The Guilty Patient by Luana Lewis
Telling my therapist that I remember standing over my friend Alice as she took her last breath, I wonder, was I her killer?
This captivating psychological thriller is a must read!! 4 stars

This is my first read by Luana Lewis. The Guilty Patient was provided to me by NetGalley for my honest opinion. The premise of the book is good. I always find myself drawn to the psychologist/therapy trope so that had my attention. It did take me a bit to get into though. As I kept reading I was more invested in the characters and the plot unraveling. The timelines could be hard to keep up with but the suspense aspect was so good! All in all it was a good read.

We are introduced to Mia, a pregnant patient seeking psychotherapy to uncover memories from the night her best friend died. From there, there are so many subplots in this book it is impossible to touch on them all in one review.
The story was intriguing but a bit drawn out. Overall I enjoyed it and wanted to figure out what really happened that night.

Thank you to the publisher and Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you for this opportunity.

I thought this was good but boy was there a lot going on here. There are several stories being told and although they all kind of come together I still felt it was a lot to keep up with. There's the therapist's story, the victim's story, the in-laws story, the other therapist's story and of course, the guilty patient's story. I had a difficult time getting it all straight and actually getting into it but closer to the end it really started getting good and although the end seemed a little abrupt the main question was answered in a satisfying way. I was left with a few new questions that I hope to see answered in the future because I do think there are two characters that would make great partners in future stories. I will say this, my absolute favorite part was the offer of some gelato! You will just have to read it to find out what I mean and what it is I want to see more of.

Seductive and twisted. Highly recommended! Readers, find some quiet alone time to settle in with this one because you won't stop reading until you've turned the final page. Highly recommended to fans of mysteries, suspense and thrillers.

I really enjoyed The Guilty Patient, a Psychological Thriller, written by Luana Lewis. Thank you to NetGalley & the Publisher for allowing me to read this Advanced Reader Copy in return for an honest review📖

I thought this book started quite slow however soon became fast paced with many different twists and turns! I was always second guessing myself!

We start off meeting a pregnant woman who is seeing a psychologist as she is determined she murdered her best friend. Throughout this book we follow the pregnant lady and her psychologist whilst they break everything down and come face to face with the truth whilst also gaining insight as to who killed her best friend.

This book was insane when you get into it, I absolutely loved it and feel obliged to read the authors other book!

I really did feel as though I had worked it all out but as the pages kept being turned I got myself more and more into a jumble of thoughts that I just couldn’t understand. However thanks to the psychologist who works with the pregnant lady it slowly unpicks the night in question and it all made sense in the end…although the ending was not what I had expected in the slightest!

A very enjoyable and quick read and one I found had me hooked! I wish we knew more about the life afterwards but I feel lucky to have been able to catch a glimpse, I wish to have known more but I’ll settle for what’s left for us to enjoy!

Can you always trust your memory, or can it be manipulated? This psychological thriller will leave you in doubt. Complex motivations/characters and a surprising denouement make this book highly recommended!

A slow burner so if you’re looking to be gripped immediately like I am, be patient! Really great book with lots of twists and turns and I wasn’t able to guess where it was going which I love! Would recommend

I began reading this and then realised how well developed the character of Tara was, so went back and read the “Perfect patient” first. Luana is a talented writer who quickly has her readers engrossed in the story. This time the theme of false memory plays out, with some very unreliable narrators which adds to the deliberately and skilled tangle of confusion that keeps the reader guessing about who actually killed Alice.

Tara shows again how lacking she is in professional boundaries; and then calls the same thing out in another psychologist in a case of ‘pot calling the kettle black’. We also get more of the puzzle pieces from Tara’s own complicated history given to us, and slowly some answers come together. Meeting Ray again and his role in the story is somehow a welcoming relief, bringing with him a strange sense of familiarity from the previous book. This book is fast paced and often twisty; and I’m thankful to Netgalley and Bookouture for letting me read an advanced copy in exchange for my review.

Mia Phillips’ best friend Alice Kelly, dies while they are out at a cottage in the woods together. Three years after Alice’s death, Mia has a possible recovered memory of her killing her friend. She starts seeing Dr. Tara Black to figure out if it was a real memory or something else.

This one held my attention and I thought it was so good! I like that the chapters are short, I think that helps to keep the story moving and you just want to find out the truth! Lots of twists and reveals, I didn’t suspect what really happened!

I thought the fact that Dr. Black had some similar experiences in her own life that she could relate to what Mia was going through was an interesting aspect of the book.

I didn’t know this was the second book, I’m going to go back and read The Perfect Patient!

Tara's patient, Mia, has a vision of her killing her best friend, Alice.
Tara sets about to investigate this, and to find out if Mia is guilty of the crime, and if this is nothing more than a false memory.
She finds out that several people have the motive and opportunity to have killed Alice, but each suspect is holding back, or blatantly lying.

This book was good, but the pace was too slow for me. There are many twists, but to keep up with the lies that are told by the characters, I really had to concentrate.
It is full of suspense, and quite emotional as Mia is struggling with guilt.

Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read this book.

This book was good. I had a couple guesses who did it but I was wrong. I did like the characters in the book. The one thing that irked me was the phrase used “bushy-tailed and bright-eyed”. It’s probably only because I’ve heard it “bright-eyed and bushy-tailed”. But other than that, I liked it.

Although this is a slow burner glad I stuck with it! A twisted tale full of lies and deceit, it’s a great read and i loved it!

The Guilty Patient is a suspenseful, action-packed thriller. My main issue with the book was that there seemed to be way too many plots for one book. Clearly, if you had read her previous book, you'd understand a bit more of some of the side comments and character interactions. While I was intrigued with Mia's story, most of the book was spent on Tara. I, personally, didn't care about Tara's relationship with her brother or what happened to their family (maybe I would have if I'd read her previous book). I did enjoy the actual mystery around Mia and who killed her friend. I was continuously guessing throughout, which I do love in a thriller. This book was a bit all over the place, which is possibly why my review seems disorderly. Overall, there was just too much going on that didn't actually connect for me to enjoy the book.

I really enjoyed The Guilty Patient by Luana Lewis. Though it stared a bit slow it quickly picked up and was hard to put down.

Pregnant Mia seeks the help of Psychologist Dr Tara Black, after having recurrent visions of her friend Alice's death years earlier. Thinking she may have played a role in her death, Mia is unable to find peace and enjoy her pregnancy. She knows Alice was planning on leaking a big secret that would affect both of them. She also knew she was jealous of the relationship Alice was in with boyfriend
Tom because she herself was in love with Tom. But could she be that angry or jealous to commit such a violent act?

Tara is immediately drawn to her new patient, but seems to have her own past issues she needs to deal with. Going back and forth between the two pasts, Tara uncovers answers, some she wasn't ready for, and as a result both she and Mia can begin their healing process.

The story alternates between Mia and Tara with more emphasis on Tara and her past. It alternates between past and present, and at times can get a little confusing but is a good story.

Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the advanced copy

I really enjoyed this thriller about a young pregnant woman that comes to see a psychologist to try and work out what happened the night her friend died. She has been carrying the pain of her death for years and as she nears the end of her pregnancy is unable to bond or get excited about the baby due to her fears that she may have had something to do with her friends death. As Tara tries to get to the bottom of the demons haunting her patient and delve deeper into her life and family she is also chasing some secrets of her own. This is one of these books where you are constantly changing your mind about what happened and it takes some time to actually like the young woman or understand why she is the way she is. A really good read with a great twist at the end.

📖 Book Review 📖 Memories are sneaky. Mia has been grieving the death of her best friend Alice. Through her grief, she ended up marrying AlIce’s boyfriend Tom and now the two are expecting a baby. At the end of the pregnancy, Mia has recovered the memory that she herself killed Alice. The Guilty Patient is one twisty ride through lies, secrets, and bombshells that are bound to be uncovered. But Luana Lewis leads us to question how reliable our memories can be, especially when related to trauma in this absolutely thrilling novel.

Mia is struggling with memories of the night her best friend died. She decides to see Dr. Tara Black to help her discover what really happened the night her friend died. Could Mia have killed her? Was it an accident? She has pieces of what happened that night but she needs Dr. Black to help her process everything and push her to not give up.
I enjoyed this book but it was a slow read and even though there were some twists and turns, I found them to be a little predictable. Still worth the read though!

There was entirely too much going on in this book. Switching from person to person in chapters was a lot. Multiple story lines. Slow paced on top of it all. Struggled to finish.

What a read...

Alice died at the lake and Mia and her husband Tom are now revisiting the place where Mia cannot recal what truly happened..

Mia has confessed to killing Alice and has flashbacks..can these thoughts be trusted to be true and did Mia do what she thinks she did.

Dr Tara is a therapist and Mia is trusting her to help her remember.

This is a drama filled novel with twists galore. It is a fabulous read and One I really enjoyed..