"The Younger WIfe" bySaly Hepworth is definitely worth a read. Smotthlybwritten, with chapters that flow nicely into each other, it was a pleasure to read. The novel started off very engagingly and kept up the same pace. While the author did tie up all the loose ends by the end, the ending wasn't as I expected.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. 4/5 stars
I have been a fan of Sally Hepworth since I discovered her in 2017. I was excited for this opportunity, and read this book as quickly as my life would allow. Everyone in the Alston family has secrets. The patriarch, his many wives, the children… they are all keeping it from each other and smile and try to appear normal on the outside. When Stephen and his younger wife have just been married, a vicious attack occurs as they are signing the register. Who was injured and who did it? The book then rewinds to the year prior with small glimpses in the present as we peel back the onion to uncover what everyone has been hiding.

Imagine your father is getting remarried to someone younger than you or your sister. As if the 'ew' factor wasn't enough, he is still married to your mother. Wait, what! That was all I needed to know to tear through The Younger Wife in one sitting.
Tully and Rachel's father Stephen is not planning on becoming a bigamist. His wife Pam has dementia and lives in a nursing home. No one was more surprised than Stephen when he fell in love with Heather. He wants his daughters' approval to divorce Pam, though he assures them he will never abandon their mother. Say what!
The story is told from Rachel, Tully, and Heather's perspective, with a few chapters from an unknown narrator. Besides the sisters each having and trying to hide secrets that have defined their lives, there are things about their father that don't line up with their memories of their childhood. Add in Heather who has worked hard to escape her past and you have closets full of skeletons just waiting to ruin this wedding.
This is one of those books that almost everything I want to say is a potential spoiler. I will say that almost everything that happened was flipped upside down more than once. A very twisted tale that will make you question what the heck is really going on here. That's it, I am stopping before I say anything more! 4.5 stars.

I raced through this one and the ending gave me whiplash. Please read so we can discuss.

*Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much for the opportunity of reading this book. I did not want to finish it which
is my indicator of an excellent story.

An older man who has two adult daughters is marrying an younger woman as soon as
his divorce is finalized from his wife who suffers from dementia. Whew, long sentence.
The women all have their secrets which have defined their personalities. I could read
more books about Heather, Tullie and Rachel for sure.

Have recommended to family.

Awesome Amazing Book!!!! Never saw the end coming. Is everything as it seems or do we sometimes look into certain thing and people too much?
This is a great book, many twists and turns. This book will be recommend to everyone not matter what genre they read. I did not want to put this book down and I ended staying up late to finish it. Great read!!!

Marvelous novel of family dealing with the marriage of a much younger stepmother. The story grips the reader from the very first chapter and never lets go until the end...

It is chock full of insights into family relationships and a perfect blend of complex characters.

Great read!

Absolutely enjoyed reading this novel. Great job in characterization. Humm wife beater, person with eating disorder, person with schizophrenia or alcoholism, person is kleptomaniac, person with dementia? You'll have to read the book to find out what really is going on and you might be surprised. Was totally engrossed with the characters. Thought the ending was unexpected but an interesting. This was my favorite of Ms. Hepworth's novels.

An entertaining quick read about a family with a lot of problems that ends with a twist. ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

Sally Hepworth can write! I have read quite a few of her novels and am never disappointed. "The Younger Wife" is an easy read but it is also filled with deep characters. This story feels so realistic; therefore easy to get into. Another great novel!

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth is a family melodrama and rom-com disguised as a domestic thriller. The story revolves around three women: sisters Rachel and Tully, and their father's soon-to-be new wife Heather. When the two sisters' father announces that he plans to divorce their mother and get married again to a much younger woman, the two sisters are understandably upset. How can he just divorce their dementia-stricken mother like that? Is Heather just another gold-digger? And what secrets are each of them hiding?

Here is an excerpt from the Prologue, which is from an unnamed person's perspective:

"She leads Stephen and his new wife into a room to the side of the altar. The trio is followed by the two little boys, plus Rachel and Tully and Pamela, who is still clutching the candlestick. Will someone take that poor woman home? I think.
With the bridal party out of sight, the guests start chatting among themselves.
...
It seems as good a time as any to take my leave. I stand, gathering my things, and that’s when I hear it. A young woman’s scream and then, a dense, meaty thud. I rise at the same time as every other guest. I look to the front of the room, but my view is obscured by large hats and bald heads. I am craning to see through the gaps between the guests when the celebrant reappears. Her face is ashen and her white pantsuit is covered in blood."

Overall, The Younger Wife is an interesting look into the lives and relationships of three women and the familial bonds between them. It maintained my interest from beginning to end, and I ended up finishing this book in a day. I would not call this book a domestic thriller though. I took off 1 star because I was expecting there to be a lot more thrills in this book. During the first half, I had to keep checking to make sure I was reading the correct book. The action does pick up in the second half, and there was a surprise that I did not see coming, but I was expecting more from this book overall. If you're intrigued by the excerpt above, or if you're a fan of Sally Hepworth's previous books, you can check out this book when it comes out in April!

I was so excited to read this early! Sally Hepworth never disappoints! I thought this was a really good family drama, with an air of mystery that kept me throwing pages! I felt that she described the characters so well and made me care about them. I look forward to whatever comes next!

It’s almost a cliche, a man marrying a woman the same age as his daughters. The only fly on the ointment is that Stephen already has a wife, still she’s in an assisted living facility doe people with dementia; it shouldn’t be that had to get a divorce. Rachel and Tully are sure that Heather, their father’s paramour is nothing more than a gold digger and they don’t intend to sit by and let her, and their father, disrespect their mother.But Heather has her own reasons for wanting to be married to Stephen; everyone in this book has secrets and no one is what they seem

Thanks to NetGalley for the e-ARC of this book.

An older rich man (Stephen Aston) wants to marry a young beautiful woman except he's still married to his wife who has dementia. Obviously his two daughters are not thrilled about this turn of events and secrets are revealed showing no one is who they say they are.

I usually enjoy Sally Hepworth's books and have had this one on my to read list for quite awhile. Overall it was a quick read but it lacked any real depth for me. By the end of the book I expected a big twist or something but things were left somewhat nebulous. It didn't seem like there were any answers given to many of the questions raised. The story I really wanted explored was between Rachel and Darcy. That seemed much more interesting than whether or not Stephen was an abuser.

Overall, it was a quick and easy read but not very interesting to me.

Stephen Aston divorced his wife Pam, who has dementia, in order to marry their much younger interior designer, Heather. Heather is actually younger than his two daughters, Tully and Rachel.

The story starts out on Heather and Stephen’s wedding day where an incident happens causing the police and an ambulance to arrive. We then step back in time to the events leading up to the wedding day and learn that everyone has secrets they are hiding.

I could not put this book down. It was well written and the charterers were well developed and believable. All the secrets kept me turning the pages. This is a must read.

More like 2.5 stars. I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review, This is the first book by this author and unfortunately I couldn't get into it so it took me awhile to finish.

I received an advance copy of, The Younger Wife, by Sally Hepworth. Stephen wants to get married trouble is he already is married to someone else. His daughters are not happy with his choice, of stepmother. Will they get married, will the family come together?

A fast moving entertaining novel from Sally Hepworth. Not a thriller, more of a domestic mystery or a lite women's literature with questions.

The setting is the wedding of Stephen Aston. Stephen is marrying a (much) younger wife, younger than the newly divorced wife that is present in the church! His adult daughters and grandchildren are present. Is it a happy occasion? By the end of the first chapter, the wedding ends abruptly and an ambulance is called. What transpired?

I truly enjoyed the characterization. Each member of the B family was interesting, complex and engaging. Learning more about their trial and tribulations kept the book moving and outshone the actual mystery in my opinion. This book could have been a great study of family relationships.

The ending is somewhat ambiguous and I am not sure how I feel about it. I don't think it actually matches the tone of the rest of the book.

Overall, very enjoyable. I am personally tired of the frail wife who cannot stand up to others. This book instead offered plenty of good and evil in each character. Recommended for those who enjoy a good beach read or slow mystery. Thank you to @NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for a fair review #TheYoungerWife #NetGalley

If you're looking for a suspenseful book that draws you in, this is it. Stephen surprises his daughters Tully & Rachel with the news that he is getting married again. The big surprise behind this news is that his new wife, Heather, is the same age or younger than his daughters, AND he is still married to their mother who is suffering from dementia. The girls try to get to know Heather while being skeptical of her true intentions. As the story unwinds, it becomes clear that there are several secrets within the family, and each person may have something that they are trying to hide. This was a welcomed page-turner for me.

Sally Hepburn does it again with this great book. I was immediately drawn into the characters in the story. I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen next and I really really loved this book.