Wow! What a twisty roller coaster of a ride this was! I've read several books by Mary Kubica but this might be her best yet!

This is the story of Meghan, an ICU nurse, a recently divorced single mom who works as an ICU nurse. A patient named Caitlin arrives at the hospital in a coma with a traumatic brain injury from a fall from a bridge. Did she fall? Was she pushed? Does here seemingly loving family have something to do with it? Meghan tries to not get too personally involved with her patients but for some reason this patient and her family are different. At the same time that Caitlin arrives at the hospital, Meghan rekindles a friendship with Natalie, an old friend from high school, who she meets at a divorce support group. She suspects that Natalie is in an abusive relationship with her husband and she'll do anything to help her. And with all that going on, Meghan somehow finds time to focus on her teenage daughter Sienna.

So, there's a lot going on from the very beginning. There are a lot of characters to keep up with, but the author somehow makes this work because I never had to remind myself who was who. I was hooked from the very beginning and it was really hard to put down. There were so many twists and turns and I couldn't wait to see how everything wrapped up. This was truly a great read!

Thank you so much to Harlequin Trade Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC. Publication day is today, April 2, 2024 so get your copy now. I promise...you won't be sorry!

I enjoyed parts of this book, but it felt slow at times. Overall, I liked the how the book ended and both stories played out. .

Thank you to Netgalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing, Park Row for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. This book officially publishes on 4/2/24!

This book starts off with a bang and is a very fun read. Despite being told from a single POV, the character development and interactions were not lacking in any way. Giving this one 4 stars because I did guess one of the bigger twists; however, this did not entirely detract from my overall experience reading the book as there are several twists in this one. I love how the author ended this one, although I will leave my thoughts on the ending there so as to not spoil! Definitely recommend giving this one a read, but please check any relevant trigger warnings before doing so.

First I want to thank NetGalley, Harlequin Trade Publishing and Mary Kubica for my ARC of She’s Not Sorry.


Holy smokes! That was a wild ride! I couldn’t put this one down. I just had to get to the end and figure out who was behind it all! There was a lot going on with this book but almost everything was brought together in the end. A few parts of the story weren’t answered and left me questioning how and if Meghan got answers. Overall I did enjoy the storyline and the characters were well developed. This is my first read by Mary Kubica but it will not be my last!

She’s Not Sorry
Thank you @parkrow for the gifted copy of She’s Not Sorry {partner}

Genre: Mystery
Format: 📖
Pub Date: 4.2.2024
Star Rating: ☆☆☆.5

“We can only know so much about the people in our lives.”

I have always enjoyed reading Mary Kubica’s books (The Other Mrs. is still my favorite), and She’s Not Sorry was no exception. I especially loved the ICU aspect as it added an exciting addition to the storyline.

It was such a fast-paced book that I felt like I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. I needed to know what was happening and how it would turn out. It kept me guessing until the very end. The BIG twist was a complete surprise to me, and I had to go back a few pages to ensure I’d read it right. What was the last twisty book that left you surprised?

My only issue with the story was that too much was going on. All the pieces came together at the end, but it seemed over the top and unbelievable. Some chapters felt repetitive and unnecessary to the overall arc of the story. It felt very scattered and rushed as I approached the final chapter, which ultimately was a letdown.

👩🏽‍⚕️ ICU Nurse
🌪️ Twisty
❓ Keeps you guessing
💨 Fast-paced
😳 Unlikable characters

I recommend reading She’s Not Sorry if you’re looking for a twisty mystery that will take you by surprise.


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I am such a fan of Mary Kubica’s work and I was due for a good thriller. I read this over a rainy, gloomy weekend and the vibes were absolutely perfect. I love a book where I don’t see the twist coming and this one is a roller coaster in the best way!

Our main character, Meghan, is an ICU nurse and also a single mom to a teenage girl. Balancing that is hard enough, but her world is rattled when a patient, Caitlin comes in in a coma. Caitlin attempted to take her own life & this brings back major trauma because Meghan’s sister also died from suicide.

Caitlin’s prognosis isn’t looking great when a witness comes forward and says there were two people on the bridge when she jumped. Maybe it wasn’t an attempt to take her own life after all. I absolutely loved putting all of the pieces together. And when I finally realized the big twist I was SHOOK.

There is a minor storyline that I didn’t feel was necessary to the book, and was a tad distracting. The Meghan / Caitlin storyline didn’t need anything else since it was so well done! Absolutely devoured this book in two sittings!

Out today! Super fast paced with that jump scare factor. A solid thriller full of red herrings that will have you continuously questioning which character can be trusted.

Meghan is an ICU nurse who has just been assigned to a gravely injured patient believed to have attempted to take her own life by jumping off a bridge. As more details emerge about her fall, more questions are raised. Did she jump? Was she pushed? Who else may have seen what happened? Meghan soon entangles herself in this drama, becoming a little too close with the patient's family while doing some detective work of her own. Adding to the plot twists, she fears for herself and her daughter’s safety as a stalker is also loose in her neighborhood attacking and assaulting women as they find themselves alone.

This was a solid read for me and I really did enjoy it, but I was left with a few questions in the plot that didn’t quite make sense to me and the ending felt a bit rushed at the end.
Parts that I felt needed more clarity:
The phone call asking Meghan for $10,000 ransom for her daughter. It wasn’t really made clear if Caitlin was the one demanding this and what was she planning on doing with the money?
Meghan’s ex husband: He was dating Caitlin? So, she just hit her own face to pretend as if she was being beaten by her "husband", how did she explain that to the boyfriend and how did she just completely disappear after they “broke up”?

Kubica has done it again with this fast paced jaw dropping thriller… I mean how many twists can one throw into a novel! I was gasping for air on more then one occasion as I quickly turned page after page to find out got the novel was going to end! Holy shit was I so unsuspecting of so many things’!!!

A Newly divorced mom is finding raising her daughter and keeping her nursing job a bit of a stressful challenge and as the novel develops we can see how stressful life as an icu nurse can be. Just as things couldn’t get worse we are thrown twists after crazy twists and doom become aware of why she is so stressed out. Then the unthinkable happens when a patient dies. Still not all is as it seems when we are thrown some more huge twists’! This is one crazy roller coaster of a ride thriller that I completely devoured!

I’m giving this book a 3.5/5 ⭐️. I feel like this book was entertaining and suspenseful! This book started off slow, but eventually picked it up! There were parts in the book that were creepy, but it was fun to read! There was also some things in this book that I was not sure what was going on or left unanswered questions! I will definitely read another book from this author!

She's Not Sorry is a standalone thriller about a divorced ICU nurse raising a teenage daughter. Meghan Michaels has bad memories of her sister's suicide years earlier and has a difficult time treating a new patient in critical condition after jumping off a bridge. However, police discover that Caitlin Beckett may have been pushed and Meghan finds herself in the middle of a dangerous situation. Some members of Caitlin's family seem to be keeping secrets and others claim Caitlin herself has a checkered past.

There is so much going on in Meghan's life! In addition to the stress at work, Meghan is dealing with a temperamental ex-husband, a moody teenager, worries about an old friend, a serial killer in her neighborhood, threats being sent to her, and secrets of her own. This keeps the story fast-paced and entertaining, but sometimes it's too much jammed into one book. There are so many suspicious characters, it's hard to know who to root for. I was surprised by some of the big reveals, especially one that a murky timeline made hard to figure out. However, most of the various side plots and loose ends come together at the end. The Good Girl is still my favorite book by Kubica, but this book is engaging and fans of this author, especially her book Local Woman Missing, should enjoy this one.

I received an advance copy of this ebook at no cost from NetGalley, Park Row Books, and HTP Books. My review is voluntary and unbiased.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for allowing me to review this book.

She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
Release Date: April 2, 2024
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

I absolutely loved this book. I haven’t read a good thriller like this in a minute and this book was everything I could have asked for!

It is absolutely packed with twists and turns and unreliable people. I definitely did not expect the big plot twist AT ALL. My jaw was on the floor!!

I also loved that this was set in Chicago since I grew up in the suburbs I knew a lot of the locations mentioned in this book.

Just when I thought there couldn’t possibly be any more twists there definitely was. And omg yall the literal last sentence of this book will have me thinking for months.

If you are looking for a good psychological thriller, I couldn’t recommend this book more

Another twisty, turny, creepy tale from Mary Kubica. She’s Not Sorry is full of intense slow burn and had me absolutely gripped from the first page. I read this in about 1.5 sittings because I could not put it down! I consider myself pretty good at figuring iut mysteries, but this one had me going until the very end!

This is an exciting book that will grip you from start to finish! It’ll have you questioning everyone and everything, and you won’t be short on twists and turns to make your jaw drop. You can definitely rip right through this book in one sitting/day. I’d recommend this book to anyone looking to get back into reading for a fast-paced read that’ll keep you interested the whole time.

Thank you Park Row and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Meghan Michaels, an ICU nurse comes across a comatose patient on one of her work shifts and rumor has it that Caitlin took her own life by jumping over a bridge. No one knows why and assumes it is a suicide but when a string of attacks on women occurs within the area along with an eye witness coming forward, it begs the question: was Caitlin pushed? If so, then who and why? In the midst of it all, Meghan makes the ultimate mistake of getting deeply involved in Caitlin’s personal life and when it becomes far too late, the danger immediately arrives right on her doorstep.

This one hits a high note in suspense and was absolutely binge-worthy from start to end. The prologue hooks readers in immediately and about midway through it gets even better with all the unexpected twists. I enjoy thrillers with medical settings and strong female main characters, this one did not disappoint. This is a great niche read for nurses or anyone in the healthcare industry. I wasn’t expecting much from the title in the beginning but now I find myself wanting to read more from this author. What easily started off as a 4-star resulted in a stellar 5-star read and that’s my way of saying, it doesn’t happen often!

Thank you NetGalley, ParkRow, HTP-The Hive for my e-ARC and Mary Kubica for an amazing read!

SHE’S NOT SORRY
Mary Kubica

I can’t believe I’ve read another Mary Kubica novel. I swore I wouldn’t pick up another book written by her, but I did. The premise sounded so good I broke a promise to myself and requested it.

She made me go back on my word…

And SHE’S NOT SORRY

Meghan Michaels is a hardworking, underappreciated ICU nurse at the local hospital. She recently separated from her husband and is now living on her own with her daughter, Sienna. Sienna is a lot to handle on her own, but Meghan is handling the best she can on her own while working overnight shifts at the hospital.

One night while on duty a high-risk patient comes in and becomes a patient in Meghan’s ICU. There are a lot of questions surrounding the event that brought this patient in. At first, there are more questions than answers but slowly the clues start to come together and when you find out what really happened to the patient, you’ll be surprised.

I was.

SHE’S NOT SORRY arrives in bookstores and libraries today. If I were you, I’d put in my reserve now!

I’m so glad I was wrong about Mary Kubica and I’m so glad I was right about SHE’S NOT SORRY. It was just the thriller I was looking for. The twists and surprises felt executed by a seasoned professional and I loved having my reading sessions in Kubica’s hands.

It’s a mind maze, a series of questions answered only to bring up new questions. Everything you know for sure is no longer certain. Everything you thought was, wasn’t and everything you needed to be, couldn’t. I enjoyed my time reading SHE’S NOT SORRY and I think you will too.

Thanks to Netgalley, Harlequin Trade Publishing, and Park Row for the advanced copy and the opportunity to provide feedback!

SHE’S NOT SORRY…⭐⭐⭐⭐

"She's Not Sorry" by Mary Kubica follows Megan Michaels, an ICU nurse who's trying to navigate a life post divorce with her teenage daughter. One day, she encounters an ICU patient that jumped from a bridge...or has she? As she dives deeper into her life, Megan gets pulled into the darkness that surrounds her patient.

This was a slowburn thriller and was a quick read. While I was reading, at times I felt like I was reading Google map directions. It was evident that the author seemed to love the city she was writing about. The ending felt a bit rushed, but it was an enjoyable ride!

A big thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for this ARC!

Another great read from Mary Kubica!! She's one of the few authors I hold a hall pass for. I will read just about anything she writes.

I was so tense reading this even in the most calming of places (aka the sauna and home safely in bed). I questioned everything and was suspicious of everyone. Highly enjoyable and addicting read! I sped through this and really didn't have anything I would change. Just a good time (well maybe not for everyone)!

Thanks to Mary Kubica, Harlequin Trade Publishing and Netgalley for allowing me to read this ARC.

I love Mary Kubica and this might be my favorite book of hers yet! I felt myself yelling out loud during so many twists and the writing was so perfectly pitched that I felt myself steaming in anger and stressed, heart racing at different intervals. This book starts out innocuous enough and really ropes you in before you can see what's coming.  The author really knows how to create character who reveal themselves slowly throughout the story, but you also someone feel like you know almost right away. I enjoyed every second of it and would have read it in one sitting if I was able to!

Meghan is an ICU nurse and single mother to Sienna. When she gets overly invested in caring for her patient, she puts her life in peril. Meanwhile, a man is attacking women throughout the Chicago neighborhoods. This pulse-pounding novel will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Oh. My. Goodness! If you love a good thriller, She’s Not Sorry is the book for you. It’s a psychological whirlwind of twisty revelations. Need a “turn the page as fast as you can to see what happens” novel? This book fills that spot. On top of the palpable knife’s-edge intensity, the book is set against the atmospheric backdrop of Chicago. The city takes on a character of it’s own that adds to the story.

WOW.. Just wow.

I binge read this book in two days flat. I probably would have finished it in one sitting if I didn't have to be an adult lol. I was hooked from the very page of this. We follow Meghan, an ICU nurse taking care of someone that came in from a terrible accident. While she normally doesn't get involved with her patients, she finds herself trying to figure out what happened to her.

This book truly was a thrilling ride with a lot of twists and turns that gave me whiplash. The way the author was able to intertwine so many different stories into one without making confusing was really great. There were so many times I said to myself, "Oh I have this figured out." "I know what is going on" Then BAM, I was blind sided with something else that kept me guessing. There were a few times when I was reading this, I had to scoot closer to my husband because I was getting scared lol!

Overall, This was such a fun, twisty, thriller that will keep you on the edge of the seat the entire time. This is my second book by Mary Kubica and she has not disappointed at all! Can't wait to read more of her thrillers!

Thanks so much to The Hive, HTP Books, Parkrow Books, and Netgalley for the copy of this!