This is a tricky one to review because a lot of characters are involved and have multiple names and I don't want to give away any twists! Edith is in a nursing home and being cared for by a young girl called Patience. Edith's daughter can't afford to pay for her care anymore and Patience helps Edith run away from the home. This was such an excellent and gripping thriller with likeable characters and completely unpredictable!

This novel has a very different feel to others by Feeney. Less of the delicious twists and turns and more of a build of characters and pressure. It is just as enjoyable - but perhaps harder to get into than her other books.

A great read, highly recommended.

Perhaps it was my error, but I went into Good Bad Girl expecting the author's usual style of book and as a result, was quite disappointed in the end result. It had no of the usual excitement or twists and turns of Feeney's other books (which I've really enjoyed) and just all felt a bit flat for me personally. There are too many POVs in my opinion and while I usually like short chapters, I found as a result of this and the multiple POVs that I didn't really connect with any of the characters. I also felt like it was really obvious where the plot was going and while there was a couple of 'twists', they just weren't enough to lift the book for me. While I could appreciate the theme of mother & daughter's, I do think this book could have been sold better on the whole.

From page one, right until the last page this book had my attention, I couldnt wait to pick it up, I just had to know what was happening.

We follow a number of different povs, the chapters are short and leave you wanting to read more!

Even though the book had a number of planted red herrings, I still didn't see the twist coming 😲

I have to admit it's not my favourite book of hers but I really enjoyed it

Excellent! This is the first novel by Alice that I’ve read and it certainly won’t be the last! Wow! It had me completely captivated with more twists and turns especially towards the end. Written with wonderful characters all with a tale to be told.

This is not my usual sort of book,but I enjoyed it. The story is told in the first person through the eyes of 4 women from different generations. In the course of the story they all interact.with each other with differing results. All four are flawed yet compelling characters. To a tense conclusion.
The whole thing is set in a quite short timescale and it moves forward at a comfortable pace.
It's a well written book and we'll worth a read.

I was so looking forward to the new Alice Feeney after enjoying Daisy Darker but this just really didn’t do it for me. It starts very confusingly with both a timeline that jumps around and way too many POVs. When I finally got into the swing of things I found I really didn’t care for a single character. The family drama was not my thing and the coincidences that wrapped everything up seemed unbelievable. I’ve given an extra star because it was a fast read and I did want to see what happened, but I’m struggling to find anything I liked about this book. I really hope the next one by this author is more my thing!

Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney 🖤 🐞

“The world is full of people who are good at being bad, and people who are bad at being good."
Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth.
Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at eighty-years-young, she’s planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything.
Edith’s own daughter, Clio, won’t speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio’s door…and their intentions aren’t good.
With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them.


Firstly, thankyou so much to Netgalley, Alice Feeney & Pan Macmillan for providing me with a free e book in exchange for a honest review.
I was soooo happy when I got approved for this book. I adore Alice's quick paced thrillers so I had to read it immediately.
For the first few chapters I was a little confused by the number of characters and had to write notes of who everyone was 😂 I don't really think that was necessary and it was supposed to be confusing to add to the story and the twists that were to follow. Once I got into this book I couldn't put it down, all my other current reads were abandoned. I think its best to go into this book blind and trust that it will all make sense eventually. Alice Feeney is one of my fave authors and I cannot wait to read more of her work. I still haven't read Daisy Darker so I think that will be on my August TBR.

I loved that one of the characters nicknames was ladybug - I call Isla that sometimes 🐞
QOTD - What nicknames do you have for your kids? Or what did your parents have for you?

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I will post my review on bookstagarm on pub day 📚
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I’m always delighted to get the chance to review a new Alice Feeney novel, as always Good Bad Girl was an entertaining read.
4 women, Edith, Patience, Clio and Frankie are mysteriously connected to 2 events - the disappearance of a baby 20 years ago, and the death of a care home manager in the present.
Told from the POV of the different women across the chapters, Alice Feeney uses her skill to keep the reader from completely seeing the whole picture, adding tension and mystery as she goes. It is certainly a page turner with short chapters that make you think - just one more!
I would say that this didn’t quite have Feeney’s trademark gotcha twist, where everything has to be looked at again. It’s more a mini twist that fully explains what has been happening and allows her to tie up all the different strands. I also found the constant good girl doing bad things motif became somewhat repetitive over the course of the book.
All in all, a good novel, but not Alice Feeney’s best.

I generally quite enjoy Feeney's books, but tbh, this one made me struggle. The book felt hard to get into, and for the first 30 percent of it or so, I was completely struggling to make sense of who was who and what was actually happening. The book did start making sense to me and there were a lot of twists and turns as it progresses, but I won't call it Feeney's best.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me an e copy in return of my views.

🌟🌟🌟✨ (3.5)

I don’t want to say too much about this book as doing so would include spoilers.

A baby went missing 20 years ago and was never found. 20 years later we meet four women all with secrets to hide and are all connected in some way but can’t trust anyone. A murder occurs in a care home, a girl goes missing and then slowly the dots all start to join up.

This one had me guessing throughout the book and then little bits started to come together here and there. There were times when I was a bit confused about who was who and was afraid I would miss something if I didn’t concentrate on every line.

I did enjoy this thriller and flew through it fairly quickly. It wasn’t my favourite of her books but a good one all the same.

Thanks to #netgalley for providing me with a digital copy of this book

A well crafted tale that keeps you guessing throughout. I’m a big fan of Alice Feeney since her debut and if you liked that you’ll be sucked in by this engaging story and cast of characters too.

This is the first book I have read by this author, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Initially, I found myself feeling quite confused as the tale jumps from one character to another and also includes flashbacks to a child being taken from a supermarket – there is such a lot to take in. I found I didn’t take a liking to any of the characters and as the book progressed, it became apparent that everyone had secrets they were hiding from each other. As I read on, I kept trying to convince myself that I knew what was going on, when in fact I didn’t. It is clear that the author put a lot of thought into weaving a web of deception for each of the main players, but for me, it didn’t quite hit the spot.

All in all, I didn't love this book, but I didn't dislike it either.

The twists keep on coming. Mother daughter relationships are never straight forward and this magnifies the conflict and confusion. A wonderful multi layered story.
Good people do bad things for good reasons is true of this story.

This book was set out in the different points of view of its main characters, so you got to know their views of what happens rather than a one sided account. I was completely in the dark over who had committed the murder until the reveal as each character seemed guilty of something at different times in the plot. It wasn't as fast paced as a lot of the books I read, so it took me longer to finish it, but it's a good book.

From the very beginning I was 𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗗! I'm not one who is particularly good at seeing twists and turns coming so it's safe to say I was on the edge of my seat throughout reading this one.

We have not one but 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 main characters in this story. Frankie, Clio, Edith & Patience. They are all somehow interconnected to a murder and a missing baby. I won't lie and say that it was easy to keep up with who's narrative I was reading because it really wasn't, what I can say though is that it was definitely worth the ride!

There is a massive emphasis on mother daughter relationships in this book - the trials and tibulations that can be experienced.

As with every book she writes, Alice has a way of drawing you in. Making you feel like part of the story, connected to those she's writing about and the next thing you know you've been blown away and your gasping at what you've just read. This one was no different - i really would be a poop detective because I never see the obvious coming!



𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘
• multiple POVs
• twists and turns
• multiple stories that intertwine
• short chapters

Thanks to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for an ebook ARC of this book in exchange for this review.

I didn't love this book, but I didn't dislike it either. I thoroughly enjoyed the jumping of perspectives from each of the characters and the short chapters (love me some short chapters!) BUT, somehow, I didn't feel like any of the characters spoke to me. In the first 30% (approx) as the chapters went on I kept telling myself that I knew what was happening but then found I really didn't know at all..which led to me having conflicting feelings towards this book. Not knowing what was happening helped me enjoy it, to an extent. However it did occasionally make me feel like so much was happening but also so little at the same time. This meant that at a point towards the end (around 65% onwards) I just began reading in order to finish and see what was actually going on rather than because I was desperate to devour the ending.

This experience did not put me off reading any other books written by Alice Feeney and I'm very much looking forward to reading Rock Paper Scissors!

I so thought I had this one worked out but that one twist got me! Some red herrings in there to keep you guessing aswell. Multiple Povs and a great overall story. 👌

Dull. This could have been a short story rather than dragging it out for 300+ pages. I enjoyed the letter format it began with but it seemed to have lost that as the book progressed. Not a recommend from me.

I'm always excited when a new Alice Feeney book comes out and cannot wait to start it.

A great beginning, a mother has her baby taken from a supermarket, "she had wished her daughter would disappear and now the baby is gone"
from that moment on I was hooked!!!

The story is told from three perspectives- Edith, Clio, Patience and Frankie with each having alternative chapters. Their stories run parallel like train tracks and their lives will cross.

Edith believes she was tricked into living in a care home by her daughter Clio. Edith has bonded with Patience who works at the care home and there is Frankie who works as a librarian in a women's prison.

What is the connection between these women?

Another great read from the amazing Alice Feeney. The characters are brought to life so that you feel you know them by the end of the book and you want them to all have a happy ending.

Definitely a 5 star rating from me - sure brilliance!!

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for an honest review.