Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Who don’t mind - or enjoy - reading about complicated, morally ambiguous characters, characters that are not always likeable. Here’s a video that the authors made in 2017 when they were preparing to release their debut, The Wife Between Us. A great start to 2019! This psychological drama relies on this upstairs-downstairs economic contrast of New York life. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Notify me of follow-up comments by email. There were so many holes in the plot. The author's are not familiar with the genre of writing a typical whodunnit novel. This is another psychological suspense, and  continues to explore the same kind of aspirational relationship as Jess and Dr. Shields in An Anonymous Girl. It will keep you guessing till the very end.

Call for more details.”, We meet Jessica who is stressed beyond measure & feeling a bit over burdened with a sense of duty to her family. Nonlocal: Youth and Night • Christophe Bolduc, Maritime Ryukyu, 1050-1650 • Gregory Smits, Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan • Michael Booth, The 20 Best Kindle Unlimited Romance Books with Narration. *Spoiler alert for the conversation. Depicting a clever and captivating game of cat and mouse, with an ever-increasing sense of paranoia, An Anonymous Girl is pure, crime fiction fun! Read the publisher’s description of An Anonymous Girl: The next novel of psychological suspense and obsession from the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between Us. Change ). It’s hard to talk too much about the plot without giving stuff away, but I really enjoyed the power dynamics in Jess and Dr. Shields’ relationship and the amount of psychology that was explored throughout the book. I really want to pick this one up, maybe I should try the audiobook , Thank you & the audiobook was def quality performance, hope you enjoy when you get around to it . This is the first one that has really disappointed me and […]. Required fields are marked *. The secret that Jessica found out that Lydia was keeping was "Subject 5" committed suicide after Lydia's insecurities about her husband's infidelity, but Lydia gave her the drugs to do it. Powered by Squarespace. From the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between Us comes an electrifying new novel about doubt, passion, and just how much you can trust someone. As Jess’s paranoia grows, it becomes clear that she can no longer trust what in her life is real, and what is one of Dr. Shields’ manipulative experiments. […] into reading thrillers, and I’ve loved every one that I’ve read so far. I’d been looking forward to reading An Anonymous Girl by writing team Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen for some time.Their debut novel, The Woman Between Us, was a twisty roller coaster ride of a book, and the premise of An Anonymous Girl seemed up my alley. For example, Anonymous Girl, The Night Before, and Believe Me. The authors held my attention throughout, and I just had to know how, and if, the story resolves (it does, and with a twist)! I guess the authors were trying to express something un spoken about Jess’ character by not having hee be very upset about the suicide. I know this will be the book I’ll be pushing on everyone for the next few weeks. They discuss their collaboration, and their writing process. (I just posted a review of The Wife Between Us a few days ago, if you’re curious about that as well.) Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s An Anonymous Girl is a thoroughly entertaining offering, that is sure to be popular among lovers of psychological suspense! There’s a bit about burgundy nail varnish, and it gave me a shock when I saw that’s what I was wearing, too.

Question #1: Could you tell a lie without feeling guilt? Self appointed financial care taker of her sisters medical bills, Jessica is struggling to make ends meet. Who enjoy reading novels of domestic suspense. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Or something to subvert the tense build-up.I did like how the chapters from Lydia's POV were dispassionate and never mentioned herself in the first person (Thomas was told, grapes were served, etc. The following book club questions will have spoilers so if you haven’t read the novel yet, check out my review first. An Anonymous Girl is the new novel of suspense by the writing duo that brought us the runaway, 2018 hit, The Wife Between Us. Most people don’t even make it to the interview, and when they do, they’re still […], […] I just loved An Anonymous Girl, so I was delighted to read Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s newest novel, You Are Not Alone. Is that so bad? As the first hints of the psychological study’s origins are revealed, and which of the main, and supporting, characters to trust becomes less and less clear, the reader is hooked! How to sign up for Audible Plus from outside the USA, Local Tourist (Sept. 2020): Fall Craft Show + Women’s Wellness Day, Book Review: The Invisible Boy by Alyssa Hollingsworth, What’s In a Name? Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I’m a Psych minor so I loved reading about some things that I already knew and some things that I didn’t. Date: January 8th 2019 Genre: Thriller Suspense Format: Audiobook Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pages: 375 Pages/11 Hours; 40 minutes GOODREADS | BARNES & NOBLES | AMAZON "You're Invited: Seeking women aged 18 to 32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality conducted by a preeminent NYC… Kindle. This book has me reading so much suspense now…. I could not get enough of this book and it sucked me in time and time again, keeping me from my other responsibilities because I just couldn’t stop reading. It’s that realistic, familiar soft-power imbalance that made this such a gripping story for me. instead of "I told him, I served grapes"). Welcome to my blog!

(Although, some of Jess’ financial worries didn’t feel overwhelming enough. In the psychological thriller, An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, love, money, and obsession collide with deadly results as psychiatrist Dr. Lydia Shields sets out to test the fidelity of her estranged husband, Thomas. Great review! (Although, some of Jess’ financial worries didn’t feel overwhelming enough. 28-year-old Jess develops what almost seems like a crush on polished, sophisticated Dr. Shields, the psych professor doing the research.

( Log Out /  ( Log Out /  Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen have authored a book that held me fast in its sinister, sexy web of emotional control and psychological manipulation. Question #2: Have you ever deeply hurt someone you care about? An Anonymous Girl, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, is an absorbing psychological thriller that begins with an ethics “study” and quickly descends from moral grey area into complete midnight. An Anonymous Girl features Jessica Farris, a seemingly, slightly naive, somewhat impressionable millennial who supports herself in the gig economy by working all over New York City as a freelance, on-demand, make-up artist for an online beauty business.

P.S My love for suspense started with “Just what kind of mother are you” from Paula Daly. ( Log Out /  Absolutely AMAZING from page 1. We know April committed suicide and we're fairly certain it was Lydia's fault, so there's no twist, we just slowly find out how. The researcher behind the study is Dr. Shields, whom we learn in time to be well-to-do, precise, clinical, and remote in nature, a professor at NYU, as well as a psychiatrist with a private practice.

Enjoy! Who cares, here are some bookblogs I like to read. An Anonymous Girl will be released on January 8, 2019  I received an ARC from the publisher, as always, all opinions posted here are my own. Anonymity guaranteed. Series I Never Finished Reading #4 – Stand-Alone Novels that Became Series. Readers’ questions about An Anonymous Girl. Overall I enjoyed An Anonymous Girl & will most definitely be picking up this duo’s current title You Are Not Alone. […], Your email address will not be published. I am a reader who normally dislikes a lot of non-essential information in my stories, but for whatever reason, the numerous descriptions of physical characteristics as well as wardrobe specifics did not disrupt the flow of the narrative , and seemed to work for this particular tale. St. Martin’s Press, January 8, 2019. When an opportunity presents itself for Jessica to make some extra cash by participating in a mysterious psychological study, she pounces on the chance. She was jealous because "Subject 5" had slept with her husband.

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