The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Description from Amazon:

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.

 

With 19 “warnings” on Amazon and many before you even start the book of twists on twists, well… you can see where this is going. As soon as people start saying there are twists you don’t see coming, you start looking for them, and then pretty soon it’s easy to spot where the twist starts.

 

Granted… it was a good idea, but similar to ones I have read before. The first part has you looking for clues and keeps you captivated, but as the layers start unfolding, it becomes very drawn out with subplots that don’t feel necessary. So you have Nellie, who is engaged to Richard, who feels as though his ex-wife Vanessa (now struggling with alcohol and life itself) is trying to ruin the upcoming wedding.

 

Red flags are everywhere and should keep you questioning past and present decisions by the characters. This is one of those books that is difficult to explain where it goes wrong without giving it all away, but suffice it to say, I’m really not feeling the “let’s blame bad actions on our childhoods” or “oh gosh, my plan to ruin another’s life was all for the greater good”.

 

You’ll either love this book or hate it, and since part of it actually made me want to read more, I’m in the middle. Would I read it again to go back and see the trail of clues sprinkled to explain the ending? No.