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Second Wives

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Really enjoyed this book. It's the second I've read by the author and doesn't disappoint. Great characters and lots of twists to keep you guessing.

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Brigid came round in a hospital bed, her husband holding her hand. She is confused & struggles to remember what happened- she is even more confused when she is told that in fact it is her ex-husband beside her. It seems she has had a serious accident. Nash- the man beside her is married to Charity & she is married to Jackson; Charity's ex. It is a strange situation but as they were part of the same friends circle it was good to keep it civil. But Brigid struggles. The accident has left her struggling to recapture her relationship with Jackson & haunted by a nightmare of someone being drowned. Charity seems to be wherever she turns. Her relationship with her daughter, Tish, is not good- especially when Charity's ne'er do well brother persuades Tish to leave college to be with him. Will Brigid ever get her life back?
Loved it
Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for giving me an advance copy.

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I enjoyed this book quite a bit. It's kinda similar to a couple of books that I've read in the past but that didn't take away the fun and thrill this one had.

I would've wanted for the twists to be more unpredictable but well, we can't have everything, anyway.

Kudos to the author!

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Carey Baldwin does it again. Each of her books gets better and better. This one takes the reader down a path of gaslighting and amnesia until the jaw-dropping end.

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This book was confusing.
#i was constantly confused with the POV's.
# The characters were also confusing. The personality shifts were exhausting to keep up with.
# they sounded kind of bratty.
# The end twist was going good and fell flat.

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Grab ahold of your seat because this is one wicked, twisty domestic drama that will keep you flipping the pages until the scandalous reveal. Make sure you don’t miss this one.

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Omg wow! I'm speechless. The threat of this grabs hold of you and doesn't let go. It will leave you paranoid. I had no idea who I could trust.

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What could go wrong when two woman swap husbands and marry them?
Second Wives is a , twisty domestic drama that will keep you flipping the pages until the scandalous reveal and staying up way to late to read until the end!
Best friends, Brigid and Charity have divorced their partners.
Then they remarry each other’s husbands.
One night after a freak accident, Brigid wakes up in the hospital.
Confused who her husband is, she is unsure of who is telling the truth.
Why do memories of a lake keep appearing?
Who is keeping secrets?
Who is revealing lies?
What is the answer to the obvious question?
Shocked and jaw dropping ending!!

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This book was completely predictable. I had the plot figured out within the first few chapters, was hoping for a god twist, but it was predictable as well. The characters didn't have any likeable aspects to them. I had to force myself to finish the book.

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I did not finish this one, it was not for me, I couldn't relate to the characters, and just did not care for the story.

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I unfortunately did not finish this one. It failed to draw me in right away from the start like this author’s previous books.

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A rollercoaster of a read that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through. I couldn't put it down

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Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of the book.

Bridget is married to Jackson and charity is married to Nash. But these are second marriages and Jackson and charity were a couple as were Bridget and Nash.

When Bridget is accidentally shot it causes her to suffer from emotional amnesia. This in turns brings back nightmares. She slowly realised that in fact this is a suppressed memory and tries to find out the truth, not knowing who to trust.

I found this book really slow to get started and hard to stay on track and follow it. While there was some suspense, it didn’t seem to flow for me.

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Well this was a fun read and it really worked for me. At first I wasn't sure where it was going to go domestic or thriller. About half way through it got quire suspenseful. I loved the ending

I was given a free copy by netgalley and the publishers but the review is entirely my own

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Sadly, this was a DNF for me. I wasn't able to become connected to the story. I suspect that this was an issue with me rather than the book so I do plan to revisit it at another time.

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This book was ok, but confusing at times. It was also a bit unrealistic. Here we go again the amnesia trope. It was very slow and I began to lose attention.

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Thank you Netgalley for the ARC of this book. Loved this book!!! This was a great twisty story that ended with a bang. Highly recommend

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This is the first book I've read by this author & it won't be my last! I couldn't put this one down! A great read!!

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Second Wives by Carey Baldwin

The ultimate wife swap gone wrong.. This started a little slow for me but it definitely ended with a bang!

4 stars!

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I really struggled with this. The concept was so far fetched that I found myself getting irritated in a pile of outstanding books this year so far - it was average.
Well written. But just couldn’t get invested

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