Another good book from Sally Hepworth. This one explores relationships, fidelity, marriage, dysfunction, mental illness, all with twists and turns - centered around the question - Is it suicide or murder? The setting is basically a beautiful but dangerous Australian cliff, with a beautiful dream house on one side and the extraordinary Australian ocean on the other. The characters are well written - a family with complex layers and friends with there own complexity. Well written with two points of view- I loved that Hepworth included the point of view of the main character as well as, toward the end of the story, the dead women. Enjoyable read if you love drama saturated with mystery!

Quick and Dirty
-domestic thriller
-an obsessive love story
-mental health representation
-binge-worthy read

Musings
I opened my Kindle not long after boarding the 10hr flight and tried reading my current histfic. I immediately lost interest (gasp!!!) and thought about finding some music to listen to, but I remembered I hadn’t read the May book for @socalstoryswappers. So, I searched my Kindle library for The Soulmate and five hours later I was done. One sitting, no breaks, no stopping me. Needless to say, this one is very binge-able, so beware! Was the story perfect? Nope. But it was entertaining, which spells a great vacay read in my humble opinion. I love a good domestic thriller, and this scratched that itch for sure. The mental health representation was overall good, and the way the author illustrated the impact of mental health on a family, including extended family, is highly commendable. The blind love was a bit hard to stomach at times, so there were definitely a few eye rolls. I loved that there were several twists, all of varying degrees of twistedness. And as we discussed at book club, Hepworth is a master at slipping big moments in under the radar, which results in some re-reading of more than one sentence or two. Overall, this was solid and I recommend it to anyone looking for the perfect vacay read for summer.

This is a good domestic thriller with plenty of twists you don't see coming. I enjoyed the short chapters changing from different points of view and it was paced perfectly to hold my interest. I will be looking for more books from Sally Hepworth in the future. My thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing a copy of this book for review. All opinions are my own.

I have enjoyed Sally's previous books but it has been a mixed bag. The Mother In Law and The Good Sister have been my favorite. Absolutely riveting.

For whatever reason this one fell flat for me. The writing is excellent and the plot was good. A solid fast paced read, but I failed to connect to the story. I will likely give this another try on Audiobook format and see if I connect better that way.

Actual rating: 3.5 out of 5

I enjoyed reading The Soulmate. It was entertaining from beginning to end and I wanted to know what had happened at the cliff. The storytelling could get confusing though. There are two couples: Gabe and Pippa and Max and Amanda. The story itself is narrated by Pippa in the now and in the then, while intertwining with Amanda telling her narration in the before and the after. It was Amanda's 'after' that lost it for me. Everything else could have been believable, but a narration from the dead?

I still look forward to reading more from this author.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and Sally Hepworth for a copy of "The Soulmate" in exchange of an honest review.

This was a pretty good book. It was told from different perspectives including from a character who is dead for part of it. It goes back and forth in time to tell the story. It was exciting and moved along quickly. However the only thing that bugged me was some of the coincidences in the book between the characters - I thought it was a bit too much.

But overall I enjoyed the book.

Sally Hepworth once again presents a twisty domestic thriller. Pippa and Gabe left the city behind and bought their dream home on the coast. The only catch is it is literally on a cliff. And people sometimes come to jump off that cliff. Gabe, a stay-at-home dad, has a talent for talking people away from the edge. It happens often enough, that when they notice a woman on the cliff's edge, Pippa and Gabe spring to action. Pippa wrangles the kids inside and Gabe slowly approaches the potential jumper. From the kitchen window Pippa watches as the woman is there one moment, talking to Gabe, and the next, she is gone. If this is not devastating enough, Pippa soon learns that Gabe new the victim. What follows is a slow unraveling of secrets and lies.
Hepworth got creative in this new book-she multiple points of view, including that of the victim, and alternates between the past and the present-while staying true to her slow-burn style of storytelling. Another quick, enjoyable read from a reliable author.

It will forever put me in awe to see the way that Hepworth balances a mystery and the emotional rollercoaster that life is for everyone. She is the only thriller author that I have read that has completely wrapped me up into a book mentally, as well as emotionally. I absolutely loved the way that this mystery slowly unfolded each chapter, revealing more and more of the puzzle to us. It was perfectly paced and the ending was very satisfying.

I mean honestly can you ever go wrong with a Sally Hepworth book? Another psychological page-turner from a fabulous story-teller! I love a dark, twisty suspense as a beach read. This one definitely will be a hit and I am guessing to a streaming service soon!

Quick thoughts on this one.

I liked the dual POV and timeline and the talk of mental health which I thought was done well.

Short quick chapters made it really easy to get through the book faster.

This was just a big group of unlikeable and unreliable characters which added to the suspense but overall I felt a little disappointed with the ending. I was expecting more out of it, but it ended up being more about the family drama than anything.

This was my first from Hepworth and I will definitely give her other books a try!

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martins Press for the gifted ebook in exchange for my honest review

Married couple Gabe and Pippa moved to a home near a cliff popular for its suicide count. Since then, Gabe was able to save a number of those who attempted, with the exception of the last one, a woman with ties to the couple. Doubts and feelings of betrayal then begin to unravel as secrets get to be exposed.

I appreciated that this explored the effects of mental illness in a married couple’s life and their families which I believe was handled sensitively. I also enjoyed how this was told from Pippa and the dead woman’s points of view in alternating timelines slowly revealing their connections which I somehow predicted and proved to be a bit anti-climactic. I loved how Hepworth tied together the ending, though.

This one was my gateway Sally Hepworth and it turned out to be more domestic and less thriller for my liking. I guess my expectations weren’t properly managed and that’s on me. I’m still going to try her other books for sure.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press, NetGalley and the author for my copy. All opinions are honest and my own.

I really enjoyed this one. Sally Hepworth has become an auto-read author for me…she writes it, I definitely want to read it. The storyline was unique and I enjoyed the format of the book. Would recommend!

Thanks to #Netgalley and #StMartinsPress for the early copy of this book - the opinions are my own.
This psych thriller defines TWISTY! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Told from two POV - the wife and the dead wife - it's an interesting technique to fill in the blanks and history of the characters. There were more than a couple twists that I didn't see coming, which is always a pleasure.

The writing is good; the action never stops; the oh-woe-is-me angst quotient gets pretty high sometimes, but it doesn't overwhelm the story. However, I had a couple of issues: in both marriages, the women were SO in love with their husbands that they forgave them EVERYthing....beyond what is remotely realistic, but ...... Also, the lack of psychological help for the husband who clearly did NOT have ADHD, felt misrepresented. She needed a better therapist!

I found this a very entertaining and easy to read psychological thriller - it's a great way to spend a weekend (or save it for a beach read - summer is near!).

I have read every book Sally Hepworth has released and have loved every single one. I am impatient for the next as soon as I am done with the latest. Unfortunately, this one fell short for me. I'm not sure what it was. Maybe not as thrilling as they have been? It seemed more dramatic than anything. No love lost here though, I still can't wait for the next book!

I love Sally Hepworth, and this book reaffirms why! She writes such good stories that are twisty and psychological and family/relationship centered, which I'm such a fan of! Loved the setting, characters, back-and-forth timelines and character voices in this story. Plus to echo what my dear friend said, the chapters are short which makes it an easier read!

This one was just okay for me. It was a bit of a slow burn, but the short chapters helped to propel the book forward. It's so easy to just keep reading 'one more chapter' when they're so short.

The book had some unexpected twists, and I liked Pippa's character and POV. The other POV in this book was definitely unique and creative, but unfortunately, it was a bit much for me.

Overall, this one was okay for me. I didn't love it, didn't hate it. It wasn't very thrilling, but felt more like a domestic suspense. I would still recommend it and will still read more from this author.

I am an avid fan of Sally Hepworth and eagerly anticipate reading anything she writes. I am usually pleased and entertained; this book was no exception.
THE SOULMATE has two narrators, Pippa and Amanda, Amanda is deceased, a premise that might turn me off in the hands of any other author. Ms. Hepworth delivers with the narrators and the alternating timeline between the present (Amanda is deceased) and the past (leading to Amanda’s death).
Though not exactly a domestic thriller, this book is a domestic drama. As in many of Hepworth’s books they dynamics of the dysfunctional family draws you and makes you a part of their lives; you through the façade to the dysfunction.
I recommend this book to readers of women’s fiction and also to mystery readers. Read it, you won’t be sorry.

Gabe and Pippa live at the beach near a cliff where people jump to end their life. One day they saw a woman jump and realize that they know the woman. She happens to be the wife of Gabe’s boss, Max. Max owns a huge media company and has no idea why his wife would commit suicide. This book was so good and it had one of those moments where my mouth dropped near the end. Thanks to NetGalley for the advanced copy!

Really good book! Kept me hooked right from the beginning and throughout the entire book. I loved reading it from the different perspectives. I especially liked that one perspective was from someone who had died- that was an interesting way to do it that I hadn't read before. I also loved the few little twists at the end! I really enjoyed reading this book and flew right threw it!

This is one of the most fast paced thrillers I’ve read in a long time! I really enjoyed it and it kept my attention through the whole novel.