Reviews - A Friend in the Dark

452 reviews for:

A Friend in the Dark

Samantha M. Bailey

3.37 AVERAGE

danielleharadon's review against another edition

2.5

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

josieg2002's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

alexatthelake's review against another edition

Thank you to Samantha Bailey for my arc copy! Available today - March 1st!

alannafowler's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

courtneycanread's review against another edition

3.0

This was perfectly fine and entertaining but just looking at the cover again I can tell that my brain has already begun the process of forgetting it 😅

carinamiya's review against another edition

4.0

I was skeptical of a thriller that was only 200 pages, but I was proven so wrong. I thought this story was well-developed and had ample time for all of the twists to be explored.

The premise is that Eden's husband separated from her suddenly and she's lonely so she turns to her college crush and starts to message him on Facebook. She starts an emotional and sexual online relationship with him but weird things start to happen...

It was so clear that Justin's messages and calls were super off and I'm glad that Eden also realized it (I despise stupid characters). When it flipped to Olivia's POV I thought I understood exactly what was happening--Justin was a horrible husband and poor Olivia was just trying to escape him (very similar to another thriller I just read). But, the twist that Olivia was the one messaging Eden! That was new and different.

I feel that I could have done without the Tyler plotline, that seemed kind of thrown in when there were a lot of other twists that were happening--Madison being Ava who just wanted her parents back together, Dave's BDSM stuff, Ava going missing, Olivia messaging Eden, Justin being a terrible person, Justin drugging women, Olivia's brother, Olivia and her brother's mental disorders--it was just a lot, especially for such a short book.

Overall I really enjoyed this thriller--it was a very quick read (about 1.5-2 hours), very fast-paced, and kept me interested the whole time.

I got an ARC of this from NetGalley for free, but I think the book has already been published? Anyway, thank you for the ARC!