You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

Publication Date: March 3, 2020
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Rating: ★★★

You probably know someone like Shay Miller.
She wants to find love, but it eludes her.
She wants to be fulfilled, but her job is a dead end.
She wants to belong, but her life is so isolated.

You probably don’t know anyone like the Moore sisters.
They have an unbreakable circle of friends.
They live the most glamorous life.
They always get what they desire.

Shay thinks she wants their life.
But what they really want is hers.

Review:

Thank you Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s Press & NetGalley for a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

These two authors are truly a dynamic duo to the book loving world. I’ve read their previous collaborations are thought they were pretty good. I don’t like to compare, but this one was my least favorite.

The characters were definitely interesting, but I felt like I had a hard time keeping track of them all. There were sisters, Cassandra and Jane, and Shay who were the main parts of this story, but I found myself wanting to know more about the background characters than the main. I could really keep the stories of Cassandra and Jane straight, while the other details and information got lost somewhere in the back of my brain.

I think that the thing about this novel is that it has a really good idea and story, but it took too long to get out there. By the time I reached half way through the book, I was still questioning some things and had to stop and think about whether or not if I should even bother going the next twenty-or-so percent if I didn’t get anything by then.

My favorite part of this novel was Shay’s data. Now, I’m not someone who is really interested in statistics or statistical data, but Shay made it really interesting. I really appreciated learning some cool things throughout this novel even though I didn’t get much out of the story. Like…what?!

“The average person will walk past 16 killers in the person’s lifetime.”

Again, I love these two writers when the collaborate. I think they have amazing imaginations and I think that their books make for amazing movies if they are made in to them. This novel just didn’t have that WOW factor for me this time, but I won’t hesitate to pick up another one of their collabs in the future!