Thank you NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the gifted copy of One in Four by Lucinda Berry.

This ended up being more disturbing than I had anticipated. There were many heavy topics that were difficult to read at points. I love that Lucinda Berry has the knowledge and experience with being a psychologist.

I liked this one but it did feel jumbled at some points. Some things didn’t add up or make sense for me while I thought the book was almost split into two different books with two different storylines going on. It was fast paced and kept my attention but I feel like in the end I was left wanting more.

Thanks to #NetGalley and #Thomas&Mercer for the book #OneInFour by #LucindaBerry. I liked this book but not so much the ending. I have mixed feelings but overall a good book. Laurel is a chemical dependency counselor and has agreed to do a reality show with child actor stars that are drug addicts. While Laurel tries to figure out who is involved and why, she has to face her own past and the things she’s done. She is determined to find out who killed the young actor, but will she be able to expose them?

Many thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing | Thomas & Mercer for gifting me a digital ARC of the latest thriller by Lucinda Berry. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4 stars!

Laurel is a sober coach, working on a reality tv show about child stars trying to get sober. The 30 day program of 24/7 live feeds is almost over when there is a mysterious death one of the show participants. Laurel soon finds herself being questioned by police and not being able to understand some of the evidence against her.

Just like reality tv for many, this book was impossible to look away from. I was pulled into the story of Laurel, trying so hard to help these young people become sober. She had issues in her past so she can relate to their struggles. In alternating chapters, we also get the story of a mysterious "her" detailing a sexual assault. Just how is that related? Hold on, reader, because it's going to get wild! I was stunned at the ending, and that last scene!

This was my first book by Lucinda Berry. I didn’t love it but I didn’t hate it. I will definitely need to read some others of hers to form my opinion.
This is about a reality show where former child stars are again in a rehab situation. One ends up dead and the race is on to figure out who the killer is.
The first half of the book went fast and then completely switched gears and slowed down and the focus shifted and I couldn’t wait for it to be over. I found most of the characters unlikable and a little unbelievable. Some of the characters seemed like totally different people in the second half. It was a bit disappointing. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for a honest review. 3.25⭐️

Laurel is a therapist for a group of troubled former child stars. She helps them through their recovering from addiction while streaming 24/7 on a reality TV show. Suddenly, one of the young women dies in a gruesome death and everyone becomes a suspect, including Laurel. Laurel tries to clear her name while also figuring out what really happened that night.

This novel is absolutely wild. The story got better and better as I read on. The characters spiral into madness, driven by obsession, rage, and an unrelenting thirst for retribution. This novel is dark, intense, and left me reeling afterwards.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas and Mercer for this arc novel. It was pure chaos and I loved everything about it!

Wow! This will keep you on the edge of your seat! I was not expecting this to be intense so this is your trigger warning. All the triggers honestly.

I'm a Big Brother fan and I love Lucinda Berry so when I heard about a reality show book, I was obviously on board immediately. It's sort of a Big Brother x Celebrity Rehab mashup.

The thing is, it's not about the show. I was expecting juicy reality tv goss and instead was met with a very serious book, which is great for me, but could be triggering for some people.

Laurel is a sober coach, working on Comeback Kids, a reality show about child stars getting sober. It's ethically insane. They're doing 24/7 live feeds of people detoxing. We're past that though and we're nearly to the end of the month when the sweetheart of the show, the young girl whose addiction has not yet destroyed her rep completely, is found dead under mysterious circumstances.

This sets off an unbelievable chain of events. We are going through Laurel's past trauma as she is also in recovery, and through the trauma of another young woman who was victimized, although we don't know whom.

I found the story obviously wild, but a lot of the recovery parts and addiction feelings I found very valid as someone who struggled in their early adulthood as well. I could understand and feel their pain. Lucinda Berry is a master at telling difficult stories so I shouldn't have been surprised this was so dark.

It was amazing, I just want you give people a fair warning. This book has really made me think.

📚: One in Four by Lucinda Berry
⭐️: 3/5

Take former child stars with substance abuse addictions, put them all in a house to be filmed 24/7, and provide a therapist to guide their way to sobriety. What could possibly go wrong? A lot when one unexpectedly winds up dead.

How is it that a book that I felt dragged at times needed about 20 more pages at the end to give a solid conclusion? I finished this one feeling underwhelmed, with the plot taking a pretty drastic left turn about halfway through.One of the twists at the end (in the past narrative) was so very well done, but didn't get the spotlight it deserved as a standout moment in the book and ultimately was glossed over.

Thank you to Thomas & Mercer via @netgalley for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. One in Four is out now.

This was an amazing addicting thrillers. the hits and twists were blasting all over the places. Literally blew me away,

A must to read ASAP in 2025

What a storyline! So many different difficult conversations all tied in to one, but everything made sense and flowed so well together. I feel like Lucinda berry highlighted celebrity teen struggles in a way that humanized them. There's so many times where people say "well they have the money, why can't they just pay to get thru rehab? Or pay to get better?" when it's really not that easy.

I liked Laurel's storyline as well. I appreciated how she related to the teens, but didn't want that overshadow their time in the facility and their healing.

I wasn't sure how it was all going to wrap, but this was the LAST thing I expected! A really great read, highly recommend! You should read the trigger warnings before plunging in to this read. This really opened my eyes and I'm so happy I got an ARC of One in Four by Lucinda Berry! Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC!

I enjoyed Lucinda Berry's newest thriller One In Four. I thought the story was complex. The plot moved quickly. The story is told mainly from the current timeline, but also includes a POV from an unknown person in a past timeline. I really liked how this worked for the storyline. I thought the twists were unexpected, and the ending wrapped everything up nicely.

Thank you to Thomas & Mercer for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

One in Four by Lucinda Berry is a new mystery/thriller following five college students who have finished their first year of college. Their parents, from all walks of life, arrive on campus for parents weekend to celebrate with their children. However, all five students end up missing and we follow the investigtor assigned to their case to investigate. I enjoyed all of hte different story lines for the families. They were all so different. I think the twist at the end was a little predictable, but I didn't mind it. I enjoyed this and think that it is worth the read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for the advance readers copy in exchange for my honest review. Allthoughts are my own.

This was my second Lucinda Berry book, and probably will be my last. I found that I am not the target audience for this author. Whew, settle in because I have a lot of thoughts about this one. Truly, this was maybe the worst group of characters I’ve ever seen in my life. I can get down with an unreliable narrator or people doing bad things, but I did not get the point of every single character being absolute trash. The writing was not very good either. I found the story to be completely telling without showing, we are giving ridiculous plot lines to follow and the writing was so incredibly elementary. It did not flow and felt like we were in a completely different book from the beginning to the end. It was a short book, but it didn’t keep me interested. I couldn't care less what happened to all the characters, and I found the ending to leave me wanting to throw my Kindle across the room. I’m usually not so negative in reviews, but this one left me wishing I DNFed, and I never DNF. It felt very Frieda McFadden…..and NOT in a good way.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced reader copy of this book. All opinions within this review are my own.

𝖶𝗁𝗈𝖺! 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗏 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌. 𝖨𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗌 24/7 ( 𝖡𝗂𝗀 𝖡𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗒𝗅𝖾 )

𝖧𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖢𝗋𝗒𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝖬𝖾𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝖣𝗋. 𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗅 𝖧𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗈𝗐, 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗂𝗇𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗎𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗅 𝗂𝗌 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖾.

𝖨'𝗆 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄. 𝖮𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗌𝗒𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖫𝗎𝖼𝗂𝗇𝖽𝖺'𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝗇𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗏 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 50% 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄.

𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗈𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝖺 180 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖿 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖺 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗈𝗐 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀?! 𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗂𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗎sed a co𝗎𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌.

𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗈𝗒 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗒 𝖻𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄.
𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗀𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗎𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖾𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄. 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗈𝗐𝗇.

I wanted to love this book, unfortunately, it went off the rails and just wasn't for me. This is my first book by Lucinda Berry and to say I was excited for the opportunity to read this arc is an understatement! I've heard that her books tend to be on the darker side, so I was prepared for that even though I prefer non-horror-ish stories. That wasn't the issue for me in this book.

The premise starts off about a live, 24-7, cameras everywhere, reality tv show where ex-child stars are staying under the same roof to rehab them from whatever drug of choice they've become addicted to. Typical hollywood gone wrong story, only this one was taking place on live tv. Enticing, right? Well that's where that part of the story pretty much ends. Someone in the house ends up dead and the main suspect ends up being the therapist who treated all the ex-starlit's during their stay. But is she truly guilty or is she being framed? Laurel also has a dark past, but she escaped from it 13 years ago, turned her life around and devoted her career to helping others who found themselves in trouble with alcohol and drugs like she did. How could someone who's worked so hard to help people, end up kiilling someone?

This is where Lucinda just lost me. I don't want to give any spoilers, so I'll just say that the middle became repetative the way the MC talked, and the plot twists were just so unbeliveable that I almost couldn't get through the last half of the book. And the "reasons" behind it all, (iykyk), didn't work for me. Honestly, I wanted more of the child stars, their individual backgrounds, what got them to this point, what crazy things have they all done, and let's see how they recover (or don't) while on the reality tv show. But that's not what this story ended up being about. That last 30% was so graphic, that I know I was squinting my eyes. Which seemed unnessesary to me. But that's just me, to each their own when it comes to gore. It felt severly over the top and the ending wasn't satisfying, at all. Not one bit. In fact, i think it was the worst ending of a thriller I've ever read. I'm sorry to be so blunt here, but you will be saying, WHAT JUST HAPPENED??? And NOT in a good way.

Unfortunately, this doesn't leave me wanting to jump into any other LB books at the moment. I may wait a while and give another of her books a try, but it will take me a while to get over this one.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas and Mercer for the chance to read this arc. All opinions are my own.

I'm rating this 1.5 stars, rounded up to 2.

Let me start by saying I was really enjoying the first part of this book, it hooked me instantly. However, I think then the book took a turn and it changed the direction it started with and it kind of lost me on the way as well. Also, I felt the ending was a bit rushed and I wished as a reader I got more closure.

This book had very dark themes, I advise for people to read the TW as there is mentioned of sexual assault, addiction and suicide. I thought the author did a great job writing these heavy themes and connecting them to the story, and also writing such deep and complex characters.

Overall it was a quick read but with some dark themes, so not a light read.

I give this book 3.5 stars, rounded as there are no half stars here.

Thank you NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was a little nervous because the beginning seemed slow but Lucinda Berry came through with her dark and twisty brain. This was so good and the ending was disturbing and unexpected. Loved it!
Posted on Goodreads as well.

I lived her previous books but for some reason i can’t find myself finishing this one. I think the subject matter is a bit too hard on me and puts me off for the moment. I might go back and finish it later on but i honestly doubt i can. That doesn’t mean i wont be reading more of her books in future, i will try them all because i know how talented she is. Hope everyone loves it but it wasn’t a hit for me.
Very grateful to the publisher for my copy through NetGalley, opinions are my own

really good mystery. Kept me on my toes and loved all of the characters and what they went through on this journey. Loved that they a happy ending happened.

Lucinda Berry delivers again with this gripping psychological thriller. The pacing was tense and compelling, I was pulled into the plot from the start.,
A great read that I thoroughly enjoyed., and wow what can I say about the ending!! Highly recommended for fans of dark, thought-provoking thrillers.

Unfortunately, this was a DNF for me. This contained a lot of sexual assault content that I found too difficult to continue reading about.