Publication Date: January 8, 2018
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Rating: ★★★
When you read this book, you will make many assumptions.
You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife.
You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement – a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love.
You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle.
Assume nothing.Twisted and deliciously chilling, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage – and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love.
Read between the lies.
Review:
There are so many things that I could say about this book that intrigued me. The hype was unreal when this book came out. I am a person that will wait until the hype decreases to watch it, read it, etc. (I literally just watched Frozen for the first time). The title and cover alone were enough to interest me in what The Wife Between Us was about. There were some parts of this book that were fantastic, but unfortunately, I had a pretty hard time getting through it.
The details of the first half of this book had be ready to sprint towards the end. Everyone was telling about I would be hooked immediately, and I definitely was. I saw every word and mulled them over in my brain as new each part approached. The first twist had me so shocked that I was ready for that big one I was waiting for! Then… I hit the wall. I hit the middle of the book and the story kept displaying itself more and more. I was not so sure I was really into it anymore after hitting the middle and learning more about another twist that was occurring. It just didn’t read right for me I guess.
Then, I hit the end. Everyone on bookstagram and Goodreads and in my personal life talked about the end and how awesome it was. I got to the end and… it did not sit with me well. I didn’t have this “oh my goodness!” moment like everyone described, I was actually quite disappointed. I feel like the end was more focused on the shock value instead of the story. It no longer included the substance I needed it to.
I only read mystery maybe every four or five books, so your opinion of The Wife Between Us could be way different than mine. I encourage you to go after the hype and read this book! I love hearing people’s different ideas of what things meant as well as how they felt about the mysteries surrounding it.
