All summer, my daughter has wanted to have a couple of Starbucks hours together. We headed out this afternoon for a caffeinated pick me up, but realized that we left the house without our books. It was a providential excuse to stop at the bookstore on the way. After some deliberation, I ended up treating myself to a book that I’ve been wanting to read for months.
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Book bloggers have been raving about The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. Until today, I hadn’t read the summary. I advise you to ignore the summary, too. Sometimes there’s such a thing as too much information, and in this case, it’s printed right on the book jacket. So just pick up the book, enjoy that creepyish Stepford-Wives cover, and start reading. I finished it in one day.
What I liked best about The Wife Between Us is that it ties together several events in a timeline. There were some red herrings thrown in, too, and while I expected some of the twists, I didn’t anticipate all of them. The story is well-written, making it perfect to sit down with all afternoon. It’s a little too detailed in some parts, but it’s all part of the mind game.
I love clever plots that take a familiar scenario and turn it upside down. That’s what The Wife Between Us felt like. It’s definitely going to get passed around to my book-loving friends at work!
Do you avoid book summaries, or do you like to read them?
I’m all for impromptu trips to the bookstore! This one sounds like a real winner too.
You can never have too many red herrings.
I read the summaries sometimes. A lot of times, I buy the books that I am already interested in, so reading the summary is unnecessary to me. I love books with twists and turns! Those are usually the that take me one day to read. I just have to know what is next!
The title of this book sounds interesting to me. I pinned this.