Thank you to @artiabooks and Netgalley for my #gifted copy

This is a tangled web of a thriller that has you stressed, wanting to yell at the characters, and is massively twisty! I couldn’t get enough of it! Ash’s dad Paddy was murdered and not long after new man appears in their life. Ash is instantly turned off! I have to say so was I! You think you get a good grip on what’s going on and his plans and boom she troughs you for another loop! It stayed fast pace with something always happening and you got different POVs!
4.5✨

I LOVED everything about this book. I loved the plot, the first person POV offering psychological insight into the MMC, and the pacing. This may be my favorite Lisa Jewell of all time (I've read a bunch).

This thriller concerns three individual women who are connected by one man. The book is all over the place IN A GOOD WAY. Multiple timelines and POVs but never confusing. And then, when it all starts to come together? FORGET IT! Just awesome.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for the digital arc in exchange for an honest review. FIVE BIG STARS!

I definitely liked elements of this, especially how the title makes Nick/Al feel like some sort of vampire (which he kind of is.) I also found this intensely readable, and basically couldn't put it down for the back half. I think it's just missing that classic Lisa Jewell flair-- Nick is just so easily hateable and her best villains/heroes are usually way more complicated. It's also a very clean story of good versus evil, and while I enjoyed reading it immensely, I don't know that it will stick with me the way some of Lisa's past books have.

This book was a letdown. Frome the previous reads by Lisa Jewell I was expecting a lot of thrill & good twists, I mean, who doesn't love a good twist, right? But this book? Not exactly the thriller I was expecting. It's like the plot is just cruising along, being super obvious and not even trying to hide it. Thoughout I was like, "Is this it? Am I missing something?" Despite giving it a chance, I struggled to stay engaged & came close to DNF'ing it so many times but decided to power through it. I wasted too much time hoping it would get better, but sadly it never improved.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I have liked every book by this author. However, this one I didn't enjoy but I couldn't stop reading it. The writing was excellent but the story itself became repetitive, hence frustrating.
Thanks NetGalley and the publisher for the digital ARC

An excellent thriller! This book is pretty much “pure thriller” with very little mystery but lots of suspense and engaging storyline. It involves lots of characters, who are necessary to build the suspense but could be confusing if the book isn’t read straight through. Right away, the serial con artist is revealed and the character of Ash, a secondary victim seems the least likely to stop him. But Ash is the one who creatively digs for clues and brings the other victims into the action. The story is told in a back and forth rhythm mostly over a four year period and introduces the characters from their POVs interspersed with the POV of the con man.
It was easy to get caught up in this creatively written and entertaining story as the clues slowly emerged. There are no major twists which I appreciate; just an evenly paced build up and the back and forth pacing with short chapters was just right. The major characters were well developed and interesting. I really liked the ending - very satisfying.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review. Opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this one! After "None of This is True," I went on a binge and read all of Lisa's books. I was extremely excited to read this one. In my opinion, it didn't reach thriller status for me. It was definitely suspenseful, which I really enjoyed. I loved the few twists that were thrown at you and they kept me wondering what else was going to happen. A great read for sure!

A special thank you to NetGalley, Lisa Jewell, and Atria Books for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I'm so torn on this one! It's really hard to review anything by Lisa Jewell after "None of This is True," which is one of my all-time favorite books. Overall, though, I did enjoy this one. It was a suspenseful and gripping novel. It didn't quite reach "thriller" status for me. There were a few surprising twists, but honestly you can pretty much figure out the plot after the first few chapters. The buildup kept me intrigued, though, and I wanted to keep reading to see how it was all going to play out. After getting used to all of the characters and POVs, I really got into the story. There was plenty of drama and suspense to keep me entertained and captivated.

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I have loved so many of Lisa Jewell's books, but I'm having trouble working out my feelings about this one. Parts of it were good, but...I just felt like it was lacking something. Not enough suspense, maybe? More character development? I think my biggest issue was the timeline. There were so many characters from so many timelines that I just got confused.

I will not be giving a review for this book. I DNF'd it unfortunately could not get into the story. Thank you so much for the opportunity.

As always, I found the new Lisa Jewell novel Don't Let Him In, an easy, fun read. The plot is narrated by the anti-hero Nick Radcliffe although this is only one of his many, many names. Nick's game is to meet women with means and charm them in order to take them their money. The plot itself was interesting. My only complaint was that I was more than tired of hearing from Nick by the end of the story. I found him extremely dislikeable and it got harder and harder to read his thoughts and interactions. He was so loathsome that it became difficult for me to believe he was such a successful con man!
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this digital ARC.

This was my first novel by Lisa Jewell but it won't be my last. This was a story about several different women who were conned by the same man. There are short chapters and they switch between people quickly in the beginning making it a bit difficult to figure out who is who. Once I figured it out, it was good. There were some slow parts but overall it was suspenseful and a bit scary thinking that women could so easily be conned. I did figure out the ending ahead of time but I still enjoyed it and read it quickly. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

Interesting plot, but not realistic. Hard to follow. Many characters to follow. If you are looking for a quick read, this isn't it.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an early copy of this book. I thought that this was a really great read, the plot was compelling and the chapters were short so it was hard to put down. This had me yelling multiple times “Don’t give him money!!!” 😂. I did predict some of the big twists pretty early on and was correct, but I didn’t think that negatively impacted the reading experience. At points I was confused because there are a lot of characters to keep track of and this jumps around in timeline quite a bit.

Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for this ARC. Unfortunately this is a DNF for me. Why?

This is my first Lisa Jewell book and I was so hype to read this. I've heard she's the queen of twists. This book? I don't even think it is a thriller.

Literally nothing is happening. I feel like the whole plot is very obvious. I don't see how there could be a twist. It also was unnecessarily confusing in the beginning just for everything to be obvious.

I thought maybe the twists were all coming in the end or maybe a big mystery would reveal itself so I kept trudging. Finally I asked some friends who read it and it seems if I don't like it now, I never will. So life is too short for a book I don't enjoy.

I had high expectations for this one after LOVING Jewell's last big hit: None of This is True.

This book was bingeable and suspenseful and grabbed me right from the get go. The dual POV and the changing of timelines was confusing at the beginning because there were so many women and they all had fairly plain, common, white names. This book was a little disappointment because I had expected a thriller, so I was turning each page waiting for a grand twist. But it wasn't there and it didn't come. So as a result, I would call this a domestic suspense instead of Jewell's classic thriller that she's known for.

Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
C - characters - 9/10
A - atmosphere - 9/10
W - writing style - 9/10
P - plot - 8/10
I - intrigue - 10/10
L - logic - 4/10
E - entertainment - 10/10
TOTAL - 59/70 - 4.5 stars
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Phewwwww, Lisa did it again! This book has tension in immeasurable amounts. It creates a looming sense of dread. It gave me the same feelings I got when I watched “John Tucker Must Die.” This story is compulsive and propulsive, with characters that come right off the page and shake your hand. I haven’t felt this much hatred for a character since Joe from You.
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So what keeps this from being 5 stars? Namely, geography - I don’t know the layout of the UK or which cities and towns are posh versus which are run down - I had to do a lot of Googling. I just know Tooting is a very funny name. Also there are a LOT of characters, and at first you really have to work to keep them separate. The payoff is worth it, though.
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Definitely snatch this one up later this month! Huge thanks to @atriabooks for my arc. 💖

🚪DON’T LET HIM IN by Lisa Jewell🚪

Happy pub day to this very anticipated book! Thank you so much Atria Books for the #gifted copy🫶

📆PUB DATE: Today!
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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Format: Ebook/Physical Book
Read if you like:
🚪Domestic thrillers
🔥Slow burn plot
✌️Dual timeline

I will read anything Lisa Jewell writes, and while Don’t Let Him In wasn’t as much of a hit for me as 2023’s None of This Is True, it was still an addictive read with a dark plot. My main issue with Don’t Let Him In was the overly familiar and somewhat over-done “mysterious stranger infiltrates woman’s life” trope. If you’re a seasoned thriller reader, you’ll probably see the twists coming.

All of that said, the short chapters and building tension made it hard to put this down. What gives Don’t Let Him In the edge over other domestic thrillers is Lisa Jewell’s ability to write emotionally complex characters that you love to hate.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy. This book was an easy, fast-paced read, but I don't think it was particularly memorable. I feel like I’ve read versions of this in the past.

Lisa Jewell’s Don't Let Him In sets out to unravel the lives of three women entangled with a charming sociopath. Unfortunately, instead of focusing on these women and their richly emotional, precarious circumstances, the novel seems more interested in giving the conman, Nick Radcliffe, center stage. There he is, complete with a spotlight, fog machine, and full inner monologue.

Yes, Nick is a manipulative, gaslighting enigma. Yes, he wreaks havoc like a well-dressed hurricane. But at some point, you start to wonder: why are we spending so much time in the mind of the human red flag when the women he’s scamming are clearly the more interesting characters?

Nina, grieving and trying to raise her daughter; Ash, the daughter in question, dealing with an eerie houseguest; and Martha, a vulnerable woman in over her head. They all get some time on the page. But just when you're about to dive into their emotional depth or resilience, here comes Nick again, charming the narrative focus right out of the room.

Jewell still delivers the usual gripping structure and suspense she’s known for, but the decision to let the villain narrate so much of the story feels like giving the fox a memoir while the henhouse burns. As Kirkus Reviews aptly noted, maybe let the women talk next time? They’ve certainly earned the mic.

Final thought: Don’t Let Him In could have been a sharply feminist thriller. Instead, it occasionally feels like a slick profile piece on a man who should’ve stayed a cautionary tale. It’s still a solid read—but one that forgets who the real protagonists ought to be.