I am a big Lisa Unger fan but I just couldnt get my head around this one. Usually I would mark a book as a DNF (did not finish) when stuck like this, but something made me keep going. Well, the story is about 6 people in a cabin, and anything could happen. And it does, so I needed to know the end. Thanks to #Netgalley I received this ARC and while it was not a book that was a page turner, it was a good story. Maybe its because I am not a fan of looking into our DNA. Too much knowledge can be dangerous. And so we find Hanna & Bruce, Mako & Lisa and Cricket & Joshua, all in the same cabin. Vacation? What do you think will happen when a storm approaches and the lights go out.

Secrets are all around them, and though I struggled to read this one...I did have a need to find out what happens to all of them and the secrets they kept. Suspenseful it is!!

Luxurious cabin in secluded woods for a weekend get away with three couples who think they know each other well, what could be better? A fun get away or deadly consequences?

Lisa Unger weaves a tale of family, friends, deception and ultimately trust in this slow burn thriller. Told from multiple points of view, the characters will draw you in. When a DNA test from Origins turns up under the Christmas tree with the gift tag reading "From Santa", mystery begin. Some in the group want to take the test while others believe family is what you make of it. This one gift sparks the novel and leads everyone down a trail of unpacking all of their baggage of secrets and lies. What could possibly go wrong?

Lots of characters to keep track of throughout the book but ultimately they come together at the end satisfying the reader. My favorite character - Henry's story!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Legend Press for the ARC.

Oh I do love a locked room mystery and Lisa Unger did such a great job. This was one tense, popcorn thriller that au just could not put down. Yes thee are lots of characters, but I managed to keep them straight, their relationships and personalities all so different. If you are looking for a bingeable read, you can’t go wrong with a Lisa Unger novel.

3 couples, all known to each other through marriage, family or friendship head off for a weekend away in a luxury cabin in the middle of nowhere. Wifi is spotty and there is a storm brewing. But they have a personal chef and a spa so what could go wrong? Turns out that plenty can and does. Somebody is watching them, or are they being paranoid? Read it to find out.

Thanks to Legend Press and NetGalley for my advanced copy of this book to read. Published in UK and Australia February 16th, but already out in the US.

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six is a real page turner. The story is told from various perspectives involving family members, friends, questions about how our genetics affect our personalities, and what matters most. A group of six family & friends gather at an extremely isolated resort paid for by a tech mogul. Everyone has something to hide.

This tale is interspersed with a character named Henry who was raised as a foster child after his mother was brutally murdered. Despite his challenges, he is raised and encouraged by a kind caregiver and a detective who never gives up looking for answers.

At the heart of this mystery / thriller, the various characters seek connections and ask what makes a family a family?

Lisa Unger continues to turn out solid, eminently readable books. I am grateful to NetGalley and the publisher for the privilege of reading an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book in 3 words: Chilling. Chaotic. Popcorn-worthy. 

Three couples, in a cabin far away from home, are together for the weekend. What happens when there's severe weather and even more dire circumstances waiting for them outside? 

Told from multiple POV, we get quite the array of characters. The voices were strong for each and it was easy to keep track. HOWEVER, I had a hard time cheering for many of the characters because they were all quite insufferable. 

Even though most of the characters are bad eggs, you have to root for someone. At the bottom of this book is the theme of family vs. DNA and I found it an interesting take on a typically cliche'd trope. 

My favorite part of this story is how atmospheric the writing was. You could feel the textures of the house, smell the food cooking, taste the dampness of the rain. The writing is completely stellar when it comes to setting and putting you in the right place at the correct time. This is a book I'd love to see transition to visual media. I think it'd be so good as a movie or short series.

The story is solid, everything is wrapped up and ends up where it belongs, and it will keep you guessing (and intrigued) all the way to the end.

I love a getaway thriller, and Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six is a creepy, nervy example of the genre. Hannah is spending a few days in a luxury cabin with her friends, but everyone seems like they’re holding back with secrets, and Hannah starts to grow alarmed as her sense of safety is diminished and threatened. Who is out to get them all?? Well paced another Unger winner.

Ideal conditions for reading this book: a dark rainy evening with a glass of red wine. Lisa Unger keeps you on the edge of your seat, serving up twists left and right. I loved the way this story came together.

Unger delivers another page turning psychological thriller that is fast paced and absolutely everyone is a suspect. Thanks for the advanced copy!!

A twisty mystery with family secrets sounded great...but the complex threads of characters, plotlines, narratives meant that it took forever to get to anything interesting enough. More was less for me in this book and I eventually gave up and googled the plot line to see where it went/was it worth continuing. It was not.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing a free advance copy of “Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six” in exchange for an honest review.

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger, the author of Confessions on the 7:45, takes place at an off the beaten path Airbnb type cabin in the woods. The weekend away for siblings Hannah and Mako (“like the shark”), their spouses Bruce and Liz, Hannah’s best friend (and Mako’s ex) Cricket and her current beau Joshua starts off as a promising adventure but things go awry almost immediately. Super host Bracken is creepily attentive, and there’s a storm coming. Interspersed with this main story line is another following a teen named Henry, 20 years earlier. How are the stories interconnected? What are they all hiding? And who put genetic testing kits under the Christmas tree six months earlier - and why?

I enjoyed this book, although I did think the writing could have been tighter (not everyone has to hold a flashlight “in front of them like a sword.”). Still it did keep me guessing until about 75% of the way in, and then trying to figure out how it would end - and rooting for Hannah, my favorite of the brood - kept me interested the rest of the way. A solid four-star outing from Lisa Unger. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I received the eArc from Netgalley with a publication date for February. However, while in Barnes and Noble, I noticed that the book came out! I read most of the eArc before publication to help generate buzz. So, I quickly read the book. I did not read the summary, so I knew nothing going into this book. It took a very unexpected turn. There were two multiple story lines running and I did not know how they would intermesh until the very end of the story!

This is my first book by Lisa Unger, but will not be my last.

Most of this story was fine. It was suspenseful and kept me guessing mostly. A lot of that guessing was trying to put all the plots together. They were forced. The set-up was long and drawn out but the end seemed rushed and not complete. I love Lisa Unger's prior works, but this one didn't do it for me.

I received my books last week from The Pelican Bookstore @pelicanbookstore in Sunset Beach NC after Lisa Unger's @launger book event there. They did such a wonderful job getting the books signed for me and shipping them. I recommend them when you're down in the beautiful Sunset Beach area.

I 5-star loved 'Confessions on the 7:45' so much. It starts confusing but all the twists and turns end up being spectacular. My review for it is up on my Goodreads. 'Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six' is out now here in the US. The synopsis sounds great. Thanks to Netgalley and Legend Press for my free advanced egalley.

This didn't work for me. I was bored most of the time. Which sucks, because it had a lot going for it: dual timelines, multiple POV, a good mystery, DNA ancestry shit?! Love all those things. But I don't know. It didn't hook me at any point, and I was just left feeling underwhelmed.

* I was given an ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

6 people. 3 couples. Secluded cabin for the weekend.

This book centers heavily around family & the dynamics of family and what “family” truly is.

I LOVED how fast-paced this book was. It has dual timelines and multiple POVs.

There were a few loose-ends, but other than that, I was satisfied with the ending.

I ended up, in a way, rooting for the “bad guy”.

Overall, it was a really enjoyable read.


Trigger warning : rape

I like Lisa Unger's books a lot. She is one of my favorite psychological suspense writers.

However, I did not like this book as much as some of her other books. I feel like she compromised on some of the mystery to put in a bit of a social message.

However, I enjoyed reading this book. When I was reading this book, I was looking for a good book to escape into and this book fulfilled this need. For readers of Liane Moriarty, the yoga teacher plays a different role in this book that in a Liane Moriarty novel.

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

This started out promising—three couples go to a secluded cabin with spotty wi-fi and, of course, a big storm on the way. There are some creepy things going on here. I wasn’t concerned by the potential ghosts of a family who was killed by the dad/husband years ago, but there are actual troubling activities happening now.

A big part of this novel is genetic testing and finding your biologic family. You have to believe that one behavior in particular is something that you’re going to do is because of your genetics and not a learned way to treat people. It’s true that genetics can give you a higher chance of being a sociopath lacking empathy, and that kind of person could certainly do this but . . . Well, I have to be vague so as to not give anything away.

There are multiple story lines, which is fine, but I don’t feel like everything was fully resolved.

NetGalley provided an advance reader copy of this novel, which RELEASES FEBRURARY 6, 2023.

I loved this book. Fantastic setting, interesting characters and a really intruiging premis, examining our current obsession with finding out about our ancestral origins. Pacing was slightly unever in some areas, but the last third had me utterly involved.

DNF at 50%. I love a locked room mystery but unfortunately this one just wasn’t for me. Too many POVs and I don’t like or care about any of them. When I stop reading, I don’t have any desire to pick it back up and for me that’s the sign it isn’t for me. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the ebook to review.

A Weekend in the Country for three couples sounds idyllic, peaceful, and absolutely perfect. Turns out, it’s anything but.

No one is ever who they seem, or rather, you never know anyone as well as you think you know them, and that includes family.

Tsk Tsk. The moral of this story is to trust no one. And I mean no one. Everyone in Lisa Unger’s Secluded Family Sleeps Six is keeping secrets from each other. Now that does sound like Family. Ha.

Let me just say that this book started out fairly strong. I was intrigued by each character’s storyline, especially that of Hannah, her husband Bruce, and her sister-in-law Lisa. Admittedly, something felt off about Hannah’s brother Mako, from the very beginning. Like I said to Kaceey while reading this, never trust someone who is named after a shark!

Sadly, as the storyline progressed, my interest waned. What was once intriguing, soon became unbelievable. Plot points unraveled and a few were dropped altogether. When I got to the end, it also became clear that a few characters were wholly extraneous. To that end, this was unfortunately one of my least favorite Lisa Unger novels to date. I remain a fan, however, and look forward to her next novel.

A buddy read with Kaceey.

Thank you to Legend Press for the arc via NetGalley and my local library for loaning me the audiobook.