I am a fan of Mary Kubica because she seems to nail the plot twists every time and She's Not Sorry is no exception. I flew through this book, barely putting it down. There were some things that I suspected, but the twist definitely took me a little off guard because of the way things were written, I didn't even put it together. However, after that reveal, the ending fell a little flat for me. Really enjoyed it regardless and will be recommending!

I received this ebook from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion and review. The twists in this book were top notch, like we even get a huge twist like halfway through and you really don’t see it coming. It’s such a layered story, one that I so enjoyed reading!

Would recommend for fans of…
🚊 The Last Thing He Told Me
🚊 The Soulmate
🚊 You Are Not Alone

It’s been a minute since I’ve read a Mary Kubica novel, but I’ve been a longtime fan of the way she’s able to craft the perfect twist. And she 100% manages to keep her streak of jaw-dropping twists with her latest, She’s Not Sorry.

She’s Not Sorry follows Meghan, an ICU nurse caring for a patient, Caitlin, who is in a coma. Meghan is drawn closer to her Caitlin when a witness comes forward with shocking information about Caitlin’s fall from a bridge and from there things get wild.

It’s hard to talk about why I enjoyed this book without giving anything away (and seriously, this is a book you don’t want spoiled) but I will say that Kubica nails the pacing and plotting of the story. She drops little bombshells leading up the major “WHAT?!” moment and I had a hard time putting down the book because of this.

But, there were a couple of things that bumped this down to a 3-star read. First, there are a few different plot lines focused on Meghan’s work and family, and I tended to find the family storyline kind of boring and it felt like filler for a portion of the novel. I also wasn’t impressed with the ending, as I felt like it was a bit of let down after such a strong start.

Regardless, this is a great choice for anyone looking to get caught up in a thriller that is captivating, but not at all scary or gruesome. It’s a great book to discuss, and if you’ve read it, I’d love to hear your thoughts!

She’s Not Sorry is out now. Thanks to Park Row and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

2.5 stars ⭐️

I hate to say it, but this one underwhelmed me. I think I might be in the minority here, but She’s Not Sorry did not thrill me. 😅

The premise sounded SO intriguing, but the story was way too much “telling” and not enough “showing” for my liking. It dragged; the narrator repeated herself constantly, and there was an abundance of descriptions of the setting and not a lot of action to fill the pages. At the same time, it felt like there were four or five different plot lines going on, and I wish she would’ve just focused on one.

No one in this book felt trustworthy - and not in the suspenseful way, but in the uneasy anxious way.

OMG! I loved this book!! It started weird for me and took me a little time to get into the story. I was wondering why there were so many story lines and was hoping they would all tie in together. They absolutely did! At one point I was completely speechless, jaw hanging open, thinking, did I just read that right? SO GOOD! I love a twist that I didn’t see coming. When I say Meghan the main character has a lot going on in her life, I mean A LOT, but it all comes together in a great story. Meghan is an ICU nurse caring for a patient (and her family) who apparently jumped from a bridge. She’s a divorced mom dealing with a teenage daughter and an ex husband. She has friends with their own problems that she is trying to help, an old high school friend who is trying to escape an abusive husband and a co-worker who has a bedridden pregnant wife. Oh and did I mention there is someone attacking girls around the city? In the end, everything is wrapped up in an exciting, can’t put this book down type thriller!! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc! GO READ THIS BOOK!!

Super bingeable with a good twist- not a complete surprise but I don’t need that- though others do. It didn’t blow my mind but it was entertaining and had me hooked. And man. So many of the men were just icky.

I always love a thriller, even more so when it is by Mary Kubica. This one did the job & kept me guessing the entire time. With twists and turns at every corner & feeling like you couldn’t put it down - I would love to see this made into a movie. I thoroughly expect this to be one of my favorite thrillers of the year. Very unique plot/storyline & I loved the characters! Thank you NetGalley & Harlequin Trade publishing for the ARC copy of this book.

This one kept me one the edge of my seat the whole time! There was so many twists and turns, every time I thought I knew what was going to happen there was another twist. The characters were so well developed and believable it made this story even more interesting and constantly second guessing what was to come. The author really does take you on quite the ride! This was the first I read by her and it won’t be my last! This is sure to be a big hit! Highly recommend!

This book! I simply could not put it down, and was on the edge of my seat the entire time! I’m one that loves to theorize along the way when I read a thriller, and majority of the time I can spot the twist, but this one had me shocked! The misdirections were so well done that I had no idea where this story was taking me. I did figure out one thing correctly based on Kubica’s early clues but everything else came as a total surprise and I LOVED it! This will easily be one of my favorite thrillers of 2024! The plot was unique which was also very refreshing, being a seasoned thriller reader. I loved the psychological aspect of this book when it comes to understanding these characters. This may have only been my first by Kubica but it is evident that she’s a master at her craft! Thank you so much to HTP, Hive, and Netgalley for my #gifted ARC!

OH NY GOD! Mary Kubica did it again! This book is my true nightmare situation and why I don’t trust anyone. This NEEDS to be made into a HBO tv show asap and everyone needs to read this book. The amount of twists in this book is CRAZY but so good. I’ll never be able to recommend anything by Mary Kubica enough. This is 100% going to be my top thriller for the year.
Now available!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the arc of this book.

Part one felt too long and dragged out for me. Not too much action until 65%, and by then I had predicted most of the plot twists. Not my favorite Kubica.

Absolutely loved this book. This had me on my toes and guessing til the very end. There were a few pieces I still had questions about in the end, but not enough to make me take any stars away. Thanks so much to Harper Collins and the hive for the advanced copy!

I love Mary Kubica and was thrilled to have the opportunity to review She's Not Sorry.

She's Not Sorry is a tangled web of mysteries, starting with the apparent suicide attempt of a local woman, to an unknown rapist, to an apparent kidnapping and a domestic abuse situation. Intermixed are family and relationship tensions which underscore the tension found throughout the rest of the novel.

The novel has all the makings of a great, twisty thriller, and yet somehow it fell flat.

Time is jumping back and forth, though you don't know that immediately and when I realized this, there were more questions than answers for me. The 'twist' to one component of the novel was something I'd guessed, and the other that I suspected was never fully answered. The ending was a bit of a cliffhanger--not a bad way to end a novel, but this time it left me a bit confused, more than I want to be.

Overall I did enjoy the novel. It was a good escape, but it's not my favorite of Mary Kubica's and not what I expected based on what I've read from her in the past.

Thank you to #NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

It took me awhile to get into this book. It did pick up about halfway through and I did like the twists. I guessed one of them but the rest I didn’t. I wish the big twist was revealed sooner because it seemed like there was a lot of filler in the beginning.

𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 • 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 • 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦
𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 2 April 2024

I've heard so much about Mary Kubica's books and now I see why. I was glued to my seat on this wild ride. Meghan, our main protagonist is a divorced single mom, co-parenting her angsty teenager while working full time as an ICU nurse. In the opening scene, her daughter is kidnapped, and then we flash back to the ICU where Meghan is caring for Kristin who jumped off a bridge to her almost-death. Oh, and if that wasn't enough, there's also a serial rapist somewhere on the loose, stalking women at night across the streets of Chicago.

There is a large cast of unreliable characters, from Meghan's ex-husband to the patient's parents, brothers, and friends who visit while she's sedated. Everyone in this book has secrets but which ones are benign and which are nefarious... I'll just say I was wrong about almost everything that I guessed. This was a really fun one to read in a buddy reading group - wild theories running amuck! There was one aspect where I had to suspend my disbelief, but if you like unreliable characters and nail-biting suspense then you should grab a copy of this one.

TW: Kidnapping, Domestic Violence, Suicide Attempt, Sexual Assault

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 @𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘈𝘙𝘊!

This book was a lot twistier than I was expecting! I loved the multiple layers of plot. It reads like a domestic thriller but it is so much more than that. There was one twist at the very end that felt a little rushed and either could have been more fleshed out or left out entirely. However the rest of the book had me hooked and I was legitimately surprised by a few things that happened. I loved the writing style and look forward to reading more by this author. I would consider this a comfortable thriller.

This book was entertaining while reading, but it is definitely one of the books that a month from now, I won't remember. It is a slow burn with not a lot thrilling happening, but here is some suspensful tension. I feel like this is one of those books that if I was to read just starting out in this genre, I would really, really like, but having read mystery/suspense for years, it wasn't really anything new.

This book was really fun and thrilling! There’s multiple mysteries going on and it all falls into place at the end and the journey there makes it all worth it!

I love Mary Kubicas writing so much. She’s the perfect thriller author and this one didn’t disappoint!

Content warnings:
Domestic violence
Attempted suicide
Sexual assault (off page)
Kidnapping

Thank you to NetGalley, Mary Kubica, and Harlequin Trade Publishing for an advanced ebook copy 🤍

Although it seemed slow at first and took me a bit to get into, as it became clear that all of the disjointed bits of the story were going to come together, I was hooked and couldn’t put it down. Canada tier development is great, and I found myself immediately drawn into Meghan’s life. As a nurse she is balancing treating a coma patient and her teenage daughter at home. When there is a shocking revelation in the store, we see how every character is woven together in twists of lies and secrets.
Highly recommended
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* I received an advanced reader’s copy of this book from NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing | Park Row in exchange for my honest review

Slow, Problematic (Some Say Offensive) Main Character, Largely Forgettable. Yet Good Enough. This is a book where from an objective (ish) standpoint, there really isn't much if anything actually *wrong* about it. Yes, it is absolutely a slow burn - and yes, some people may prefer faster pacing, particularly in a "thriller". But that is taste, and the artist is allowed to do as they will there. The MC could be argued to be quite stupid or even downright evil by some, but there again - artistic license. Writing this review even 5 days after finishing the book (while having read 5 other books since, and with quite a bit going on in my own life at the moment, admittedly), I must confess that I barely remembered the book at all and only really picked up what it was when reading other reviews.

And yet, despite all of that... I *do* remember the book as enjoyable enough while I was reading it, and a good enough tale to be a worthy read for those looking for a solid enough mystery/ thriller. It won't be going on my personal "best of" lists any time soon, but it was also solid enough that I don't in any way feel I was cheated out the time I spent with the book. Obviously, other reviewers have had stronger reactions both directions and will continue to have so long as this book exists. But for *me*, it was ok and with nothing objectively (ish) wrong, therefore it gets a 5* rating, a decent enough review, and an encouragement from me to you, the reader of my review, to check out the blurb, maybe check out some reviews from other reviewers you trust not to spoil anything who may highly praise it - and others who highly despise it - and make your own call.

For me, I'm comfortable enough saying: Recommended.