This was such a pleasant surprise. I was riveted from start to finish. My best recommendation for this would to go in without knowing a ton about the plot. I kept thinking I knew what was going on, but then there would be a curve ball. I read this in two days- it was one of those books that kept me up because I HAD to know the ending! Very well done. This will be a very popular domestic thriller next year.

Wow, the description was so true! I made many assumptions, and often thought I knew what was going to happen next. This was a fun read. I enjoyed the journey with Vanessa!

4.5 stars. Wow. What a story. I don't want to give away too much about this book because the twists are so good.

"When you read this book, you will make many assumptions.
You will assume you are reading about a jealous wife and her obsession with her replacement.
You will assume you are reading about a woman about to enter a new marriage with the man she loves.
You will assume the first wife was a disaster and that the husband was well rid of her.
You will assume you know the motives, the history, the anatomy of the relationships.
Assume nothing."

This says it all which is in the description of the book. This would be a great book club selection because there would be much discussion. I would love to discuss this book with someone. Several times during the book I thought to myself " did this really just happen?"

4.5 for this pleasant surprise. Not at all the story I was expecting. It's hard to say more without giving anything away but the twists that came caught me off guard. They weren't the same predictable ones I'm used to seeing.

HOLD MY WEAVE.

This book is intense. At first a classic psychological thriller about relationships and how they deteriorate and the different perspectives each person has, it soon descends into something much, much more interesting. I really enjoyed this.

It took me until the mid-point to finally get on board with this book and it did pick up quite a bit. However, normally I would have given up on a book by then. I did enjoy the writing style and the characters and there were a couple of things that caught me off guard in the 2nd half of the story. The big twist did make quite a difference in how I viewed the story but I almost wish I would have known from the beginning and it might have made a little more sense.

Wow! This might be the only book that I have ever read where nothing is what it seems! Every time I had an "ah ha" moment the carpet was jerked from underneath me. So many twists and turns. Definitely go into this one blind!

Where to start? This was a book with many twists and turns. Often books have very predictable storylines...not this one! The description says it all—"assume nothing." I can only say, "Do yourself a favor and read this book!" I will be recommending this book to all my friends and family. It is so well written and engrossing...you won't want to stop until you reach the end. I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review, but would have gladly paid to read this!

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an ARC of The Wife Between Us. I have read most of Pekkenan's other books and didn't even realize she was a coauthor of this book until I finished.

In a book that has many twists and turns, I found myself fully immersed. Vanessa's ex husband Richard is getting remarried. We see Vanessa as she goes through dealing with this and still getting over her horrible marriage to Richard.

What we don't know while we are reading it is why the marriage ended. We slowly are let into the secrets of Vanessa and Richard's marriage.

I won't say too much more because of the possibility of spoiling something. But I highly recommend for people who like page turners and book that keep you guessing!

This book is full of twists that I did not see coming. It had me going back and wondering if I had read correctly. I also found the ending very unexpected and interesting. I would recommend this book if you are looking for a good psychological thriller. Thank you Net Galley for an advanced copy for my honest review.

This was the best book I've read all year! I read hundreds of thrillers, so it's difficult to shock me. "The wife between us" did just that! So engrossing I couldnt put it down, but I knew I would be sad to finish it! The story of an exwife having trouble letting go with her exhusbands remarriage. Or is it? The love story of a woman moving up. Or is it? So many twists and turns, but characters you care about. I can't wait for more stories by these authors. I'm obsessed!

The reviews I read on this book hyped it up and I was very excited to read it. The first third or so was very interesting and had me sneaking in a chapter or two when I should have been doing other projects. But, it eventually got very repetitive and I started to lose interest. The writing really needed to be tightened. The book was good, but could have been great.

5++++ stars for The Wife Between Us, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, due for release in January 2018. This was simply fantastic. I could not put it down and read it in less than twenty-four hours because I couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen next. The story is told from the alternating viewpoints of successful hedge fund manager Richard's ex-wife and his soon to be new wife. No synopsis here. Just read it cold and enjoy the twists and turns. The authors brilliantly manipulate the characters and adroitly misdirect reality and perception to take the reader on a nonstop roller coaster ride.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

I received this book free from Netgalley. I read it in less than 24 hours. Wow! I will be thinking about it for some time. So many things that you assume and "think" you know as your read turn out to be wrong. I found it to be very addictive and thought provoking. The main character was hard to like, but she definitely grew on me as the story went on, and in the end I was routing for her to succeed.

***Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of THE WIFE BETWEEN US in exchange for my honest review ***

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

Don’t read too many reviews before reading THE WIFE BETWEEN US. If you read the description of the book, you’ll already be looking for the twists and turns. You may even be distracted from the book, wondering what’s real and the reliability of the narrators.

The twists and turns will appeal to mystery lovers. Many are ingenious, fresh and surprising. I wouldn’t classify THE WIFE BETWEEN US as a thriller as much as a cross between mystery, character study, women’s fiction and literary fiction. I never held my breath and if I had expected to be on the edge of my seat with concern for the narrator, I may have been disappointed. Though not fast paced THE WIFE BETWEEN US kept me turning pages to find out what happened next. Even if you’re not an epilogue fan, this will blow you away.

I hate to leave a bad review for an author as I imagine that their book is their baby. Unfortunately this book was not for me, I got hooked by the description but did not care for the writer's style. I'm not sure how to describe it other than to say it was just ..... off. I was unable to finish the book, maybe it gets better but I think life is to short for meh books.

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WOW. Every twist and turn was unexpected. This book had me on the edge of my seat literally through the entire novel. At the end of every part, the authors surprised and thrilled. I read this book in two days - probably one of the fastest reads because I could not put it down for even a second!

I thoroughly enjoyed The Wife Between Us. Extremely well done were the many twists and turns in this novel. Did I say ‘many’? I meant ‘many, many, many’. And just as extremely well done was the authors’ talent for keeping all those twists and turns from becoming confusing.

It’s about marriage, obsession, and relationships, and the suspense and tension are riveting. The characters were captivating, the surprises were very clever, and the ending was totally unexpected, in a good way.

Kudos to Ms Hendricks and Ms Pekkanen for a book I will remember and recommend. Well done, ladies. Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. It was definitely a page turner.

Despite all of the glowingly positive marketing and press around this book, I found it to be a slow moving dud trying to get by on its clever "twist". At this point I'm getting sick and tired of these Gone Girl/Girl on the Train desperate clones that call themselves thrillers and rely upon what the author(s) consider to be a you-never-see-it-coming twist without a tight story surrounding it.
The Wife Between Us tells the reader that they'll question their own assumptions about relationships and situations they think they understand, which is a tall order and pretty presumptuous. Is the ex-wife crazy, is her husband the perfect guy or a controlling monster, is the other woman living in fear of her fiancee's ex? These are all questions asked by the book, and answers are given then flipped around and around again. My problem was that I just didn't care one way or the other about the protagonist nor did I find myself surprised in any way by the obvious characterization of the husband/ex-husband. It all came across so dull to me. The first third of the book drags like crazy and even after we hit the first twist, that second third only gets moderately better. The ending is pretty much inline with the rest of the book as a humdrum snoozefest, but what really ticked me off was the ridiculous Epilogue. Wow, why did someone thing that was a good idea? As I was reading I just kept asking myself "ok, what's the big deal with this book?". There is no amazing story between these pages. The marketing being done on this, in my opinion, is completely overblown. This is not the thriller it's being made out to be; it's a middling Lifetime Original Movie at best.