Here we have a love triangle of a different sort. That of a mother, a son, and his soon to be fiance. Yet love is not really a word I would use in this particular scenario. Because mother, Pammie, despises her son Adam's fiance, Emily, and she will stop at nothing to keep the two apart.

I need to give Sandie Jones credit in creating a wicked villain in Pammie. She is the reason why I continued to flip the pages. Every word that came from her mouth made me seethe with fury. Initially my heart broke for Emily and I wanted her to succeed in outwitting Pammie but as the story progressed I started to find Emily just down right pathetic. Adam, of course, believes his mother is a saint and that Emily is the one causing the rift in the relationship.

There were just SOOOOO many opportunities for Emily to prove to Adam how malicious a woman his mother could be but she just chose not to in fear of upsetting him? Really? I would of kicked this mamma's boy to the curb long well before this. I really wanted to smack some sense into her.

All in all it was a decent read that I enjoyed and it was nice entertainment for a couple days. 3.5 stars!

Thank you to NetGalley & St. Martin's Press for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review. Also, thanks to BookishFirst for sending me a physical copy that I won in a giveaway.

Definitely not an original story and not big on British storyline, I definitely had a hard finishing.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to preview The Other Woman by Sandie Jones.

When you meet the man of your dreams, you are so happy. YOu are eager to please and especially excited when you meet the "family". A woman meets the mother in law from hell and it goes from bad to worse.
This thriller is a bumpy ride and readers will start to wonder how this is gonna end - and it looks bad for everyone.

Interesting and fast paced.

Fans of twisty, tense, psychological suspense (see what I did there?!) will eat this one up! Absolutely floored that this is a debut!

The Other Women by Sandie Jones is a thriller about Emily and her boyfriend Adam. The other women in this story is Adam's mother Pammie. Pammie takes every opportunity to destroy the couple's relationship. I enjoyed this book even though I didn't like the 3 main characters. Emily never stood up for herself, which really bothered me. I did love the twist in the end, so it was worth the read. I recommend this book for if you enjoy thrillers,

I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

It's always exciting to discover a debut novelist who leaves you wanting more. That's how I feel about Sandie Jones and her book "The Other Woman." This is a fun, fast-paced psychological thriller about a couple in love and his truly hateful mother. Emily is deeply, madly in love with Adam, but Adam's mother seems to be singularly determined to thwart their relationship. Seriously, over-the-top! But Emily persists, marrying Adam and having a baby. And then things go awry, leading to an exciting last chapter twist.

I enjoyed this novel, but only gave it 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4, because it felt a little too familiar to me. Maybe I'm just reading too many psychological thrillers with twisty endings lately? I also just couldn't tolerate Adam, which made it hard for me to be empathetic with Emily. I would have dumped his ass the first time he sided with his mother over me! And I would never have let him dictate my friendships.

Nonetheless, it was a fun read and the ending was very satisfying. I would definitely recommend "The Other Woman" and look forward to Jones's next novel.

Psychological thriller is exactly what this book is. I was stuck to the edge of my seat while reading word after word, page after page, and chapter after chapter. I could stop reading. I won’t give it away but it seems no one is at he/she seems. Everyone has a secret and until the end of the book, you won’t know who is telling the truth.

This is a tough review to write only because I want to tell you all about it but The Other Woman needs to be read without knowing the spoilers. I knew how it would end, I knew that Emily and Adam would figure out how to get past his crazy mother, Pammie would figure out how to accept Emily…everything I knew was not quite what happens. I have to say that I wasn’t totally wrong but I wasn’t totally right either.

The Other Woman in one of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read and definitely one of the best in 2018. As a debut author, Sandie Jones is now one of my must-read authors.

Whoa. I’m going to be very frank here - I almost gave up on this when I was about a third of the way in. It started very slow and I wasn’t sure where the author was going. But Ringa started building, and then they just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger and then BOOM came the ending that I did not anticipate. While I’m really glad that I finished this, there are a lot of things I didn’t like about this book. I found it difficult to connect with any of the characters. Emily really annoyed me. She was so oblivious to all of the warning signs around her that I actually found myself yelling at her at one point. I didn’t find Adam to be likeable at all, so it was very difficult for me to understand why Emily fell for him.

I’m giving this three stars but really, it’s more like 3.5 stars from me.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

The Other Woman by Sandie Jones drew me in the blurb and kept me engaged with the story. How far would a mother go to protect her son? Or at least protect him as she thought best. I am not sure where to start, except you just have to read this.

Emily fell for Adam. She thinks he is just about perfect. Everything about him is what she wants in a man. Then she met his mother. Pammie loves her son. More than anything in the world. So much so, that will do whatever it takes to keep any woman away from her son. And so it begins!

The Other Woman was a story full of twists and turns and the unexpected! Nothing new here, but the story was engaging and I could not wait to see what would happen next!

Happy reading!

Wow, this book was shockingly gritty and addicting! It grinds like sandpaper on your every nerve, but yet you have to keep reading! Some aspects of the storyline were rather cliche, but the pacing and the writing were enough to keep me engaged and satisfied.

Emily has finally found the man of her dreams in Adam. He is sweet and caring....but a little too close to his mother, Pammie. Emily tries to play nice, but Pammie will have none of that, and wants nothing more than to have Adam all to herself. Adam himself defends his mother and often blames Emily for the rift between the two women.

For all of the grinding of the nerves throughout the book, on top of everything there comes an absolutely CRAZY ending that I did not see coming!

This was not my favorite psychological thriller. I did not like the characters and didn’t think their decisions were realistic. I could not get interested in this book. I had to force myself to finish it to write this review.

Some of the character names were annoying and confusing; Poppy, Pippa, and Pammie.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book courtesy of NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I'm sure many readers will love this page turner, but I did not. I read it faithfully for a while and then started skimming and skipping ahead. I did this because it was painful to read what the protagonist was experiencing and frustrating that she put up with the circumstances. No spoilers here. The end was surprising but didn't ring true. There needed to be quite a suspense of disbelief. I find the mother-in-law from hell storyline to be a bit tired. I'm still giving it three stars, because I thought it was good writing.

This one took me for a trip! I didn’t know who to trust, even in the end when everything was revealed. I love when books do this! The narrator isn’t one I would classify as unreliable, but yet, you can never be sure. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time!


I received an advance copy, all thoughts are my own.

This book got great ratings so I was super excited to read it! I HATE writing reviews like this but I couldn't stand this book :( It took me forever to even get going in the book so already I started off fairly bored. Emily and Adam meeting was so brief I could never understand how she fell so hard for him and why! So therefore I never understood why she was so convinced he was "the one". But the reason I went with a one star instead of a two star was because of Emily's character. I hated the fact the fact that Emily was treated so horribly by both Pammie and Adam yet "let me just stay with him because he's the one." And just the small things like her being scared to ask him questions because she didn't want to scare him off, etc. I get the point why the author decided to do this but NO. Not an okay subliminal message and not enjoyable to read. The twists weren't that shocking to me and actually created a hole or two in the plot. I ended up rating this a 1 star because I didn't like Emily, Adam, Pammie, the plot, or the twists. I'm super happy for those of you who really loved this book and it's twists but it's not one I would recommend to my family or friends.

If you have ill feelings towards your mother-in-law this story will make you glad it isn’t Pammie - right up to the shocking ending. Emily feels like she’s the only one who sees the real Pammie. It makes her question everything. But Emily is determined to win the battle for Adam’s love and devotion. Turns out, Adam is a tosser.

I'm giving The Other Woman by Sandie Jones a 3/5 stars. What I got from this book was not what I expected. It definitely wasn't much of a thriller, though it was still an interesting read. I saw a lot of things coming, but certain things were a complete surprise. This book was just so weird for me. I like it, but I also don't. Several of the characters just aren't great people, which is the point but it almost went too far at times. I just don't understand how Emily put up with all of that for so long. The layout of this book was also a little weird. There were a few random time jumps and not everything was explained as thoroughly as I wanted it to be. Overall, this was an interesting read, though it was not what I expected whatsoever.

After breaking up with her cheating ex-boyfriend, Emily has stayed away from relationships. She is successful at her job and although she is not getting any younger, she is happy.

Meeting Adam during celebration at a pub, she is intrigued by him. He has a winning smile and is very handsome. As he pursues her, Emily begins to wonder about how much she knows about him and his past. He is not very forthcoming. As time goes by, Emily is able to learn more and more about Adam and cannot help but completely falling for him. All is bliss until she meets what appears to be her mother in law from hell. Pammie continually tries to separate them and cause friction. She is a bit extreme in her efforts and you will not be able to control yourself from hating her!

This is a good book. I am rating it with 3 stars because, for me, the plot becomes too contrived at the end. I will not tell you what happens. No spoilers here. I think the author could have worked on the last plot twist a bit better in order to really bring this novel to the excellent level it could have been. My opinion. You read it and decide for yourself. Still, the first three quarters of the book were very engaging and entertaining.

I am voluntarily reviewing this book. Thank you to the publisher for sharing a copy with me.

The Other Woman. by Sandie Jones

I enjoyed this gripping thriller as it is all about psychological warfare. Emily a modern, working girl is not so lucky with her partners till she meets the ‘perfect one’ Adam, alas, he comes with a downright nasty, passive-aggressive, manipulating, double-faced mother. While Emily begins to doubt herself she also ignores the first warning signs of Adam’s behavior. It is gripping until the end. The tinies drawback is Adams brother, his character is not credible, nor is his dual role as supporter or seducer. Otherwise a perfect page-turner, which I would recommend.

Who here has a bat-crap crazy mother-in-law?

*throws hand in the air*

Oh, I see. You all are just too scared to admit it. Smart people.

*slowly lowers hand and looks around in fear for MIL*

Most of our husbands’ mothers aren’t really all that bad. They can be a little overbearing at times, definitely have a tendency to stick their noses where they don’t belong and have mastered the “guilt trip”. Emily’s future mother-in-law, however, is a freaking nightmare!

I was worried about starting this book because there was so much hype about it and I find that a lot of over-hyped books tend to fall flat for me. I proceeded with caution but found that it was completely unnecessary. I loved this book! I was immediately drawn into the story and found it quite hard to put down. In fact, if I would have read another 20 or so pages that first night…this would have been a one sitting read.

I’m usually pretty good at picking up on the little tells that hint at the ending but The Other Woman had me pretty stumped. The signs were all there but I was so engrossed in Pammie and Emily’s tug of war that I completely missed them until the last 30 or so pages. The author has managed to hide the most important details in plain sight through this whole book but she has also written it in such a fast paced way that you don’t even realize how predictable this book really is until it hits you right in the face! That’s pretty impressive, in my opinion. I was not a huge fan of the ending, though. It wasn’t a bad way to finish this book off but I will admit that I was a little heartbroken at the way things played out.

I won’t go as far as to call this a thriller but Jones has written every woman’s psychological horror story. With a terrifyingly relatable storyline and a lightning fast pace, I would recommend this page turner to anyone. Especially if you are a man with a mother…or a woman who’s significant other has a mother…or if you are a mother. You know what? Just buy the book. I think this would be an enjoyable read for practically everyone.
I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an electronic copy of this book to enjoy.

When Emily meets Adam, it was love at first sight. They liked the same things, enjoyed spending time together, and Emily began to hope that Adam would soon propose. The only flaw in their otherwise beautiful romance was Pammie, Adam’s mother. Adam was a fierce defender of his mother, and refused to even hear of any flaw in her character.

Pammie did everything she could possibly think of to ruin Emily and Adam’s relationship. She spoke of the deep sadness they all felt when Adam’s first serious girlfriend, Rebecca, died unexpectedly; implying Emily was second choice and would never measure up. She had Adam’s brother work on Emily to get her to cheat with him. At the bachelorette party, she invited Charlotte; a one-time friend of Emily’s who had been sleeping with Emily’s last boyfriend. Pammie even goes so far as to announce she has cancer at the rehearsal dinner, causing Adam to postpone the wedding until his darling mother is well again. Pammie is manipulative and controlling, and Emily can’t seem to pry Adam away from her, even after Emily and Adam’s child is born.

This was absolutely not what I was expecting. Mom playing helpless – check. Son buying into it-check. Some weird symbiotic relationship-check. I was floored at the level Pammie would stoop to to protect Adam, and I definitely did not suspect who the real psychopath was. This was a fascinating read that I finished in one sitting.