Emily thinks Adam’s perfect; the man she thought she’d never meet. But lurking in the shadows is a rival; a woman who shares a deep bond with the man she loves. 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. This book had me turning the pages SO fast. I had a deep hatred for Pammie (which also made me thankful I have a great MIL haha!) and the ending totally threw me for a loop. I never would have seen that coming & I love when books keep you guessing! This one totally took a turn I never would have thought of at all!

Many thanks to NetGalley, Minotaur Books, and Sandie Jones for the opportunity to read this deliciously creepy debut novel - 5 stars! I can't wait to read more from this author.

Emily meets Adam they fall happily in love. Everything seems perfect - until she meets Pammie, his mother. Pammie seems hellbent on destroying any chance of happiness the two have, exploits Adam's neediness for his mother, and never misses an opportunity for a snarky comment. Adam seems oblivious to his mother's treatment of Emily which only threatens their bond further.

Enough said - you need to just read this book. The ending will leave you speechless! Highly recommended - I couldn't put it down and loved this book!

The wicked witches in fairy tales seem to have nothing over Pammie! She seems like she will be the mother-in-law from hell! So many twists and turns in this well-written and fast-reading book but I don't want to give anything away so it's hard to write a comprehensive review. Some characters I liked, some I hated; and more than once I wanted to shake some sense in Emily! The descriptions are good and the narrative moves along at a fast pace. I didn't want to put this book down until I was finished reading!

Nobody is who they seem and there are secrets galore - with a big twist ending I didn't see coming. A great thriller!

I really went into this book thinking that I would love it but it really did not hit all the right notes for me. I don't know if I just didn't really care about any of the main characters or what, but I found myself wanting to flip ahead to see what happened instead of riding it out. It is not a bad book at all, it just was not for me.

Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's for a copy of this book.

The Other Woman by Sandie Jones
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Did not see that coming. Without giving the ending away, I must say this book kept me engrossed with a love/hate relationship for Emily's almost mother-in-law. It seems Pammie (MIL) was always on Emily's case where her son, Adam was concerned. She actually didnt want them to get married and did everything in her power to break them up.

I sometimes wanted to ring Pammie's neck myself. But Adam and Emily trudge on to make their relationship work even when little baby Poppy comes along. You will love this book and not want to put it down as you follow this weird relationship of the Banks family.

Thank you Netgalley and the Publishers for allowing me to read this ARC, The Other Woman by Sandie Jones. This book started out a little slow for me and I thought I had it all figured out but was wrong. The author does a good job of bringing the characters to life, I alternated between wanting to will some backbone into Emily for what she let slide, to wanting to shake Pammie for what she was doing to Emily and then there is Adam......don't get me started on him.....

I have a soft spot for UK-based domestic suspense novels. So I when I read the plot summary of The Other Woman, I was hooked. I haven't had much experience with mother-in-laws being the cause of the circumstances. Unfortunately, this book stumbled from the beginning with a main character that I didn't really like and then it skipped over some key character and relationship development that caused me to not care down the line.
And the ending. The ending felt so rushed and the twist was so unbelievable. I had to read it twice because it was such a leap and the epilogue was pointless.
Such a disappointment, but I am open to reading another book from Ms. Jones.

Here we have a love triangle of a different sort. That of a mother, a son, and his soon to be fiance. Yet love is not really a word I would use in this particular scenario. Because mother, Pammie, despises her son Adam's fiance, Emily, and she will stop at nothing to keep the two apart.

I need to give Sandie Jones credit in creating a wicked villain in Pammie. She is the reason why I continued to flip the pages. Every word that came from her mouth made me seethe with fury. Initially my heart broke for Emily and I wanted her to succeed in outwitting Pammie but as the story progressed I started to find Emily just down right pathetic. Adam, of course, believes his mother is a saint and that Emily is the one causing the rift in the relationship.

There were just SOOOOO many opportunities for Emily to prove to Adam how malicious a woman his mother could be but she just chose not to in fear of upsetting him? Really? I would of kicked this mamma's boy to the curb long well before this. I really wanted to smack some sense into her.

All in all it was a decent read that I enjoyed and it was nice entertainment for a couple days. 3.5 stars!

Thank you to NetGalley & St. Martin's Press for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review. Also, thanks to BookishFirst for sending me a physical copy that I won in a giveaway.

Definitely not an original story and not big on British storyline, I definitely had a hard finishing.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to preview The Other Woman by Sandie Jones.

When you meet the man of your dreams, you are so happy. YOu are eager to please and especially excited when you meet the "family". A woman meets the mother in law from hell and it goes from bad to worse.
This thriller is a bumpy ride and readers will start to wonder how this is gonna end - and it looks bad for everyone.

Interesting and fast paced.

Fans of twisty, tense, psychological suspense (see what I did there?!) will eat this one up! Absolutely floored that this is a debut!

The Other Women by Sandie Jones is a thriller about Emily and her boyfriend Adam. The other women in this story is Adam's mother Pammie. Pammie takes every opportunity to destroy the couple's relationship. I enjoyed this book even though I didn't like the 3 main characters. Emily never stood up for herself, which really bothered me. I did love the twist in the end, so it was worth the read. I recommend this book for if you enjoy thrillers,

I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

It's always exciting to discover a debut novelist who leaves you wanting more. That's how I feel about Sandie Jones and her book "The Other Woman." This is a fun, fast-paced psychological thriller about a couple in love and his truly hateful mother. Emily is deeply, madly in love with Adam, but Adam's mother seems to be singularly determined to thwart their relationship. Seriously, over-the-top! But Emily persists, marrying Adam and having a baby. And then things go awry, leading to an exciting last chapter twist.

I enjoyed this novel, but only gave it 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4, because it felt a little too familiar to me. Maybe I'm just reading too many psychological thrillers with twisty endings lately? I also just couldn't tolerate Adam, which made it hard for me to be empathetic with Emily. I would have dumped his ass the first time he sided with his mother over me! And I would never have let him dictate my friendships.

Nonetheless, it was a fun read and the ending was very satisfying. I would definitely recommend "The Other Woman" and look forward to Jones's next novel.

Psychological thriller is exactly what this book is. I was stuck to the edge of my seat while reading word after word, page after page, and chapter after chapter. I could stop reading. I won’t give it away but it seems no one is at he/she seems. Everyone has a secret and until the end of the book, you won’t know who is telling the truth.

This is a tough review to write only because I want to tell you all about it but The Other Woman needs to be read without knowing the spoilers. I knew how it would end, I knew that Emily and Adam would figure out how to get past his crazy mother, Pammie would figure out how to accept Emily…everything I knew was not quite what happens. I have to say that I wasn’t totally wrong but I wasn’t totally right either.

The Other Woman in one of the best psychological thrillers I have ever read and definitely one of the best in 2018. As a debut author, Sandie Jones is now one of my must-read authors.

Whoa. I’m going to be very frank here - I almost gave up on this when I was about a third of the way in. It started very slow and I wasn’t sure where the author was going. But Ringa started building, and then they just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger and then BOOM came the ending that I did not anticipate. While I’m really glad that I finished this, there are a lot of things I didn’t like about this book. I found it difficult to connect with any of the characters. Emily really annoyed me. She was so oblivious to all of the warning signs around her that I actually found myself yelling at her at one point. I didn’t find Adam to be likeable at all, so it was very difficult for me to understand why Emily fell for him.

I’m giving this three stars but really, it’s more like 3.5 stars from me.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

The Other Woman by Sandie Jones drew me in the blurb and kept me engaged with the story. How far would a mother go to protect her son? Or at least protect him as she thought best. I am not sure where to start, except you just have to read this.

Emily fell for Adam. She thinks he is just about perfect. Everything about him is what she wants in a man. Then she met his mother. Pammie loves her son. More than anything in the world. So much so, that will do whatever it takes to keep any woman away from her son. And so it begins!

The Other Woman was a story full of twists and turns and the unexpected! Nothing new here, but the story was engaging and I could not wait to see what would happen next!

Happy reading!

Wow, this book was shockingly gritty and addicting! It grinds like sandpaper on your every nerve, but yet you have to keep reading! Some aspects of the storyline were rather cliche, but the pacing and the writing were enough to keep me engaged and satisfied.

Emily has finally found the man of her dreams in Adam. He is sweet and caring....but a little too close to his mother, Pammie. Emily tries to play nice, but Pammie will have none of that, and wants nothing more than to have Adam all to herself. Adam himself defends his mother and often blames Emily for the rift between the two women.

For all of the grinding of the nerves throughout the book, on top of everything there comes an absolutely CRAZY ending that I did not see coming!

This was not my favorite psychological thriller. I did not like the characters and didn’t think their decisions were realistic. I could not get interested in this book. I had to force myself to finish it to write this review.

Some of the character names were annoying and confusing; Poppy, Pippa, and Pammie.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book courtesy of NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I'm sure many readers will love this page turner, but I did not. I read it faithfully for a while and then started skimming and skipping ahead. I did this because it was painful to read what the protagonist was experiencing and frustrating that she put up with the circumstances. No spoilers here. The end was surprising but didn't ring true. There needed to be quite a suspense of disbelief. I find the mother-in-law from hell storyline to be a bit tired. I'm still giving it three stars, because I thought it was good writing.

This one took me for a trip! I didn’t know who to trust, even in the end when everything was revealed. I love when books do this! The narrator isn’t one I would classify as unreliable, but yet, you can never be sure. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time!


I received an advance copy, all thoughts are my own.