Sally Hepworth doesn’t disappoint. Her newest book, The Soulmate, is the thriller you are looking for if this is your go-to genre. The book begins with a picture perfect family, but as is standard in a Hepworth storyline, not all is what it seems. Told from dual points of view, this book will leave you guessing until the end.

Sally Hepworth has written an interesting novel, filled with twists, lies and deception.

Gabe and Pippa live in a house overlooking the sea, with beautiful views and treacherous cliffs. The Drop, a dangerously scenic spot, is next to their property. On more than one occasion, Gabe has been responsible for talking down a possible suicide victim about to jump.
However, this time, he’s not successful.

Did the woman jump, or did Gabe push her off the deadly cliff?

Thus, the story unfolds, from both Pippa’s and the dead woman, Amanda’s, points of view.

I gave this book 4 stars, because at times it was confusing while transitioning between the women’s narratives and time periods.
I enjoyed the story. It flowed well and was entertaining.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the advanced copy of this book.

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
Rating (5/5) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Publishing Date - 04/04/23

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for this arc ! I loved this book! If you are looking for a thriller with plenty of twists and turns , The Soulmate is the PERFECT read! I was hooked from the very first page.

I love a book with twists and turns, this one did not disappoint. The writing style made it an easy read and kept me engaged from start to finish. Highly recommend this book!

✨Book Review✨
The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5

First thank you to @netgalley and @stmartinspress for my ARC copy of this read.

Synopsis:

There’s a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Night after night Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the ledge. Until he doesn’t.

When Pippa discovers Gabe knew the victim, the questions spiral...Did the victim jump? Was she pushed?

And would Gabe, the love of Pippa’s life, her soulmate...lie? As the perfect facade of their marriage begins to crack, the deepest and darkest secrets begin to unravel….

Now Wow. I really enjoyed this one guys and ALL the twists! This was not at all what I was expecting. Did not really see the end coming..

Loved the multiple POV’s and alternate timelines of past and future between Pippa and Amanda to bring it all together. Gabe and Max what a mystery! 👀

The quick short chapters made this read a breeze. And I read them all through the the past few nights!

And is Sally. Freaking. Hepworth. Enough said! Can’t wait to read what’s next!

If you have read The Good Sister by @sallyhepworth I know you’ll like this one too! If it’s your first read by her be on the lookout for it!

Coming to shelves April 4, 2023! And as always happy reading! 💕

Sally Hepworth has done it again! I appsolutly love all the novels I have read from this author. The soul mate did not disappoint. I found myself not wanting to put it down. I loved the characters and setting! Once again a great book.

I’ve read and will continue to read all of Sally Hempworth’s books. While this wasn’t my favorite of the bunch, that still goes to The Good Sister and Mother in Law, it was easy to binge, clearly written and full of family drama, secrets and lies. I loved the dual narratives, past and present timelines and short chapters, which tactically built suspense and left bread crumbs that kept me guessing and questioning my predictions. I will say that I found the ending a bit anticlimactic, and I wasn’t as shocked by it all as other reviewers. Still, I was never bored!

Read if you like:
-Domestic suspense
-Short chapters
-Ghost figures
-Coastal Australia setting
-Couple keeping secrets trope

Thanks SMP for the ARC! Pub date 4/4

I loved this book! It hooked me right from the start, and I stayed up past my bedtime several nights because I didn’t want to stop reading. I wish I could read it for the first time all over again. Thank you for the advanced copy!

I liked this book! Very fast paced, good characters, easy to read! Suspenseful and surprising twists!

4.5 stars, rounded up.

Y’all, I couldn’t put this book down. It was so twisty and fast paced.

This book alternates perspectives between Pippa and Amanda, then and now. This domestic thriller really highlighted the love the two wives had for their husbands, and the sacrifices they made in their relationships.

I can’t write a review without spoiling it, but seriously, read this one! It was fun.

Also can we talk about the cover?? 😍 I’m obsessed. Will definitely want a physical copy for my shelf once it is released.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, NetGalley, and Sally Hepworth for the chance to read this e-ARC. What a ride!

Absolutely loved this. The alternating points of view told in both past and present made this particularly interesting, and I stayed up way too late reading. Highly recommend if you like thrillers with excellent character development.

5 top-notch stars

Sally Hepworth has cemented herself as one of my favorite authors. Her books deliver time after time! She creates characters that are memorable and realistic, and the pacing is terrific. She doles out pieces of the story through different narrators and timelines and it makes for a top-notch read!

There are two sets of couples in this one – Pippa and Gabe – married with two children – and we get to know them through past and present chapters. They live in a house outside of Melbourne with a gorgeous but tragic view. Known as “The Drop” it has attracted far too many people with suicidal thoughts. Gabe has become well-known as he has talked seven people to safety. Until one night when he is unsuccessful. And Pippa isn’t sure he’s telling the full truth.

Amanda and Max are the other couple in the book. Max is a powerful successful businessman and Amanda is his wife. Max has a tragic family history of suicide and has leveraged his success into raising money for mental health. I loved the unique point of view chapters from Amanda throughout the book.

As we get more of the history of Pippa and Gabe, it becomes clear that they have many struggles in their marriage. Pippa has stood by Gabe many times in the past and I wondered how many more times she could do this. I rooted for them as a couple, but it was easy to see the toll that events take on Pippa.

Filled with intrigue and secrets, the author spins a tale that kept me engaged and glued to the pages. The ending was perfect, and she managed to not make it a dramatic over-the-top finale. Kudos to Sally Hepworth! This is a favorite read of mine for 2022.

This will probably be a popular book at its release. But having lost my own brother to suicide by jumping off a bridge due to mental illness this whole book just rubbed me wrong. Kind of felt like it was trying to sensationalize mental illness and suicide

Whoa! Tragic love stories explained with Hepworth’s signature dark sense of humor make this a must-read! Lots of unexpected twists and turns will keep you riveted! The ending had me screaming! Well done, Sally Hepworth.

Love Story.

It doesn’t take long for the action to start:

The police are swarming the cliffside yard of Pippa and Gabe’s cottage and Pippa omits information when asked by a detective. She knows she lied, but she doesn’t know why.

Married to her soulmate, Pippa is the envy of other wives in her small community. However, I soon got the feeling that a not so sparkling facet existed in their perfectly cut marriage.

Evenly paced and easily read, I wanted to relax into the story but the foreboding became stronger as the pages turned and kept me sitting up straight!

This was my favorite Sally Hepworth novel so far. A few highlights for me were:

1. Two pragmatic, level headed female leads. Even the secondary roles were people to get behind thus satiating my love for intelligent characters.

2. Using marriage as the backbone, two couples are featured with Pippa and Gabe at center, but I was equally, if not more invested in Amanda and Max’s timeline. I loved the creative tactic used to relay Amanda’s voice and carry the story forward.

3. While the immediate drama caught my attention, less overt but important details almost floated by me. I love Sally Hepworth’s sleight of hand with commentary and wisdom slipping in with the flash.

I also appreciated the unexpected choices made by the author and was surprised by the ending.

This is the fifth book I’ve read by Sally Hepworth and it’s a favorite for the year. I plan on purchasing my own copy plus one as a gift.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and the author for my advance review copy.

I thought this was a very solid mystery/thriller, with some good, twisty moments, but it wasn't anything super out of the ordinary to me; nothing really makes it stand out as special.

Hepworth worked well within the confines of her story, but was allowed some latitude by the narrative structure. The Now and Then way of doling out information about the main POVs was very useful and allowed Hepworth to slowly divulge information in a very active way, rather than having to rely on Pippa or Amanda telling us any of the information we needed to know.

All of the characters involved are likable, but none truly stand out. In a way, I was much more drawn to Max and Amanda in their past than I was with Pippa and Greg, and therefore enjoyed the glimpses of their life together much more, but the main premise of the plot, that greg new the woman that jumped, is filled with holes that make me grimace. I can suspend my belief for the sake of the story, but i just wish i didn't have to.

the story is told in such a way that it does hold your attention and the nuggets of information that Hepworth drops make turning the page worth it, as does her pacing, but I just didn't find myself completely invested in what was going on.

What a ride! Once I started reading The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth I could not put it down! Several times I was sure I had it figured out, but I was wrong every time. I didn't see the twist at the end coming. Sally Hepworth knows how to keep her readers guessing!

The story alternated between two different points of view throughout and I was intrigued by both, enough to keep turning the pages late into the night. I highly recommend picking this book up if you love a good twist and lots of juicy secrets!

When I see a favorite author is releasing a new book-I get excited! But, only a FEW of those books go STRAIGHT to the top of my TBR list, no matter how far out the publication date is!! Sally Hepworth-Queen of DOMESTIC SUSPENSE is one of those authors!!

First take a look at the gorgeous cover.

That is a visual of “The Drop”-a view that people often pause to admire while strolling on MIllionaire’s Walk, a sandy walking path in Portsea-a sleepy coastal town a couple of hours outside of Melbourne.

But, it has also become a popular place for people to come to end their lives. Ragged cliffs above the ocean, 30 meters below- You DON’T survive the fall.

Gabe and Pippa had a fortuitous meeting. It was pretty much “love at first sight”- something that would often bother me in a ROMANCE book-but we are talking about “Soulmates” in this story…

Intoxicating to one another- Yin and Yang.

But their life together has had its challenges, as well.

Their new cliff side home 20 meters from “The Drop” is meant to be a fresh start, for the couple and their two young daughters, Freya and Asha, and at first it is.

Gabe becomes a local hero of sorts when he talks down someone from the ledge. And, then he succeeds time and again until the day he doesn’t. He is devastated.

The Police rule it a Suicide-but the Victim’s husband swears that Amanda wouldn’t jump!

And, when Pippa realizes that Gabe knew this woman- she has questions about what she thinks she saw before the woman tumbled out of sight.

Told from the alternating perspectives of Pippa (NOW) and Amanda (AFTER) Sally Hepworth delivers yet ANOTHER original story that surprised me not ONCE-not TWICE- but at least THREE times!

Not only that, but she always NAILS her endings-shocking without being OTT!

I can’t wait to see what she dreams up for us next!

SCHEDULED publication date: April 4th, 2023

I received a gifted copy from St. Martin’s Press through NETGALLEY and it was sincerely MY pleasure to offer a candid review!

How far would you go for your soulmate? Sally Hepworth delivers a beautifully twisted story of love, family, and murder. The multiple POV, multiple timeline is engaging and will keep you flipping to the next chapter way past your bed time.

This is a murder mystery with a bit of a twist. It concerns the relations among two couples, and the wife of one dies in the first few pages. What you don't know is why or how: was it a suicide or was she pushed or was it an accidental fall? The inner workings of the four people twist and turn as you are privy to their thoughts and descriptions of the plot moments. While this basic narrative form has been frequently used, I liked how the book has been put together and the characters are well drawn and the descriptions are interesting to read and visualize. The book takes place on the coast of a posh Australian suburb that is in transition from its more modest roots. There is examination of various forms of mental illness, infidelity, and overbearing and over-involved grandparents. Overall, I really liked the book and would recommend to mystery fans as a fresh take.