I loved this book and read it in one go. The writing is fast paced and the plot intriguing around the bond between the twin sisters. The ending was unexpected and kept me enthralled. I’ll definitely read more from this author in the future.

I read a review from someone who said this was a really good read. Curious, I checked it out, thinking I would read just a few pages. Well, 4 hours later, I just finished it and wow was this one good. I am always fascinated with twin stories, and this one was fantastic.

I enjoy psychological thrillers. In fact, it’s one of my favorite genres. Green’s latest is one of the best I’ve read this year. The book is full of twists and turns and an abundance of suspense, which made it difficult to put down (though I had to work at some point!). I enjoyed the fact that things are told from the perspective of each twin, as that gives the reader the full story. Each twin is well developed in their own right, and I appreciated the author showing us the backstory on both Mallory and Charly. The pace and plotting were perfect for active engagement. Just when I thought I had things figured out, I realized I was wrong … and that’s always a good thing with a book in this genre. I would have preferred it a bit more if there hadn’t been an epilogue. That wrapped things up a bit too neatly. Leaving that part out would have left the reader hanging with a bit of mystery, but in a positive way. Regardless, fans of psychological thrillers will want to add this one to their list.

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy from NetGalley, but I wasn’t required to leave a positive review.

THE GOOD TWIN: REVIEW
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I decided to read this book because of its cover, what do they say don’t judge a book by its cover. The story wasn’t bad, but the characters were not relatable or likeable in any way.
Mallory Holcolm is a waitress who lives in a run down place when she learns that she was an identical twin sister named Charly her whole world changes. While their mother kept Mallory because she was two minutes older, she gave Charly up for adoption, she was adopted by very rich parents. She decides to meet her sister but when she arrives at her house Charly’s husband Ben is at home and he is more than happy to meet her. Ben tricks Mallory into thinking that Charly doesn’t want to see her. He offers to split Charly’s money if she agrees to kill Charly and act like her. Feeling like those ‘two minutes’ defined their lives and that Charly doesn’t deserve the money she had, Mallory decides to go through with it. But will Charly really die or will she find a way to escape?
Spoilers under here;
Mallory Holcolm is a character that you will either love or hate. And I hated her. She was unrelatable in a whole new level. Her argument about killing her sister was that she didn’t deserve the money she had. But she constantly talked about not caring about money and how money didn’t dictate her life, when it came down to taking all of Charly’s money and house she was okay with it and it wasn’t a problem anymore.
She decided to get her twin sister killed and be an imposter, but when Charly really killed Ben she talked about how she was a horrible person for killing someone when she was going to do the same thing a few months ago.
The novel had no sense of continuity it felt like lots of time was passing by in the chapters without ever addressing it. Lots of characters were cut off and then came back in the end of the story. Mallory talked about never falling in love and wanting to study art and be someone, but in the end she goes back to a man-Jake-she hardly knows and moves in with him and has a kid. Really? How long did she even know Jake? She goes away without a backward glance and Jake just accepts her?
There was a lot of internal monologue but not enough talking between the characters. And there was lots of going backward and forward, we saw the same things, times happen in both Charly and Mallory’s viewpoints.
I thought I would love Charly but when her chapter came I found myself skimming, she was a dry character there was nothing interesting about her.
Embarrassingly the most interesting character was Ben and he got annoying towards the end when he was constantly talking about getting even more money and how naive Mallory was. I didn’t like the way he died if Charly hadn’t killed him it would have been a better punishment for him.
The most interesting chapter was the bonding chapter between the twins or the first time they were born other than that everything was downhill.
In general I didn’t really enjoy the novel, I think it could have been better but potential was wasted. But this is just my opinion. Thanks for reading my review.

I read this book in a matter of two days and though I have some small issues with it, I cannot deny it is compulsively readable. Often I stay away from twin stories, because I feel the whole switcheroo business is a little old. That being said, I was drawn to this book when I read the summary and am glad I had a chance to read it. The writing is taut, the pace fast and the characters intriguing, though not one is likable. There were a few instance in the way the twins behaved which strained my credulity, but I can't really explain that here because I don't want to spoil it. These little issues aside, I enjoyed all the twists and double-crossing and though I guessed at the ending, I was never bored. Some readers might not like unreliable narrators, however I do, and they are done quite well here. I also liked that the story was told in three parts, even if the ending was a little rushed for me. I would recommend this as a summer read, because it is pure entertainment and a fast read.

Thanks to Netgalley for supplying me with a copy of The Good Twin in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley for the advance readers copy of The Good Twin, for my honest review.

This was a fast paced and suspenseful read, and it held my attention until the end. I didn't like the main character much though.

Twins, one with a great life and the other twin not as fortunate. 2 minutes can completely change your life. What would you do to have everything you want?

If you are looking for a fast past summer psychological suspense, check out ole Mallory and Ben. I give this book 3/5 🌟.

May be considered spoilers.
Thank you net galley for an early copy of THE GOOD TWIN.
The idea of a identical twin stealing the life of her sister is not new, heck Bette Davis did it twice A Stolen Life and Dead Ringer, I know these were movies but this read more like a movie not a bad movie but a movie never the less. I did enjoy it I just wish it dove more into each sister's history.

Right off- Ben is rotten. Really rotten. And you have to wonder about Mallory when she agrees to his plan with regard to her previously unknown twin Charley. It's hard to review this sort of novel because of spoilers but suffice it to say, this one has a fairly basic plot but enough twists and turns to make it an entertaining read. Thanks to net galley for the ARC. This would be perfect for an airplane trip.

I love a good thriller and this book is full of deception, lies, and suspense. This book certainly defines a suspense thriller and the fascination and excitement to keep reading just so you can discover what happens is non-stop. There are certainly unpredictable, mysterious, and unlikable characters but they make this story fantastic. In fact, I may not like any of the characters but the character building and simplicity of the some the characters intrigued me enough that I could not put this book down. I can certainly see this book being transformed into a movie or some type of entertainment. It is hard to discuss this book without giving anything away so the best discussion I can have is that everyone needs to read this book! It is truly a book that is hard to put down. I love that this book is from three different points of views and certainly adds a different perspective to each character and adds another twist as you read! I enjoyed the epilogue at the end that leaves you pondering just like the rest of the book did! Great job Marti Green!

The Good Twin by Marti Green is a psychological thriller.

First, let me thank NetGalley, the publisher Thomas & Mercer, and of course the author, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. As well, a special thanks to Rebecca at Mindbuck Media for approaching me with a request to read and add my review to my blog.

My Synopsis:
Two identical twin girls. Mallory, kept by her mother, grows up poor. She is single, works as a waitress, but aspires to be an artist. Charly, given up for adoption, grows up in a wealthy family. She is married to Ben, owns her own art gallery, and has everything she could want. Neither is aware of the others existence. When Mallory discovers she has a twin sister, she is ecstatic. She always wanted a family. When she meets Charly’s husband, her hopes are dashed. Apparently her rich, uppity sister wants nothing to do with her. But Ben has a plan to make sure that Mallory gets what she wants…although he has his own motives. Mallory decides to go along with Ben’s plan, and that may be the worst decision of her life.

The book asks the questions. How far would you go for money? How far would you go for family?

My Opinions:
Told from both Mallory’s and Charly’s viewpoint, the story is one of greed, of family, of values. As far as I’m concerned, none of the main characters show any integrity or morals. I have a real problem with books where I cannot sympathize to some degree with the protagonist. I almost stopped reading at about 40% because I was so disgusted with Mallory. At 50% it turned around, and I felt great relief. Unfortunately, the direction changed again, and again, until I was left more annoyed than happy with the characters.

However, the writing style was good, the book is a fast read, and there are enough twists and turns to keep any reader interested. The plot more than made up for the characters being sleazy. Once I got to that 50% mark, it was almost impossible to put down.

3.75 stars

I would definitely like to read something else by this author.

Mallory and Charly, identical twins, who have never met. They grew up on opposite sides of the track. One was adopted and raised with unbelievable wealth, while the other grew up in poverty, with their birth mother. One day, through a twist of fate, one is mistaken for the other, and it is recommended to her that she go to her sister's gallery to see the woman she was mistaken for. She does, but doesn't go it to meet her twin. What would you do, if you suddenly found out that you had an identical twin sister? This story explores this question, as well as so many other questions in this psychological thriller with many twists in the story line. I liked it for the first half. This is when the story was told through the eyes of Mallory, the twin who grew up in poverty, and was working hard as a waitress when she was mistaken for her wealthy twin sister. Here most of the story is laid out for you, and you are given a good look at how Mallory comes to make the decisions she has, as the plot unfolds. We next here the story from Ben, Charly's husband, who has fallen out of love with his wife, and then finally, we hear from Charly herself. Each stage of the story gives you a little bit better of a view of what really happened. However, with each layer, the story gets a bit less believable, until the end where it was so hard to suspend my disbelief. Green writes an interesting tale, and you probably cannot guess what will happen. I certainly did not predict most of the story. I would have liked to be more able to read the story, not just with interest, but while throwing myself into it 150%. Regardless, it was a fun book to read with some originality that I applaud.

I was excited to have the opportunity to obtain an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book from NetGalley.

“From the age of five, I knew I was adopted. ’Chosen,’ my parents told me. The word was supposed to make me feel special, to take the sting away from the knowledge that, in order to be chosen, I had to first be given away. My parents loved me fiercely; I never doubted that. Yet, I grew up with the painful awareness that first, before I was loved, I was rejected. I suspect that’s why I’d always held back from forming close attachments with schoolmates. Part of me feared I’d be turned away again if someone got to know the true me—the unlovable me.”

After her boyfriend is killed during active duty and her mother kicks her out of the house, seventeen-year-old Sasha resolves to raise her unborn baby on her own. But instead of a single bouncing bundle of joy, Sasha gives birth to identical twins. Unable to afford one baby, let alone two, she gives the child who was born second up for adoption.

One child is brought up in poverty with a single parent who resents her, while the other is raised in the lap of luxury. An opportunity arrives for the one who grew up wanting to have her heart’s desire. All she has to do is to be party to a felony and step into the designer shoes of the sister she never knew.

THE GOOD TWIN is told using the first person points of view of Mallory and Charley, the twins. Charly’s husband’s point of view is given in third person. THE GOOD TWIN is a fast-paced read. The perspectives and motivations of the three main characters are well-shown. As the story progresses, a number of twists and turns keep the reader guessing. The story examines how money has the potential to corrupt and the importance of family. THE GOOD TWIN makes for an entertaining read.

Thank you to Mind Buck Media For the free Netgalley copy, in exchange of an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I rate this book a 3 out of 5 stars.

This was a good book, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I breezed through it, was such a fun and intriguing read. I loved all the back stabbing, and crisscrossing, and the greed! This book was full of drama and I soaked it up. I wanted to see How things go for Ben and Mallory. I definitely didn't want Mallory to be caught up in this vindictive plan. I was blind-sided quite a few times in this book, as well as the little tiny plot twists scattered through the book, I definitely had the feeling that no one was as they seemed, a book full of unreliable narrators. Which I just love.

This book is told in three parts, and alternating perspectives. Which was really done well. The writing was fluid, it grabs you, It made me want to know everything, and I had a hard time waiting. Luckily this is a rather short book, and once you get immersed in it, the answers come quickly. 

My only complaint is sometimes the writing came across as generic/cheesy I know that sounds kind of harsh, but there is just something about the way the author had the narrators talking and behaving sometimes. I can't exactly pinpoint it. Or really even articulate it. Maybe I just felt like their reactions were completely unrealistic?

This book keeps you in suspense. However, I had a love/hate relationship with the main character. I had a hard time rooting for any one character. But the author devised a good plot that keeps you guessing. Enjoyable read!

It's been a while, honestly, since I've picked up a thriller mystery. But the cover on this one captured my attention and I am glad it did.

Now I want to be straight with you from the beginning. This story isn't anything wildly unique. It's a mystery about two twins who, originally, don't know each other exist and a very disgruntled husband in the middle of it all.

But this book is entertaining. The Good Twin has writing which is fluid and really well paced. You don't feel out of breath as everything happens, but I also didn't feel it getting stale as the story went along.

I will give you a heads up. I personally found the first half of the book predictable-feeling. By that I mean, it felt predictable and pretty standard as far as thrillers go but there are some twists if you stick to it. Maybe the twists will appear predictable if you are a seasoned thriller reader, but for myself I was pleasantly surprised.

And it's not just the story that has some twists. The writing layout changes in a way I wasn't anticipating and I truly think it added to the twists in the story. Now don't worry, it's nothing too crazy, and it is so well that I applaud the author's decision.

While overall I found the characters a little flat, as I find typical of thrillers, if you love morally-grey characters I definitely recommend you check this one out. All three MCs have their own questions and values surrounding what is "right", what is deserved and what is owed to themselves and others involved.

All-in-all this was an entertaining read that I blew through really quickly.

Two minutes is all it takes to change the course of someone's life.

I definitely enjoyed this book! It kept me on the edge of my seat. I picked it up to read for 10 minutes before bed, and guess what happened? Yep, I ended up finishing the book two hours later.

Mallory is either a hit or miss character. She draws you in with her sad tale. The further you get into it, the more you realize nothing is as it seems. I didn't like Ben at all; there was nothing redeeming about him. Charly was an interesting character as well. An awful picture is painted about her, but just like Mallory, the further you get into it, the more you know. I would have really liked to see stronger characters. In many ways, they just fell flat for me.

The three characters told a suspenseful tale of twins and marriage. There were lies and deception at every turn, there was not a clear villain and no clear hero. You never know what is lurking behind closed doors.

Overall, this was a good thriller. I enjoyed certain aspects more than others, but it was definitely a page-turner. I had to see what happened next!

Serviceably compelling, Marti Noxon’s “The Good Twin” fits neatly within the wave of multi-perspective psychological thrillers following in the wake of “Gone Girl”. The premise - twins separated at birth, and the ramifications of this discovery a few decades later - makes for some interesting twists and turns, and holds the reader’s attention. But the characters remain relatively flat, so it is hard to feel attached to them or understand their unhinged behavior. The final third of the book contains several WTF moments that don’t make sense based on the previous plot. Definitely entertaining, but don’t look for too much depth here.

Over the past couple of years twins have been a big theme in thrillers of popularity yet i've personally never read any twin thrillers before, so I felt like this might be something quite new for me. This book begins when Mallory, a waitress and aspiring artist, discovers that she has a twin sister. Mallory was brought up by her mother, a single parent who had just enough money to scrape by. She finds out that her sister Charly is the owner of an art gallery and an heiress to billions. Charly has lived a life that Mallory was only ever able to dream of, so when Charly's husband Ben approaches her with a plan that could benefit her and him both she finds herself going for it despite reservations.

This is definitely a page turning thriller, it absolutely flew by whilst I was reading so it didn't take long to get through at all. I was invested in the story throughout and loved seeing all the different twists unfold, despite a lot of the them being rather predictable. The main problem I had though was that I didn't particularly care for any of the characters, I felt that they were all rather flat and I never really got to know them enough to warm to them. I also felt like because I didn't know the characters that well, I never really understood why they made certain decisions. If the characters had had more depth to them I feel like this book could've easily gone up a full star.

This one's ended up as a rather middle of the road thriller for me, as I feel like the actual book didn't quite live up to the gripping premise. However, I was definitely intrigued throughout so I'd be more than willing to give another Marti Green book a go.

This is by far one of the best mystery books I've ever read. The plot was amazing, the writing never left me bored, and holy moly I did not see that coming.

Mallory Holcomb is a struggling waitress and aspiring artist living in a Queens boardinghouse when she discovers that she has an identical twin sister. Charlotte Jensen is a Princeton graduate who grew up wealthy, runs a thriving art gallery, and is married to her college sweetheart Ben. Charlotte (Charly) has everything she's ever wanted while Mallory has worked hard for everything she has. When Ben offers Mallory an unexpected proposal that would give her everything she's ever wanted in life, she must choose between family and wealth.

I promise you, you will not see the ending coming. This book is amazing and I'm so thankful to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for providing me with a copy for my review.

In regards to a psychological thriller; this book was "fine". There were no big shockers or moments that left me with goose bumps. However, this was still an good read. Who knew that "two minutes" could make such a difference.

What I lacked and craved was some mystery or at least intensity. There wasn't build up to Mallory and Ben's plans. Additionally, when it came to Ben, he was a slimly man, who had whatever was coming to him. As far as Mallory was concerned; I felt a little sorry for her as she was a good person but just caught up in a world that she could only dream of. There was not much know about Charly, other than what Ben spoke of her. So it was hard to tell if she actually deserved what Ben and Mallory were planning against her.

When it came to the ending, it was predictable. Overall, though a easy and quick read. I would read another book by this author.