Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the free eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Never Have I Ever is the story of your typical suburban housewife who turns out to be not so typical when a friendly adult version of Never Have I Ever on book club night is orchestrated by a new neighbor who is hellbent on turning our heroine's life upside down. Sounds interesting right? Right. Well, on the surface it should be interesting...it even is a bit interesting with all the twists and developments that the story takes. Where this book falls flat is in the pacing and the characters. Try as I might I couldn't connect with them, nor did I find myself liking them. You don't actually have to like a character enjoy a book, but you should at least be invested in what happens to them, especially in a story like this one where the entire plot hinges on the fact that the main character's life is threatening to implode. I honestly didn't care one way or the other what happened to Amy. Sure I wanted to see where the story was going and what exactly would happen, but I wasn't invested in a sense where I was rooting for Amy or rooting against her.

Because of the twists and in spite of the pacing and characters, this book was a solid 3 stars for me all the way up until the final twist. In very few words: WTH?! The final twist came completely out of nowhere and seemed completely unnecessary. The author could have gone in any direction besides the one that she chose and I have to admit it just made the story even weirder and really creepy. Obviously it's not unheard of and it happens and it's, unfortunately, a fact of life, but I just don't see why THAT needed to be the final twist in the book. A big turn off for me and honestly, it's unfortunate. I don't say this to discourage anyone from reading this because I'm sure some people would be really into the overall story, I just think I had different expectations.