'Just as you untangle this compelling plot of love and betrayal, there's another twist. Sharply written with characters that keep you guessing until the very last page, had a lot of twits and turns.

While I found this an enjoyable and well-paced novel, it definitely requires the reader to frequently suspend their disbelief.

The story follows Amy, who is forced to call the police when her partner Matt doesn't come home one night just two weeks before their wedding. As the days tick by, an increasingly desperate Amy is forced to cancel the ceremony - and then another woman, Fiona, reports her partner missing. He is also called Matt, matches Amy's fiancee's description - and was supposed to be leaving his fiancee to move in with Fiona.

At first Amy refuses to believe both Matts are the same person, but Fiona has ample proof and photographic evidence of her relationship with Amy's fiancee. But where is Matt now...and why are the police suddenly looking more closely at Amy...?

It's an enjoyable read, and there were aspects I really liked, such as Amy's career as a herbalist, which was interesting and led to some nice character development. But then other things really bugged me - the gas-lighting is crudely done, with none of the subtlety that makes gas-lighting so insidious and so frightening, and Matt was practically a cartoon villain, with no real dimension or substance to his character at all, And while I liked some of the twists towards the end, the secret identities of the key players was a bit too convoluted and over-egged for my liking (practically everyone in the novel just changes their name and takes on a different identity at some point during the course of the novel).

A fun, light read with more than a few eye-rolls.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher, who provided me with an advance copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this book- I started thinking that Amy was a young woman, but was pleasantly surprised to find she was middle aged.There were a few twists and turns along the way.

I chose this book first and foremost for the cover. The striking red ground with a single tulip stem, blood dripping down its length. There was a mystery hiding inside and I had to get to it.

Two weeks before her wedding, a stranger stops Amy in the street and warns her she’s in danger. That night, Matt, her fiancé, doesn’t come home. Desperate, Amy calls the police – but when Matt fails to emerge, she’s forced to call off her wedding day.

Then, another man is reported missing by a woman called Fiona – a man meeting Matt’s description, who was about to leave his fiancée for her. He was supposed to be moving in with her – but instead, he’s vanished.

Amy refuses to believe Fiona’s lover can be her Matt – but photos prove otherwise, and it soon becomes clear that Matt has been leading a double life. As the police dig deeper, two conflicting, yet equally plausible stories emerge from two women who allegedly have never met.

Everything was perfect. And then her fiancé disappeared. The wedding day never happened. But the funeral might.

I was hooked from the beginning. Events in Amy’s life unfolding on the one hand and police unearthing clues on the other reveal two very different stories. It makes you wonder what sinister game is underway.

There are quite a few characters who appear with a cloud of suspicion but it is impossible to predict the crime or its perpetrator. The flashbacks add to the mystery, to the point that I was clenching my fists in agonising impatience.

If you’re into mean, gruesome, spine-chilling psychological thrillers, this is one you should mark on your TBR. I read it in a single sitting and let out a breath only when I turned over the last page.

This ARC courtesy of Netgalley and Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollins UK.

This is a really good thriller. There are plenty of twists and shocks and red herrings and great characters. I was riveted from the start.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

I received an Arc from @harpercollinsUK of the Vow. I wasn't sure what to expect as I am normally very rigid with my authors, I normally struggle to read new authors. Very glad I moved on from this. The book is very well written, telling a story from 4 people's perspectives. Great story with believable characters. The author was not scared to look at and address emotional and physical abuse within a marriage. Very believable storyline. Great pace and conclusion. I do not add spoilers so do not include any details of the book in my reviews. Definetly will recommend and read Debbie's next book.

An excellent and intriguing book that keeps you hooked from start to finish. Definitely recommended to those readers who enjoy reading this type of book.

This was a very slow read for me. I ended up skimming through a bit of it and then completely skipping to about midway and realising I didn't miss a single thing. I ended up DNF'ing around 60% because it was just a very dull read for me. I wish it was something I could have gotten into, because I read some of the reviews and it sounds like it was a twisted tale of so many things.

Thank you Netgalley for an advanced read of this book. A very good, psychological thriller. I was doubting everybody! Plenty of twists and turns. I did guess the ending though. Would thoroughly recommend this book.

Two weeks until the wedding and the groom disappears and the other woman is discovered. Even with the discovery of the other woman, the groom is still missing and it becomes a back and forth of who to believe and who is guilty and exactly they're guilty of.

The main plot was interesting enough with the groom going missing and finding out that he was essentially gaslighting his fiance. However, it was all the other stuff that kind of threw me for a loop and made the story a lot less believable. The backstory regarding Kimberley and Charlie was kind of a bummer because it took the story in a direction I didn't want it to go. The stuff with the herbs was a huge leap because no sane police officer would put much stock into the meaning of plants in a garden.

Overall, the general plot was a good idea, but I wasn't crazy about the execution and I think the background/logic for the crime actually took away from the original good plot of the story (man dupes fiance two weeks before wedding and she finds out he's living a double life).

Thank you so much to Netgalley for this book. I did enjoy it and read through it quickly. I didn't like that the plot felt rush and I never fully got into it. I did like the premise and all of the twists and turns. I was hoping for more shocking moments but it was more of a drama.

I really enjoyed the book. I look forward to reading another book by this author. This is an author I had never read before, but I will look for other books she might write in the future.

thanks to Netgalley for the loan of this book.
Two weeks before her wedding, Amy is approached by a stranger warning her she is in danger. The same night her fiance, Matt doesnt come home. She reports him missing, but unbeknown to her another woman also reports him missing. As the story unfolds Amy discovers the identity of the other woman and realises she is someone from the past she'd rather forgot.
What secrets does this other woman hold? Why is she insisting that Matt was leaving Amy to be with her? And why has she suddenly re-appeared in Amy's life??

I enjoyed this book. It was easy to read and I liked the style of writing. That said, it didn't grip me and make me want to rush to finish it to discover the ending. I also didn't like the characters very much. I felt Amy was weak, Matt was twisted and the other woman psychotic. I didnt have any feelings for any of them really, which I feel is important when reading a book.

Overall, a decent read, maybe one to take on holiday to pass a few hours away.

Plenty of twists and turns with this one. I made the most of a sunny day and didn’t put it down, had me gripped, a definite page turner. Would recommend

Absolutely loved this book. So well written with a fast changing plot. This book will have you guessing all the way through..

Superb psychological thriller. I just had to read the whole book once I started as I needed to know the outcome. Wonderful twists and turns in the plotline and characters that I could feel empathy towards. Great holiday reading.

Strap yourself in, the plot of this book is like triple concentrate! Probably should have used a car pun there, instead. *ahem* The plot of this book is a hundred miles an hour! It covers 3 generations of family, murders, suicides, affairs, mysterious disappearances, a bit of witchcraft… There’s intertwining plots, double lives and even name changes, and you’d think that would make it difficult to follow, but it really didn’t! It was addictive! I stayed up until 2am dying to know what would happen next.

Amy is engaged to a charming, if not slightly controlling, handsome man named Matt. But when they’re just two weeks from their wedding day, Matt mysteriously disappears and doesn’t return home from work. When Amy reports him missing to the police the next day, she discovers another woman, claiming to be his girlfriend, has already done the same.

It really is an enjoyable rollercoaster of a book. It has some unexpected elements that I really enjoyed learning about too, such as the power of certain herbs and the meaning behind different flowers.

But, if I’m being picky (which is my prerogative, of course), the plot was so busy that it often felt rushed in places, in a very noticeable way. A good example is when Amy goes to bed the first night Matt is missing and it’s suddenly like “Waking up the next morning…”, I felt like it would have been much more believable to describe how awful going to bed alone was, and how she was too sick with worry to get any sleep. I’d be roaming the woods with a torch!

I also struggled to find a favourite quote, because the plot was so punchy that I feel it lacked descriptive depth (sorry!). Still, here is one I notably highlighted:

‘You can’t take love. Like the soft summer breeze, it has to be given.”

The Vow is out on October 15th, and it will definitely take over your day!

The title and book cover of this book got me right away. The vow starts off two weeks before Amy and Matts wedding. The story has a lot of twists and turns at the beginning and I felt very intrigued by Amy especially. She was a herbalist which instantly caught my attention and had an unusual personality that seemed quite unsettled in nature. When Matt disappears, Amy calls the police and she is informed that he has been living a double life. Amy then sets out to find the truth. This was an easy read and I would definitely recommend it to a friend.

This is the story of Amy and Matt and how just before their wedding he mysteriously disappears.
The novel is told from different perspectives, in both the current and the past revealing half truths and lies.
Initially I really enjoyed this novel but then something just went wrong for me. The characters lost their believability, the story became bizarre and lost its appeal. I was really disappointed as it held so much promise.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy of this novel

I really enjoyed this book and will give it a huge thumbs up. With a great story line and excellent main characters - I would highly recommend this book.