𝗠𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 5 ⭐️
KILL FOR ME,KILL FOR YOU 🎧
🤍𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: thriller
📖 351 pages
𝗘𝗺𝗼𝗷𝗶𝘀: 🦄🔫🔪🩸😢🪓😱🪟🗽

❤️𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲❤️

Thank you @netgalley @atriabooks for the #gifted copy!

I absolutely loved this! From the first page, I was hooked, diving into a whirlwind of twists & turns that kept me on the edge of my seat. The suspense was relentless, making it impossible to put down.

Listening to the audiobook was a fantastic experience, enhancing the story's depth with its dual timeline & gripping flashbacks. The narrators brought Ruth & Amanda to life, making their stories even more compelling.

Ruth & Amanda are unforgettable characters with intriguing & complex backgrounds. Their alternating chapters always left me wanting more, each ending with a cliffhanger that had me eagerly anticipating the next.

The way the two storylines intertwined was masterfully done, leading to a jaw-dropping revelation that left me gasping. This book is a rollercoaster of emotions, shocks, & excitement that I couldn't read fast enough. It’s a must read for thriller fans, I highly recommend!!

⚠️ suicide, death of a child

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲:
◽️ twist after twist
◽️ endless suspense
◽️ revenge
◽️ multiple POV

𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁: On a dark night in NYC, Amanda & Wendy bond over shared loneliness & a thirst for revenge against those who hurt their families. They devise a pact: "If you kill for me, I'll kill for you." Meanwhile, Ruth is terrorized in her home by a mysterious man with piercing blue eyes. She grapples with fear, wondering if she'll ever feel safe with him on the loose.

Kill for me, kill for you is my first novel by Steve cavanagh and I most certainly will be reading more of his backlist. Fast paced, violent and absolutely intriguing. There were lots of twists and turns! Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an advanced reader copy.

I’ve been in a book slump lately and this book just really didn’t hit like I thought it would. It was too much and nothing st all going on at once. I couldn’t follow who was talking.

✦Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh✦
★★★★★ 5/5 stars!

✦ my thoughts
First, let me just say - if you haven’t already PUT THIS ON YOUR TBR IMMEDIATELY. The hype is real & well deserved. KFM,KFY may be the most unexpected & exciting thriller I’ve read this year!

The multiple POVs were so well written & easy to follow, & it was so interesting to see the story play out from every angle. I never could’ve guessed how they all connected.

The tension & suspense were palpable - reading this gave me so much anxiety my heart was racing! It’s rare that a book makes me audibly gasp. I can definitely see this playing out as a movie or limited series.

I was on the edge of my seat until the VERY LAST PAGE... You will be saying “just one more chapter” until you accidentally finished the whole book way past your bedtime (that can’t just be me, right?) And that ending?! Literally mind-blowing.

✦ Read if you like :
-twists on twists on twists
-strangers on a train
-Dolly Parton
-New York City settings
-easy-to-follow multiple POVs
-short, bingable chapters
-unhinged action
-revenge
-books to get you out of a slump

thank you to @netgalley & @atriabooks for the ARC ◡̈

What a thrilling ride! This book takes you on a winding adventure that was so unexpected. While the main character is mourning her family she gets caught up with a friend who turns out to be less than truthful. As the two stories are shared you wonder how on earth they will intersect but when they do - wow! And the final twist too. I totally recommend this book.

Wow! This book was wonderfully addicting! It had amazing twists that I truly didn't see coming, and I was completely entertained from start to finish.

Kill for Me, Kill for You is a fast-paced, action-packed thriller that follows two women and has multiple POV. Both women have had something happen to them that has destroyed their lives, and the men who committed these crimes have gone unpunished. Amanda's young daughter was kidnapped and murdered and Ruth was brutally attacked in her own home. Both women want revenge.

This book was amazing! If you're I the mood for a unique and twisty thriller, then I highly recommend this book.

Yooooo a new favorite thriller! Will for sure be recommending this one to friends. I did not guess even ONE of the plot twists. Obsessed.

Words can't describe how much I ended up loving this book! I will admit, the beginning did feel a little slow and I didn't find myself dying to pick this book up. But the I hit the 50% mark and couldn't stop. The twists and turns were phenomenal and I found myself with my jaw on the ground by the end!

This Strangers on a Train story had more twists and turns than a windy road! I was blown away by the ending and I still find myself going back to figure out what I missed. I usually describe the plot when reviewing books, but I don't want to give anything away. I will say this is a revenge story about loss and it will have you on the edge of your seat.

Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for this ARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you so much @sscav @netgalley & @atriabooks for the eArc.

This is a story about strangers on a collision course.

I loved this! I’ve enjoyed the author’s past works so I’m not surprised that this one was great- but holy twists batman. I’m still thinking about the fantastic & unnerving ending.

The nods to Hitchcock's classic movie Strangers on a Train are just the first of the twists in this crime novel. Amanda, grieving both the murder of her daughter and then the death of her partner, is a very damaged character. Her grief takes her to dark places that are easily taken advantage of. The detective in this story is an excellent character with his extreme stubbornness and refusal to give up on the various cases he still has unsolved on his desk. The New York City setting adds to feeling of loneliness that grieving brings, even in a crowd where it becomes so easy to disappear. Overall, a very enjoyable read

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Wow! This books was so good. The story was fast paced and a page turner. I didn’t want to stop reading. The characters were complicated and well developed. You spent a lot of the book rooting for the “bad” guys. Lots of twists and turns, highly recommend!

Read Complete4d 4/9/24 | 3.5 stars, rounded down for vibes
I was really excited to read this, having like Steve Cavanagh's Eddie Flynn books and seeing this as a 5 star book all over bookstagram & booktok. I don't know why I keep thinking that means I will rate it 5 stars because that almost never happens.

KILL FOR ME, KILL FOR YOU is still solidly entertaining! This was a Strangers on a Train style story, which can really be hit or miss for me. It all depends on how everything is handled and if it's believable and this one just really didn't hit the mark for me on the believability scale. I don't always have to know all the odds and ends, but some things felt a little too sloppy, other things I don't think the police would have let go, and it leaned a little too hard on mental health issues, in my opinion.

There was the big reveal that I didn't see coming and I really liked the WAY it was handled. There were a few things that again, I didn't really buy as far as all of the pieces falling into place and characters who worked their way into this tangled web, but I liked HOW the reveal happened, and that honestly probably brought the experience up a half a star.

Overall, this was just a little too popcorn-y. I can be here for a popcorn thriller for sure, but if it has me rolling my eyes too often, it's not a win for me. Some parts really didn't flow well and I wanted to be floored by it but I just wasn't. Even in the beginning I knew it couldn't be a 5 star book because I wasn't really into the writing style right from the start.

Not a huge miss for me but I'm a bit bummed I couldn't even manage to rate this one 4 stars. I definitely see its appeal and tons of people have and will love it. It was just too unrealistic overall and I couldn't let it go.

AUDIOBOOK NOTES: I listened to this as an audiobook, narrated by Stephanie Cannon. I don't think I've listened to a book from her before and I wasn't really blow away by her performance. It was a fine narration but there were some moments that took me out of the listening experience and the voices kind of blended into one another. I wouldn't avoid future narrations from her but I also wouldn't be excited for it either. Even though the book was in third person, because of the lack of change in voice, I felt like we could have benefitted from multiple narrators, though I know the budget doesn't always allow that.

Kill For Me, Kill For You is a fast-paced, multi-perspective, compulsively readable thriller. It centers on trauma and the theme of getting revenge against those who have destroyed our lives. Amanda and Wendy meet early on at a recovery group for those whose immediate family member have been murdered. They bond outside of the group and find they have similar revenge fantasies over those who killed their daughters. Soon after, they agree to kill the perpetrator of the other's child to elude the police. The story also follows Ruth, who has survived a nearly deadly attack, and lives in constant terror that the man who did it is still out there. Additionally, we see Detective Farrow's perspective as he tries to hunt down the perpetrators of violent crimes in New York. The chapters are short and told through multiple perspectives and there is so much action. You do have to suspend disbelief a little, but the story reads so quickly. When you finish a chapter, you want to keep reading to find out what will happen and tie the story together.

Thank you, Atria Books, and NetGalley for providing this ARC. All thoughts are my own.

Thank you to Atria Books for sending me a copy of KILL FOR ME, KILL FOR YOU. This one is out now.

This book is one of the best thrillers I’ve read in a long time. It’s my first book by Steve Cavanaugh and it definitely won’t be my last. The premise of this book is what drew me in but honestly the farther I got into the book and I realized I was completely wrong, the more I liked it. I definitely recommend this one!

This was a thrilling tale, from start to finish. I was ecstatic to grab an early copy! This story is jam-packed with revenge, thrills, and great female characters, this story is bound to lead you deep into the night when you should've gone to bed.

This has some super shocking twists that literally made my jaw drop! I also felt that this was a very unique story with a great plot.

Creative and a thrilling ride ...
Did not see any of the twists and with so many POV you are left guessing how they relate together.
Definetely recommend !!!

While the synopsis says Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh is for fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl I will go one better and add Look Closer by David Ellis to that list. This is the twistiest book I have read since that one and it was freaking AMAZING. I thought I would be confused by all of the different viewpoints at first, but I quickly got to know each one and was perfectly fine even listening to audio. There is a great mix of genres all rolled into one here, and I loved the blend of suspense, crime fiction, mystery, and procedural. This is also a nod to Strangers on a Train which I have not read, but quickly got the gist of.

This was a nonstop action thrill ride from the very beginning up until the tumultuous ending, and Cavanagh blew my mind more times than I can count on one hand. I'm not sure I would necessarily like the very end under normal circumstances, but boy was it a doozy and I am still thinking about it. I thought the audiobook was fantastic and Stephanie Cannon did a great job with it. It would have been useful and fun to have a full cast here, but Cannon used all the tools in her narrator toolbox and made it a remarkable listening experience all the same.

I think it would be insanely easy to give things away here, so this is where I am going to end things. Kill for Me, Kill for You is WILD and left me completely SHOOK. I never once had any part figured out, and it is so twisty you will lose your mind. It is also quite terrifying if you think about it, so be prepared for that. Now please excuse me while I go pray for more of Cavanagh's books on audio. 😭

If you’re looking for a twisty, can’t stop reading thriller, Kill For Me Kill For You is it. It did take me maybe 20% to get hooked but once it did, I couldn’t put it down.

If you think you can predict the twists correctly, you’ll be wrong.