Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy.

The premise really intrigued me - a slasher satire (of sorts), with lots of twists and turns (as you’d expect with the genre). If you know the genre, the title is self-explanatory, and even if you aren’t familiar with the term ‘final girl’, it kind of does exactly what it says on the tin. In this case, there are three girls (now women), all whom have survived different massacres and thus share this unique bond/experience/damaged world view, even if they all deal with it in very different ways.

But of course, things aren’t really over and there can only ever be one final girl.

Firstly, I was gripped and the book is very easy to follow. The author did enough to keep me interested right until the end, though, I had already sort of guessed the ending by that point, so when it came (and I was at least half right) I was slightly disappointed. I always hope to be blindsided at this point, somehow, and have my assumptions squashed, but unfortunately the ending did not slay me as I hoped it might. Still, it was an enjoyable read and I would recommend to fans of slasher/thriller mysteries.

Premise 4*
Readability 4*
Story arc 3*

An excellent thriller that I could barely put down. Once the story gets going , it never stops until the final pages. The concept of a Final Girl, a lone survivor of a massacre,is in itself an intriguing one, and this book boasts three of them. The focus is Quincy, a woman struggling to put the past behind her, particularly the terrible night when an escaped psychiatric patient killed a group of her friends, and its working, maybe a little too well, since she has no memories of the night in question left. When one of her fellow Final Girls dies, and another turns up on her doorstep, she begins to question herself and her memories, and things take a turn for the dark when she becomes involved in an illegal act.
Saying any more would only spoil what is an incredible story, full of twists and turns ,one that leaves the reader unsure who to trust, at even at times wondering what is going on. The book starts slowly but the tension gradually increases to an almost unbearable level as events unfold, both in the present and in the occasional chapters that gradually reveal what happened to Quincy that night. It's a smart book, and one that held my attention and had me gasping with surprise more than once. I highly recommend it.

Don;'t you just love a book with a twist? Well, if you do,, you'll need to be adding this to your list then. The story follows Quincy, sweet young woman, baker, fiancee and all round doing-OK-good-girl. But Quincy is a member of a club that no-one wants to belong to. She's a Final Girl, she is a sole survivor of a bloody masacre.

Two other final girls are Lisa and Sam, both in different parts of the country and both sole survivors of their own massacres. To the press and public they are intriguing and mysterious and they clamour over information and stories about them.

Quincy remains resolutely mute to all offers of money for sharing her story. She just wants to keep her head down, lay low and get on with her life with her public defender fiance. But then Lisa is found dead, wrists slit lying in her bath. And the question on everyone's lips is - why would she come through so much only to take her own life? Then Sam, evasive and off the grid for years turns up at Quincy's door and she's not at all what Quincy expected. Can Quincy trust her? With one journalist claiming Sam's lying to her and the subtle psychological games she plays, Quincy's left wondering what's really going on.

Told variously then and now, Quincy's backstory is slowly revealed and Sam's layers are pealed back, until the final twisty truth is revealled. I wasn't expecting that ending - always and bonus and a very good reason for recommending this book for lovers of twisty mysteries.

This was an okay book it didn't keep me gripped as much as I had hoped.

This is one of the best thrillers I've read! The book has wonderfully complex characters as well as a compulsive reading plot. The author takes the movie trope of a Final Girl, the lone survivor of a terrible event, and makes her the focus of this book. Quincy is already dealing with the aftermath of a massacre that killed her friends some years ago when a new threat is found at her door. The book starts slowly, giving the reader time to allow musing on the different ways of handling trauma and grief. The pressure builds to revelations that pull you down a rabbit hole of theories and red herrings. The protagonist was very interesting to watch as she works to unwind the memories she hasn't been able to access since that terrible day and tries to handle to the situation unfolding.
To talk further about this book I'd have to add spoiler warnings; I will say that I am already planning on buying this for a friend who I'm certain will love it! The characters are well drawn, the plot is gripping and the writing style hooks you in from the start. This is a fantastic debut novel from Sager and I hope to read more from this author.
For fans of: 'The Girl on the Train', Psychological Thrillers and classic slasher movies.

My first five star book this year! I could not finish it fast enough. I literally fought sleep to continue reading - paid for it at work the next day but it was worth it!

Books marketed as having a “twist” often leave me disappointed because I’ve guessed said twist. But this book kept me speculating until the very end.

A phenomenal debut! I’m already looking forward to this author’s next offering.

A competent debut with a Single White Female vibe, Riley Sager debut is a solid thriller built around an interesting and original premise.
Quincy Carpenter is a final girl, the survivor of a horrible horror movie style massacre, who is trying to get her life back on track. But when a fellow final girl turns up dead, and another appears on her doorstep, it sets off a chain of events that draws her back into the world she is trying to escape.
After drawing you in with what at first appears to be a fairly formulaic thriller, Sager proves to have a few tricks, throwing a few curve balls on what turns out to be a thrilling and quite cinematic final act.
Some of the dialogue feels a little overwritten and it takes a good third of the book to really kick into gear, but it's minor gripes in what is otherwise a fun and thrilling trip.

''Final Girls'' is everything you want from a thriller; enough twists and turns to keep you on your toes, great characters and a strong edge-of-your-seat story.

Quincy is as you'd expect, a feisty character with an inner strength that seemed to be mostly made up of steel. Making up a third of the Final Girls her tragic, violent past obviously looms over the whole story, especially when another member of the group is found having apparently committed suicide. And whilst Quincy seems to have moulded herself from victim to survivor, the discovery along with the sudden appearance of the third Final Girl, Samantha Boyd, sends her into a cycle of almost self-destruction.

The characters are really well portrayed and I couldn't help but be unnerved by Quincy's downward spiral, and was left to feel increasingly worried and suspicious of the influence Samantha was having on her. Yes at times it did seem like some of the things Quincy got up to were a bit forced, but they were always understandable so I didn't mind too much.

The fact that the current storyline runs alongside the mystery of what really happened at Pine Cottages, makes the book even more of a page-turner and it felt like I had to solve one mystery to be able to unlock the other.

''Final Girls'' is a real knockout of a story, it's already being announced as a huge hit for 2017 and it's very easy to see why.

OMG...................brilliant absolutely brilliant....I actually do not know what to say other than ...I wasn't expecting that at ALL!!!
I could not put it down it had me gripped and on the edge of my seat jumping to conclusions and thinking that I knew who it was...clearly I was 100% wrong ...what a shocker.., I loved the plot adored the characters not one bad word to say about it.
One word to some this book up is EPIC

Wow, I consider myself pretty good at figuring out twists but I did not see this one coming.

Quincy, Lisa and Sam are the 'Final Girls', the sole survivors of separate massacres. Quincy is trying, and struggling, to live a normal life in New York after the murders of her friends at an event known as Pine Cottage.

When Lisa suddenly takes her own life and Sam arrives unannounced on her doorstep, Quincy is forced to confront the events of the night that led to the deaths of her friends.

Told part in the present day and flashback this is a wonderful debut from a writer I will be following in the future. The tension in the flashbacks as we get closer to the climax of Pine Cottage had me like a coiled spring ready to snap. Riley Sager is a name to watch.

Final Girls will have you gripped from the start, it's a well paced dark thriller, and great debut from Riley Sager.Three survivors from 3 separate masacre's, all trying to get on with their lives, putting the horrors of the past behind them, with the media relentless in their continuous hounding of the girls, even naming them the Final Girls Club, their lives are one long silent scream, what secrets lie behind those screams, hidden in the darkness of the past?....now rearing up it's ugly head and bringing new dangers to threaten their lives. The character's are well written, you may not like them all, or their behaviour, but this just makes the plot all the more believeable. This book was really hard to put down, it's one of those rollercoaster journeys, fast, slightly eases up to take in the view, up, down, a few quick fast turns , building up the suspence, holding your breath as the tension rises, before you zoom down into the final straight ,heading for an ending you really never saw coming, but leaves you totally exillerated, and at the same time shocked!!...it is the whole package, unwrap it, you won't be disappointed.

Such an amazing book. Thoroughly gripping from beginning to end. If you like thrillers, you'll love this.

Quincy carpenter is one of 3 girls who have survived unthinkable horrors, Different massacres at different times, the only survivors of each unthinkable event- the press has named them "The Final Girls". There is no one else like them, until one of the final girls Lisa, commits suicide .................or did she? Quincy has no memory of the events she survived, Is it time for the final, final girls to meet and work together to discover what really happened at Pine Cottage?

This book is so well written it had me enthralled, and even though (most of the time) I knew what was coming I just couldn't stop reading. It is so full of twists and turns. I think a lot of the twists you can see coming yet it is still oddly gripping.

Riley Sager grabs your attention and sucks you in using tense atmosphere and impressive imagery. For all I thought I knew what was coming I still didn't guess the ending! I would have given the book 5 stars but I just didn;t think the ending made any sense! The author was doing so well and if he continued with the line he was going down it STILL would have been a great book, but despite this, the writing is just so good and gripping it deserved a good review!

Just be warned you will be gripped from the start but you don't get any answers until the VERY end of the book!

Really good thriller kept your interest from page one. Just couldn't guess how it was going to turn out. I can thoroughly recommend this book.

The Final Girls by Riley Sager is a dark, compulsive pyschological thriller. Quincy has survived the massacre of her college friends. She has become a member of an elite group called the Final Girls, young women who have also survived similar killings. When one of their number is found dead, Quincy has to confront her darkest fears in order to survive. An enjoyable thriller with twists that make the reader wanting more.

Lisa, Sam and Quincy are three young women who survived mass murders. The media decided to borrow from film nomenclature and nickname them "Final Girls".

The story is told in first person through the eyes of Quincy. She lives with her boyfriend and earns a living as a baking blogger. At the beginning of the book, she learns that Lisa has died and braces herself for the press avalanche that is bound to come her way. What she does not expect is that Sam, who's been living off the grid, will come out of hiding and look for her.

[book:Final Girls|30215662] is a character-driven book and I found it to be lacking in plot. Basically, the story is dependent on Quincy's poor judgement and fantastic ability to jump to conclusions/actions without thinking things through. <spoiler>Sam has shown up on my doorstep? Great, I'll ask her to move in! Why did Sam choose this moment to contact me? She must have killed Lisa and I am next! You know, that police officer did mention she has a criminal record. Drunken brawls, unpaid speeding tickets... That is not very far from murder!</spoiler>

As you will have noticed, I did not like Quincy and not liking the main character in a first-person narrative does not bode well for the overall enjoyment of a book.

Not a title that I would personally recommend.

(Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the review copy!)

I didn't see it coming! Interesting and easy read and all the way through, probably like most people, I tried to guess what the 'twist' would be. Certainly surprised me. Light and enjoyable.

Qunicy, Sam and Lisa are the Final Girls, so called by the press as they each survived a horrific massacre that left many others dead.

Quincy is doing well, she has a successful baking blog, a loving, understanding boyfriend and a never-ending supply of Xanex. She has no memory of what happened in the cabin in the woods the night her five friends were slaughtered and she wants to keep it that way. Her survival technique is to forget, Sam’s is to disappear and Lisa’s is to face it head on and try to help others with what she has learned. So when Lisa is found in her bathtub with her wrists slit something does not seem right to Quincy. Of all of the Final Girls she was the proudest of her survivor crown and committing suicide does not fit that bill. When Sam suddenly arrives on her doorstep Quincy realises she is not the only one with questions about Lisa’s death. Terrified that someone is trying to finish what was started years ago, the girls begin to investigate.

This is a twisting, gripping thriller from start to finish, one where everyone has a secret and no one is who they seem. Each chapter casts suspicion on a different character so that even the most shrewd of detectives will have to read right to the end to discover the truth. A great read that is both well written and well paced. Deserving of a spot on the best thrillers of 2017 list.

I enjoyed the fact that the characters presented in Final Girls weren't just clichés, and that each of them had their own complex internal mental states. It would have been easy to present them as either wretched and broken or as saintly survivors, but the author does a good job of making them feel like real people who've survived terrible circumstances.

The main plot of the novel is secondary, in my opinion, to its nature as a character study. I didn't personally feel that the twist at the end really added very much to the story and I felt a little let down by the fact that there weren't really any clues in the preceding narrative that might have let me come to it any earlier than I did.

Still, this was a solid read that I thoroughly enjoyed for its unusual premise and the rich characterisation of the main characters.

For years Quincy Carpenter has been known as a "final girl". The sole survivor of a brutal massacre that killed her friends, Quincy shares the unwanted moniker with two other women, until one of them, Lisa, is found dead and the other, Sam, arrives in Quincy's life with all the force of a full on hurricane. Trying desperately to paper over the cracks by attempting to live a normal life Quincy feels the mask start to slip once Sam is in the picture and starts to second guess what actually happened to her all those years ago.

This is a book full of spidery twists and turns and the plot is a labyrinth of rabbit holes and wrong turns. The arrival of Sam turns Quincy's carefully constructed world upside down and there becomes a big gap between the person she thinks she is and actually is. The characters are drawn cleverly enough that everyone (even Quincy) is under suspicion, her "good guy" fiance, Jeff, works as a public defender putting him at odds with Quincy's views on the justice system and Sam is a force of nature who immediately has a huge effect on Quincy's behaviour.

There were about three or four points in this book where i thought i had the ending figured out, then it turned out I was wrong so I just threw my hands up and went along for the ride. It's a smart thriller which zips back and forth and constantly keeps the reader on edge. If you're a fan of the unputdownable book, then this is one for you.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.