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  • For You and Only You

  • A Joe Goldberg Novel (You, Book 4)
  • Written by: Caroline Kepnes
  • Narrated by: Santino Fontana
  • Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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For You and Only You

Written by: Caroline Kepnes
Narrated by: Santino Fontana
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Publisher's Summary

New York Times bestselling author Caroline Kepnes, whose acclaimed YOU series inspired the hit show on Netflix, follows “addictively charming antihero” (The Washington Post) Joe Goldberg to the hallowed halls of Harvard, where he leaves crimson in his wake.

“Twisted . . . delightfully creepy.”—Rolling Stone

A POPSUGAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Joe Goldberg is ready for a change. Instead of selling books, he’s writing them. And he’s off to a good start. Glenn Shoddy, an acclaimed literary author, recognizes Joe’s genius and invites him to join a tight-knit writing fellowship at Harvard. Finally, Joe will be in a place where talent matters more than pedigree . . . where intellect is the great equalizer and anything is possible. Even happy endings. Or so he thinks, until he meets his already-published, already-distinguished peers, who all seem to be cut from the same elitist cloth.

Thankfully, Wonder Parish enters the picture. They have so much in common. No college degrees, no pretensions, no stories from prep school or grad school. Just a love for literature. If only Wonder could commit herself to the writing life, they could be those rare literary soulmates who never fall prey to their demons. Wonder has a tendency to love, to covet, but Joe is a believer in the rule of fiction: If you want to write a book, you have to kill your darlings.

With her trademark satirical, biting wit, Caroline Kepnes explores why vulnerable people bring out the worst in others as Joe sets out to make this small, exclusive world a fairer place. And if a little crimson runs in the streets of Cambridge . . . who can blame him? Love doesn’t conquer all. Often, it needs a little push.

©2023 Caroline Kepnes (P)2023 Random House Audio

What the critics say

“Joe Goldberg lives on. . . . For You and Only You delivers everything a fan could want. . . . Yes, it’s a book about writing books, and yes it’s very meta. . . . Kepnes obviously knows the world well, so the zingers land with authenticity. . . . What makes For You and Only You stand out is how pitch-perfect Joe’s voice is when he’s ‘talking’ to the Wonder who lives in his head. . . . [Joe’s] voice is so confident that at times Kepnes puts it in all caps and it feels right. . . . Joe is an addictively charming antihero and after four books, he still feels fresh and original.” The Washington Post

“Twisted . . . Delightfully creepy.” Rolling Stone

“Hard to put down . . . another witty, irresistible mashup of crime fiction and romance, crafted with care and slicked with satire . . . Kepnes dissects that disturbing trope [of stalkers as romantic] with an icy scalpel . . . Kepnes’s group portrait of the workshop members and their dynamics is comedy gold. . . . The plot twists keep on coming, so fast Joe’s wisecracks can hardly keep up, barreling toward a truly surprising finale. The key to For You and Only You, and all of this series, is Joe’s unmistakable voice, seductive and sharp and, once we realize we’ve fallen for it, frightening.”Tampa Bay Times

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slow burn

Took a while to get into this book, but it got really good near the end.

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Always great

I wish the tv series was this good. Santino Fontana is still one of the best narrators for Audio books.

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loved it

I am still impressed with every book and still love the narrator! It was un-put-downable! Caroline keep doing what you're doing!

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Downgraded

From incredible twist and turns, with heavy influential and “like or death scenarios” it becames a “monotone” and “predictable” story. By far the worst one of the Joe Goldbert collection.👎

Cheers for Santino Fontana, he kept the book alive.

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Narrator makes it worth it

The performance of this book and its entire series is so good the story could be a flop and you would still feel like you got your time and credit worth.

To be honest the story itself is weaker than the previous books but I will still listen a second time because of the amazing narrator. He is that good.

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Brilliant as usual

Caroline Kepnes knocks it out of the park with another juicy Joe tale. I finished it quicker than I wanted to but that's usually how it goes! Santino is such a phenomenal narrator. He has Joe down to a T and delivers as if it was actually him this was happening to.
Now to sit and eagerly wait for the next one!

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Great Story

If you’ve like the previous books you will also enjoy this one. Excited for the next

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Boring

Definitely not like the first books. Very boring, very underwhelming. The actor is good though.

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Underwhelmed

Santino Fontana gold(berg) as always! This novel fell flat for me though. Took it straight to Goodreads as I was prompted to many times throughout the book. I Tick Tick Tap Tap Ticked. This book was repetitive and extremely drawn out.

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Branch Covidian’s special

Last Caroline Kepnes novel I ever read.
The plot is weak, the characters are stale, the author is obviously too preoccupied with virtue signaling and pandering to leftist ideologies.

RIP You

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