Not even sure how to review this without spoiling the whole story OR I could just use the mindblown emoji and leave it at that.
This is my first Tarryn Fisher book even though I have followed her on Instagram for a long time and love her. And well, she is a self-proclaimed villain, so obviously she can write them.
That being said, the story didn't feel fully unique. I mean, it was unpredictable AF but it also felt like something I'd already seen on Lifetime or something.

The Wives is a fantastic psychological thriller! I devoured it and loved every minute. Dark and twisted, it will keep you guessing until the end.

Reading The Wives is like riding the fastest roller coaster and loving all the steep drops and stomach twisting loop de loops. Mind blowing with every page and a twist you won’t see coming means this book should come with a warning label for a reading hangover.

I was interested in this book because not only did the blurb sound good I have a ton of book nerd friends who love this author and I have never tried her. I'm always skeptical of the authors people fan girl about a lot because for some reason they rarely work for me (probably cuz I'm naturally deposed to go against the grain).

This started off great and I was really immersed in the story. I really enjoyed it up until the end. I disliked the ending quite a bit. Not because of bad writing just a personal preference. So....I'm kind of in the middle. The writing was good and I can see why people enjoy this author. This wasn't a wow book though like I had been expecting. Just an average, middle of the road, reasonably entertaining book. I will definitely check out more by the author.

**ARC provided through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**

I am speechless, just finished this mind boggling suspenseful thriller. I don’t know if I want to hate Seth. Or feel sorry for him. Man Thursday had me going for a minute. I was like Seth must be really good if he has two other wives. This is a must read for this year.

I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my review. My opinion is my own.


This is the first solo Tarryn Fisher book I've read. I read her "Never Never" series with Colleen Hoover, and honestly I wasn't over the top impressed with it, so my expectations for this weren't super high going in. I finished the book on the plane from Baton Rouge to Nashville, so it wasn't a very long read. I got hooked into it more than I expected to.

The premise: Thursday is married to Seth. Seth is a polygamist who is also married to two other women. Thursday is not supposed to know about the other women, but she meets one of them and finds out that she may not know her husband at all.

I love love love books with unreliable narrators, and Thursday (what kind of a name is Thursday) is definitely one of those! As we learn more about her relationship with Seth, I wasn't overly impressed with him (although I don't think we are supposed to be) and I kept waiting for her to wake up and realize she could do better, and not just say "but I love him". The other wives were interesting and I would have liked to delve into their lives a bit more too. I don't want to say too much about this book because too much will give away spoilers, and this is one of those books that you've got to experience for yourself. I'm glad that this was the first Tarryn Fisher book I read, because now I want to read more!

This novel is one of those buzzy thrillers that ended up being picked as a, “best book of the month,” by many syndicates. As you know, that can be a hit or (often) a miss.

Thursday is married, but only really married for one day out of the week. The rest of her husband's week is spent commuting back and forth to visit his two other wives. 

Thursday is curious about the other women, but Scott thinks it is important to keep these worlds separate. In her head, she is the sexy adventure-seeking wife that he needs to visit to get away from his boring wives. She begins to wonder though, what if that isn't actually the case?

When Thursday stumbles upon a scrap of information, about one of his other wives, she can't help but try to find out more information about them on social media. 

She, in fact, becomes obsessed with finding these women and hearing more of their stories.

As her curiosity grows, she decides to schedule some in-person meetings so she can learn more about why Scott insists on keeping them in his life.

It is when she travels down this rabbit hole that the stories frayed ends really begin displaying and Thursday realizes that Scott might not be who he says he is.

This started with tons of promise and I flipped through the first half rapidly. The ending promised a "bumpy, twisty, exhilarating ride," but I found it more of a fizzle. 

Honestly, this might not be a reflection on the writer and just the tired theme of the unreliable narrator.  When executed well, it can be so fun.  When it doesn't though, it can be a bit chaotic and confusing.

For me, this felt a tad too disjointed, although the first half was a blast.

Wow!! Just wow! So many twists and turns I didn’t know what was and was not real! This was a real page turner! I found myself needing to keep reading toward the end. I so badly had to know everything!!!! I would definitely read another book by this author. Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book!! I enjoyed reading it and will recommend it to others!!

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher is a tour de force of a thriller! It is one of those few and far in between books that will keep you up all night, so just strap in! This is a roller-coaster ride of a novel that can't be missed!

Summary

"...He comes over on Thursday every week. That's my day, I'm Thursday. It's a hopeful day, lost in the middle of the more important days; not the beginning or the end, but a stop. An appetizer to the weekend. Sometimes I wonder about the other days and if they wonder about me. That's how women are, right? Always wondering about each other-curiosity and spite curdling together in little emotional puddles. Little good that does; if you wonder too hard, you'll get everything wrong..."

Thursday is married to a man she loves more than anything, Seth. But their marriage is a different kind of arrangement and Thursday has learned to cope with it. Seth has two other wives and Thursday doesn't get to see her husband every day. She has to share the man she loves. She is the middle wife and she is sure that Seth loves her best, but she has never met the other two wives and she can't help but be curious. She can't help but wonder about the other two women she shares her husband with. One day, when cleaning his clothes, she finds a note, from a woman named Hannah. She is sure that Hannah is one of the other wives. Thursday has to know more. She has to find Hannah. She has to see who she is sharing her husband with.

Thursday pretends to be someone else and meets Hannah over lunch. What she sees surprises and frightens her. Hannah is beautiful and pregnant. Hannah is also hiding bruises on her arms. Thursday has never known Seth to be violent but the bruises are deep and purple and shaped like a hand. Thursday has to decide what to do. Does she reveal who she is? Her agreement with Seth was to never contact the other wives, but now that she has met Hannah, how can she turn away? And what of the first wife, Seth's original wife.

Thursday begins to wonder, just how much does she even know her husband.

Review

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher is difficult to review because as a reader, you absolutely want others to love this book as much as you did so how much to share, becomes the question. I have not had a novel take as many twists and turns and still able to keep me involved as The Wives does in a very long time. It is absolutely one of the best thrillers and mystery books I have read in some time.

It is narrated throughout by the main character, Thursday and she will take you on a trip through reality and delusion and truth and lies unlike any you may have have been on. Thursday has shades of Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction and shades of the devoted, sheltered wife in every Lifetime movie you have wasted two hours of your life on. Even in the beginning, it is easy to tell that Thursday has an edge to her. But how sharp and who it will cut remains for the book to tell.

I'm really not trying to be obtuse here, but this is such a good read that I hate to give anything away. So I will just say, it is one hell of a good read and will remind you of what thrillers use to be.

Prepare for a long night, have a few drinks, some good snacks and enjoy the ride!

Thank you to #netgalley for allowing me to read this #arc

Thursday has a very complicated relationship with her husband Seth. You see, he has two other wives she shares him with. She only gets him a small share of the week. She makes sure she is the perfect wife during those times- to make sure she is the favorite wife. Your blood will boil at how hard she denies herself to please Seth.
But then the reader starts to realize Thursday may not be the reliable narrator you have been thinking she is. What is the truth? Whose truth is it?
I stayed up way past my bedtime two nights in a row to read this. You will too. Fisher has crafted a compulsively readable psychological thriller. I’m still not convinced I closed every gap in Thursday’s tale, but I am walking away a satisfied reader. If you’re looking for a fun, twisty, highly readable thriller- here it is!

Disappointing and unrealistic. While initially I felt empathy for the protagonist, she became increasingly vapid throughout the novel. And what a terrible ending! Ugh!

I was really disappointed in this book. I am a huge fan of the unreliable narrator, but don’t like the bait and switch that happened here. Not of it made sense to me and it’s like I was reading along and then the author pulled out the rug with a trick (not a twist, but aa trick). There were a lot of places where I had to go back and re-read something I thought I had missed, but wasn’t really there in the first place. Plot holes, unlikeable characters I really didn’t care about, and a story that didn’t make sense ... I can’t put my finger on it, but something about this book made me uneasy: the portrayal of mental health; the destructive relationships; the “men are bad” vibe? I’m not certain, but this book missed the mark for me.

Wednesday doesn’t know much about her husband’s life outside of their house. What Wednesday does know, however, is that she is one of three wives. While she resides in Seattle, the other two reside closer to her husband;s office. She’s content with the setup until she finds a receipt for a doctor’s appointment and realizes one of the other wives is pregnant. Wednesday becomes consumed with finding out everything she can about the other two wives, and when one of them keeps turning up broken and bruised, Wednesday must face the fact that it may be her husband hurting his wife.
This plot races. Pay close attention to every detail otherwise you’re bound to miss something.

I really liked this book from the beginning, and pretty much couldn’t put it down. Unfortunately I was not a big fan of the ending, since it really is harmful to people with legitimate mental illness to use that as a plot twist in a thriller. We should all be working to fight against the stigma, not feed into it with cheap twists like this.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin - Grayson House Books for an advanced copy of this book.

Thanks for the chance to read this early! Omgeeze I loved it, I read it in three sittings. I had to figure out what was going on. I was confused, then I wasn't, then I was happy, then I was mad and then i was confused again. Just the way i like my books. I loved all the characters. I was hooked, I didnt see the ending coming I was believing everything. And the very end I believe that was my favorite.

Top of the Globe and Mail bestseller list for weeks I had to read this one to know what all the buzz was all about.

I enjoyed the beginning half of the book, it kept me engaged and interested. But then the book took some turns that I felt were haphazard and kept the book spinning. At the end, I’m still not sure how I feel about the book myself but I know that those who enjoy books like Girl On A Train and the Woman in Cabin 10 may enjoy this one too.

✨✨✨✨ 1/2

This is a tough book to talk about without giving much away. In short Thursday is married to Seth who has two other wives and she knows nothing about them until she accidentally discovers one of their names .Thursday can’t help but do a little investigating about the other wives. What she finds is far more than she bargained for and nothing will ever be the same again

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher is my first book by author Tarryn Fisher, and is definitely not going to be my last.Told from Thursdays POV this is one heck of a dark twisty ride and even though the ending was a little over the top it worked well for this book . Highly recommend

I would like to thank Harlequin -Graydon House & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.

**3.5-stars**

This story was something else. I have to give it points for being unique.

Thursday is married to Seth. Seth has two other spouses. None of them know one another, but as far as Thursday is concerned they are all living in this arrangement by mutual agreement.

As Thursday grows less and less enamored with her situation, she becomes curious about who she is sharing her husband with.

Upon doing some online research, as you do, she manages to track down his third wife, the youngest and the one currently carrying his baby.

Befriending this young woman, Hannah, she begins to suspect that Seth may be physically abusive to her. This leads Thursday to take off her rose colored glasses.

There's some fighting, a lot of drama, a stay at a mental institution, it's a lot. Ultimately, even though I love an unreliable narrator, the ending of this didn't sit right with me.

There were a lot of twists and turns along the way, but still something about that ending...

Certainly twisted, so if that is what you love in a thriller, this one could be right up your alley. Check it out, you never know until you try.

Thank you so much to the publisher, Graydon House Books, for providing me with a copy of this to read and review. I appreciate the opportunity and this one was definitely a ride!

Well, The Wives is getting a lot of hype and let me tell you--,it's all deserved! This twisty thriller that might be about a woman who loves her husband enough to share him with two other wives but starts to fear he might be harming one but it also might be about a woman whose grip on reality is skidding out of control when her formerly married lover marries someone else. Or it could be both.

Yeah. Let that wash over you. Both. Both! And it is freaking awesome and honestly, The Wives is everything I wanted Girl on The Train to be--a thriller that can be read as being one story or another...or both. The Wives is a rollicking twist filled ride that nails the landing, because the ending is utterly mesmerizing and so, so perfect.

Very highly recommended.

Twisted and throwed off!!! I don't even know how else to explain what my mind just experienced.

Thursday is in a polygamist relationship with her husband. She is the 2nd wife. Monday and Tuesday exist but she doesn't know who they are or where they live.

This book has me mind blown. I can't even comprehend or make sense of this book. I had no idea what was going to happen or how all this was going to end. Wicked.