A review by ravensandlace
You Are Not Alone by Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks

4.5

Title: You Are Not Alone 

Author: Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Genre: Thriller

Format: hardback library book

Series: NA

Star Rating: 4.5 stars

tw: suicide by train, physical assault, rape, child abuse, animal death, cancer, murder

I am so in love with anything these two writers put out. I think there are only a couple of books of theirs that I haven’t read yet. They write some of the best thrillers I’ve ever read. I can never figure out the twists and the twists are so good when they are revealed. They are so good at sprinkling little tidbits, just enough to want you to keep returning to more. The same goes for this book. I could not figure out anything. I couldn’t figure out the motive behind the group or even figure out Shay, the MC. I doubted every single person, including the main character. I couldn’t trust a single soul. 

I’m unsure how much I can say about this book because I don’t want to spoil anything. That’s always the hard thing about writing reviews about thrillers. It always sucks having spoilers happen especially in thrillers because the mystery is the best part of the thriller. Let me just say this. Shay joins a friend group where everything is not all that it seems. They seem like they are a nice bunch, albeit a little odd but they felt like every girl group. As I mentioned above,  I couldn’t trust a single soul while I read this book. Even Shay was pretty suspicious at times. Let’s be real, every single person was suspicious. I couldn’t even trust myself while I read this book, that’s how good this book was.  

This is a slow-burn book for sure. All the books by these authors are slow. But they make it worthwhile and reward you for sticking it out. And with this book was no expectation. It takes time to build up and get to the good stuff. Their books remind me of the 80’s horror movies, where they spent the first hour building up the story and the history behind said event and then it gets to the good stuff. This book is just like that. Trust me when I say that the slow burn is well worth it.

Okay, I know this review was rather short and not descriptive of the book itself, but I often find with thrillers that the less you say about a book the better. Nothing is worse than spoilers, especially with thrillers. Just trust me when I say you guys will not regret checking this book out and these writers’ other books. This truly is one of their best books yet.