The Other Woman by Sandie Jones @realsandiejones @MinotaurBooks #bookreview #thriller
Title: The Other Woman
Author: Sandie Jones
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Publication Date: August 21, 2018
Page Count: 304
My rating: 4 stars
About the book:
The most twisty, addictive and gripping debut thriller you’ll read this year.
HE LOVES YOU: Adam adores Emily. Emily thinks Adam’s perfect, the man she thought she’d never meet.
BUT SHE LOVES YOU NOT: Lurking in the shadows is a rival, a woman who shares a deep bond with the man she loves.
AND SHE’LL STOP AT NOTHING: Emily chose Adam, but she didn’t choose his mother Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever.
THE OTHER WOMAN will have you questioning her on every page, in Sandie Jones’ chilling psychological thriller about a man, his new girlfriend, and the mother who will not let him go.
The Other Woman by Sandie Jones is another of those books that make me crave popcorn once I pick them up and start reading. It’s the type of story that early on you get the entire general idea of what will happen but still fun to sit back and wait for the fireworks and enjoy the show along the way.
Emily has come out of a relationship where she caught her boyfriend cheating with a good friend of hers so she’s a bit hesitant to get back in the game until she meets Adam. The more Emily gets to know Adam the more she thinks he’s absolutely perfect for her, that is until he brings her home to meet his mother.
On the surface Emily’s first meeting with Pammie goes well but for Emily the doubts begin to creep in after that meeting. While Pammie appears to be friendly and welcoming little things she does or say seem to get the best of Emily but Emily is not willing to give up her love for Adam despite his mother.
The story inside of The Other Woman is not a new one but it’s one that has managed to grab my attention time and time again. The good old ‘evil mother in law to be’ trope did manage to entertain me until the very end again this time and oh what an ending it was. Emily and Pammie made such an entertaining pair this go round that I flew right through the book and would certainly recommend this to those that enjoy a good old fashioned drama filled suspenseful ride.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
Find this book online:
Goodreads / Amazon
About the author:
Sandie Jones has worked as a freelance journalist for over twenty years, and has written for publications including the Sunday Times, Woman’s Weekly and the Daily Mail. She lives in London with her husband and three children. The Other Woman is her debut novel.
I kind of raised the white flag and requested one book. I got rejected so I am not sure if I should be happy or sad
I’ve been there Shalini.
Hahaha.. I got rejected because I am not from US
Grr.😡
It’s fine. I will buy the book when it releases… 😘😘 No Grrrs. Everyone is bound by their rules.
True. Still frustrating though.🤗
I always get a little sad but then tell myself to move on, there’s always more to click and if anything I can pick that one up later.
I grrr if they are only following their rules when they feel like following them, there’s a few publishers that state one thing but hand them out to some that don’t make that list. Not that this one was but you get my point. LOL
You are in a different league than me, Carrie. At the pace you read and review, NetGalley should give all their books to you and you would still say – anymore? Hahaha you are that good.
I really wanted this Emily Giffin book, I have put it in my wish list On Amazon
I know but it is okay. I will buy it when it releases. I have a book budget. Every month
LOL! Not sure about that but I would do my best to make it through them all believe me! 🙂 Really though I know a few on Goodreads are way faster than me and I get jealous thinking if I could do that many I might make a dent in my TBR. 🙂
Hehe I’d be dead broke if I bought all of them I wanted but thankfully if I miss them I have a really good library here. I hope you can grab a copy though and enjoy it when you do. 🙂
I will… We don’t have libraries here. So every month comes a book budget, and I really hope I don’t go overboard. Most days I am good with it
I do enjoy this type of story and your review makes it sound so good, but I must restrain myself. I have not yet tired of the evil mother-in-law trope, perhaps because my MIL was pretty amazing.
I know some others that have that same problem and I always hear it’s good to put them on an Amazon wishlist and watch for the sales too. They all seem to drop in price at some point so with a little patience you can probably stay way under budget. 🙂
Oh I know what you mean, I’m sure there are in laws that are hard to get along with out there but in fiction you just know it’s going to get completely crazy and don’t want to miss it. 🙂
Absolutely.
Probably but by then a new book pops up and I am like — my precious!!
That’s me daily on Netgalley. LOL