Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

Available August 9, 2022

Wow.

Imagine waking up in a taxi cab and going to your own apartment, only to find that you don't live there anymore. You go to work and you recognize no one but these strangers greet you like a long lost friend. The last thing you remember is receiving a phone call on a nice summer day. Now it's fall. Your body is covered with graffiti. Wake up! Trust no one! In your pocket? A bloody knife.

This book is a nail-biting thrill ride from page one until the very end. There has only been one other book in the recent past that has dragged me in and strapped me down like this book did and that was Gone Girl. I absolutely could not put this book down. We follow Liv as she wakes with amnesia, revisiting the things that happened to her on the day her memory stopped, and we get sneak peeks of the 48 hours leading up to the moment where we first meet Liv. Intermingled with Liv's experiences are the detectives who are investigating the death of the unidentified victim who was killed with the bloody knife Liv found in her pocket. Is Liv a vicious killer? Or the ultimate unwitting victim? You won't want to stop reading until you find out!

If I could give this book 6 stars, I would. This book is a must-read for anyone who enjoys suspense and mystery, but make sure you've got plenty of time because you won't be accomplishing much of anything else until you've finished reading it!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.