This book definitely had me at the edge of my seat. Full of twists and turns that I could not see coming. My first book by this author and I'm already looking at other books she has written.

Thank you to netgalley for the opportunity to read The Vow. I'll start by saying that i enjoyed this book. It focuses alot on gaslighting and narcissistic tendencies. I enjoyed the storyline and that it highlighted on that subject. I just found that the story took a while to get going and i didnt really feel there was masive twists and turns so it all felt a little anticlimactic at the end as i was waiting for some big twist that didn't really happen. The ending did come across aa very rushed. Yes it was a good book but i think it lacked in suspense

This book is quiet unique experience for me! It started fast, captivated my attention! I didn’t want to put it down! I like juicy, scandalous, mysterious double life story.

Image you’ve been ditched before your marriage. The groom disappears into thin air and you found out some other woman also looks for your fiancée dearest because she insists that the very same man you plan to spend the rest of your life plans to dumb you for her! Shame! But don’t worry! The shameless scumbag is already dead! Okay this seems like mean but at the first parts of the book, I easily empathize with Amy who is about to dump and left by a liar ( It is natural to take her side) till I move back and forth between her past and learn more about her teenage time. We learned more shocking and deliciously stunningly dirty details about her past including lies, secrets, hurt feelings, resentments, undeniable desire of revenge and deceitful actions.

And of course being introduced to Jess: Amy’s daughter helped us to learn more about her motives behind her actions.

I felt like another 5 starred book is coming up! But in the middle of somewhere something went wrong and I felt like the author lost her interest to her characters or finish this story because it got slower and the story-telling showed flat-line and needed an urgent CPR process! I wish the author should have taken a break, cleared her mind before writing the conclusion. As long as I finished, I took a deep breath and I realized my five starred reading journey turned into something boring, repetitive, annoying 2 to 3 starred book. It had so much potential and likable characters ( including Amy’s daughter Jess) but it didn’t fill my expectations. I truly disappointed.

So I’m rounding up 2.5 stars to 3: interestingly it’s not Switzerland read for me: I didn’t love it or hate it- let’s meet in the middle books! In the beginning I truly loved it but in the middle of somewhere I started to hate it! (surprisingly I also start to unlike Amy, too!) So as an average I gave 3 solid stars. I wish last %30 parts of the books may be rewritten and the repeating parts may be omitted.

I still want to read more books of the author because from the promising start and intriguing plot line, I may sense she is brilliant author but unfortunately this book didn’t work with me!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for sharing this ARC in exchange my honest review.

A great read, such a roller coaster! It pulled me in from the first page worth its twists and turns. I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to others!

This was quite the thriller! One twist followed another in this fast-paced and thrilling novel. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves domestic thrillers!

Two weeks before her wedding, Amy finds a piece of paper on the kitchen table that reads Matt's wedding vow to her......it says "then when I can no longer be with you, a part of me will always be there watching over you" Amy at first questions this but resolves with of course Matt is always looking out for her.....then a stranger literally grabs Amy's arm and tells her someone is watching you, you think he is the love of your life, he isn't who you think he is...as Amy is running away, the lady yells Watch your back don't trust him....then Matt disappears...and another woman reports Matt's missing....who is Matt, why did he disappear? This book has many twists and turns and kept the reader intrigued in the psychological thriller.

The story is about Amy, who as a single mother running away from a violent marriage, is excited to get her second chance at a happy ending with her new fiance; Matt.
But two weeks before the wedding, Matt goes missing. Secrets are unveiled and it turns out Matt isn't all he seems. Evidence pointing to his death is piling up, but where is he? And more importantly, who is he?
So, the premise was interesting and I was excited about this one. But, unfortunately, I was disappointed. It took soooo long to get into it and honestly, I was bored throughout the majority of it. Things started to heat up a little just over halfway in, but it doesn't go anywhere and the ending was very anti climactic. I'm sorry, but it's a no from me.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me the chance to review this.

I received an eARC of The Vow by Debbie Howells from Avon Books UK and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
The writing style was great, and the plot was intriguing but predictable for me. It was an entertaining read for me nonetheless. I give this book 4 stars. I love the creativity of the author and would happily read her other books.

What do you do when your fiance suddenly disappears? And then you find out he's not at all who he seemed? These questions and more are asked and (potentially) answered in The Vow. Right from the first few pages, I was pulled in and wanted to devour this book. It has multiple view points, and an almost Girl on the Train quality to it. It's very very quite good.

The Vow publishes October 15, 2020.

4/5 Stars

This book had a super interesting plot and was well written. I enjoyed the multiple POV’s which I didn’t expect in this book but it added so much to the emotions and perspective of the book.

This was an edgy thriller which kept me gripped to the end. Amy is happily looking forward to her wedding in two weeks,to the apparently perfect Matt. However, when he fails to return home from a meeting with a client, Amy's whole world is turned on its head. Matt has disappeared in to thin air! As the police investigate , everything they uncover reveals Matt wasn't the perfect boyfriend Amy had thought. A second woman reports him missing and claims Matt was leaving Amy to be with her. However each new deception they uncover, provides more motive for Amy to have murdered him. Each new lead wraps the handcuffs tighter around her wrist. Nothing and no-one is as they seem . I was totally absorbed to the last page. The tensions build layer upon layer to the brilliant denouement at the end. Yes I partially guessed the ending but it was revealed in such a clever way, that it could have gone in several different directions. I heartily recommend!

Started off well but didn’t follow through on its potential. The premise is a good one, groom to be suddenly disappearing, web of lies and the potential for a twist in the tale... however the story merely limps along and the characters are largely unlikable. I struggled to finish this and the twist in the end was lacklustre.

Wow, wow, wow. This book kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end. Just when I thought I had it figured out, there was another twist. It is thoughfully written and you can easily imagine someone caught in this situation. This is my first time reading this author and I will definitely be looking for more!

I loved this book! 5 stars! A page turner! Amy and Matthew are supposed to get married. Then Matthew disappears and Amy reports to the police later to find out another woman reports her boyfriend missing that winds up being Matthew as well. Matthew was a two timer! What happened to Matthew? Was he murdered? No body? What's up? Lots of twists and turns. Then later revealed the two women have a connection that takes us to another mystery in the past that ties things together and brings a conclusion you won't see coming.

Amy and Matt are getting married and everything is coming together. Matt takes a work partner out for a dinner and says he will be back late but he never comes home. Another woman comes forward reported her boyfriend missing with the same exact description as Matt and that starts to make Amy wonder if Matt is leading a double life. Amy then sees photos of Matt and Fiona together and really starts to wonder what is going on.


Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for the advance ecopy.

This was a pretty darn good thriller with a heck of a lot of twists, turns, thrill and suspense. Amy and Matt are 2 weeks away from their wedding and Amy is warned in the street by a stranger that she is in danger. Matt appears to have disappeared! She learns Matt is hiding some secrets, but she has some of her own as well. The story is told in Amy and Jess' (her daughter) point of view.

I enjoyed the first half- it was twisty. Then the characters didn’t feel realistic at all. I didn’t enjoy this book. I wish I did.

The vow has a really amazing concept Amy's fiance goes missing after a little under 24 hours she reports matt as missing. Only to find out later on that matt was living a double life as he is reported missing aswell by his girlfriend fiona.
The book is told from four points of view Amy, Jess (Amy's daughter), Fionq and a fourth person who we don't discover until the end.
Reading the blurb I knew this was my kind of story suspense, drama, lies, thriller etc. But unfortunately the book let's itself down. This book could of been written in such a better style. The writing is extremly repetitive and nearer the end this really started to wear thin on me. Along with the fact from the get go the storyline was extremly obvious. Although there is a thriller aspect to the book, its lost as the book gives far to much away to quickly.
I found the second half of the book was far more exciting and intense but it's just such a shame that the book fails to carry this through from the begining.
This isn't to say I didn't enjoy the book because i did but it just took so long to get to the exciting stuff by which you pretty much will have figured our exactly where the story goes. 2"
I would like to thank you netgalley and Avon books uk for PRC of The vow in exchange for an honest review.

The Vow by Debbie Howells is exactly the kind of story that pulls me in immediately and keeps me fully engaged. Told from several points of view, we meet Abby, a woman who is thrilled to be marrying her fiance, Matt. But when Matt unexpectedly leaves one night telling Amy to 'take care', she feels that something just isn't right. These are not the parting words of a man who is madly in love and excited to jump into holy matrimony. When Matt has not returned by the next morning, Amy knows immediately that this is not a case of her betrothed sleeping it off somewhere for a night. Matt has disappeared. Amy's daughter Jess is not altogether shocked by the news. Something has always niggled about her mother's relationship, and this is her chance to expose Matt for the man she believes him to be. When another woman reports that her boyfriend has also gone missing, the description she provides is too similar to be a mere coincidence. Just who is Matt, where has he gone, and what is he trying to hide?

This is a twisty tale that held my attention for the first 70% of the book, but then things started to unravel somewhat. The storyline went a little astray, and I could not suspend my disbelief quite enough to be fully satisfied with the way things wrap up. All in all, this is a solid read, and I will look forward to reading more from this author in the future.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for this ARC.

The Vow is an incredibly tightly woven tale of murder, deceit, police investigations, and ultimately resolution. Debbie Howells tell the story of how Matt's disappearance/murder is pinned onto Amy, his fiance. We find out in time that Amy doesn't really know her fiance well at all, and the plot thickens with the revelation of a horrific event that happened many years ago. These people are not whom they seemed to be, and Howells does and incredible job of tying the past events with current allegations and identities.

I recommend this book to all who love a great "whodunnit"!

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book.