When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. Assume nothing.
The vague synopsis is what caught my attention. I felt like it was challenging me to think, to wonder and make assumptions even though it clearly says not to. The unique description isn’t much to go on except it compels you to want to read the book.
The story is told in two different points of views. One by Vanessa Thompson, a broken ex-wife with not much will to live. The other by Nellie, a young Pre-School teacher who is making wedding plans.
For a while –as I read– I thought I had it all figured out. I am usually pretty good at figuring things out fairly quickly. I know where the story is and which way it might go. I am usually right. In this one, for example, I knew who the ex-wife was, who the new wife was going to be and why the book is titled The Wife Between Us. I thought I knew who the protagonist was and who the antagonist might be but I was wrong. There I was reading this predictable story when WHAM! A turn I was not at all prepared for. It was so sudden and unexpected I got whiplash! I was so wrong about this and happy to have been put back in my place.
The story captured me from the very first line and continued to grip me throughout. I was not sure who I was feeling sorry for and who was the character I wanted to hate. Slowly the story develops in a way that gives you hints and has you thinking how it all might end but you have no clue! Though the story moves slow, the book reads fairly quickly –if that makes sense.
Character development is fantastic and the theory I had at the beginning was completely erased. Toward the end, when you think you have it all figured out, another twist changes the way you read the entire story. There is no doubt this one will keep you guessing till the very end.
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