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4 stars ⭐️ thank you NetGalley for this arc. This was a captivating thriller that kept me guessing and on my toes. Perfect season to read this.

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Book: She’s Not Sorry
Author: Mary Kubica
Publisher: Harlequin Trade Publishing
Pub Date: April 2, 2024

I have read several Mary Kubica books and this is my least favorite. It’s a very slow burn and at one point during the book I wasn’t even sure what direction it was heading or what the dominant story line was. Meghan is an ICU nurse and is taking care of Caitlin who fell from a bridge and suffered a severe brain injury. After a witness comes forward they now believe that Caitlin was pushed. Meghan herself is recently divorced and struggling to raise her teenage daughter Sienna. Along with that comes concern for her safety because a madman is loose and attacking women in her area. (This served no purpose to me whatsoever.) The prologue was misleading which set the tone for the book. I’m not one for spoilers and I don’t believe this is but it would have helped me tremendously if I had known this….a large portion of the book is taking place in the past. Maybe that was suppose to be a twist but it just fell flat for me and was annoying. I predicted the ending from the beginning. There’s several storylines and some of the “subplots” ended without a resolution. It’s described as a tense compelling thriller. It’s far from that but the idea behind the plot is very interesting. All that said if you are a Kubica fan don’t dismiss this book. It’s still a decent read I just would have done a few things differently. My last note on this book said “way too much is going on.”

Thank you Harlequin Trade Publishing and NetGalley for this sneak peak! Publication date is April 2, 2024.

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I'm a huge fan of local woman missing and was excited to get an advanced copy of this book but I did struggle with how slow the first half of the book. This book is the definition of a slow burn.

Meghan is a divorced mother of 1 teenager and she is a nurse for the ICU. She gets assigned to a young patient who attempted suicide or so they think. She becomes involved in trying to figure out what happen to her patient. All the while an old high school friend comes back into her life and there also a man who is assaulting young women in their homes. Multiple storylines going at the same time and I struggled because I felt like they all moved so slow and nothing was really happening. Once I got to 60% then action finally started and it got good and was something I couldn't put down. For that I will give it 4 stars. All the storylines come together for a shocking twist.

Thanks Netgalley for the ARC.

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Meghan is a ICU nurse and has been taking care of Caitlin who fell from a bridge and is in a coma. Meghan has worries about her patient, with good reason and things start getting strange. Megan gets trapped in the basement of her apartment, she gets an anonymous note with bitch written on it, and then her daughter is kidnapped. Who is doing all of these things and is it related to her ICU patient?

There are twists and turns and the character development is done very well. I enjoyed this book and will be recommending it to my friends when it is released in April of 2024.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of Sheś Not Sorry.

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Mary Kubica hooked me with her first book and has reeled me back again and again ever since. I nearly missed the email saying I had been approved through NetGalley and was so excited I was.

From the description, “An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller…”

Mary Kubica knows how to craft a tense story. I feel her earlier work was more thriller/suspense and her last few have leaned toward the domestic suspense side, both of which I enjoy. She’s Not Sorry delivers on the twists and turns, almost too many. Because when I got to the end, I had to flip back and check if I missed something.

She’s also mastered the art of pacing and delivering multiple POVs. So you have to keep up and just when you think you might have things figured out, there’s something left waiting for you on the next page. With multiple storylines to contend with and not-so-reliable characters, you’re second-guessing everyone at every turn, which makes the reading experience all the more fun.

I’ll still be purchasing this one when it comes out to add to my MK collection and eagerly await what comes next.

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Mary Kubica's She's Not Sorry is a a book you can’t put down about a nurse with a secret. The book is a page turner right away. You will be unable to put this book down. The twists are jaw dropping. This book is a must read if you like thrillers. You will not be disappointed.
Thanks to Netgalley and Harlequin books for the advanced copy of the book.

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This was one of the better Mary Kubica books I've read. She always tells a great story and creates tension from the very first page. But sometimes I feel like her endings are a little too twisty and unbelievable. This one was just about perfect. From the very first pages, I was hooked on the story of Camden and his wife Jules. Camden, the adopted son of a wealthy North Carolina heiress, became her sole heir ten years ago when she died, leaving everything to him and nothing to her sister or her sister's family. But Camden didn't want it. He walked away from it all, including the vast estate and mansion where he was raised, and has never looked back, doling out funds to his family as needed but not touching the money for himself. And then his uncle dies. And he gets an email from his cousin. "Please come back and let's work this out," it says. So reluctantly, he goes. And then tension builds, the story progresses, and BAM! We have a near perfect thriller.

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This is my favorite Mary Kubica book to date! I was sucked in from the first page and the storyline was super twisty. It kept me wanting to keep turning pages to find out what was going to happen next.
I can’t wait to recommend this book!

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This book was incredible!

This was one of my top most anticipated books to read, and I am so happy when I got this opportunity.

I am a huge fan of Mary Kubica, and she is the QUEEN of twists!

I couldn’t put it down, I loved every chapter and every twist, a jaw dropping, and compulsive thriller.

This book was so addictive and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The story dragged me in, and the insane characters that made my brain go wild!

The best book I have ever read from Mary.

I highly recommend! You won’t regret it .

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Mary Kubica and Harlequin Trade Publishing for this approved ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book is coming out on 04/02/2024

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I’ve read a few of Mary Kubica’s thrillers before, but this one fell a little short. She’s Not Sorry is a very slow burn thriller with a lot of twists and turns. Meghan is an ICU nurse who is caring for a comatose woman while navigating raising her daughter post- divorce.

I really loved the main character Meghan- she was grounded and selfless which is rare to see in s thriller! However, there are just way too many plot lines in this book and none of them are resolved until the very end. I appreciate the author trying to create this interactive web of plot lines, but it was honestly confusing and hard to believe.

Thanks to Harlequin via NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Mary Kubica's She's Not Sorry is a mind blowing novel about a nurse with a secret. The novel starts off with a rush and continues on a wild, thrilling ride. You will be unable to put this book down The twists in the story just keep coming and you're left stunned at the resolution of the story. This book is a must read if you like thrillers. you will not be disappointed.
Thanks to Netgalley and Harlequin books for the advanced copy of the book. The opinions are my own.

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She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica

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📚 The best kind of twist is one that absolutely stuns me, but when I look back at the story, I realize I could have put it all together with the clues the author gave me. The main twist in this story was THAT good. Meghan, an ICU nurse, finds herself tangled in multiple storylines: caring for an attempted suicide patient in the ICU, helping an old friend from high school who is being abused, worrying about the serial rapist stalking her town, caring for her angsty teenage daughter. There are many (maybe one too many) subplots in this novel, and they don't all connect in the end like I had assumed they would, but wow, was this a fun read!

💊 In the novel, Meghan recounts doing CPR on patients in her role as an ICU nurse:
"A code blue is not a gentle process. CPR is violent. Bad things happen to patients in an often vain attempt to save lives. Of the people who go into cardiac arrest in the hospital, most don't live, and of those who do, many have a permanent neurologic disability and few live meaningful lives." This is so spot on. There is only about a twenty percent survival rate for in-hospital resuscitation attempts. Thirty percent of CPR recipients end up with fractured bones/ribs. And only roughly ten percent of those patients end up leaving the hospital alive.

Thank you to Netgalley and Harlequin Books for the gifted copy of this book and the opportunity to review early. This review was published on Oct 25, 2023 on Instagram and Goodreads.

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Meghan is such a realistic character. Everything she does, a real person would do.
I tend to try to call out the ending of a story I read. However with this one, I definitely didn't see this one coming. There was just one unexpected outcome. There were unexpected occasions throughout the whole book. Very good read.

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So many twists and turns. This book held me captive the whole time and shocked me more than once. Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and Mary Kubica for the early release ARC.

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This was a super quick read! Nothing in this story is what you’d think. I was worried for most of the book, waiting for what I knew was about to happen! And I still wasn’t prepared for the twisty turns this thriller took!
Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trading Company, Park Row for this advanced copy. My opinions are my own.
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I love Mary Kubica, and She's Not Sorry might be one of her best novels yet! There were so many non-stop twists, and the clinical and eerie hospital setting was the perfect fall thriller for me. There are so many plot threads that come together in the end, and are absolutely amazing! Such addictive writing, you won't want to put this one down.

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Loved Mary Kubica’s newest mystery! It’s full of twists and turns and will keep you guessing until the end. Her books never disappoint and She’s Not Sorry is my new favorite!

Thank you to netgalley for the arc in exchange of an honest review.

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Another twisty story where you can’t trust anyone. Mary Kubica is one of my favorite authors and this latest novel did not disappoint. If thrillers that have multiple story lines are your jam, then this book is for you.

There were a few unfinished story lines with a few of the characters that I wish would have been addressed, maybe they will be in the final release? Other than that I really enjoyed reading this and it was a solid 4 stars!

Thanks to NetGalley, Harlequin Trade Publishing and Mary Kubica for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

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This was fantastic! She’s Not Sorry follows Meghan who is grieveing her marriage, navigating a teenager, and forever trying to fix everyone else before herself. With the weight of the world on her shoulders and never ending reports of local attacks will she be able keep her sanity?

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This story is a wild ride with so many twists and turns it will make your head spin. Meghan Michaels is a divorced mother and ICU nurse. She is caring for a patient who fell from, a bridge. Meghan is close to her co-workers especially another nurse Luke. The story moves from the past to the present piecing together Megan's story. Along with Megan's story, there is someone in the city, attacking women.

As the story unfolds, the tension increases keeping me on the edge of my seat until the shocking ending. A must-read for suspense and Mary Kubica fans.

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