Thank you Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the advance reader's copy of this publication.

Once again Ruth Ware hits it out of the park.
Put it on your list. On the top of your pile do not hesitate do not wait. It is her best in a long time. Thank you Ruth. I needed a great read.

One Perfect Couple had an interesting take on the whole "reality" TV thing. I mean, it is bound to happen eventually. Right? I enjoyed the survivalism of the plot. A bunch of wanna be stars agree to be on a reality show with their partner. The catch seemed to be that when one person was eliminated their partner would be repartnered. That would cause a lot of conflict on its own. We never got very far on this after a storm cuts the island off from the world.

I found a lot of the characters to be pretty flat and interchangeable. Why have two women named Santana and Zana? And then call one Santa half the time. And Bayer? I hope these were a nod to the ridiculous names people are giving their children or themselves.

I found the ending to be a bit out there. It was kind of unnecessary to make the connections that were made. It made pushed it over the edge of unbelievable. Overall, I enjoyed the book. It was a quick read.

LOVED this one! Probably my 2nd favorite Ruth Ware behind Zero Days! 5 couples travel to a remote island for a reality show. A storm hits, and the characters start dying one by one. There are some twists, and I thought I knew what was really going on the whole time, but there was just a hint of a doubt. I loved the setting, and the trials that came about seemed realistic. I can tell you I'll never look at an over-the-water-bungalow the same;)! Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of the book in exchange for my honest review!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing me an Advanced Copy of One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware. I have been a fan of Ware for years. This book is captivating and surely a page turner. This theme is a bit overdone, but Ware brings a fresh twist. Highly recommend!

As someone who has always enjoyed both reality TV trash and deserted island/survival type stories, this book really worked for me. Yes, there were some problems, the villain was somewhat obvious and you had to suspend some disbelief - but it was also FUN! This was a quick read read for me that I would recommend to anyone looking for a thriller you can just escape into and not think too hard about.

Ruth Ware can be hit or miss for me but I really enjoyed this book. This book sucks you in and keeps you reading and wanting to know just what is going to happen. I also enjoyed the strong female characters in the book.

This was a very good read, especially for those who love tropical settings and natural disaster tie ins. Also a great read for those of us who enjoy reality TV.

The premise is simple, 5 couples are taken to a remote island for a chance at being crowded the perfect couple and winning a reality show. After a storm hits the island, the number of people slowly trickles down and the survivors must be careful to make it out alive… especially when they start to turn on one another.

Personally this was not my favorite Ruth Ware since I thought the villain was obvious, but I did really enjoy it. The characters had great growth, I loved the mix of radio calls and journal entries with Lyla’s POV, the setting, and descriptions of how the tried to survive.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for the eARC.

One Perfect Couple - This story is about several couples who are picked to live on an island and one by one they are eliminated until the perfect couple is left. There are no surprises in this book in my opinion. I kept waiting for the twists and for me there were none. I could not bond with the characters and while I finished the book, it is not my favorite Ruth Ware. I am looking forward to discussing this with others to see if I missed something. While it was not my favorite I do encourage you to read it and see for yourself, I do think there are great discussion points in this book.

This is the best thriller I have read in a long time. I am currently reading 2 other books - one from my all-time favorite author, Stephen King, and another for a book club I'm a part of. This book should have been on the back burner... but it wasn't, because the second I started it, I couldn't put it down. I found myself getting short-tempered with my children for asking totally reasonable requests because it was so hard to step away from this storyline for even a few minutes. I devoured this book in one day, and I would do it all over again if I could. You know how sometimes you find yourself really engrossed in a thriller, only to get to the end feeling a little underwhelmed and unsatisfied? This is not the case with this book as every part of the story is so captivating. From the characters to the storyline to the setting... I absolutely loved it. I also love that Ware didn't seem to try too hard with twists or with trying to include some unrealistic turn, just to elicit some jaw-drops. It was perfectly shocking, captivating, and unique... the way all thrillers should be crafted.
Ware's legacy precedes her. I know a lot of people love her novels. And while I can't say that I've read all of her works, I think I can confidently assume that this will always remain my favorite of hers. I don't know how it could be beat. It isn't often that this mom of 2 shirks all responsibilities for the day in order to consume a book in one sitting. It's just that good.
*Thank you to Netgalley and the author for allowing me to read and review such a captivating novel.*

(this review will probably contain spoilers fyi)

I was over the moon when I was approved for this arc!!! I am a huge fan of Ruth Ware's work.

H O W E V E R...........................

This book was a bit of a flop for me. I had SUCH a hard time with the entire plot. Reality TV shows seem so overdone and I wasn't sure if another one from a thriller perspective was really necessary. I found Nico utterly insufferable. Which I assume was the point of is character, however it didn't make me warm up to him at all. Lilla was so smart and put together and interesting and I found their pairing pretty unbelievable from the beginning.

The show seemed SO SUS and I had so many qualms about it. I thought the entire premise was goofy and but the storm hits so incredibly fast, I wasn't sure how that was going to fill up an entire book. Since I knew that Ruth had said this book was inspired by And Then There Were None, I felt like I knew the twist pretty early on, and that kept my brain working, paying close attention to the smaller, quieter characters to see who would pop up again. I wasn't sure WHO it was going to be, but I just kept waiting for that to be the case. But when people kept dying...and they were BURIED.....I just couldn't solve it.

In the end, I felt the ending was quite a let down. I wanted more of a fight scene, more struggle, more resilience and a better conclusion than the one we got. I hate to say it but this was 3 stars for me.

I am a loyal Ruth Ware fan for liiiiiiiiife but this is not a new fave......

I may be in the minority here but I don't think this novel lived up to my possible high expectations. Ruth Ware is a best selling author, and has many excellent, plot-twisting novels under her name, but I was disappointed by One Perfect Couple. The plot seemed very predictable and I felt like little effort was given in keeping the atmosphere suspenseful or thrilling. While the conclusion came together with a nice little bow, the reader absolutely understood which characters were easily going to make it "off the island".

I loved that this is a nod to one of my favorite books, "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie.

The premise of this book includes couples on an island competing on a romantic reality TV show. The pace was slower than I prefer, but around page 120ish things started getting good! I slightly predicted the ending, but it played out WAY better in the book. I won't elaborate because I want to avoid spoiling anything, but I liked it and the message being told 🙌

Ruth Ware keeps getting better and better, in my opinion. I really like the way that she has more subtle twists; the suspense is more about how the characters will handle what's happening, rather than having a lot of random twists that make you gasp but maybe don't really make sense.

Reality TV shows are having a real moment in fiction, and One Perfect Couple is the latest novel to join the trend. Lila, a lab scientist, and Nico, an aspiring actor, are a bit of an odd couple, with Lila supporting (and resenting?) Nico as he strives to achieve his big screen dreams. The couple are approached by TV producer Baz about joining a reality TV show, which Nico believes will launch his big break. The downside? It's a package deal -- Lila and Nico sign on together to join several other couples on a remote, paradise-like island to see which couple is meant to be. But when a major storm leaves the cast without a boat, electricity, adequate supplies, or a connection to the outside world, the group quickly fractures, embodying their reality TV personas in unexpected ways.

I'll read absolutely anything Ruth Ware writes, but admittedly, this wasn't my favorite. Unlike many of her other novels, this one lacked the twists and turns I've come to expect as a reader, and the villain was fairly obvious from the start. But there's lots to enjoy here for summertime mystery readers and reality TV fans. Plus, fans of dystopian classics will enjoy many nods to Lord of the Flies!

This one kept me on my toes the whole time. Deserted Island meets reality TV show meets murder mystery. Lots of twists and turns that were played out really successfully. I would highly recommend this one from Ruth Ware!

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware is a fun and suspenseful read! It takes a familiar reality TV show concept and throws a thrilling twist into the mix. The characters are interesting, and you'll find yourself racing to see what happens next. If you're looking for a quick and entertaining escape, this is a great choice!

Thanks NetGalley for this digital ARC. I really enjoyed it!

Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for an eARC in exchange for an honest review!

I love Ruth Ware's writing, and this book is just as good if not better than her others!

The basic synopsis of the plot is that Lyla and her boyfriend Nico join a reality TV show to find the "perfect couple" on a paradise island in the Indian Ocean. However, things quickly begin to go wrong and a disastrous storm leaves the contestants stranded on the island with dwindling resources. Despite the fact that the game show has come to an abrupt halt, a new game begins on the island- and it is much more deadly.

Overall, this book was great and I highly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Ware's previous novels, although it felt less like a mystery novel this time around than a survival thriller with mystery components. The characters were compelling and multifaceted, but the mystery itself felt fairly straightforward, and there truly were not any huge twists. Despite that, I would still recommend this book to any mystery fans.

These books are harder to review without giving anything away, but Ware consistently lays out a compelling story that keeps you turning the page well past when you said you would go to bed, and this book is no different. Highly recommend!

Whoa 😳 This book was almost a slow start but it really went deep into getting to know the characters a little bit. Although they were on a remote island with no connections to others besides the people they were with, it seemed like a "survival" mission. But, did they all make it or did they fake it to make it? Did some fall down? The book started getting wild at about 50% and I was instantly hooked into it even more! Then things were getting even more intense...until some were not the One Perfect Couple.

”All you need to know is five couples go in, one couple comes out…”

Happy release week to One Perfect Couple! This was such a fun read, with the perfect blend of guilty-pleasure reality TV show vibes and whodunnit murder mystery thrills.

”Could it be that your perfect match is on the island . . . but arrived here with someone else?”

Ten contestants are transported to an idyllic island paradise for a unscripted reality TV competition where they have a chance to rekindle the romance with their current partner or find love with a new partner. Things go awry when their ship and their crew disappears during a storm, and they are left to fend for themselves on the island. Imagine Love Island meets Lost… but it gets worse, because there could be a killer in their midst.

”This is life or death, and we are stuck on this fucking island with a murderer.”

I loved all the drama, the tension, and all of the twists. I appreciated the fact that the entire book was narrated by just one character, because it prevented me from getting confused by multiple perspectives, and made it harder for me to predict what would happen or figure out who to trust!

”I knew it was all over. I knew that this was how it ended. I knew I was going to die.”

A solid 4-star read, perfect for poolside entertainment this summer!

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A huge thank you to Ruth Ware, Gallery Books, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Lyla and Nico are a mismatched pair romantically but yet they seem to work. Lyla is a scientist and Nico is an aspiring actor. Lyla is in her 30s, still slogging the academic game and finding that she is falling behind. Nico is mostly a barista with a few TV shows to his credit. Nico's agent tells him about a new reality TV show "One Perfect Couple" that is filming in the South Pacific. Nico convinces Lyla to try out and they find themselves winging their way across the globe to a beautiful island with four other couples. What could go wrong?

Well the weather for one. A huge tropical storm devastates the island and the contestants are left without access off island. One by one the contestants are whittled down until just five remain....who will survive? Will they be rescued? What went wrong?

Ruth Ware rarely disappoints with on the edge of your seat thrill rides and this one is no exception. A great read and one that will keep you up late trying to finish it!