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It’s Not Her by Mary Kubica – Review | Overhyped or Worth the Read?

If you’ve seen It’s Not Her by Mary Kubica all over Bookstagram and are wondering if it’s worth the hype, here’s my honest, spoiler-free review. I went into this one with really high expectations. When a thriller is everywhere, I expect something that completely pulls me in and keeps me hooked. Unfortunately, that wasn’t quite my experience. This It’s Not Her book review is a bit of a mixed one for me. There were definitely elements I enjoyed, especially the multiple POV structure. I usually love when thrillers are told from different perspectives, and here it was done well. It added depth to the story and kept things moving. However, I really struggled with the teenage perspective. It just didn’t fully work for me and made it harder to stay engaged with the story overall. As a psychological thriller, It’s Not Her had all the right ingredients, but the twists didn’t land the way I expected. There were enough hints throughout that I could see parts of the reveal coming, so it didn’t fe...
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Review: It Ends Here by Heidi Perks

Every once in a while, a thriller comes along that feels… different. Not louder, not twistier, but somehow more human. It Ends Here is exactly that — a mystery that doesn’t rely on shock value or high-speed chaos, but on a quiet, simmering intensity that keeps tightening around you page by page.


The premise is already gripping: five strangers receive a phone call telling them that their loved one is inside a café being held hostage. What they don’t know is that one of the hostages is actually the hostage taker.

We just don’t know who. Or why.


The narrative switches between three key threads:

– the detective in charge, trying to piece together motives from the shadows

– the loved ones outside, desperate for answers

– and the hostage taker, speaking to us directly… but always just out of reach


What I loved is how we get to know the hostages through the people who love them. It creates this beautifully soft emotional layer — you care about these people even though you barely spend any time with them on the page.


The tension in this book is so uniquely done. It’s calm. Controlled. Almost quiet. But somehow that makes everything feel even more intense. I found myself trying to solve it alongside the detective, second-guessing every breadcrumb and getting absolutely nowhere in the best possible way.


The ending delivers — not with fireworks, but with impact. It answers the “who” and the “why,” and those answers made the whole journey feel even more tragic, more human, and more meaningful.


This is easily a 5-star, standout thriller for me. The kind of story that lingers because it’s about more than the crime — it’s about the people woven into it. I’ll be thinking about this one for a long time.


Thank you to Penguin Random House UK, Cornerstone and Netgalley for the e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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