Book Review:
Title: For The Last Time
Author: Heidi Perks
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/4 stars

The way this author was able to merge two completely different characters and storylines was brilliant! This book had so much suspense and, in the beginning, so many unanswered questions with a sinister undertone.

This book starts out with Erin, stay at home mom, and seemingly happily married to Will, in a medically induced coma from a hit and run accident.

Life and marriage seem to be good between husband and wife, Will and Erin until Valentine’s Day when Will gifts a necklace to his wife. Erin needs help putting it on, and when he goes to place it around her neck, she flinches. An unknown feeling of fear takes her over. Shortly after, Coco, their dog, goes missing under the care of Will. Erin can help but feel he's responsible. Things just go downhill from there, which prompts them to seek the help of a therapist named Maggie Day.

Maggie is fighting her own struggles as her younger sister, Lily was murdered twenty years ago without resolve. Is there a reason that this couple has been brought into her life?

Published: December 5th, 2023

Thank you, @netgalley and @crookedlanebooks, for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

For the Last Time is a fast-paced and gripping thriller packed with unexpected twists—especially the shocking ending that takes you completely by surprise.

The novel unfolds through dual perspectives: Erin, who is struggling to cope with recent traumatic events in her life, and Maggie, the therapist she turns to for help. The premise is compelling, and while some of the coincidences in the plot may feel unrealistic, they only add to the book’s addictive, page-turning quality.

Just when I thought I had figured out where the story was headed, the final twist completely blindsided me. Erin was a character I found easy to connect with, but Maggie was much harder to like. As a therapist, she operates without clear ethics or boundaries, manipulating situations to serve her own interests—even at the expense of her patient. Her actions, including deceiving her own husband, made her a frustrating yet fascinating character.

Despite Maggie’s questionable morals, the novel’s mystery ties together neatly in the end, leaving me satisfied with the resolution. Overall, For the Last Time is an engrossing psychological thriller that keeps you hooked until the very last page.

Thank you Crooked Lane Books & Heidi Perks for this arc!

This book kept me intrigued from start to finish! I thought the concept of this novel was so interesting… being a therapist myself, this was wild!

This was an enjoyable read that I would recommend. I am looking forward to more titles by this author.

A must read for fans of psychological thrillers. Thank you for the ARC.

Will and Erin's marriage is on the rocks, largely due to Erin's troubling experiences. She perceives events and memories that Will insists never occurred, leading her to question her sanity. They seek help from Maggie, a therapist haunted by her own past trauma—the unsolved murder of her sister. When Erin inadvertently reveals knowledge about Maggie's sister that she couldn't possibly have, Maggie's obsession with the past resurface…

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

I read this book at a fairly quick pace (one day). The beginning started off slow for me -- in fact, there were a few times I thought about stopping altogether. Thankfully I didn't, as the plot thickened up around 50% and I sped through the rest of the novel. I would have preferred less bouncing between perspectives. In the end, I didn't love or hate it... it was just OK. I'd still recommend it to others!

I don’t know if I’d be able to forgive my husband for losing my dog either! This was only the tip of the ice berg for this couple. They seem to have more issues that needed to be unearthed. Maggie, therapists, must uncover what to do next this was thrilling, I love a good therapist trope. I would highly recommend! I was not able to guess the twist!

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC of this book. This was a good suspenseful read. The story was kept fast paced by multiple POVs. The secrets revealed kept me on my toes mad wanting more after each chapter.

I received a complimentary copy of this book "For The Last Time" and all opinions expressed are my own. Overall good. I definitely wanted to know what was going to happen so it kept my interest. Not sure I liked the ending. What I really want to know is where is that necklace?

I struggled with this one. I have been a Heidi Perks fan for a few years. I was disappointed and I’ll leave it at that.

A secret filled and mysterious plot to keep you reading. It was definitely a hard one to solve because there were so many secrets.

I quickly ate up the pages of this physiological thriller and it was a good book with alot of suspense and it was a good twisty thriller. I liked the Dual POV between Maggie and Erin. It was a good book and very entertaining.
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Thank you to NetGalley, Heidi Perks and Crooked Lane Books for the free ebook in exchange for an honest review.

This was a quick and easy read, but unfortunately one that was easy to forget. I enjoyed the twists and did not seem them coming, also liked hating most of the characters while wondering which one is lying.

Thank you Crooked Lane for the ARC. I am obsessed with thrillers that have FMCs who are psychologists... Especially when their patients are a lil (a lot) suss. Great premise. Very much a popcorn thriller.

First book I've read by Heidi Perks and it won't be my last. The author drew me in right from the first page and left me wide-eyed and reading when I should have been sleeping! I enjoyed the dual point of view of Erin and Maggie. You don't want to miss this one! A huge thank you to Crooked Lane Books and to NetGalley for this ARC.

Well written with a compelling story line and twists and turns that blew me away. They kept me guessing and I didn't see the final twist coming and wow what a twist

Will and Erin are having issues with their marriage. Mostly Maggie. She’s seeing things, feeling things, and remembering things that Will says didn’t happen. Is he trying to drive her crazy? They go to see Maggie, a therapist. Maggie still struggles with the murder of her sister from years ago. When Erin casually mentions something about Maggie’s sister that she shouldn’t possibly know, Maggie becomes obsessed.

A great story, but maybe TOO neatly tied up at the end. Definitely for fans of psychological thrillers!

For the Last Time was a plot I didn’t see coming. Wow! What a turn of events. Heidi Perks is a standout at luring readers to think one thing and then reeling them in a completely different direction just in time.

For the Last Time is a thrilling ride through relationships, past transgressions, and a lot of gaslighting.

3.5/5 ⭐️
Erin and Will have decided to go to counseling to try to repair their relationship. Erin feels like something is off, but Will claims he has no idea what she is talking about. Maggie, their counselor, is trying to help but things get complicated when Erin mentions something connected with the murder of Maggie’s sister years ago. Maggie finds herself drawn in to finding out the truth.

This one was an interesting juxtaposition of easy to read but also slow at times (plot wise). Early on, I felt like Perks did a good job drawing me in with the suspense. The middle was a lot slower on this front, but then last ¼ picked back up again. There weren’t any wild twists or turns (not a knock). I will say it takes a while for the sister connection to kick in so stick with it if you’re wondering when that comes up!

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.