney is back with a twisty-turny-what’s-going-on page turner!!! Loved this book and the characters in it really grew on me. I was extremely satisfied with the ending and the revelations at the end of this book and the entire story was so easy to get lost in. Thank you NetGalley for the arc and this one gets 5 stars from me!!

My thanks to Net Galley and Macmillan Audio for allowing me to review this audio book.

A kidnapped infant decades ago, a missing nursing home resident, and a current murder are all commonly linked together. I enjoyed the narrator but this was a very confusing book with numerous POVs jumping around from the characters. Slow build up. Very confusing but good twist.

I just finished Good Bad Girl in Audiobook. I have a tendency to have one book to "read" and another to "listen" to at the same time as I am in my car a lot. This book was a bit of a slow burn for me until it wasn't. It starts out with a child going missing and then it fast forwards to present day with a young runaway working in a nursing home and her relationship with one of the residents. There was just a few chapters that took me some time to listen to but after I got through those I couldn't stop listening. The thing is all I read are thrillers with "twists" so I pretty much guess them all the time. This one I figured out one but you were supposed to but the main one I did not see coming at all. There are a couple of smaller surprises throughout and the way Alice Feeney unfolded the story was genius. I will definitely be recommending this book. I almost didn't request it as Daisy Darker was not for me in spite of its popularity but I am very glad I did.

When is a person 'bad' and when is it just a good person doing bad things?
It's difficult to say a lot about Alice Feeney's latest twisty book, without giving away spoilers, so I will just say this:
At the root of it, this book is about mother-daughter relations and family dynamics - and nothing is at it seems at first!
You will be wonderfully entertained and surprised along the way.

Thank youNetGalley and Macmillan Audio for giving me the chance to listen to and review this ARC.

I love Alice Feeny's books, and often hold them up as the gold standard of psychological thrillers. Good Bad Girl was another winner for me, as she slowly unraveled the ties binding four women whose lives are somehow intertwined. While each woman has their own secrets, as the story unfolds, we learn how much they were truly hiding. This was a fun, intriguing story for me, and I encourage other readers to be patient in allowing the plot to unfold, as it has a solid, twisty payoff at the end!

Thank you to MacMillian Audio, NetGalley and Alice Feeney! This was my first book by Alice and I’m sure it won’t be my last.

“Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things.”

This book was full of surprises and I couldn’t stop once I started. When a baby is stolen from a supermarket right out of stroller and the truth isn’t found out until many many years later the truth is shocking. Who took her and why? A woman in a care home being murdered, but who really did it? And how the truth was revealed was an even cooler surprise.

I definitely recommend this book and it was a quick read!

Thank you Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for this alc.

“Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things."

I loved Alice Feeney’s previous book, Daisy Darker, and was very excited about this one. The plot revolves around three suspects, two murders, and one victim. This story is complex, told by different POVs, and it goes back and forth in time. Every chapter is told by a different character and ends with a lot of suspense, keeping me eager to read the next chapter, and the next, and the next.

Feeney develops her characters very well, exploring their relationships and the reasons why they make the choices they do. None of them are perfect, they have some unique flaws. The mother-daughter relationship is explored in all its highs and lows. And I really appreciated the puzzle the author created and how all the pieces fell into place and the mystery was solved at the end.

Her multi-layered narrative is clever and works.
The audiobook greatly narrated by Katherine Press and Stephanie Racine, who transition among characters using tone, accent, and pace. They provide a very satisfying listening experience.

Good Bad Girl is a slow-burn compelling read. Full of secrets, intrigue, family drama, betrayal: this emotional novel can keep you in your toes. The writing is fluid and you will end the last page asking yourself what is good and what is bad in this reality we live in. There’s no doubt I will continue reading this author’s books.

2 murders, 3 suspects and 1 victim is what the detective kept saying. We start the novel with a kidnapping in a grocery store. Fast forward and it’s Mother’s Day in a retirement home where Edith resides in room 13, and Patience works. We also follow Frankie and Clio. This book starts out with multiple POV’s, I had to write the characters down so I could understand everyone better. Once you get the characters down, then it’s easier to follow. I enjoyed trying to figure out how everyone is connected and who the baby snatcher is. Everyone is a suspect. And although all characters have things they do that could be considered “bad”, I really liked Edith. Just when I thought I knew what the twist was, I was surprised to find it was something more.
Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for an ARC audiobook. The voice used for Edith’s accent was amazing, the narrator did a wonderful job, I enjoyed listening to “Edith’s voice”. Both narrators did a fantastic job telling the story.

Thank you to NetGalley and Flatiron for the audio ARC.

I'm sorry, but I had to DNF this one. I think I'm done with Alice Feeney. The writing here just felt overly simplistic and uninteresting to read. The story was too convoluted, every different perspective sounded the same, and I simply did not care what would happen to these people. I gave it an honest go, this just was not for me.

I have enjoyed the few Alice Feeney books that I have read or listed to so far, so was definitely interested in reading this one. As usual, there were twists that I was able to figure out and some that I wasn’t. I love that I’m always surprised by something in her novels!

This novel is about four women and how their lives become interconnected when there is a murder at a care home facility. Edith is an 80-year old woman who lives at the center, Clio is her daughter, Patience is the teen girl who works at the center, and Frankie is a librarian at a women’s prison. Each woman has an interesting storyline and it’s fun to try to figure out the murder mystery in the process of learning about the women.

I listed to the audio version of this novel and it was fantastically done! The two narrators made it easy to distinguish between which character was the focus for the chapter. Their narration styles fit the flow of each scene perfectly! I usually take awhile to get through an audiobook, but this one had me sucked in and only took 3 listening sessions.

The book felt like it took too long to wrap up at the end, which is why I’m giving it 4 stars rather than 5.

Thank you to #NetGalley and #MacMillanAudio for an audio ARC of #GoodBadGirl by #AliceFeeney in exchange for honest feedback. - 4 stars

Alice Feeney with another hit? Color me unsurprised! She's an auto-buy author for me, and Good Bad Girl solidifies that even further.

In true Feeney style, this book starts at the end. Or is it the beginning? And all throughout, you don't know how the characters are related--or if they are--or even the actual timeline of the end/beginning compared to the rest of the book. Good Bad Girl was filled with mysterious characters, who were arguably both good AND bad; lingering questions about who the worst of the characters was; no clue about whether your assumptions about the characters are correct; and an ongoing train of thought about how on earth these people could be connected.

In the end, was it worth it when the storylines came together? Yes, absolutely. I felt like one of the storylines came together sooner than I was expecting, but another was a surprise right up until the end of the book.

Overall, a solid addition to the Alice Feeney shelf and one I may re-read (as I frequently do with her books) now that I know the actual ending.

Note on the audio--this narrator is phenomenal. What a treat!

This is a review of an Advanced Readers Copy of Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney! Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review! Out August 29th!

About: Twenty years ago, a baby is stolen from its stroller in a supermarket. Present day, someone is murdered in a care home. These crimes are related and there is one person that may be the key to linking them together.

Eighty year old Edith lives in this nursing home, and a young girl Patience works there, whom Edith bonds with. Edith’s daughter Clio barely speaks to her, and Clio has problems of her own too. Someone comes knocking on her door that does not have good intentions.

The women must learn to work together because there is a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might learn what happened to the baby stolen all those years ago from the supermarket.

My Thoughts: Wow, this book just starts off highly confusing with all of the points of view, and not knowing who knows who. There are four ladies POV and it took me almost halfway through the book to realize I should jot down a few notes so I can make better sense of the story, however as more things are revealed, you can figure out who is connected to who and why… and that all is part of the mystery!

One theme in this book is that people can be good at being bad or bad at being good… and bad things can happen to good people, which can force them to do bad things! It’s all very twisty, and by the end of the book the story ties together pretty well!

The narrators in this book did a great job bringing the characters to life! I would definitely recommend! ❤️

You will like this book if you like:
🐞 Complicated mother/daughter relationships
🐞 Murder mysteries
🐞 Slow burn domestic thriller
🐞 Twisty thrillers

I really enjoyed this one! A LOT!

I will say usually lots of characters on audio is really hard for me to follow, but somehow this one worked and worked really well for me. I loved the slow build, how all of these seemingly strangers came togehter in one giant vat of six degrees of separation soup.

The two big twists towards the end had me completely surprised! I loved the shock factor.

This was so well done and will absolutely satiate any thirst you have for a good thriller/mystery.

I always enjoy Alice Feeney’s books and the twist shes hides in them. While I did see a few coming there was one twist toward the end that was unexpected and I was impressed how well concealed it was while also totally making sense. This ended with me somehow feeling happy which was kinda weird, being a thriller and all, but I liked it!

This was a very quick listen with both narrators doing a great job!

Thank you Macmillan Audio for the alc via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!

Feebly had done it again! She makes you care about her characters, warts and all.
Twisty which I do so love!
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC!

Alice Feeney for me is an auto buy and i was looking forward to this book, but it left me blank. I am not sure what happened. To be hones i was bored. I will try to relisten in another time, may be it was a wrong time but i just was bored. I won't waste time recapping the plot, but I found the varying points of view and timelines confusing and couldn't keep the characters straight.