Oh wow, I really thought I had the ending figured out early but boy was I wrong! 

This was a magnificent twisty thriller that explores the dangerous waters of obsession and betrayal. 

I'll admit this was a hard read for me at first because Anna was not a likeable character in my opinion. She's very selfish, judgmental, entitled (I could go on and on..) BUT somehow at the same time Natalie Barelli still had me feeling bad for her and the way her life was falling apart. 

I listened to the audio book and really enjoyed the effort Emily Rankin put into conveying Anna's emotional distress as it amplified throughout the book. 

Big thanks to #NetGalley and #DreamscapeMediaNatalieBarelli for granting me an advance copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Unfaithful by Natalie Barelli definitely kept me in suspense until the very end!  The narrator was incredible on this one. She just made listening better than actually reading this one, in my opinion. 

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook.

This was an interesting book. I found the writing to be decent and engaging while reading, but I wasn't dying to get back to it when I put it down. I think this was mostly because of my disconnect with the main character. 

I struggled to connect with our main character for the majority of the book. She was a brilliant mathematician, but kept panicking and making terrible decisions. I found it very frustrating and couldn't understand how someone that was supposed to be so intelligent could do such dumb things consistently. 

The final third of the book was significantly better than the earlier part, with interesting, albeit convenient at times, twists. I did like the way the story played out and the conclusion of the book. It wrapped up a bit too quickly for my taste, but everything came together in a manner that was explained well and made sense in the overall story. I was really glad that there were no glaring inconsistencies in the conclusions. I think if this shift came earlier in the book and the conclusion played out a little longer, I would have enjoyed the overall story a lot more. 

I listened to the audio, which was narrated expertly by Emily Rankin. I thought she was an excellent choice for our narrator. 

This was the first book I read by Natalie Barelli and I am definitely interested in reading more of her work. 3.5★ 

#NatalieBarelli #Unfaithful

Unfaithful by Natalie Batelli is a thriller that had me hooked from the beginning. Anna is a married math professor with two kids and a life she believes is great.  Anna struggles with a few work issues but realizes her biggest issue could be her husband cheating on her.  What will Anna do to save her marriage?  The narrator of this book was excellent.

Anna has a picture perfect life, that is until it starts to unravel.  One bad choice leads to another and she’s suddenly juggling to keep all the balls bouncing. In spite of those choices it’s hard not to want to step in and help her out.  There was a moment where I reached what I thought was the aha moment...I was totally wrong!  Bareli does a great job of leading the reader astray throughout right up to the surprise ending! With a great plot paired with a great narrator, this was one that I could not stop listening to.

Anna must be the most unlucky person.  She’s having trouble at work and at home.  She’s passed over for a promotion, months ago she almost slept with her boss, the grad student she’s advising commits suicide just as he’s made a discovery that will put Anna on the map and someone is harassing her.  And on the home front Anna suspects something is up with her husband.  I love a good thriller and this book delivered. I was guessing up until the last chapter.  More than once I was sure I had figured everything out, only to be wrong.

Kudos to Natalie Barelli. And great narration by Emily Rankin.  The narrator makes or breaks an audiobook and Emily enhances the story.  I highly recommend this audiobook.

As a FAITHFUL reviewer, I am unable to provide a stellar review for "UNFAITHFUL".  

Perhaps my expectations were too high for this book.  I usually "eat up" psychological thrillers with infidelity themes...but not so here.  The first portion of the book was very, very, very, very slow and I am being kind.  Where were the book's editors?   

The book's plot was unrealistic and just all over the place.   The book's ending was simply not plausible and, quite frankly, very anti-climatic.   In addition, none of the book's characters were likable and the author's character development was shallow.  I thought of abandoning the book multiple times but I kept hoping that it would improve, so I stayed with it.

I have read Natalie Barelli's earlier books and some of the author's books have been better than others.   All of the author's previous books were much, much better than this one.

I listened to the book's audio version and the narrator was good, not great.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an open and honest review.

I really enjoyed this book mainly because of the narrator.  She did an amazing job.  The story was a little slow at first, but really picked up.  The main character has a lot going on!  Overall, it was a good read!

After hearing that one of her favorite students is dead, anna seeks solace from her husband, Alex. But when she arrives at her husband’s studio, she’s confronted by the proof that her husband is having an affair. Instead of confronting him, she goes home and acts as if nothing is wrong. In fact she redoubles her effort to be the perfect wife and mother, determined to prove to Alex, that she is the only woman for him. If she can’t the consequences will be deadly. Rankins rendition of this nail biter is spot on and only serves to increase the tension

First off, I want to say, I really wanted to like this book. A great number of reviews have been positive and  favorable. I love the smart, sexy, and mildly mysterious cover. But the story fell short for me, especially in the plot-reality department. 

From the very beginning, one can easily surmise there are lies, deception, marital infidelity, trust issues, and secrets on the part of both people in this marriage. Yet, the book’s blurb describes that she wants to be “the glue that holds our perfect family together”.  What? Did I misunderstand the definition of perfect family?

There is some story intrigue, and a few twists that come in the latter part of the book, but I had a hard time  connecting to the main character and her personality traits in relation to the story plot, i.e. a very brilliant math teacher who is seems incredibly naive, is trusting one moment, not trusting the next, smart and in control emotionally-soon followed by a nearly hysterical hot mess internal breakdown.

The Audio Version of Unfaithful, narrated by Emily Rankin, was an overall strength read with feeling and proper sense stress, though Ms. Rankin did not exhibit a good range of inflection in her voice between one character to the next.

My thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media, for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. #NatalieBarelli #Unfaithful

What a page turner!!!!

This book grabs your attention immediately and holds it to the last page! You realize very quickly that something strange is happening. You wonder if it’s an unreliable narrator, a crazy person, gaslighting, or misunderstanding.... and even to the last chapter you’re just not sure! Then the end ties everything up nicely, but believable!!

Every time I had a free second, I immediately hit play and listened as long as I could. I highly recommend this book for fans of B.A Paris and other quick-read mysteries!

All of a sudden Anna's perfect life  starts to crumble. The promotion she was in for is given to another, her student dies, and then she finds out her husband has a lover.
What she should do is confront her husband, take the children and leave. That's not Anna. Anna wants to fix herself and pretend it didn't happen.  Her husband really does love her, he once told her he is obsessed with her. Who could walk away from that? 

Unfaithful is a nonstop spiral of things going out of control. Bad things just keep getting piled on top of each other and you can feel Anna is going to break at any moment. I wanted her to break, to  go absolutely mental on everyone! 
Barelli pacts a lot of emotions into this book. As an audiobook, I got to hear the stress in Annas voice. The narrator, Emily Rankin, did a fabulous job sounding like she's losing her mind. At one point when Anna is eating, I think Rankin really was chewing! it was perfect! lol Rankin also has a knack for different voices.  Her male voices are believable, which is sometimes hard to do with audiobooks. 
I loved the twists and turns of the story. I had it figured out immediately and was proud of myself, but then was blown away that I was wrong! lol I did not see the big twist coming at all. The  ending of the story was perfect. 
I have read books by Natalie Barelli before, and have loved her work. I recommend her for a quick read with unexpected twists.

Thank you Netgally for such a delight. I listened to an audiobook in one sitting. Great narration and the story is interesting. Very enjoyable and twisty read.

I don’t know how to talk about this story without dropping spoilers, but I’m going to try. 

This is an iceberg book: what you think you are getting based on the surface is just a fraction of what’s really there. The plot was complex, so many different things were going on and I couldn’t see how the author would tie it all up in the ending a then she threw me for a loop and everything clicked into place at the very end in a surprising and satisfying way. 

Beautiful narration adds to the tension and immediacy of the story. I highly recommend this book!

Seductive, chilling domestic thriller full of cheating, deceit and one wife's deeply hidden secrets.

This novel is a first-person narrative of Anna, a young Math professor who accidentally catches his husband having an affair (by seeing two wine glasses no less - anything more typical and cringy?!). His affair came at the worst time possible when Anna's student, who was about to win a hefty sum of money for them in a Math competition, has died. Now, not only is Anna's promotion in jeopardy, but so is her marriage. 

However, instead of making a scene, Anna decides to keep quiet about her discovery and act normal in front of her husband and children because keeping her family together is not just a matter of principles - it serves as a cover for some deeply hidden secrets Anna can't afford to come out... And while someone is threating her, Anna will do anything to keep her peace.

Honestly, I couldn't put it down. I listened to this audiobook in just one day! Anna's first-person narrative was my favorite thing about Unfaithful because I have really come to relate to her is some odd way. Most importantly, there were some crazy twists in this audiobook that I truly did not see coming, which is probably the most important thing in thrillers to me. Overall, the only thing I didn't like is the ending, which I found a bit flat despite a much bigger potential, given how great the rest of it was. However, it's still a really good psychological thriller.

*Thank you to the Publisher for a free advance copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Stop what you're doing and read this book.. I'm not kidding! This was a can't put down, read in one sitting, wonder what is going to happen next read! It was SOOOOO good!!! Definitely a 4.5⭐

I have no idea how to even summarize the plot.. Natalie Barelli, you wrote a great book!!! So, Anna Sanchez is a math professor with an idyllic life, the perfect husband and two perfect children, sighing with content.. well isn't that usually the harbinger of doom in a thriller? Well, after her PhD student, on the brink of a major math discovery, dies, our narrator Anna suddenly becomes deliciously unreliable. Anna unravels at an alarming rate, she grapples to keep control of her marriage, is her husband having an affair?.. her colleagues, are they talking behind her back?.. and oh so much else. She is becoming quickly unglued, and makes one shocking choice after another, and it was just literally a pleasure to go on this roller coaster ride with her.

At a few points, I thought I had this figured out and even then was going to give this a wildly great review but then BAM, nope, Barelli is rubbing her hands together throwing curve ball after curve ball and I finished this book in one sitting feeling so satiated and awake and shocked. This was SUCH a GOOD book :) Do yourself a favour and go in low on plot descriptions and stay spoiler free.

I listened to the audiobook (9 hr 45 min running time) and it was FANTASTIC! Emily Rankin was the narrator and she really breathed life into Anna and handled all of the other voices very well (which I sometimes find trying in a single narration audiobook) but here it made me feel like I knew Anna and she was truly telling me this crazy tale! 

Crack open the wine (but be careful you don't drink too much like Anna🍷) and see who is being unfaithful, you won't regret it!🎢 I'll be over here adding Natalie Barelli's other books to my TBR📚

*This book publishes Nov 27th and I thank NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for an Advanced Reader Copy*

I was pleasantly surprised by this dark, twisty psychological drama. I thought I could see the ending coming, but I was definitely wrong. Everyone in this book has secrets, and the story flew by as the reader uncovers them one by one. 

I didn’t like Anna, but I’m not sure I was supposed to. She constantly made terrible decisions, even ones having nothing to do with her husband’s affair. Many of her actions made me ask, “Really??” and many of her predicaments could have been easily avoided. It was entertaining to watch her dig a bigger and bigger hole for herself, though. She certainly was an unreliable narrator, even doubting herself at times. 

Overall a very enjoyable, quick read. Fans of Natalie Barelli will not be disappointed.

This was such a fun and compulsory read! As the story progresses so too does the deterioration of Anna's mental state. The lies start out small, but soon snowball out of control. As the web of lies continues to grow, Anna's reliability as a narrator becomes suspect. I had to keep reading to find out how it would all play out, and I was not disappointed!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Book 254 towards my goal of 280! 4/5 stars for this adult thriller read! This thriller is also packed with family drama, which we all know is a weakness of mine :-p this book is perfect for math needs too! (Said with lots of love i promise lol) The cover did throw me off a bit, I didn't expect the MC to be in her 40s for some reason. Such a good story, great twist! Narration was excellent! Definitely recommend if you like a good family drama thriller!

Unfaithful by Natalie Barelli is a great domestic thriller that will have you questioning everyone.

Anna’s student dies unexpectedly. The police are investigating whether it is a suicide or not. Anna is very upset so decides to go visit her husband, Luis, at his studio since he isn’t answering the phone. This visit causes Anna to wonder Luis is cheating on her. They are happy, right? Who could Luis be having an affair with?

Anna starts to question everything and is suspicious of everything Luis does.  She decides to try extra hard to make Luis happy.  Anna is still worrying about Alex. What secrets are Anna keeping?

There are so many secrets and twists in Unfaithful.  I really thought I knew where this book was heading and I was wrong.  I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.  All of the characters are so complex.  All the different aspects of Anna and Luis made this book very exciting.

Anna is a math professor that is always trying to make her family happy.  I felt like I learned some about the mathematics community and being a professor from reading Unfaithful. Anna has a strained relationship with her parents and has very few friends. I questioned all of the characters during Unfaithful.

The plot of Unfaithful was crazy.  I read a lot of thrillers, so I figure out a lot of them.  There were some things I suspected.  I quickly forgot about my theories because there were so many twists that I just couldn’t figure out what would happen next.

I listened to the audiobook narrated by Emily Rankin.  I enjoyed her narration and really enjoyed hearing her tell this story.

I read the ebook and listened to the audiobook for Unfaithful.  I liked both but preferred the ebook.

I highly recommend Unfaithful to domestic thriller fans.

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for Unfaithful.