When her daughter leaves for college, Gabby is forced to confront how much she really loathes her husband. She confesses that to Ellis, a woman she meets in a bar, in fact, she says she wishes her husband were dead. Working on the strangers on a train riff, Ray uses an unreliable narrator to create and enjoyable and suspenseful read

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I was so excited about the concept of this book from the description, but unfortunately this book feel very flat for me.

I didn't care about a single character, except for maybe the daughter Alice, and I found the stakes to be paper thin.

I felt that this was a slow burn that didn't have high enough stakes to keep someone interested. The FMC's inner dialogue and actions were very far fetched for me.

I did really love the way the narrator did the audiobook.

Wanted to love this so badly and was very disappointed.

One night at a bar, Gabby meets an enigmatic younger woman named Ellis, and in a haze of drunkenness, she confesses that she wishes Fred dead. Surely she didn't expect anything to come of it, but when she tries to track Ellis down again, she realizes that Ellis might not have been who she said she was.
As Gabby begins to unravel the truth about Ellis, and what Fred might be hiding, she is thrown into a whirlwind of lies and manipulation. How much is she willing to risk to expose the truth? And who is the real target?
Gabby and Fred have just begun to adapt to their new life as empty nesters when Gabby makes a stunning realization: she can't stand her husband.
A woman's confession about her husband sparks a dangerous cat-and-mouse game in this riveting domestic thriller

The Younger Woman is a snapshot of how hard an empty nest can be for some women. I liked the main character with all of her flaws.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for granting access to this book and audiobook

Unfortunately, I found this book to be too melodramatic. I thought the FMC was quite whiny. I am upset because I really wanted to like this book. Hannah Curtis does a good job with the narration of the audiobook, but I just couldn't find myself connecting with any of the characters, unfortunately.