s book in exchange for an honest review. You can purchase your copy on October 1st here: https://www.amazon.com/You-Me-gripping-psychological-thriller-ebook/dp/B085CGJ3Y3/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=you+and+me+by+nicola&qid=1599856248&sr=8-3
OK, so I just read a series of really cutsie Christmas books that were what I like to call Light and Fluffy to this which was so far from light and fluffy! This book has it all, stalking, crazy clues, Santa leaving boot footprints outside, missing people, affairs, death, cover-ups, betrayal, deceit and more. The main character works at a bookshop; a bibliophile’s dream! Fiona gets to recommend books all day. I think if I worked at a bookshop or a library, people would get sick of hearing me go on and on about so many books!
This book had me on the edge of my seat! I finished this book and was like…DID NOT SEE THAT COMING! It came to a screeching halt and I was like- WHAT JUST HAPPENED???? OMG! Pay attention to the small details in this book. This is one that you may want to read over and over. I was astounded on how deep the cover up was.
Fiona misses her sister so much, so we are taken on the adventure of Fiona looking for her sister. The memories that are reminisced on are so sweet! We learn so much during the investigation of finding her sister. So much comes out that at each discovery, I was OMGing! The relationships in this book are amazing and intricate. There is so much to them, they are more than just superficial characters in this book, they all are intricate parts of the book.
The writer unfolds the story in such an amazing way. I really enjoyed this writing and the book in general. I have never read anything before by Nicola Rayner, but she also wrote a book called The Girl Before You that I will be looking for in the near future!

It took me a while to enjoy reading this book, but was worth it and so glad I did. Would never have guessed what was coming. I was really unsure about Fran's character, feeling sorry for her, frustrated with her but she came good in the end.

This was a new author for me, but one which I will look out for again. Fran’s story, at first, seems quite normal. She works in bookshop, she misses her mother (who has died) and her sister and niece (who are travelling) and she likes to keep herself to herself. Fran, however has an unhealthy obsession with an old schoolfriend, Charles who was her only ally whilst at school. When she sees him on a tube platform one evening, a tragic accident leads to Fran being drawn more and more into Charles’s life.

Fran is a very strange character and one which I found difficult to like initially. As her story moves on, you begin to understand Fran more and realise from her background why she’s the way she is now. The book does begin slowly, laying down Fran’s storyline and setting the scene for her and the other characters. As the story continues, the pace increases pulling you more and more into Fran’s life. We are given lots of information at the beginning about Fran, her school years and what happened to her. For me though, the book really comes into its own at the half way mark when secrets and revelations are dropped into the storyline and the pace increases quickly!

Whilst it did take a little time to get into her story, the writing and details that have gone into Fran’s character is superb! The book, with its “obsessive stalker” storyline is enough to give anyone the chills and it certainly leaves you hanging on the edge of your seat. With an intense and suspense filled storyline, it will take you on a rollercoaster of a journey with plenty of twists and turns to keep you on your toes. Would definitely recommend!

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I enjoyed this book, liked the characters and the storyline but it was just okay not brilliant.

You and Me took a while to get going but in the end it was a decent psychological thriller from Nicola Rayner.Fran is obsessed with her old school friend Charles to point of stalking him in his own home,but when she is witness to another old school friends death in an accident on the tube things start to take a sinister turn in her life.Fran' s sister Ellie is also a mystery in Fran's life with her social media posts confusing things further,the story is told in the present with flashbacks to Fran's school days also so you get to know the other characters.
.This book started off slowly and I didn't think I was going to enjoy it but I am glad I persevered with it because it picked up in the end with an ending which took by surprise.I would recommend this book and don't be put off by the slow start,a decent 3 star psychological thriller which picks up as it goes along.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

This book was a rollarcoaster. I really didn't know where this was going based off of the synopsis, and there were definitely twists that I didn't see coming. By the end, though, I thought I knew where it was headed, but still, it surprised me.

The main character, Fran, wasn't very sympathetic in my opinion. She was a stalker and didn't really try to hide the fact once she was found out. She was somewhat selfish and at the same time, a loner. She has a few people she would call a friend, but they're more acquaintances. Even her sister has left, gone for three years after a huge fight, and never returning to introduce her daughter.

The mystery revolves around one of Frans stalking sessions. She witness an old school bully die as he falls in front of a train. OR was he pushed She tries to piece together her memories to figure out what actually happened. While connecting with people from her school, the mystery unravels and becomes very convoluted.

One thing I really liked about this book was that no matter how complicated the plot was and how much was going on, I was never confused. The pacing was great and the twists were revealed perfectly. They were spaced perfectly as to never drag the plot and never become annoying with all the reveals.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and plan to read the author again if it's anything like this one.

The start of this book was quite slow and I really wasn’t sure where it was heading. However about halfway through things started to speed up and improve. From that stage I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough to find out what was going to happen. This is a gripping and thrilling read which once I got into it I loved.

4.5 stars, rounded down to 4.

You and Me is a compelling psychological thriller that gets more and more twisted. Fran is obsessed with Charles, and has been since school. Now, at the age of 37, it's more sad that anything else. So much so, in fact, that you're certain that's what the book is going to be about. But it isn't. There's a deeper mystery here to unravel, and to say that it's surprising would be an understatement.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC. This review contains my honest, unbiased opinion.

Holy crap. I thought I was reading a thriller about a crazy chick obsessed with a married man. But You and Me was so much more than that! I read this one slowly and I don't know if that made the first half feel slow, or if I read slowly because the story was slow. But when it picked up, the story took off. I thought I knew what was going on, and I kinda did, but then 🤯 check this one out when it hits shelves 10/1! 🌴🌴🌴🌴 4/5 thank you NetGalley for my copy!

The protagonist of Nicola Rayner’s novel You and Me is Fran – a somewhat sad, lonely character. She works in a bookshop, is a creature of habit and shuns socialising whilst longing to be part of it. She lives alone in a flat that she shared with her mother until her death. She misses her sister and her niece, but they are travelling and she relies on social media and the odd message from Paris, or Thailand or postcards to plot their whereabouts.

We meet Fran at the opening of the book at South Kensington tube station as she indulges in another of her obsessions – tracking ‘him’. He is Charles, the boy, now a man, that she met and formed an attraction for at boarding school and he is with another old school friend – when a tragic accident occurs on the station platform. We learn that he is married with twins and that Fran not only follows him through social media, but through information gleaned will follow him in reality, watching from afar; even standing concealed outside his home to witness his family life.

We learn that Fran was always the one on the outside in the school circle; the one who is in the butt of tricks and jokes that are neither kind nor funny. She is used to being in the margins whilst dreaming of being in the centre and Charles shows her a kindness and she knows that one day he will wake up and want to be with her.

Given all these circumstances one would expect to sympathise with Fran, but I wanted to shake her and tell her not to be so self-indulgent; to help herself and be interested in those around her who did try to communicate and help. She really is her own worst enemy.

The plot is really well-structured; an explosive event at the opening, then a stultifying section where nuggets of information nestled in the day to day events of Fran’s life and a totally unexpected, torrent of revelations. Brilliant!

This is a great psychological thriller that will not disappoint. What a great film this would make. Fingers crossed.

Thank you to the author, publishers and NetGalley for providing an ARC via my Kindle in return for an honest review.

Thank you avon books and netgalley for the opportunity to read this book. I honestly did not know what way to take this book. Confusing at the start and very creepy. An unusual read, very well written and great storyline. Would recommend to a friend too.

Francesca is a lonely woman who is estranged from her only family. She watches from afar as former classmates move on from their pasts until she witnesses one them fall to their death in front of a train. The only problem is she believes it was no accident. When she is thrust back into their lives her world is turned upside down but she believes if she could just get in touch with her sister and get Charles, the man she has spent most of her life obsessing over, alone, that she can figure out what happened and hopefully earn both her sister and Charles' affection once again.

I love an unreliable narrator. It makes a story so much more interesting. Francesca is far from reliable. I love how the author built the story so that I had predictions early on about what was happening but that there was no way to figure it out until close to the very end. I was happy that bits and pieces of what I thought was happening turned out to be true in their own ways but that it wasn't an exact bread crumb situation. I wanted a bit more from the ending. I wanted to know more about how things turned out and felt that the book ended abruptly after the climax. Overall, it was an intriguing and exciting story.

This was better than I could have expected.

Fran was so interesting as she written as unlikeable which is unusual in books. This book is a creepy slow burn that keeps you gripped until the final page!

I wasn’t too sure about You and Me when I first started reading it but then I looked and found I’d read almost half of it in one sitting. It turned out to be a gripping, thriller of a book that I found hard to put down. The book focuses on Fran. She was a loner at school, never really fitted in with the popular kids and that has carried on into adulthood. Her only family is a sister she never sees and a niece she’s never met. Fran witnessed a terrible crime that she hopes will bring her closer to her former school friends but it opens a world of secrets. Well written with some great twists and turns. Thank you to NetGalley, Avon Books UK and the author for the chance to review.

I found this book to be a real slow burner but I was kept interested to the end by the way the author kept 'drip feeding' one new fact after another. The plot was well thought out with each twist more surprising than the last. It kept you guessing until the end, when everything as very neatly resolved.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon books for the advance copy of this book

Fran, or freaky Fran as her soubriquet goes, is a character to be reckoned with. Frumpy, friendless and estranged from her sister, Fran’s idea of a good night out is following around Charles Fry who she is obsessed by. Charles is everything Fran isn’t — good-looking and popular; he also has money to burn. Fran has fixed on him for many reasons — Charles was a boarder at the expensive school that Fran attended because her mother was a teacher there and the fees were waived, and when Fran’s sister was the victim of a terrible crime at the school, it was Charles who helped to pick up the pieces.

This is no thriller where the characters have been made to fit an outlandish plot. Rayner’s characterisation is stellar — Fran is an unhinged personality who I wanted to spend time with. Indeed, if you like your narrators unreliable then Fran is most definitely for you. The rest of the cast are superb too - from the people Fran works with at the bookshop to pupils from the past who attended Chesterfield Boarding School (— the dastardly Dickie was fascinating, for example).

Rayner’s writing is second to none, super stylish and accessible. A novel written by a most gifted author, I enjoyed this story immensely. PS - I adore the title!

It took me a while to get into this, predominantly because the main character is not easy to understand but beneath the obsession is someone who just wants to fit in and be liked. The story flows well and you do question the motivation of the characters, the flashbacks to her time at school go a long way to explaining her relationships with many other characters and by the end of the book I was totally engrossed, it was well worth persevering.

This book is about Fran who is obessed with Charles. She stalks him. The start of the book is very slow and made me think about giving up. I cotinued reading and ended up thinking the book was okay. There were some unexpected plot twist and I liked the ending. But I never really felt connected to Fran and don't understand her obsession. Some parts were really good, while other parts were tedious.

As soon as I saw this book was recommended for fans of "You," I knew I had to read it.

Fran, a loner who was made fun of in high-school, spends her days pining after Charles, her high-school crush. One night, Fran's stalking ways takes her to an overcrowded subway platform where she witnesses a terrible crime. Fran sees this as an opportunity for her and Charles to connect on a level that they never have before. But as the secrets start to come out, Fran's life is flipped upside in a way that she never sees coming.

This book had me hooked from the beginning and completely blindsided me at the end. The twists and turns keep you questioning throughout the whole story, while distracting you from the annoying character that is Fran. I would definitely recommend this book!

This was my first book by this author, It was pretty enjoyable. I would give this book a 3.5 star rating! It was a pretty Quick and easy read!