Sally does it again!!

I love Sally’s writing and she become an auto-buy and auto-read author. She has a way of creating rich characters while creatively weaving in and out of POV’s and timelines.

The Soulmate is an unputtdownable domestic thriller. It boasts a married couple and who seemingly has it all including frenetic chemistry. Along with another married couple with greater resources and a relationship that is less passionate yet fiercely loyal. The two converge in unexpected entanglements.

I read this in a day and literally gasped at the end.

Instant 5 stars!

Two storylines.
Multiple points of view.
Twisty plot, lots of descriptive detail.
Cleverly plotted conclusion that I definitely wasn't expecting.
Great weekend read.

This was my first Sally Hepworth book and it did not disappoint. Dual POV, past and present. It takes you through the lives of two soulmate couples. When an accident happens outside of one of the couples properties, they all try to uncover the truth. If you want a fast-paced thriller with an ending that you didn’t expect, pick this one up!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this advance reader copy. All opinions are my own.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an e-ARC copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

Another great, suspenseful novel by Sally Hepworth!

In this story we meet Gabe and Pippa and their 2 girls. They move to a gorgeous home, on a cliff, but it's in a spot where people have come to end their lives by jumping off. Gabe has been successful in talking people out jumping....until one night, a woman who they both know, comes to the cliff.

As Pippa watches in horror the events unfold, the woman jumps - and she can't be sure that her husband didn't push her over the edge.

Full of twists and turns you don't see coming, I highly recommend this book!

Oh how I loved this book! I simply devoured it, reading rapidly, telling myself just one more chapter, and then of course not being able to stop. I had to know how it all would end! Sally Hepworth unwound this story masterfully; twists at every turn. This is the first domestic thriller I have read in a long time that I couldn't figure out the twists until Ms. Hepworth wanted me to. Bravo!

3.5 raised to 4 stars

Audiobooks make it possible for me to cook, drive, clean the house, and do a myriad of other things while enjoying a story. One thing I have discovered, though, is that I have far more tolerance for a slow audiobook than when I actually read a book.

In this case, the narration was very good and most of the story moved along. Pippa and Gabe live in a beautiful seaside home that is located on a cliff. What they didn’t realize when they moved there is that their cliffside location was infamous for jumpers wanting to commit suicide.

Gabe is a stay-at-home dad who has been able to talk several out of jumping. One particular jumper appears when his wife, Pippa, a lawyer, is home. In this case, the jumper does end up going off the cliff and dying, but had Pippa glimpsed her husband reaching for the lady or pushing?

The point of view uniquely goes back and forth between Amanda, the jumper, and Pippa. That may not feel necessarily unusual, but the viewpoints go before and after the jump occurs. So that means at times the perspective is from the dead jumper.

My Concerns
To a large degree thriller and suspense didn’t apply. Plus the flow of the story felt slightly off.

Final Thoughts
The narration and the story had no trouble holding my interest until the middle, where it felt a bit repetitive and slowed it down.

This is still a thumbs-up. However, one of my favorite books by this author is The Good Sister.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ALC.

Many thanks to the publish and NetGalley for the advanced copy of the new book by one of my all time favorite writers, Sally Hepworth!

Ms. Hepworth sure knows how to write a domestic thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat!

Well developed and fascinating characters, short chapters and twists every 20 pages kept me glued to this. Her writing, as usual, was superb, and I ate up every little drop of hints along the way.

This is getting 4 stars instead of 5 just because the final twist at the end wasn’t my favorite. This lands at the number 2 spot of Hepworth novels for me, just below The Other Sister.

Pippa and her family live at a beautiful home with a cliff in the backyard. The cliff is where people go to jump off to commit suicide. The newest person to jump is Amanda. However there is an problem, Pippa and her husband know Amanda.
A great mystery and I really enjoyed it.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC and to the publisher St. Martin's Press.

Pippa and Gabe live in a beautiful home in a coastal town. Their house sits right on the cliffs and they love it - except it's become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Gabe discovers he has a knack for talking those people off the edge, until the night he doesn't. Suddenly, their life is turned upside down and Pippa starts to wonder if Gabe is really her soulmate, or if he is even the man she thought he was.

This is another winner from Sally Hepworth. Her stories always are engaging and full of twists and turns. This was a ride from start to finish and I really enjoyed it. If you're a fan of Hepworth, you'll love this one too!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with an advance digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

Available April 4, 2023.

In The Soulmate, Sally Hepworth brilliantly captures the love and loyalty of two women to the men they have married. By weaving the past and present circumstances of each woman, Hepworth creates a story rich in character analysis and steeped in domestic suspense. Using short chapters that alternate the female characters as well as the timeline, Hepworth sustains the reader's interest through a puzzling plot of suicide or murder. With this latest novel, Hepworth manages to keep you turning the pages and on the edge of your seat to the finale. Sally Hepworth is at her best!
#ThankyouNETGALLEYandST.MARTINSPRESSfortheprivilegeofreadingthisawesomeARC.

I devoured this book so quickly. I love the author & her writing; once again, does not disappoint. Definitely recommend!

I would like to thank NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

As with all of Sally Hepworth books, The Soulmate is full of twists and turns that kept me wanting to read/listen to just one more chapter. I was never sure who to trust so I didn’t figure out what had really happened to the woman on the cliff. The audiobook with an Australian narrator adds even more to Hepworth’s ability to write evocative settings. I will continue to read everything Sally Hepworth writes!

I have given this author many tries since I’ve seen her recommended so many times but I cannot get into her books.

I did enjoy the story, but felt that the first part of the story drug on. I disliked most of the characters which is always a struggle for me too.

I have read a few books by this author before so I knew it was one id enjoy… the first chapter is crazy right off the bat. I honestly loved the different mix of POV’s including the woman who died.. I had a few guesses through the story but I didn’t guess it correct! This is always nice for me because as an avid mystery/thriller reader I tend to spoil a lot for myself.

This was such a fast paced book that hooked me right from the beginning. The twists towards the end were amazing! I felt deeply for a few of the characters. Definitely the perfect thriller.

Oh Sally, you have done it again!

Your writing wiggles it’s way into my head and encapsulates my heart. Perfectly written from the hook of the first chapter, to the suspense that keeps building, and THEN when the ending twist happens here I am shedding tears over these characters over a few lines you masterfully crafted!

This is a great one yall! I will remember this book for a long time coming!

Gabe and Pippa live at the precipice of an ocean cliff, which many people visit in order to find a means to an end. In the year that they have lived there, Gabe has become adept at helping those people on the edge. That is except for his last encounter, where he could not save her…or is that just the story he has spun…

This book had me from start to finish—it took me a day to read from cover to cover—typical of a Sally Hepworth thriller!

The ending was a slightly dissatisfying, but not enough for me to rate this any less than 4 stars. Definitely check this one out!

Thank you to St. Martins Press and NetGalley for the ARC!

Featuring ~ dual 1st person POV, dual timeline ~ now and then & before and after, suicide, infidelity, mental illness, short chapters

Pippa narrates in the now and then. Pippa is known as the helper and husband Gabe the hero since he's saved 7 suicidal people from taking their life near their house that sits on a cliff. Until he doesn't save one...in steps Amanda as she narrates in the before and after, but talking as if dead ~ what's up with that? Not sure, but it worked well to slowly reveal, in a fast paced way, all the secrets and betrayal.

Sally is quite the storyteller giving us some nice twists. I was kept engaged and was able to bust it out in just one day.

Side note ~ this is one of my favorite covers.

thank you netgalley & st. martin’s press for this ARC! THE SOULMATE by sally hepworth is out april 4, 2023.

i am a big fan of sally hepworth’s books, so i was really excited to read her new release! THE SOULMATE is told from the perspective of two wives and switches between past and present. with every chapter, you continue to uncover more of the truth, slowly but surely. the short chapters helped keep things moving along and the setting/plot of “the drop” was really interesting.

overall, i was slightly underwhelmed by this thriller. it didn’t captivate me as much as THE MOTHER-IN-LAW or THE GOOD SISTER did. it still had great elements of family drama and domestic suspense!