I have loved and not love some Lisa Jewell books but I have to say this is my favorite of her works! I truly couldn’t put it down, it was so good. I got so interested in all the characters and it kept me engaged the entire time.

First off thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for the ARC opportunity, I am so grateful to be able to read and review this one early.
Lisa Jewell is one of my favorite authors and Don’t Let Him In did not disappoint. The multiple view points, short chapters, twists and turns, made for an easy ready! I did not want to put it down.
The ending was perfect and what I was hoping for! You won my love again with your engaging characters? And thrilling writing style! I give this a 10/10

That time you had really high hopes for a book by a favourite author but was so disappointed when you read the arc 😔
The overall concept of the con man was so interesting and I love a MMC I love to hate . But this book was so slow ..so very slow …at about 50% I felt like not much had happened really
Only picked up at around 75 % really .
Also many POVs in this book .. back and forth in time … I felt like was getting whiplash at times …

Lisa Jewell’s domestic suspense thrillers are always a ride and Don’t Let Him In proves just that. The suspense is thrilling and the plot another edge of your seat.

Lisa Jewell knows how to write a doemstic suspsense novel that really keeps you on your toes and your heart racing. Nick/Alistair/whatever his name is was one of the most unlikable characters I've ever read and yet I couldn't stop devouring this book. I just wanted to yell at the women GET HIM—or "DON'T LET HIM IN" if you will. While there aren't a ton of unpredictable twists and turns in this book, I would consider it quite a page turner because you just want to know when he's going to get caught. It's a great, quick read by a great writer.

Lisa Jewell delivers another dark and twisty domestic thriller. It starts a bit slow as she establishes the characters (and there are quite a few to keep up with by the end!), but it soon finds a good rhythm. There are enough moving pieces to keep things interesting and the reader invested.
I enjoyed the inclusion of the villain's perspective. Not remotely likeable or sympathetic, it was interesting to include his views of himself, the other characters, and the events. The is a smartly constructed and unsettling story.

Another page turner by Lisa Jewell.

Three women are connected in ways they couldn’t imagine in this suspenseful psych thriller. As each of them start to question who this man in their lives really is, they have no idea what’s in store when their paths collide.

Jewell really knows how to write twisted characters. While I don’t know if I would call this a thriller, it was extremely suspenseful and full of WTF moments. The author has you second guessing everything you know about a person— are they really too good to be true?

The queen of jaw dropping twists and turns does it again. Jewell creates another page turner that captivated from the start. Can’t wait for everyone else to get their hands on this one!

This book had me on edge from beginning to end. Speaking as someone who is one degree away from several people who have been long-conned by one psychotic man, this book was very realistic, which made it even more frustrating and creepy. ‘It could happen to you’, but seriously. It could. DON’T 👏LET👏HIM👏IN!!!!

I really enjoyed the pacing of this book. From the first chapter, I felt it had the right balance of intrigue without it being rushed; we were getting to know Ash, Nina, Martha, and others while still getting the menacing perspective of "Nick", which kept things moving along quite nicely. I found I needed to take breaks when reading because it was so intense that I needed to take a breath before diving back in. (And I usually wanted to read this at bed time which was stressful but great haha.) But, that's ok! It let me really take it all in- and what a lot to take in!

Nick/Andre/Justin/Simon was SO creepy!! Even though I hated him, I'm glad Lisa gave us his perspective because it added a lot to the book. I also love that Lisa doesn't use the typical plot twists to make her stories interesting; in other thrillers, him being a fraud would have been the punchline or the twist at like 70% of the book, but Lisa outright tells you from the beginning that this guy is a fake and the story is how his various lives come together.

The ending had me reeling until the very last page when I felt a burst of hope. I'm happy it ended the way that it did because these women needed vengeance! I wonder how much time he'll actually get in jail, but I'm still happy that the book ended with him getting in some kind of trouble.

Lisa Jewell knocked it out of the park once again! She always puts her own spin on realistic stories - which makes them all the more creepier to read...! Can't wait to read to read her next one!

Lisa Jewell draws readers in and holds their breath captive until the very last page. I loved reading from the delusional POV of the antagonist and was kept on the edge of my seat. Though perhaps an extreme example of the conman lover, the situation still felt grounded in reality, making it all the more alarming. 4 Stars.

Lisa Jewell is one of my go to authors. I will always buy / read whatever she writes and it's always good.

This book was good! (Not life changing, but still good)

I have seen a few Netflix documentaries that are very similar, the charismatic MMC who swindles unsuspecting women out of money, opening credit cards and loans in their name. Putting these women thousands of dollars in debt, then moving onto the next woman to do it all over again.

I loved the multiple POV and being able to see the MMC though his own eyes. The self importance and arrogance.

Thank you netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

Wow, this book takes you on one heck of a ride. Lisa Jewell does thrillers like Da Vinchi does the Mona Lisa. She knows how to wrap you in a story. So much so that once you start the book, you don't want to put it down. I stayed up way too late reading this one.

I really enjoyed this Lisa Jewell novel! I thought it had really good twists and turns that kept me on my toes. There were certain things that were clear from the beginning which then made the surprising ones that much more so. I really like Ash’s character and how she wanted to look out for her family.

I think she was relatable and I enjoyed her as the protagonist!

I love me some Lisa Jewell. She knows how to captivate a reader. This book is captivating in its way. The antagonist in Don’t Let Him In may be her most detestable yet. Almost too much so? Too OTT. While this is a domestic “thriller”, I was not in suspense whatsoever. I knew everything that was going to happen. Very predictable! It felt like 350 pages of a psycho pulling the wool over these boring ladies’ eyes over and over. I have seen Dirty John and this is just a slightly crazier version of that. It is an easy, quick read…so I’ll give it that.
Expected Release Date - 06/24/25
Many thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for the complimentary eARC in exchange for my honest thoughts.

This was a really dark, disturbing book! I found myself reading late into the night to find out how it was all going to come together in the end! I
enjoyed the dual timelines with both past and present chapters. The chapters were short, which I also really liked!

There are a lot of characters and events to remember in the beginning, but it becomes easier to follow the timeline as more events unfold. I don’t want to give too much about the plot away. It’s definitely a thriller where the less you know the better. The story is fairly predictable, but it didn’t take away from my overall enjoyment!

As someone who watches a lot of Dateline, this book is going to stick with me for a while! It’s dark and disturbing as so well written! Looking forward to more from Lisa Jewell in the future!

Nina and Ash lost a man very important to them. When Nick Ratcliffe offers a small piece of that man back they jump at the chance. Nick steps into their lives after their loss and sheds light on the man Paddy Swann once was.

Martha is doing everything she can to get by. A mother of three and business owner. Her husband Al offers help here and there, but then other times disappears for days on end without contact.

Lisa Jewell has a way of writing a fast paced family drama that keeps your attention. The women in this book just want to be happy and they'll do whatever it takes to make that happen. This was a quick popcorn thriller that I enjoyed. Thank you Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book.

ABSOLUTE BANGER. Lisa, you are a star. Never let down and this gave such Dirty John vibes without being a ripoff or a cheesy adaptation.

This story was good but not Lisa Jewell’s best. I enjoyed the characters but it did take me a little bit to really figure out who was who as the story jumped from the past to the present and through different people. I felt the end was predictable but was cheering for all of the ladies!

LISA JEWELL DOES NOT MISS. I don't know if this will be for everyone, but her thrillers are SO gripping and you can not put them down. I really enjoyed this one!!

📚 Don't Let Him In
✍ Lisa Jewell
📖 Mystery
⭐4/5
📆Pub date: 6/24/25
🙏 Thank you to Atria books for an advanced copy of Don't Let Him In. All opinions are my own.

🎯 What I loved: Lisa Jewell has written a character so loathsome, so selfish and so cruel that he'll be permanently engrained in my brain. This book was absolutely unhinged and I'm not sure I've ever loathed a character as much as the main character in this one but I could not put this down. Honestly, I wish people could have been flies on the wall as I was trying to describe the plot of this to my husband because I think he thought I'd lost it. It was warped and cringey and winding and probably less of an action packed thriller than most Jewell fans are used to but was still shocking. There are a LOT of characters and timelines to keep track of and they're only labeled by time increments (i.e. 4 years ago, 21 months ago, etc.) so it takes a little while to put together what is actually happening, but the way things unfolded was intentional and well thought out.

🙅‍♀️ What I didn't: I think I was slightly disappointed in the resolution and was hoping for a bit more drama at the end but in true Jewell fashion, was very entertained by this book and can't wait to chat about it as more folks read it!
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Read if you're intrigued by:
*long cons and career crime committers
*jealousy
*bizarre relationships with lots of secrets
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See also: The Night We Lost Him, Till Death Do Us Part, Like Mother, Like Daughter