Ella and Haley were best friends until one night when they left a party and there was a horrible accident and now Ella feels responsible for Haley's death although she has no memories of the day Haley died but she is racked with grief and guilt.

Ella believes everyone blames and hates her so she has withdrawn from all her friends since the accident, except now senior year is starting and she much face Sawyer again who was Haley's boyfriend and also Ella's dear friend. Soon after, Ella finds Haley's journal and thinks she needs to read it believing it might help her understand what happened the day that Haley died although she never expected to find that Haley was keeping very dark secrets and that she was sad, ashamed and afraid of someone who was hurting her and Ella can't understand why Haley never told her about these things and about Sawyer. Could Ella have completely misjudged the type of person Sawyer seemed to be?

The worst part is now Ella has developed feelings for Haley's boyfriend and she is ashamed of her feelings but they've grown stronger and he is so kind and gentle with her but what about the diary and what it says about Sawyer! How can Ella continue down this road knowing that he may have hurt Haley and how can she betray her best friend's memory by falling in love with her boyfriend and also by reading such personal secrets that were meant for Haley's eyes only.

I thoroughly enjoyed this YA novel and I believe older teens and above will love this deep and comlex thriller because I am an adult reader but I found Sloan Harlow's storyline and writing very well done and intriguing with capturing the essence of seventeen year old's in the crossroads between leaving childhood behind and becoming young adults. The thrill and pains of young love was expressed wonderfully reminding myself when I was deeply in love at that age and the excitement but also the heartache that sometimes results when many unexpected situations can happen that teens aren't prepared to handle yet find themselves having to deal with problems that think they must deal with on their own instead of talking to their parents or another caring adult and the results sometimes can be absolutely tragic and devastating. The story starts out slowly and continues to build and build where I was not able to put the book down and the writer turned the book into a terrific mystery/thriller that was very entertaining and emotional at times. The kids today have so many more problems than years ago and I think the author did a wonderful job of capturing thoughts and actions of teens with this YA novel. I am so looking forward to reading more books by Sloan Harlow!

I want to thank the publisher "PENGUIN GROUP/Penguin Young Readers Group" and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this digital copy and I highly recommend it for older teens and adults only because some of the subject matter is very strong!

I have given a rating if 4 SENSITIVE AND EMOTIONAL 🌟🌟🌟🌟 STARS!!

This is one of my top 4 books I’ve read this year.i love red the characters, she twist & turns. But that ending. OMG.

A fast paced realistic dark romance/suspense story, it keeps you intrigued until the very end, the characters are well written and it’s easy to feel connected to them, also the changing POVs was a great choice to keep the book interesting.
Anyway I think this book is maybe a little bit predictable or childish for adult readers, but at the same times some scenes are too explicit for a teenager.
Despite the dark themes it deals, the book is an easy read and has an actual plot twist.

This book really pulled at my heartstrings. It made me think of so many times I should have said something but was too afraid to and then forever lost my chance. I would definitely recommend it to anyone!

If you're looking for a quick YA read, Everything We Never Said by Sloan Harlow is for you.

High school friends, and one dies in a tragic car accident. Ella not only has to live with the guilt of being the surviving driver, but is also falling for Haley's (her dead best friend) boyfriend. With Haley's mom not being able to cope with the loss of her daughter, she asks Ella to go through her friends room and take whatever she would like. That is when she discovers Haley's diary, and realizes that her friend had dark and twisted secrets.

I felt like the characters were relatable and I enjoyed watching the relationship between Ella and Sawyer grow - it was sweet. And honestly I did not see the twist coming at the end.
Quick little young high school romance/psychological thriller.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group for this ARC in return for my honest review.

Pub Date: 28 May 2024

Lately I’ve struggled with YA mystery novels but this one was so good! There were so many jaw dropping gasping out loud twists and turns and I loved every minute of it.

The author had a way of turning us against certain characters only to make us like them again. There were several moments where I was angry and then sad and it had me feeling all of the emotions at once.

Overall I give this book 4.5 ⭐️ because it sucked me in and didn’t let go until the very end.

I found this debut to be very readable, albeit pretty predictable when it came to revealing several of the twists. To me, reading this gave me that feeling of watching a Lifetime-based on a true story vibes in that I’m pretty sure I know what’s going to happen but I’m still enjoying the getting there way. Overall, a quick read with great pacing and plot trajectory.

I will add that there are a few fairly steamy <romantic> type scenes that I feel like may be a bit too vibrant for some of the younger readers of the YA genre.

Very predictable. I loved that it was multi pov. Super fast pacing and a very easy read, some heavy emotional themes.

3.5 stars
This one was a crazy ride, I’m honestly kind of having a hard time reviewing it cause I feel like my thoughts are so all over the place I will say for sure. This book was definitely gripping and an easy fast pace read!
I saw a review that said this book was “predictable but readable” and I feel like that’s the perfect way to describe it. I feel like I caught onto what was happening pretty quick into this book, but I still really invested in reading and wanting to know how exactly it was gonna play out and definitely think that’s the main draw of this book.
This book is a YA romantic thriller about Ella, a 17-year-old high school senior mourning the death of her best friend, Hayley. To make matters more complicated, Ella finds herself developing feelings for Sawyer, who was Hayley's former boyfriend. The plot thickens when the night surrounding Hayley's death starts to get questioned further.
The story is narrated from the perspectives of both Ella and Sawyer, and we also get to know more about Hayley through her diary entries, which definitely adds a fun element to the story! The book explores the relationships between Ella and Sawyer, Ella and Hayley, and Hayley and her boyfriend "S".
I will say I found the beginning of this book very cheesy and kind of cringe. I don’t know exactly how to explain it, but the dialogue felt very immature and while this is a YA book it just overly unrealistic to some degree but the ending and the mystery itself plus it being fast definitely helped wrap the story up altogether and make it still an enjoyable book.
overall, I don’t know if I would have this highest on my list to recommend, but I will say it was very twisty and easy fast pace read I can see people enjoying this and being fun while it is predictable. It is definitely bingable as well!

*Thank you so much to Penguin Teen and team for an e-arc of this book! All opinions above are 100% my own!*

This is an engaging and quick read that captures the intensity of young love and friendship. The twists weren't exactly unpredictable but neither were they obvious. The characters were really well written and I was absorbed in their world. Overall a good read.

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Young Readers Group for an advance copy for review purposes.

Thank you Net Galley and Penguin Young Readers Group for this eArc of Everything We Never Said by Sloan Harlow.

YA is definitely a hit or miss for me. This one was a complete “hit”! If you’re going to pick up this book, please note that while this is marketed as YA, it’s definitely for a more mature YA audience. This book deals with some issues that are very real and that teens/adults deal with in real life.

What I loved:
•dual POV with diary entries
•mystery/thriller/psychological
•plot twist (that fit)
•equal parts slow burn & fast paced
•emotional/secrets/forbidden love
•both plot & character driven!

As I was reading this book I felt the same feelings as I felt when reading “Sadie”. We live in a very heavy world these days and I am glad that authors aren’t afraid to write books like this. This was a fantastic debut novel by Sloan Harlow and I will definitely be picking up anything else she writes.

You may have guessed, yes, I highly recommend this book.

For the most part, I like going into a book blind. I may read a sentence or two of the description but I find that the blurbs often give away too much for me. I love reading them after the fact and even reading other reviews to see if we all feel the same about a book. This is one that the blurb doesn't give away too much because a lot is happening in this book.
This debut started a bit slow for me. We have Ella who survived a horrible car crash in which her best friend died. She has no memory of this event but she blames herself for her friend's death. In her grief, she finds solace in a former friend and her best friend's boyfriend, Sawyer. As Ella cleans out Hayley, the dead friend, room because Hayley's mom is "grieving" and can't bring herself to do it, she finds Hayley's diary. In this diary, Ella realizes Hayley has a lot of secrets and Ella is going to uncover them.
So, my thoughts here are that I love these types of books, dark, and gritty, not everything is the way it seems. However, I don't like any amount of spice for the children. Yes, they are 17, but nope it gives me the ick. I mean yes, teenagers have sex, but we don't need the details of the children's sex lives. Let it occur off-page with very vague descriptors. That is all on that, there are some minor spicy scenes in this book but only a couple. Anyhow, the first 50% of the book, like I said, was pretty slow. I had a hard time keeping some of the characters straight because they all had "S" names and they were similar, so I couldn't remember who was who. Then we got to the good parts, the mystery, the "scarier" bits where lies were being revealed and Hayley's secrets came out into the world. I couldn't stop reading. I was up until 1:30 in the morning finishing the book. There were a lot of red herrings, and lots of triggers for some people as well (i.e. abuse in many forms, death, etc.) and it had a fairly satisfying ending. This has a package for fans of CoHo, and I can see that. The relationships in this book are very similar to the CoHo world, toxic but with undertones of amazing.

Harlow wrote a fast paced YA book that allows accessible content to a younger generation, which is really exciting, albeit perhaps a bit more mature than I may have expected. I very much enjoyed the read. The plot twist was very well executed. I thought I had guessed the direction and was slammed into a new one! Bravo to the author. The main character was meaningfully developed, with moments in introspection and emotional intelligence which shows thoughtfulness and growth. I recommended to my teenager to read.

I think this was just not for me. I was wanting more but there was so much dark romance type stuff that it actually turned me off this book. I almost didnt finish the book and wasnt sure it was the right book for me. It had some interesting stuff but for the most part I just didnt enjoy it.

I started this book at midnight and finished it at 4 am this morning. I liked it!
Ella has to return to high school to start her senior year without her best friend Hayley. She has no interest in the things that used to consume her life . She wanted to be invisible. She hid in the back of her classrooms and used her math skills to figure out how many minutes until the school year is over. She refused to return to the swim team even as college scouts visited. Junior year had been stressful- but it was nothing compared to the accident that ended life as she knew it.

This book was the best kind that mixes genres; a coming of age story, mystery, domestic violence, love, friendship and family. The main characters are 17 years old but it takes the reader right back to that age ( can't believe I'm 59) . The story and the issues are beyond age. Read It!
Thanks to NetGalley, Sloan Harlow and G P Putnam Sons for the opportunity to read this booking exchange for an honest review

Solid 3.5 stars! ⭐️

This story was a tad predictable, even if not at the final conclusion. I would recommend for a mature teen due to the domestic and dating violence. It’s not incredibly graphic and certainly has a place in the story.

Thanks to NetGalley and publishers for the advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review!

This was a quick easy YA read.

Ella is mourning the loss of her best friend through a tragic accident and processes her developing feelings of her best friends boyfriend.

The plot twists are good for this debut author.

In "Everything We Never Said" by Sloan Harlow we go through the life of a high school girl who had something tragic happen to her best friend that she cannot explain. As she works through her feelings the third in their group becomes more than a friend, in more ways than one.

A lot for high school age characters - tough subjects to handle. I received an advanced copy of this book but this is my honest opinion.

Ella Graham begins her senior year in a living nightmare. Everywhere Ella walks, she is reminded of her best friend Hayley. Hayley died in a car accident while Ella was driving home from a party. Ella ends up being okay but can’t remember the accident. It upsets her that she can’t remember. That first day back at school, teachers and everyone ask her how she is doing yet can’t take being asked so many times. She thinks that they think she killed Hayley and don’t like her anymore. Is that true? While in a support group at school, Ella realizes that she needs to talk to Hayley’s boyfriend Sawyer. When Ella finds Hayley’s diary while cleaning out Hayley’s room for Hayley’s mom, she takes the diary hidden so Haley’s mom won’t see it.

The author has written a suspenseful novel with twists and turns. The novel is written in chapters of Ella, Hayley and Sawyer. You get their thoughts and actions that take place in the book through their eyes. It was amazing to read this novel as it has a mystery that continues the guilt and survival pain for Ella. Ella must carry on in spite of her loss of her friend. I also liked seeing the individuals thoughts. It is a novel that I did not suspect the subject to be. It suggests that it is better to communicate than isolate yourself. It can solve problems that you don’t know how to deal with it.

This book started off on a good note. Best friend was killed and there seems to be one obvious option as to who killed her. What falls apart in this book, is the discovery of the diary, the possibility of someone else as the killer, the attraction to the dead best friend’s boyfriend and then the worst of it all, when the true identity is uncovered nothing is done to exonerate the person originally accused. So this poor guy just had to stay in jail. The cops just half asses the investigation? So many holes in this story. It was not working to stay together.