I coukd not stop reading until I had read every word. This debut novel had me hooked from page one. If you love books filled with plot twist, if you love yo be surprised,if you love to stay up all night reading, this is your book. You will never guess the ending and if you think you have it figured out, take a deep breathe because you dont.. I loved this book. thanks to Netgalley for the ebook arc. the opinion is solely mine.

Thank you to Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Press, and the author for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Adam and Emily seem like a great couple....with a catch: his seemingly imposing mother, Pammie. She does everything in her power to keep Adam away from Emily, but Emily sees through her meddling ways. There were shocking twists and turns throughout the book. I highly recommend this one!

The Other Woman
by Sandie Jones
4 stars for this thriller! many thanks to the author and publisher who provided a copy of this e-book in exchange for my honest review.

This was a fun interesting read. Some good suspense and for me a surprise ending. This is a book I would recommend to all.

tw: cheating, spousal abuse, assault, death, serious sickness

Before I start this review, I just got to say one thing: that ending?! Holy cow, that ending. 10% of the book and Sandie Jones throws that wrench in there?! I couldn't breathe the entire time I was reading that part. Man alive...

Okay, so the first 40% or so of the book was kind of dull. There was a lot of build up and I thought things were happening kind of quickly. We met Pammie at about 20% and things started going bad by like 30% so I wasn't sure where the story was going to go with still a lot left. Honestly, I didn't feel that bad for Emily right away. Pammie just seemed like the typical horrible mother in law. But then..oh boy.

That the problem with thrillers though. I can't say much so I don't spoil everything inside but at the same time, you want to sell the book so others will read it. I am bursting at the seams because I want to just go off and tell you all everything! But I will keep my mouth shut about everything in this book and just say go and get it come August.

Honestly read this book and yes, I'm going to keep telling you all this. It's a bit slow in the beginning and the pacing is kind of weird. But stick it out and don't even bother trying to guess anything because I guarantee you will be wrong.

I couldn't put it down !!! Filled with suspense, murder , and plot twists that will keep you guessing.

I tried so hard to like this one. I just did not like any of the characters. Pekkanen recommending it on the cover got me wanting to read it but I do not believe it lived up to its hype.

Wow! I had four other books I was reading at the time and I shoved them aside to focus on this gem. It reads like chick lit, but takes a psychological thriller turn. I experienced so many emotions while reading this book and am shocked that it is the author’s debut novel. I can’t wait to read what she writes next!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the advanced copy in exchange for my review.

I can't say enough great things about this book! It needs to come out now so I can recommend to all of my psychological thriller loving friends.

The relationships feel real especially Emily's family and friends. I loved the description of Christmas at her house. It made me feel like I was at home on Christmas too. Pippa and Seb are ultimate friend goals.

Then you have Pammie. Oh Pam Pam, this relationship felt so real. I think all women have experienced the subtle "compli-jab"...a rude comment cleverly disguised as a compliment. Pammie is the queen of them. Plus so much more.

Then there's the END! Whaaa!?!

Adam is the most perfect man Emily has ever known. She can't wait until they are married. His mother, Pammie has other things on her mind. Stop the wedding, break them up. Emily can't figure out why her future mother-in-law hates her so much. She is bound and determined to show Pammie who will win at this game. She's bound and determined to marry the man of her dreams, even if it kills her.
I really enjoyed reading this book. The characters are amazing. You are actually cheering them on, or hoping they're caught in their lies. Terrific storyline, great ending. Highly recommended.

I had high hopes for this book based on the number of 4 and 5-star ratings on Goodreads. Unfortunately, this one wasn't for me. I was expecting a psychological thriller and it didn't live up to the hype. But obviously, lots of people enjoyed it based on the ratings so maybe it's just me.

This book gripped me from the first page to the last. I could totally understand the relationship between Emily, the love of her life Adam and Adam's mother Pammie. Emily has found true love. Adam is everything she wants in a man and has great plans for their future. Then she meets his mother Pammie and it is clear from the start that Pammie will do everything in her power to split Emily and Adam up. Adam also has brother who tries to help Emily but is he really helping? This book will bring out some strong emotions and you will not be prepared for the ending.

The Other Woman by Sandie Jones is another of those books that make me crave popcorn once I pick them up and start reading. It’s the type of story that early on you get the entire general idea of what will happen but still fun to sit back and wait for the fireworks and enjoy the show along the way.

Emily has come out of a relationship where she caught her boyfriend cheating with a good friend of hers so she’s a bit hesitant to get back in the game until she meets Adam. The more Emily gets to know Adam the more she thinks he’s absolutely perfect for her, that is until he brings her home to meet his mother.

On the surface Emily’s first meeting with Pammie goes well but for Emily the doubts begin to creep in after that meeting. While Pammie appears to be friendly and welcoming little things she does or say seem to get the best of Emily but Emily is not willing to give up her love for Adam despite his mother.

The story inside of The Other Woman is not a new one but it’s one that has managed to grab my attention time and time again. The good old ‘evil mother in law to be’ trope did manage to entertain me until the very end again this time and oh what an ending it was. Emily and Pammie made such an entertaining pair this go round that I flew right through the book and would certainly recommend this to those that enjoy a good old fashioned drama filled suspenseful ride.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

I did not quite know what to expect when I started this book. I thought that I was in for a story of a jealous old woman trying to keep her son from getting married because of some messed up reverse Oedipus Rex complex, I was totally wrong!

Pammie, which is an awful name for an older woman, has 2 wonderful sons, Adam and James. Adam meets and falls in love with Emily, but when Emily meets Pammie she can't understand why Pammie is so mean and nasty towards her. She tries to tell Adam, but he brushes her off not wanting to hear anything negative about his sweet, loving mother. As things progress with their relationship, Emily's relationship with Pammie just continues to get worse and worse. It's not until the very end of the book that we see the bigger picture. I have a fairly good sense of impending twist sometimes, but this was a great one and I did not see it coming.

This was a really enjoyable book, thank you! I'd love to read more from this author and publisher. My only feedback is with the major twist at the end. While shocking, it was a bit unbelievable as some of Pammie's comments earlier in the book were inconsistent with her ultimate revelation.

I received an ARC from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This was my first title to be approved by NetGalley and I'm so glad! It was truly a GREAT read!
You open the book and start to think you have it all figured out, that you're reading about the worst future mother in law in the world and that they'll breakup and that's all BUT, then the story takes a dramatic twist! A twist that makes you shake your head like whoa, what just happened here?
I really love how Sandie Jones developed the characters and the sly details she puts out there, just enough to get you thinking and then when things are revealed, you realize she HAD thrown a couple of eggs out there but, you didn't quite put two and two together.
"Pammie", the mother in law from hell or was she? You'll have to read to find out!! A definite MUST READ!!

“A deliciously disturbing, compulsively readable debut domestic suspense--prepare to meet The Other Woman: there’s nothing she won’t do to keep you away from her son ...

Emily thinks Adam’s perfect; the man she thought she’d never meet.

But lurking in the shadows is a rival; a woman who shares a deep bond with the man she loves.

Emily chose Adam, but she didn’t choose his mother Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever.

The Other Woman is an addictive, fast-paced psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between Emily, her boyfriend Adam, and his manipulative mother Pammie.”-Goodreads.com

I was all ready to give 4 or more stars to this one ... until I got to the twist at the end. It felt like the author was trying too hard to create a jaw dropping ending. While I appreciate the effort, it didn't ring true for me. Perhaps Pammie missed her calling. She was a hell of an actress!

When I heard the words "The Most Twisty, Addictive and Gripping Debut Thriller" I couldn't wait to dive into this book. I LOVE thrillers! However, this one completely missed the "thriller" mark for me. There was no edge of my seat, nail biting going on while reading it. It was quite slow for the first half of the book and then became a little predictable to me. I find myself saying....If this wasn't classified as a thriller, I would probably have given it a higher rating because it was a decent story, just Not A Thriller.

According to CrimeByTheBook.com: "The term 'domestic thriller' is one which every single reader might define just a bit differently - but at its most basic, this subgenre of crime fiction is a style of psychological thriller that focuses on interpersonal relationships....A domestic thriller is a subset of psychological thrillers; you’d be hard-pressed to find a domestic thriller that couldn’t also be considered a psychological thriller, but not all psychological thrillers are domestic thrillers."

The term domestic thriller (in some places domestic noir) might be new but there are classics that might fit here, such as Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and We Have Always Lived in a Castle by Shirley Jackson.

I read Gone Girl and The Girl on a Train well after others were clamoring abou them.  I liked Gone Girl up till the final quarter or so and then it just felt a little silly.  (I have read all Flynn's work, and my favorite is Sharp Objects which while it deals with family and secrets feels more gothic to me than a lot of the more recent books that are lumped into this "domestic" thriller category.)  I kind of don't know why I finished The Girl on the Train, I didn't like most of the characters.  I've read many others since then, and some I've liked and enjoyed and others were just okay and a few I didn't really care for.  So when ANOTHER one comes out and it is compared to whatever the most recent flavor of the day is, I ask myself do I really want to read that?  I also find the idea that EVERY new book has the TWISTIEST plot twist to be silly (Not to mention that hyping the twist can backfire.  What if it isn't a great twist?  Plus you told me about it so now I'm looking for it.)  And yet I almost always read the next one.  (Just like reading (some) more YA dystopian series or drinking IPA, I read more of these.)

Which brings me to The Other Woman.  The blurb on the cover is from Sarah Pekkanen, a co-author of The Wife Between Us which Anita Shreve (an author with a few novels that teetered on the edge of domestic suspense) directly compared to Gone Girl et al.

The "other woman" in this story is Pammie, Emily's new boyfriend Adam's mum.  Pammie presents one side to the world (butter wouldn't melt in her mouth) but Emily starts to accumulate a series of small events that seem to add up to just one thing:  Pammie would do ANYTHING to get between her beloved boy Adam and the new woman in this life.  But just how far will she go?

I skimmed a few of the reviews on Goodreads and agree, there is some suspension of disblief required to enjoy this title.  I also agree with one reader, that I also figured out at least part of the twist fairly early (although I didn't exactly know Pammie's role in the matter).  What I enjoyed (as I did with the aforementioned Wife Between Us and Kaira Rouda's Best Day Ever) was that there was more "there" there and something a little more original as well as a sense (vaguish spoiler aler) that the female characters had some agency and control, while many other women protagionist and secondary characters in the subgenre do not.  So read it or not, your choice.  I'd love to hear what others think of not just this title but this wave of domestic thrillers.

Such an exciting, wicked read! There are so many twists and turns, as the reader, you will feel like you are going insane. Every time you think you have things figured out you are hit with another piece of the puzzle throwing your head into a tail spin! This will take everything you think you know about love, lies and deception and make you realize that you know nothing.