This is the first Sally Hepworth book I have read, but it won't be the last! I really enjoyed this story.
I thought I would get too confused in the way it was written, but it was very easy to follow. It was interesting to see how the story unfolded and how mistakes could be made with things being misinterpreted and relationships being damaged by those misconceptions.
Lots of twists and turns in the story which left me saying, ‘“ I didn’t see that coming”. Don’t want to have any spoilers, but I’m not totally sure I agree with the ending but I would definitely recommend this book to others.
Thank you NewGallery for the chance to review this book.

This book!!! Sally is back!!

I’ve been a long time fan of Sally Hepworth. I’ve read a good chunk of her books, my favourite being The Good Sister. I’ll admit I wasnt a fan of The Younger Wife, but I knew that wouldn’t deter me from reading future books by Hepworth.

I was lucky enough to receive an ARC for The Soulmate and I’m so glad that I did. I devoured it. What I love about Sally is that she writes suspense without creating characters that you hate the entire time. I find myself rooting for the people in her books, because they’re multi dimensional and layered.

The Soulmate is about a book about a couple that live on the edge of a cliff. Unfortunately, this cliff is where people go when they feel like they have no other place to then. Gabe, husband of Pippa and father of two adorable girls, finds himself talking people off the edge. But one night he can’t, and a woman dies. But did she jump? A mystery ensues, and it’s twisty and wild and I loved every minute of it.

Definitely recommend. All the stars!

I have loved all Sally Hepworth's books and this one was even better. Great twists and turns and a surprise ending. The characters were all relatable and felt a connection to each. Thoroughly enjoyed this book and looking forward to more from this author.

I was enjoying the book at first. But unfortunately I had to stop reading it. The talk of suicide was too much for me. Otherwise, I think I would have really enjoyed it. The writing style is great!

Sad, sad, sad! Seems too often that what we think is true actually is not so. I envy how so many readers are able to masterly create a synopsis of a book but, when I turn the last page, I find myself, for good or ill, left with simply a firm impression of how the book made me feel. In the case of a Sally Hepworth novel, my impression has, unfailingly been that my time has been well spent peeling the many onion layers to her story. The Soulmate has not been an exception to that expectation. Thank you St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for this excursion.

Gade and Pippa Gerard recently moved into a cliffside cottage in a small town outside of Melbourne. It was their dream home, a perfect place to raise their family and have a fresh start. What they didn’t realize is they were right beside “The Spot” - which has become a popular place for people wanting to end their lives. After talking multiple people literally off the edge, Gabe becomes the new local hero until one night it doesn’t happen. Pippa sees the seconds after it happens and her husband is standing on the cliff with his arms out. Over time as the truth comes out, Pippa learns her husband has a connection to the deceased. As she uncovers the truth, their lives begin to crack and their deepest secrets are revealed.

The Soulmate is such a fantastic read! I was a little skeptical since I didn’t love Sally’s last book - The Younger Wife but I was blown away. Each chapter would bounce between the past and current life for either Pippa or Amanda. The flow between each chapter was impressive and I never felt lost when switching from the past to current. Right away you can feel the love between Gabe and Pippa. They have this intense, co-dependent relationship and they think they require each other for survival. As for Max and Amanda, their relationship seems to grow as the story is being told but in the end you feel this love like no other. This book had me intrigued and wanting to know more as each chapter went on. Each twist and turn not only made sense, but also left you to be blown away by the next one and the next. The book left me feeling deeply connected to every character. I became invested in their wellbeing and future outcome. Ugh!!! I just love getting lost in a book.

This book is scheduled to release in Q2 2023 and this bookworm will be pre-ordering her hardcopy tonight! You should be too!

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Yes, I was actually able to read one of my favorite author’s books early! I have read every book of Sally Hepworth’s. Her books are always consistently a 4 or 5 stars and this one is no different!

This book jumped right in setting the scene of Pippa watching her husband, Gabe, try to talk down a person from jumping off the cliffside while she waits for the cops to arrive. She first thought this would be another life he saves, since several times before he has found himself in similar situations, until this person actually ends up dead at the bottom of the cliff. From here, all the questions start swirling and the book really gets going.

The Soulmate has changing narrators and then vs. now perspectives and twists actually peppered throughout the book and not just the end. This book easily kept me wanting to read more to see what would happen next. Early into the book I thought I had a feel for where the story was going to go but I was happily wrong early on and then was left shocked at some of the different twists and information learned about the characters. This book did a good job showing how at its face a situation may appear a certain way but until you are inside a person’s mind you have no clue what their thoughts or true intentions are.


Thank you to St. Martin's Press, Sally Hepworth and Netgalley for allowing me to read an advanced reader’s copy.

The Soulmate will grab you from the first page and keep you guessing until the very end. Sally does an amazing job of bringing these characters to life and showing the deepest parts of them. I highly enjoyed this book and I loved how everything came together at the end.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC!

I have enjoyed all of Sally Hepworth's books, and this did not let me down. It keep me guessing throughout, and really wasn't sure of the ending until I had actually finished. I enjoyed the plot twists and couldn't put the book down.
The story involved a house near a cliff, which is used for a suicide point. The man of the house has been able to stop several attempts until he can't.
Thanks to Netgalley for providing an advanced copy for my evaluation and entertainment!

What a whirlwind of a book! I absolutely loved this one and will absolutely recommend it. Sally Hepworth is an absolute genius and is such a talented writer. Her ability to constantly keep the reader on their toes is a force to be reckoned with. I loved how she set this plot up, as there was never a dull moment. The dual perspectives between Pippa and Amanda just worked so well and brought so much to the story. There wasn't anything that I didn't like about this book, as everything was just perfect for me. The writing was beautiful, the story was engaging, and the characters were so well-written. I absolutely recommend reading this one!

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this free arc in exchange for my honest review.

At first this book was not gripping me but then all of a sudden at about 70% BOOM 😳 I was so hooked & on the edge of my seat !!! I did not see anything coming , it was amazing ! I absolutely love how the author ties everything together at the end .. that is complete gold !!
The character development was on point .
The ghost chapters were a bit different but not too paranormal & I enjoyed hearing from all the characters & getting the backstory & history of their relationships.

Very unique story ❤️

This was an incredibly fast paced read I finish it in under 24 hour. Thank to the author, Martin's Press and NetGalley for the complimentary copy.

I have big a big fan of Sally Hepworth and was so excited to read this one and it did not disappoint! I was engaged the entire time and did not want to put it down.

The split narrators in this book, as well as the different timelines, make it for a very fast and satisfying read. Pippa and Amanda are both endearing characters and I had to know what was going on with each of them. I also enjoyed reading about Pippa's children, as I have my own around their age.

Sally Hepworth also did a great job of creating a sense of place - I could easily picture the cliffside, their house, and the town.

Overall I would recommend this book to any thriller fans and was so excited for an opportunity to read this early!

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book!

What an amazing, twisting and unusual mystery Sally Hepworth has created! Gabe and Pippa move to their dream home high on a cliff, with their two young daughters. Their life appears to be perfect, and Gabe has become a bit of a local hero for persuading a few people not to jump from the cliff, except the last woman, Amanda. Narration alternates between Pippa and Amanda in multiple timelines, revealing the past history, secrets, and deceptions of both families in an absolutely thrilling. roller coaster ride that kept me spellbound and reading late into the night! The writing style and concept of the various timelines of narration is superb, as is the character development. I just loved this book! It is the first time I have read Sally Hepworth but will not be the last! A big thank you to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for my advanced copy of the book.

The Soulmate was an interesting book overall, can’t say I’ve read anything with this same premise. A woman commits suicide/goes over a cliff to jumpstart the story (see what I did there haha) & then the rest of the story navigates what led up to it & what actually happened. The characters were meh, especially Pippa (Gabe’s wife) she was so dumbbbb. Part of her just grossed me out as far as how she felt about her husband. Her reasons for staying with him & turning a blind eye to things he did, when in ‘real life’ she should have split with the kids as soon as she saw these signs of the type of man he was….in my opinion. Is it bad that my favorite character was the dead woman??😜 And her husband Max I suppose, while he was supposed to be kind of a ‘bad guy’ in this I liked his character somewhat…definitely more than Pippa & Gabe, ha. It wasn’t a bad book but I didn’t ever feel really invested in it or the characters. There were some unexpected little twisty tidbits we find out later but the end just wasn’t very climactic. The whole book actually was lacking in excitement. I also thought some things in it were kind of ridiculous like how the spot in front of their home was a suicide spot & Gabe was some town savior. Or some of the explanations as to why he was acting the way he was I found myself rolling my eyes or asking the author “really?!”. OH!! And the dead woman, her character is either some ghost or angel. What?! The way her point of view was written out it was clear she was caught in the afterlife of some sort which I’m not a huge fan of normally, but I liked her character & her pov so it worked for this book. Generally speaking I’m not a fan of ghost/angel (supernatural anything) when I’m reading.
—With the exception of The Sundown Motel because that book is amazing🤷‍♀️🖤—
This isn’t a super exciting domestic thriller by any means but the entire story is complete & full of story to where the reader doesn’t get bored, especially since Hepworth wrote a couple different points of view while also having their pov’s alternate past & present. I think this is now my third book by Hepworth. By now I feel it’s safe to say her writing is reliable, she’s absolutely a great writer! I enjoyed it but it won’t stick out in my mind as being a must read.

Thank you to NetGalley & the publisher St Martin’s for the ARC!

The Soulmate is full of twists and turns and written in Sally Hepworth’s classic heartbreaking and fast paced style. The before and after timeline kept me on my toes, and anticipating the ending.

THE SOULMATE
BY: SALLY HEPWORTH

This was for most of the novel a four star reading experience, that I enjoyed until the conclusion. I do think that with its very spare chapters it seemed much shorter than its 336 pages. As I was reading, my thoughts were that this was quick to read and it held my attention from the first sentence until the last one. I really don't know how I feel about the big reveal at this psychological thriller's ending. Perhaps, to be fair to Sally Hepworth, I should revisit reading the ending again. I have read all of Sally Hepworth's former novels and I think that this one is my favorite. The reason being is that I was enjoying how I was never bored or thought that the pacing was slow. In fact, I thought that it moved along quite rapidly with her writing device of keeping the chapters to a minimum with cliffhangers that made me want to keep turning the pages finishing this in one sitting. Also, letting the story and mystery unfold between only two main characters simplified and made this novel proceed both easily and seamlessly.

Another writing device that this Author used was keeping to two points of view with the presentation of a (Now) and (Then) sequence for Pippa, and a (Before) and (After) for Amanda. This may seem confusing, but I promise you that it wasn't for me. Pippa and Amanda are the two wives whose points of view the reader is introduced to in the very beginning.

The action starts right off in the very first line, while Pippa and her husband Gabe are finishing up a family dinner. Pippa is washing the dishes and as she is looking out the window, she says, "Call the police." She sees out the window a figure very close to the edge of their property cliffs side rocky drop off that is both a popular spot for wonderful views, and a spot where people have come to end their lives. She explains that her husband Gabe is the one that everyone would run to in a moment of crisis. In Pippa and Gabe's short time living next to an area that's known for its spectacular view of the Sea. It has also become a popular place for people to choose to jump to their deaths. Gabe has talked many people out of from jumping off the cliff to commit suicide. The police in their small town automatically assume from receiving a phone call from Pippa Gerard, that someone is getting ready to jump, and Gabe is the one who calmly talks to them, and has an impact on their impulsive decision to jump. He is successful in getting them to change their minds by his charismatic nature. At the very least, he gets them to reconsider jumping, until the police arrive.


As Pippa watches out the window, viewing a woman either jumping or getting pushed off the edge of their property's cliff side home by Gabe, she doesn't think that he would be capable of pushing someone off. It is not clear to Pippa whether Gabe was successful at holding off this jumper or if he pushed her somehow by accident. It is not a spoiler to reveal that Amanda is the one that we are to learn early on is the one, either to have willfully jumped or got pushed by Gabriel off the rocky cliff. Amanda is the wife of Max who used to be Gabe's employer. Max is a very wealthy businessman and he and Amanda have no children of their own. When Gabe and Pippa bought this property Gabe was true to his word at quickly erecting a fence to keep their two four year old daughters away from danger, by wandering over to the border of their property, where this steep drop from the cliffs edge exists.

Gabriel and Pippa have two four year old daughters who are referred to as Irish twins, since they look alike, and are both approximately the same age. They seem the idyllic family with Pippa, who is their main source of income working as a Will and Estate attorney. Gabriel is a stay at home father who seems to be very good at parenting their two daughters.

Amanda is presented in the state of her (Before) chapters describing her life being married to Max. Max is a successful business owner who at one time employed Gabriel. Her (After) chapters have her in a holding pattern witnessing everyone involved in the detectives investigation that they at first rule as a suicide. The (After) chapters which again, encompass her death in her jump or/push/or fall from the rocky cliff is up to the reader to wonder which happened throughout this excellent psychological thriller. The two choices are whether or not to suspend belief that Amanda is witnessing the aftermath of her death or to enjoy these in between states of a holding pattern that Amanda inhabits.

The more that I read, the more complex life was between the two families. Naturally, it keeps Sally Hepworth's new novel called, "The Soulmate," introducing new layers of learning about secrets kept between the main characters spouses of one another. Which of the two couples involved are truly each other's soulmate? Could Amanda's death have been prevented? Do you believe in the state of hovering in limbo after death until you know that the pertinent facts are revealed of your life? Do we get a chance to get things about our lives that are mysteries after our demise revealed so that we can rest in peace and move on? Why on earth would Gabe push Amanda off the rocky drop of a cliff? He is the local hero that just had an article printed in the newsletter of how many lives he has saved celebrating his success at diverting would be jumpers.

I really could not believe how much I enjoyed this latest offering by Sally Hepworth. The area that this takes place in this novel is a wealthy seaport community a couple of hours from Melbourne, Australia. I started this one early in the morning and silly me thought at first it took place where my Aunt lives in Melbourne, Florida. Then it dawned on me the Author is Sally Hepworth, of course it has to be Australia. If you decide to read this I hope that you find it as enjoyable as I did. I will continue to read this Author as I can witness her growth in her fifth novel, that I have been fortunate to have been granted early access to.

Publication Date: April 4, 2023

Thank you to Net Galley, Sally Hepworth and St. Martin's Press for providing me with my ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.

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For one, it was solely a marriage of convenience and status. For the other, it was true love and passion beyond compare.

Both are part of a terrible test, but who exactly? How far exactly would you be willing to go to protect your family?

Sally Hepworth's Soulmate is her latest Mystery/Thriller that will leave you hanging on to the edge of your seat for dear life.

Gabe, Pippa Gerard, and their two little girls, Asha, and Freya, have just purchased their dream house. The young family has decided to start everything fresh in their marriage, including buying their dream home.

The couple settled in Melbourne and chose an idyllic house in a sleepy coastal town with their house overlooking the cliffside.

However, the house has something sinister that is unknown to them. The cliff that they have a view of is known as "THE DROP."

The "Drop" name is given because this is where people who want to end their lives go.

Gabe, however, has become somewhat of a local hero. Thanks to his heroics, he has been able to talk six people from jumping to their deaths.

Then one night, while Pippa is washing the dishes, she sees a woman out on the cliffs. Gabe tells her to call the police while he rushes out to save the woman.

Before Pippa knows what happened, the woman is gone.

Looking at Gabe outside, she notices that his arms are not in the proper position to have tried to catch the woman.

They are in a place to have pushed the woman. Pippa is questioning herself as to what she saw. Why were Gabe's arms outstretched and his palms facing out?

When the police arrive, Pippa feigns as if she did not see anything and blatantly lies to the police.

The woman’s death is ruled a suicide, but something still does not feel right to Pippa.

When the anonymous emails arrived, snippets of people's thoughts just before they died on the "Drop" started coming.

Pippa is even more suspicious about what "really" is going on. Is Gabe behind this? The closer she finds the truth, the closer she is to find the "SHOCK OF HER LIFE."

Hepworth's varying forms of two different timelines are flawlessly executed. Pippa and Gabe are telling the first timeline, which represents the present. Amanda (the dead woman) and Max are telling the second timeline, which represents the past.

Hepworth's Piece de resistance is told by the mark of a true "MASTER" at her craft.

Hepworth is an absolute wordsmith, word-building at its finest. The author has no extra flourishing to fill pages, so there is no word dumping.

Hepworth takes you on a race car ride with an inexperienced driver. There are dazzling twists, turns, and shocks you swear this car will crash.

But when it stops, you are like, "Damn! Is it over already?"

Truly one hell of a book, by one "MASTERFUL" writer!

5 Well deserving stars for the hairpin turns and the "WTF" factor alone.

Kudos to you, Ms. Hepworth.

You have joined my list of favorites.

Job "ABSOLUTELY, FRICKING, WELL DONE!!

Thank you, NetGalley/Sally Hepworth/St. Martin's Press/ For this amazing eARC for me to review. My opinions are strictly my own volition.

I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to read The Soulmate early via NetGalley. This book was addictive and fast-paced.

As a long-time Sally Hepworth fan, I would say this book lived up to her reputation as being an author who builds suspense well and makes characters just twisted enough to be believable. This was also another strong book of her's as far as building intricate relationships among the characters.

The plot twists in the middle of the book did not catch me by surprise too much, however, the ending plot twist and extra curveballs were surprising and I loved them. The way the story lines connected together at the end was pretty genius and unpredictable. You could feel the story coming to something big, you just didn't know quite yet where it was going. I was satisfied by the ending!

This book definitely benefits from its short chapters- I had a hard time putting it down. I also loved the choice of the two female narrators with the past and present perspectives. At first I had to take a moment to sort out the characters and the timeframes, once I did, this book started really becoming fascinating for me.

I give this 4 out of 5 stars.

I finished The Soulmate in 1 day! This book is so much more than just a thriller. It was a story of family, marriage, mental health awareness, relationships and how assumption can go really wrong.

Gabe and Pippa are married and have beautiful daughters. They live in a house that sits on a cliff. That cliff is where people come to contemplate life and whether to keep living it. Gabe has an engaging disposition that seems to engage the people that visit the cliff and he manages to talk people into not jumping. Until the day the lady appears on the cliff. Who is the lady and what would make her come to the cliff? That is how this whole wonderous story starts. The rest of the book is a lesson in life, love and how mental illness can effect entire generations.

Amazing work. It has lots of twists, turns and jaw dropping moments!! Thank you to NetGalley, Sally Hepworth and St. Martin's Press for allowing me to read this for my honest opinion!