452 reviews for:

A Friend in the Dark

Samantha M. Bailey

3.37 AVERAGE

shauntelle_reads's review against another edition

5.0

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I love Samatha Bailey's writing, so I was super excited to read this one. Well, it didn't disappoint! This book is a prime example of why you need to leave the past in the past. Being that our female main character, Eden, didn't get that memo, what we get is drama on top of more drama. This book starts off fast, and keeps the same pace all the way through until the end. 

This was a fast read that was hard to pause. Bailey has a way of pulling you into her books, and making sure she keeps you hostage until the ending. The twists in this one had my mouth open. Even though I thought I knew what would happen, I was wrong and shocked at the ending.

Thank you NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

stephheartsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

saminfineprint's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ava was the only character with her head on her shoulders, but I will cut the others some slack based on their circumstances. 

amberstamm's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alii_gator's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense

annka's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wildx's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really liked the pacing and found it difficult to put down, so overall, I did enjoy my read. What I didn't like was that the twists and overall plot were just too... incredulous and required too many characters being stupid and gullible, from the reason for the marriage breakdown to

Olivia being a coward for 20 years when she wasn't even the murderer to begin with and even after Justin had nothing left to threaten her with.

scrapanda's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

moonlightaria's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nikkitreater's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes