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The Good Girl By Mary Kubica


The Good Girl by Mary Kubica can best be summed up by a quote from an interview I found at the end of the book. “… a gripping story of an abduction where nothing is exactly what it seems.” This novel is phenomenal, and I couldn’t put it down. I'm honestly surprised by some of the negative reviews I've read on Goodreads and Amazon. This story was a page turning, plot twisting suspenseful masterpiece. The fact that this is Kubica’s debut novel is even more impressive!
The Good Girl is told by three different characters: Mia’s mother (Eve), the detective (Gabe), and the abductor(Colin), and it alternates between “before” and “after.” We don’t find out until the end what the event is that denotes the change from before to after, and it is not at all what I was expecting. 
Kubica does an amazing job at developing her characters and making you feel like you have a front row seat to the despair and discovery weaved throughout the pages. I felt real emotion immersed in the world she created, and my heart literally felt broken. When I realized what happened, I was devastated. In short, Kubica makes you love and hate all the right people.
Honestly, I’m having a hard time putting into words the emotions I feel after finishing The Good Girl. I loved it... The final twist was like a knife to the gut and my compassion, respect, disappointment for Mia soared even higher. The relationship between Mia/Chloe and Colin/Owen was confusing, yet gripping. The development of Chole and Owen, Eve’s realization, and Gabe’s fight to uncover the truth will pull you in and leave you reeling.
The layers that surround these characters are thick and you will enjoy every second of peeling them back! I highly recommend for anyone who likes stimulating and suspenseful stories. 
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 -XOXO Racheal
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