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The Caged Girl

A Favorite Girl Series Standalone

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The Caged Girl

By: Monica Arya
Narrated by: Nikita Mirpuri
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From award-winning and Amazon charts bestselling author Monica Arya comes the much-anticipated sequel of The Favorite Girl.

Welcome to Ivory Island where all of your deepest and darkest desires can come true…

In life, it's always the goal to be the most loved, respected, and adored. The favorite, if you will. However, Demi Rao has realized that being the favorite isn't always a dream come true. Being the favorite can be your worst nightmare. After barely escaping, Demi finds herself at the gorgeous, one-of-a-kind, exclusive resort run by her former psychopath boss, Dr. Ivory's younger brother.

As she begins her new job, she knows that the ocean views and amenities are all a façade. The resort has an all-inclusive experience not limited to food and drinks but rather a sick and twisted way to fulfill everyone's wildest dreams and fantasies without judgment. Couples are carefully selected and invited, some go missing, and others are found tied up…

Demi can't live with herself if she doesn't find a way to end the Ivory family once and for all. The only problem is she may go from the favorite girl to the caged girl if she's caught.

And once you're in the gilded cage, you'll never get out.

Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2025 Monica Arya (P)2025 Podium Audio
Genre Fiction Medical Medical & Forensic Psychological Thriller & Suspense Dream
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This book was not a disappointment !! 10/10 !! Loved it . Can’t wait to see what the author has in the future .

Wow!!!

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My Review of The Caged Girl by Monica Arya – 4.75 Stars

Whew. The Caged Girl messed with my head in all the best (and worst) ways—and I mean that as a compliment.

After reading The Favorite Girl, I didn’t think Monica Arya could take it any darker… but The Caged Girl proves me wrong in every chapter. This book is more demented, more twisted, more evil, and somehow, even more emotionally gutting than the first. I couldn’t stop reading it—and I didn’t want to.

We’re thrown back into Demi Rao’s nightmare, and if you thought she had it bad before, just wait. The manipulation in this book is on a whole other level. The lies. The control. The “what is real and what is performance” kind of madness that leaves you questioning every single person’s motives. And while I have to be honest—Demi annoyed me sometimes, like really annoyed me—I still couldn’t help but want her to survive it all.

There were so many moments where I literally said out loud, “Girl, why are you doing that?” or “No, please don’t go in there!” She was so frustrating and too trusting, especially when everything screamed danger, and I just needed her to fight harder, to think smarter. But I get it—she was deeply traumatized and trying to survive. One line that hit hard was when she said:

“I learned to smile with a bleeding mouth. To pretend I wasn’t being devoured from the inside out.”

That line? Haunting. Chilling. Real.

This book doesn’t tiptoe around the darkness. It dives in and drags you under. There are scenes that felt like a punch to the chest. Psychological abuse, forced obedience, disturbing ‘games’—Monica Arya does not shy away from showing how power and control can cage a person in more ways than one. And yet, even with all that, there’s a thread of hope woven through Demi’s fight for herself.

One thing I loved was how Arya took her storytelling even further in this sequel. There’s more complexity, more suspense, and more mind games. Just when I thought I had it figured out, boom—twist. And don’t even get me started on the final chapters. My jaw was on the floor.

To sum it up: The Caged Girl is unhinged, uncomfortable, and unforgettable. A psychological thriller that makes your skin crawl and your heart ache. Even though Demi had me rolling my eyes more than once, I was rooting for her the whole time.

4.75 stars from me. It would’ve been a perfect 5 if I didn’t want to shake Demi a few times—but hey, if a character can make me feel that much, that’s a sign of powerful writing.

Monica Arya, you are evil. And I love it.

Unhinged demented way

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Perfect conclusion to a sick story lol I very much enjoyed the sequel.

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I’m not sure how Bradley didn’t die from her drugging him from first book. And how Layla survived the stabbing from Demi and beating from Trent??? Demi stabbed her multiple times to make sure to end her suffering. And then Conrad came back from the dead too?? It just feels like a lot of people conveniently arose from the dead when their death seemed so final.

Great sequel

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I loved Demi bossing up. but OMG will there be a third book? I need closure 😩

Eyelashes are the dream catchers for tears

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This book is filled with twists and turns . Definitely kept my interest . Would recommend to anyone who wants to read

So good

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I was curious to see what the author came up with after the first novel the favorite girl. this story is way darker than the first but still really good! narrator is amazing and hooks you in.

Narrator is amazing!

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Wow! There were some twists included in this book that I was not prepared for after reading the first first book. The Ivory family is more connected than even Demilion, aka Demi realized. Finishing someone unaffected by the Ivory family is like searching for a needle in a haystack worth all the lights off and no feeling in your hands.

This was even better than the first book!

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