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.

This was a great read! I loved the twists in this book! This kept me engaged and I couldn’t read fast enough! There were so many things going on that were all interconnected. This was a good book!

This author writes compelling, twisting, and fun fast read thrillers.

This book is from the point of view of a nurse. She is a single mother. She is taking care of a patient who jumped off of a bridge.

Then it unfolds. And unfolds. And unfolds.

The thing about this book that got me is that a lot of time, it over explained. Way too much detail. This really made it a struggle for me to hang in there. But once it kept unfolding, I could understand why there were so many details.

The main character has a lot of drama and problems going on. Which created even more webs outside of the premise. Sometimes I felt like it lost focus on the premise. Then she tied it all back together, pretty much.

If you like unreliable narrators and complexed twisted thrillers then this one is for you.

Thank you netgallery and the publisher for letting me read and review this book.

That was fun read full of twists! I mixed audio and ebook and enjoyed both formats! Some twists caught me off guard and some I saw from first pages. But overall it was a great thriller. Thank you so much for an e ARC!

Thank you NetGalley for sending me the ARC of "She's Not Sorry"
This book is 4.5 stars rounded up!
Meghan Michaels is an ICU Nurse. Recently divorced, with a testy teenage daughter, and an intense career - Meghan is trying to find balance in her chaotic life. While at work one day a patient by the name of Caitlin arrives at the hospital with a traumatic brain injury after falling off of a bridge. But did she really fall or was this something more sinister?
Meghan tries to stay detached from this patient, but before she knows it she finds herself in caught in a web of secrets....

Ya'll, this book was so good and VERY binge worthy. I ate this up like a popsicle on a hot Summer day. Every chapter was full of twists and turns that made you want more. I did not see all those twists coming! Well done, Mary Kubica! This may be your best book yet.

My first time reading Mary Kubica, after hearing so many great reviews for her other novel, Local Woman Missing. I was thrilled to have received a digital advanced copy of this book and was immersed in the first half part of it.
 
It is the story of Meghan Michaels—a recently divorced mother of a teenage daughter, and ICU nurse. She lives in Chicago, a city on alert because of an attacker preying on and attacking women. Understandably, Meghan is worried for her safety and that of her daughter, so when she runs into a woman she knew in high school with bruises on her face, she feels the need to help her too. At the same time, there is a new patient in Meghan’s ward. What was first believed to be Caitlin’s attempted suicide very quickly turns to a homicide attempt, and the police are looking for the person responsible. Meghan allows herself to get attached to Caitlin’s ongoing case, and soon discovers that her family and friends may know more than they’re letting on.
 
There is a lot going on in this book, so much that it feels as if there are three stories mangled into one. It is suspenseful and generally fast-paced past the 60%point; there are many twists and turns, though I cannot say that I did not seem them all coming. Still, there was a point in the book where I truly did not know who the culprit was, as there were so many characters with questionable traits and behaviours. Ultimately, the ending was a letdown as there were too many loose ends for my liking.
 
Overall, I liked the book but think it was just way too packed with different storylines and did not deliver in the end. However, I will absolutely read other Mary Kubica books soon!

Thank you to NetGalley, Mary Kubica and Harlequin Trade Publishing for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the E-ARC.

This book is the reason why I struggle to DNF a book.
I was telling my fiance about it at 60% done with the book and how I didn’t know if I liked it because there was so much going on.
However, when I hit 63% EVERYTHING came together. Like a slap in the face.

I think it takes an incredible author to be able to write a book that full circles everything like it does in this book.
How dare I question Mary Kubica? I don’t know, I’m sorry.

This book is something else. It’s not so much a twist as it is just an intense moment of “wow I can’t believe I didn’t see this”.

You follow Meghan, who seems to have a lot happening in her life all at once. She has a new patient in the ICU, there’s a man stalking woman in her area, she’s reacquainted with an old friend. It’s a lot all at the same time. But it’s needed!

I loved this book. To be honest, I love all of Mary Kubicas books. But this one will rival “Local Woman Missing”.

What a story! Surprise after surprise, yet all certainly possible. A rather edgy story, with problems arising between friends, family, coworkers, and connected individuals. It certainly kept the pages turning.!

4.5 stars for this awesome book from Mary Kubica. I rounded up to 5!

Mary Kubica never steers me wrong. Her books are always thrilling, exciting, bingeable, twisty and entertaining. This one gave me everything I wanted and fit my reading mood perfectly. It was fast paced and easy to get into, had multiple twists throughout, an unreliable narrator, secrets and lies, family drama and an attacker on the loose...seriously, so good!

I don't want to give too much away with this review as I don't want to spoil anything. There's alot going on in this book and it does have a few different twists. It's best to go into it knowing as little as possible! It's a great psychological thriller and I highly recommend adding it to your shelf. This one is out now!

Another good one from Mary Kubica. I've read several of her books and enjoyed them. This one was good once you got beyond a certain point. It took a bit but when it took off it was edge of your seat thrills.

You meet Meghan working in the ICU of the hospital. She's a single woman and has one daughter. She's been divorced about a year and seems content with her life. She meets an old school friend in a support group though and they quickly hit it off again. Her friend Natalie is in an abusive relationship and Meghan is trying to help her. Meghan is also the on charge nurse for Caitlyn who is in a trauma care because of a suicide attempt that failed. She has so much wrong that it's hard to believe she even survived.

You get to know all three of these women. How much they have in common and the things you'll learn along the way will keep you turning the pages. Once you hit around the 60% mark look out. A lot of things come to light then. Some that took my breath away and one I figured out. I was suspicious of who the person was that was terrifying women. Who was stalking and hurting them. I can't say I was completely shocked when it came out though. There are connections in this story that I saw coming but it was still a good one. It still made me want to keep reading to know what would come next and if anyone would be caught doing some of the things they did.

There are a few secrets revealed and one that will have you gasping. At least it did me. This book is very good. It has lots of things going on. It just took a bit to long to get there. There was too much in the beginning about Meghan and her job. I do understand why though. You have to know all about her to understand her. You have to learn all about each one of these women. There connection is there.

Thank you #NetGalley, #MaryKubica, #Harlequin, for this ARC. This is my own true thoughts about this book.

4/5 stars. Read it. Enjoy.

I loved the way the author was able to weave together various dark story lines. Started out as a slow burn then had so many twists and turns!

She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica

My rating:
4/5
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Meghan, a divorced mom to her daughter Sienna, is an ICU nurse who is caring for a woman who jumped from a bridge and is in a coma. When a witness comes forward with details from the fall, Meghan takes it upon herself to figure out what happened to her patient.

I really enjoy Mary Kubica’s writing style. She always writes page turners! I will say that this one took me a little bit to get into, but as I am going back through my thoughts, I think the build up was necessary to get all the details in order.

Once you hit a certain point of this book, you won’t want to put it down! There was a crazy twist that I was not expecting and from there, it felt action packed! While I did predict two of the major twists, this was still very enjoyable and I would absolutely recommend!

I do have some questions after finishing, so I can’t quite give it a 5 star rating, but overall this was a great thriller that kept me guessing!

Thank you HTP books and netgalley for the ARC! This is out now so give it a read and let me know what you think!

Fantastic read! While the first half of the book is devoted to character and plot building, the second half is crammed with the twists and turns that leave you backtracking. A couple times I thought I found a “mistake” in the plot only to be shocked at how flawlessly it was utilized later.

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was our pick for @thrillersbythebookclub.mke for April! It was a fast read for me but hate to say it was not one of my favorites by Mary Kubica. I didn’t really get into it until 75% through and almost DNF. I will give her credit for one of her big twists I didn’t see coming 👀 (*this book could also be triggering to some*)

I received an advanced copy of this book through Net Galley.

Meghan Michaels is an ICU nurse. She also has a teenage daughter, she shares custody of with her ex-husband. So, she has very little downtime to herself. Whatever friends she has, are those she interacts with at work and at her divorcees' support group. It is at this support group where she reconnects with an old friend from High School.

Meghan hasn't seen her in over 10 years, but right away she can tell that Natalie needs her help. She is in an abusive relationship. And if there is something Meghan has learned in her line of work, it is how hard it can be for women to leave their abusive spouses. As Meghan and Natalie rekindle their friendship, Meghan begins to notice firsthand how torn Natalie appears to feel about leaving the man who is harming her. So, Meghan does the only thing she can do, she is a supportive friend.

At work, she is taking care of a patient in a coma. Who jumped off a bridge, the rumors of why this may have happened range wildly. As Meghan grows closer to the patient's family, she begins to question the type of relationship they may have actually had before Caitlin ended up under her care. Then, the visit from a strange man, who doesn't stop to speak to any of the family members or nurses further leaves Meghan questioning what exactly landed Caitlin in ICU.

This story unravels so many plot lines it will keep any reader captive until the very end!!

Mary Kubica in recent years has become one of my favorite authors.

She's Not Sorry did not miss with the twists and turns throughout this page turning thriller!

I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to read other books by Kubica that are on my TBR list.

She's Not Sorry had a strong start and I was immediately hooked. There's a lot going on in this book: an attacker assaulting women in Chicago, a woman fighting for her life in the ICU after falling off a bridge, and a nurse named Meghan worried for her and her daughter's safety. While the beginning starts off with a bang, things slow down as the mystery starts to build. Who is attacking women? How did the woman in ICU fall off the bridge? And is someone after Meghan? I would advise readers to stick with it because at just about the middle of the book things take a shocking and twisting turn that left me saying "Wait, what?"

What I liked: The book certainly held my interest and I kept turning pages trying to figure out the mystery. There were so many possibilities.

What didn't work for me: There was maybe too much going on in this book for me and I was left unsatisfied by the ending. I also think that reading the digital copy of the book didn't allow me to easily flip back through some pages, particularly when the shocking twist was revealed. I felt like I need to go back and review what I had read and that's not easy on a kindle.

That being said, I like this author. This may not have been my favorite thriller but I would keep reading her books as they are entertaining.