Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review. An interesting novel by a new author in my personal reading-sphere! I am sure others would enjoy it too. Good character portrayls, descriptive setting and gripping plot.

This book is told in two different timelines from different perspectives. It had lots of suspense that you cant stop reading until you find out the truth. I didnt expect the ending at all. I connected with the characters which is very important for me.

Drowning With Others, more like drowning in unnecessary prose. The plot was too simplistic for what the writing style was trying to achieve.

I'm torn about this book. I enjoyed the story for the most part and found the plot very compelling, but I pretty much hated the ending. It just wasn't a satisfying resolution--and by satisfying, I mean it didn't seem like a good payoff for the plot.

Drowning with Others is well-written and compelling. Reading from Cassidy's perspective as her journalism class investigates the recently learned-of death of a teacher while her parents were teens at the same boarding school she is in now, and the perspective of her parents, Andie and Ian, through their boarding school journals and their present concern over what Cassidy may learn, there is a sense of foreboding over how past and present will collide. Recommended for fans of suspense. 
 
Content Warnings: SPOILERS: 



Statutory rape; homophobic slur; domestic violence; eating disorder END SPOILERS

Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for this early copy!

Did not finish - I could not connect with the plot or writing so I decided to put it down.

Enjoyable murder mystery. Fast paced suspense based on lies told in years past and present at a boarding school  i enjoyed the writing style of the author, and the plot was quite suspenseful

Drowning with others was not at all what I expected. Prep school sweethearts Ian and Andi Copeland are envied by everyone they know. They have successful businesses, a beautiful house in St. Louis, and their eldest daughter, Cassidy, is following in their footsteps by attending prestigious Glenlake Academy. Then, a submerged car is dredged from the bottom of a swimming hole near the campus. So are the remains of a former writer-in-residence who vanished twenty years ago—during Ian and Andi’s senior year.

Cassidy’s journalism class begins investigating the death, Ian and Andi’s high school secrets rise to the surface. Each has a troubled link to the man whose arrival and sudden disappearance once set the school on edge. And each had a reason to want him gone. As the book goes on a tangle of lies and deceit are uncovered.

I enjoyed this book. I really like the characters and how the book went from past to present.

This book was a fast-paced and engaging story! It had one twist and turn after another! A sign of a good thriller is one that is difficult to put down—this book definitely fits that description!

Ohhhhh a story of the past catching up with college sweethearts Andi and Ian Copeland. They have lived an idyllic life since college and now their daughter is enrolled at the same school they attended. A car is dredged from the bottom of a lake Neal this to the school and the past finds its way back into their lives. Thanks t the publisher and netgalley for the arc.

This was a pretty good read. I enjoy flashbacks, but I'm not usually a fan of the epistolary style in novels. I didn't find the high school voices to be believable or indistinguishable from one another so it became difficult to keep up. I did want to know what happened to Dallas and I liked Cassidy a lot. I also thought the prose was good- I just couldn't really find myself totally rooting for or against anyone and I felt a little manipulated into thinking one of the characters was a killer- BUT I liked the motive. I don't want to say much else- just alright, not the worst thing I've ever read but would've been better without the gimmicks. I would still read the author again.

Drowning with Others is a great fast paced mystery that I could not down. The characters are well developed and the storyline is entertaining.

A quick and fast paced mystery. After reading books with unbelievable plot twists that borderline ruin the story, there's no worry about that here. The twists are believable and they're not so wild that it distracts from the entire story..

My time for reading is right before bed. I actually have to read in order to get to sleep! This book was just the type I enjoy during my nightly reading time. 
Andi and Ian are private school loves with wealthy families who support their relationship. Andi is a writer who gets swept up in all the feels for a teacher whose intentions are not the best. Fast forward and we find said teacher dead! What ensues is a mystery alternating diary entries from the past and present time narrative. I got through this one quickly, and enjoyed it. A solid mystery read!

This book was a fast paced edge of your seat book and I loved every second. It kept me guessing but didn't have outrageous plot twists to keep younreading. It was believable. Which made it that much better

I really enjoyed this! I like books about the mystery element happening in the past and coming back to haunt them later on. 

I really liked the pace of the book. I'm usually not a fan of diary entries in books, but I think it worked well here and wasn't distracting/out of place with what was going on in our current day. The diary entire are written by the main characters, Ian and Andi, who are now married. It's their daughter, Cassidy's, journalism class that's looking into what happened all those years ago.

Who doesn’t like a book about past secrets being dug up? I love them! Drowning With Others was just that book for me. It kept my attention with its suspense and story line. It was a bit lengthy but that didn’t discourage me from finishing it. I was a teenager in the 90’s so I really enjoyed all the references! Good characters, good mysterious plot, and a crime to solve are the best ingredients for a good book and this one had it all. Told from the point of view of three characters, you get a good feel of everything going on from all perspectives and the back and forth between two timelines was very well done. Worth the read!

“Would you rather be drowning with others, or swimming alone?”
― Linda Keir, Drowning With Others
When love and marriage collide head on something is about to go down!
Unfortunately, for at least one individual the downward spiral in a swimming hole frequented by the once high school seniors Ian and Andi involves more than just raw emotions as the twisting action soon follows.
“He'd never known her secret, and he couldn't know. Even the strongest marriages hid tiny cracks that, if widened, could cause the whole foundation to crumble.”
Well let's not get alarmed as I'm sure the connections are simply pure innocence as they couldn't have been involved, RIGHT?
Well, not so fast as the investigation turns up the heat and the spotlight upon their past actions and there's quite a bit of shifting around that needs to be re-organized.
It seems not everyone is being honest or truthful and this leads to more questions than answers.
Could this person have been targeted?
If so, why?
It seems when the cats away the mice will play and so as seniors it was this playful time that clearly went in the wrong direction for all.
Told in the present tense with three shifting characters including Ian, Andi, and their daughter Cassidy it becomes apparent that something is off.
Without going into too much detail it does appear the two main characters had motive but that doesn't mean either is a killer.
You know what's not funny is the fact that people who feel stuck often turn elsewhere in relationships and marriages so perhaps the 'killer' was more known than unknown with a motive that may have been more than anyone could've expected.
Silence is deafening in domestic violence situations and perhaps silencing the victim permanently was the only option left after of course the intimidation subsided.
That's all for now, hope to see you on the reading trail!!
Thanks again to Linda, the publisher, NetGalley, and Amazon Kindle for always keeping me entertained with such amazing authors and publishers.

I'm torn about this book. I enjoyed the story for the most part and found the plot very compelling, but I pretty much hated the ending. It just wasn't a satisfying resolution--and by satisfying, I mean it didn't seem like a good payoff for the plot.

[One of my big gripes with this book was the loan Ian took out from his father-in-law. I really, really hate how a lot of books will use a husband I'm torn about this book. I enjoyed the story for the most part and found the plot very compelling, but I pretty much hated the ending. It just wasn't a satisfying resolution--and by satisfying, I mean it didn't seem like a good payoff for the plot.

I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.


What a well written novel. I loved the introduction of two different timelines. One timeline is trying to solve a 20ish year old murder while the other focuses on the events leading up to the murder. 

The character reveal was slow, but seemed to go well with the pacing of this book. 

I really would have liked to see a more realistic ending to this book. It really just didn’t feel believable. 


The plot itself was good, but really seemed to drag on and on. It didn’t take away from the story too much and I still really enjoyed it. 

Thank you to the publisher, the author, and NetGalley for allowing me to review this title.