This is superbly twisting. You won’t be able to stop...there is no good point because you need the end....answers...explanation. Just when you think you’ve gripped WTH is going on....page turn....head over backside flip. I was entranced in Thursday’s life trying to see through her eyes but what’s great about a story is you don’t have to agree with the characters choices for it to be entertaining and addicting. This is those things.

You will grasp at pieces and look for fitting edges and when the picture comes together you’ll say..huh...wow and dive in for more.

I kind of need more...I’d have liked a little further exploration and finish to ease this bereft WTF feeling I’m surrounded by having reached the end. I’m not certain I understand Thursday much more at then end than when I began but the ride to the final words is a whirlwind and so worth the trip.

A tripping trek through mind fuckery and you won’t be the same at the end. READ IT...you’ll see.

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher is a psychological thriller that had me gripped from the opening pages. The story is told from the point of view of Thursday, one of three wives that are marred to a man named Seth.

Thursday knows that she is sharing her husband but she tries to be alright with that fact and be Seth’s best wife. The couple only meets on Thursdays but when they do Thursday tries to make it a perfect night for her husband always cooking and taking care of him but Seth often sneaks off in the mornings leaving her until their next night together.

Even though Thursday only knows the other wives by their nicknames she always asks Seth what is happening in their lives so she knows some of what goes on in the other relationships. Once Thursday finds evidence of one of the other wives in the arrangement she can’t help but look into more information.

This story is one that definitely takes the reader on a wild ride once it takes off with plenty of twists and turns along the way. I was completely engaged from the very start wanting to know of the relationship and what would happen and it only became more and more engaging as you peeled back the layers to the relationship as it went along.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

Tarryn Fisher has really outdone herself with this story. From the very first moment I started to read this story, I did not put it down until I finished the very last page. Even after I finished reading this story it stayed with me for a long time. Ther storylines had me completely captivated with the story and it had me sitting on the edge of my seat in suspense throughout it. There was so much mystery in the story with many twists and turns that had me rereading chapters to make sure I read it correctly. This story really brought up a range of emotions in me from shock to anger to disbelief. This is one of the stories that will stay with me long after I finished reading it. This is a definite must-read for anyone looking for a good thriller.

The Wives. Where do I even begin with this one. Soooo, I finished reading this book a week ago and I still haven't stopped saying "WTF". Leave it to Tarryn Fisher to have my mind all kinds of messed up.

I have to be vague here but at first I didn't like Thursday. She was annoying to me and I just wanted to SCREAM at her to wake UP!! I saw a past version of myself a little bit in Thursday and it definitely stirred several different emotions. As time went on, my appreciation for Thursday grew. Her persistence in getting to the bottom of things made me happy. I was rooting for her. Then, Tarryn Fisher pulled the carpet from under my feet.

I loved this book, I loved every freaking second of it. I loved the thrill, the annoyance, the DISCOMFORT because let me tell you there was some hella discomfort, and I loved the ending. W T F.

I am rating this book 5 stars because it is so freaking good. I finished it in 3 days because I had to take a couple breaks from the overwhelming need to smack some of the characters. This book was a crazy, effed up, amazing story written by one of my favorites so I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GO GET THIS BOOK.

4.5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
Captivating writing and a twisted, fast-paced storyline-
THE WIVES is the first book I've read by Tarryn Fisher and it was unputdownable!

The story was told in first person, from the perspective of a woman named Thursday.
I really loved Fisher's writing style. The events that transpired were interesting, and the engaging, mysterious plot traveled in a direction I hadn't expected.

THE WIVES was overall an intriguing read, full of surprises. If you're looking for a thriller to enjoy in the New Year, give it a shot!

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**Complimentary copy for review provided by Harlequin/Graydon House/HarperCollins Canada. All opinions expressed here are honest and entirely my own.**

A tale of madness and delusion – THE WIVES is the feel-bad read of the year. Why? Because I wanted to be shocked with the ending. It was bit of an anticlimax. I wanted to throw something at the wall in anger because I didn’t see it coming. There is little wrong with the first 25% of the book. The slow deliberate pace will fool you. To keep you reading, you develop scenarios and guesses regarding what’s going on.
Thursday is sharing her husband with two other wives and have become curious and envious of who they are. She is the perfect housewife and looks forward to her day of the week she spends with Seth. Since there are four major characters, you must wonder why you do not have at least 3 POVs. Thursday is the singular POV and of course you don’t know what is real and what is deceit.
At the 50% mark, the purpose of the book is revealed. Thursday is trying to discover who Seth really is. It sets up the tense thriller moments to have the reader wondering which characters are being truthful. You will guess where this book is going, and you will be wrong. If you like to be tricked, manipulated and surprised, you will love this book. Which leads to the bloody ending: Did the book really happen?

This is my first Tarryn Fisher book. And boy... what a book to start with! This book is definitely not one of my normal reads. Psychological suspenseful thrillers are just not my thing. I read this synopsis.... and I knew I just had to give this book a try.

I’m not a very patient person. So this book tested my will not to flip to the back and find out what happens! lol
Because I wanted to! So bad!

I really enjoyed the writing style in this book. It just flowed. I sat down and before I knew it I was already at 49% within a couple of hours!

I don’t even know where to start with this book review because I don’t want to give anything away. But just know that there a lot of twist and turns. Just when you got things figured out. Nope... it goes in another direction. It was interesting to read.

When everything was revealed... I was kinda put off a little.
Do I wish the twist in this book was different. Yes. I kinda figured it out around the middle of this book. I think that’s why I was a little let down it went that way.

But overall this was a solid read! I would recommend this book to someone that’s looking for something a little different.

The only way to start this review is, what just happened? What did I just read? What the heck just happened?
I am still trying to wrap my head around this story. Buckle up baby, you are in for a ride.

This is where Ms. Fisher shines, her psychological thrillers and mind bending twists are where she is at her absolute best. The ride The Wives takes you on is nothing short of the tallest roller coaster at the amusement park. Prepare for the highs and lows.
Thursday, had me hooked. I was very vested in her mind set with her husband Seth. I was like "NOPE, never in my life could I allow the things he does." Saying Thursday falls down the rabbit hole of his life is putting it mildly. She decides that she needs to know more about what he is doing with his OTHER wives and his life outside "their" marriage. Thursday is ill prepared for what she is about to witness or is she?
I did love this story but I did have some issues. At times I felt like I was dealing with 50 different split personalities. I get it , there are multiple characters and layers to each of them. It just became a bit crowded at times. It was a tad bit predictable a few times and I saw things coming,
I feel like the last half of the story was more on target. And that last chapter... I WAS TOTALLY MIND F&UCKED. I was not sure how the ending was going to play out between Regina and Thursday. Ms. Fisher, gave us what we all secretly wanted.

I read a review that said you’ll have whiplash until the very end. I couldn’t agree more. This is the role model for unreliable narrators. Is Thursday the legal wife in a polygamous marriage? She lives in Seattle and the other two “wives” live in Portland Oregon. A longer review would only give away too much.

If you’re a reader familiar with Tarryn Fisher’s books, you already know that nothing is what it seems when it comes to a story’s plot line and characters, and that what you perceive as the reality of certain situations that occur as the book progresses is anything but…perception isn’t always factual or honest, which is exactly why it’s extremely difficult to trust in your inferences about the story line because it’s not your story, for that matter, it’s not even the author’s story…it’s where the characters want and need to go that dictates how twisted and complex the journey is.

Seeing everything through Thursday’s eyes, one of Seth’s three wives, is what I found to be the biggest mindjolt. There’s truly no reason to doubt what she uncovers, how she reacts to that information, and the way everything unfolds due to the steps taken to resolve the position she finds herself in when her life implodes.

What’s clear throughout this psychological thriller is that the world is not, and almost cannot be experienced/lived in only black and white, and this is more than scary because it’s an unpredictable, uncontrolled, and potentially unhinged gray area - a place where nothing is guaranteed and where fighting for what you want doesn’t mean you get it or perhaps, even deserve it.

Even though I have a number of Fisher’s book in my Kindle library, I had yet to dive into one, so the opportunity to read/review The Wives was exactly what I needed to be introduced to the way she crafts a story and how character-driven her storylines are…now, I just need to find the time to read her other books!

4.5 Poison Apples

This book was over hyped. I was really disappointed in this book. The first half was awesome and then the second half had me second guessing my choice of book. The description of the book makes it a let down.

4.5 stars

This was the first book I have read of Tarryn's and after hearing so much about it I jumped at the chance to read it and I wasn't disappointed.

I'm not sure what I expected from the blurb as I tried to go in relatively blind and I was hooked. I never knew which way this book was going to go and the twists and turns where honestly brilliant. I never suspected them. Simply brilliant writing.

If this is Tarryn's level of writing then I will certainly be checking out her backlist of work and looking out for new books.

‘In my youth, I considered love a burden. How could you get anything done when you had to consider someone every second of the day? When I met Seth, that all went out the window. I became my mother: doting, yielding, spread-eagle emotionally and sexually. It both thrilled and revolted me.’

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher just happens to be our last read for 2019 and what a way to see out our year of reading with this mind-bending 5-star thriller. A brilliant story with so much secrecy and so many twists, we were rendered incapable of moving an inch until we’d turned the very last heart-stopping page, left stunned and open-mouthed at what we had experienced!

We should note, this is not a romance. It is a thriller told in this author’s own inimitable style, where Tarryn Fisher became the ultimate puppet master, pulling our strings with expert precision, as we were told Thursday’s story, her complex marriage, and how she came to marry the enigmatic Seth Ellington; from Thursday’s perspective. Discovering why Thursday agreed to share Seth with two other women, known to her as Monday and Tuesday, and why these three women’s paths were never supposed to cross, and the astounding fallout that would follow, when they do.

‘I shouldn’t wonder, but I do. How does a man love so many women? A different woman almost every other day. And where do I fall in the category of favor?’

Thursday struck such a lonely figure. A nurse who never quite connected with friends and co-workers, a woman disconnected by her family, and whose life revolved around the infrequency her husband deemed to make time for her, in between his other two wives.

We constantly asked ourselves what it was Thursday got from her arrangement with Seth as she seemed so unhappy most of the time. She was young, successful and screaming out for love. Something Seth provided with words, not so much in actions. Well, what we learned blew our minds!

‘I am falling apart, picking at my relationship like it’s a scab.’

We urge you to go into The Wives spoiler-free, you really do need to experience this story as it plays out to feel the shocks, thrills and crazy ride the author takes you on. Being both naturally inquisitive people, this story delivered so many deliciously intense moments that fascinated us.

‘I must uncover the secrets of my husband’s first wife or I’ll go mad.’

The Wives was an impressive standalone thriller that had us gasping and wondering exactly how Thursday’s story was going to play out. And let us tell you, whatever scenario’s we had in our heads –were well off the mark! Well played, Tarryn Fisher well played indeed.

If you love your stories full of angst, suspense, eye-opening twists told by an author of superlative talent, grab The Wives by Tarryn Fisher right now!

‘My mother once told me that a relationship could withstand almost any trial if the sex was good. It had sounded shallow and ridiculous at the time, but now I see that’s exactly what has happened with Seth and me. A lot happens in a relationship, probably a lot that you really need to pay attention to, but you’re too busy fucking to notice. ‘

"My existence is exhausting, all of the games I play. This is a woman's curse."

"I love my husband, but I'm not the only one. There are others."

The Wives is a psychological thriller from a new to me author and this book put my mind in an endless spin hours after reading it.

This book is told through our heroine's POV, Thursday. Like any mystery novel, the story slowly but surely builds up the suspense while I was sitting here gripping my e-reader and madly flipping the pages to know what will happen next. I read this book until the wee hours of the morning because of its driving story plot, and honestly, who doesn't like a thriller like this one? Aside from romance, this is one of my book crack.

As I read through, I thought I know what this story will be about, only to be proven wrong. I really didn't expect it to turn/ end the story that way. I was speechless, dumbfounded, astounded... All of these things. I keep trying to replay the story in my head, staring mindlessly at space as I try to digest everything. Gahd! And that's why, this book is amazing!

I won't say anything more because I want you all to experience what I had. Needless to say, I have nothing but mad love for this book and this is definitely, a must read for fans of this trope.

4.5 Stars

This book was bonkers but in a really awesome way! The premise was so intriguing and I read the first part in some sort of weird fascination with this arrangement. Then as Thursday starts to dig for information to discover who her husband really is, the suspense really built. But then we’re hit with a plot twist that leaves you questioning everything. From there on out, you won’t know what to believe as the rest of this twisted and crazy story unravels. It kept me guessing until the very end. Just when I thought we had it figured out, I was left wondering once again as a new piece of information was revealed. I really loved the uncertainty of it all, it kept me flipping the pages to see what would happen next. The story is told entirely from Thursday’s point of view and I thought that was a really great choice because, as the reader, we only know as much as she does so we really have to work for answers, plus as the story unfolds her unreliability really made me feel a little crazy too. And that ending! Holy cow. Talk about going out with a bang. It certainly took me by surprise, which was a fitting way to end such an unpredictable story!

4 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Damn, that was a wild ride!

The Wives had me hooked from the very first page - I just new I was gonna be taken for a spin on the bat-shit crazymobile! And I loved every second of anticipation!

Super addictive, highly entertaining and incredibly unpredictable!

The story is told entirely from Thursday’s POV - a woman who WILLINGLY shares her husband Seth with his two other wives. That in itself is insane AF. No, seriously though. Once she finds out the names of Seth’s other two wives, she must know more about them - and then some. As she begins digging around and the story unfolds, we see just how someone’s mind can play some seriously twisted tricks on them - and us!

I highly recommend for those who like thrillers that will keep you guessing until the end!

I enjoyed reading and chatting about this one with a few of my Traveling Sisters. 🧡

Thank you to NetGalley, Graydon House and Tarryn Fisher for my advanced copy to read and review.

WOW. That's basically how I am left feeling after reading a T.Fisher novel. It's been on my TBR since she announced it. She has never once disappointed me. It's like there's a whole new world when I'm reading her books. I get sucked in and couldn't stop reading. I am not one to read many thrillers, but this was definitely a great great.

This story is slow to start with an almost voyeuristic depiction of Thursday’s life. There are clues all over the place but, as is so often the case, those clues only make sense in hindsight. The ending justifies the feelings of unease that you feel while watching Thursday’s growing obsession. This is not a happy novel by any means, and one could make the argument that it serves to portray mental illness in a negative light. In fact, the ending ruined the story for me, which I was enjoying until then.

I found this story to be a little strange, yes I knew going into it that Tarryn Fisher writes stories that are different and thought provoking but I really found this story a little irritating and a bit of a mockery of mental health. I really hated the ending of the story and cannot really say why due to it being a major spoiler. I found this to be just an ok read and wasn't really my cup of tea. I was really hoping for a better outcome for the books characters but it just didn't go the way I thought it would.and so I wouldn't ever read this book again. I have loved many other stories from this author but this one just didn't do it for me this time.

Thursday is in a polygamous relationship, but knows nothing of the other wives except the days that her husband, Seth, goes to see them. When she accidentally comes across the name of one of his wives, however, she cannot help but be a little curious. As she falls into a rapid, fast-paced pursuit of the wive she knows nothing about, she wonders if she should have kept it that way, or if her husband has more secrets than just the wives he keeps. As she digs deeper into his history, she finds that things are obviously not what they seem. Will the wives reveal the secrets she is looking for, or will they offer much more than that?