This book......OMG! From the very first chapter, I was completely intrigued and didn’t want to stop reading. The storyline between Pammie and Emily had me shaking my head and thinking to myself at multiple times, “Did that seriously just happen??” The entire novel was filled wIth suspense, and the ending had me on the edge of my seat. If you’re looking for a big twist, you MUST read this book. Definitely one of my top favorites for 2018 so far!
**Thank you to Minotaur Books and Netgalley for the chance to read this book!**

Intriguing story... the kind that makes you call into work or cancel plans. Emily meets Adam and she is swept off her feet. She’s had a rough go on previous relationships and she wants to make sure this is right. Adam is self sufficient, charming, funny and boyish in a fun way. It seems like it’s a perfect fit. But ...and that’s it. I would do you no favors by giving any more details. The sheer enjoyment of this book is the easy pace of the story and then a direction you don’t see coming. I wasn’t constantly
worrying about missing clues or guessing what was going to happen next. I finished this book yesterday but just wanted to relish it. I feel like I know and relate to the characters and now they are my family and my friends. I will miss them all! I will anxiously await this authors next book . This is a book that crosses genres.

Short Take: You can’t see red flags if you’re wearing rose-colored glasses.

Can we all take a moment to appreciate fictional terrible mothers, and all the contributions they have made to modern entertainment? I haven’t done much (read: any) research on the rise in popularity of stories based on horrific mothers who make monsters of their sons, but I think that Psycho was the one that started it all. Although, I suppose I could make a case for the idea going as far back as Oedipus, right? But wait, he didn’t know that the hot queen he was banging was his mom, so maybe not? Anyway, the point stands that crazy mothers make for compelling stories.

Which leads me to The Other Woman, which begins with Emily, our heroine, meeting the man of her dreams, Adam. The pair have a short but intense courtship, with Adam checking every box on Emily’s Perfect Man List (all women have those, right?), except for one teensy tiny little flaw in their bliss: Pammie, Adam’s mother, does not want Emily in Adam’s life.

It doesn’t help that Pammie is much smarter and more determined than Emily. True to the ads, The Other Woman ends with a twist I didn’t see coming. But I can’t exactly say that I enjoyed it very much. The power struggle between Emily & Pammie was kind of cliche for the most part, and without the darker undertones supplied by Adam, could’ve been lifted straight out of an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond.

You know how we all have that one friend, who’s constantly in a state of crisis, and you know that at least 75% of their misery could be avoided if they would just put on their big-person panties and stick up for themselves, but they never do? And so you let them go on and on and on and ON about their latest Awful Thing while you’re washing dishes or playing solitaire and making sympathetic noises, because you think they are genuinely a good person, but you kind of want to tell them to grow up and move on already and stop letting people walk all over them and maybe they wouldn’t be so miserable but you don’t want to hurt their feelings so you just let them vent?

Emily is TOTALLY that friend. Pretty much every time Pammie pulls something shady, or Adam ignores his mother’s meddling or gets angry at Emily for trying to tell him what’s going on, Emily’s response is to whine to her friends “BUT I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE HIMMMMMM!!!!”. It’s just as frustrating to read in a book as it is to live through in real life, only without the option of being able to say “Girl, you need to get the heck out, like yesterday. Ain’t no man worth all this bull puckey.”

And the epilogue was pretty awful. Anything I say will be a spoiler, so I’m just going to say it was lousy, and go find some vodka.

The Nerd’s Rating: THREE HAPPY NEURONS (and a chocolate digestive, because I have no idea what that even means, but hey, it has chocolate in the name, so it has to be good, right?)

This book is addictive for all the right reasons plus it's my favorite kind of book- the one day-er! Not very often do the twists and turns of a book seem unpredictable to me but I have to give it to The Other Woman.... WOW!! I could not believe this was a debut novel. BRAVO to Sandie Jones - I look forward to your next books.

The Other Woman takes relationship drama to the NEXT LEVEL. This is so disturbingly dark yet intriguing, you will not be able to stop turning the pages.

An absolute must read for summer 2018.

Thank you NetGalley, Minotaur Books, and of course, Sandie Jones, for this advanced reader copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book was a solid 4 UNTIL the last few pages - 5 Star!

I loved this book. Great story line (fiancee/mother in law drama) with a twist!

It is thought provoking what relationships do to a person even more so when one has to balance between mom and wife. This book is what I call a one night read. I could not put it away.

I loved this thriller and read it in one day! When Emily meets Adam she is smitten by his charm and their relationship progresses quickly until she meets his mother, Pammie who is cold and seems to undermine their relationship from the beginning. Throw in Adam's dead girlfriend from the past, his brother who is also apparently attracted to Emily, her flatmate, and her gay friend, and the wild ride begins and doesn't lose momentum. I found myself cringing at Emily and Pammie's confrontations that only get uglier with time and wincing at Adam's increasing drinking and violence toward Emily. Once their baby makes her entrance, mayhem ensues and all hell breaks loose! Whose secrets are real and what is the truth surrounding Pammie's intentions toward Emily? You won't know until the end but it is clearly satisfying!

I really enjoyed this book! At first it started out like a entertaining little chick lit book with a horrible mother in law to be. Suddenly it turned it to a page turner suspense filled book that I could not wait to see what happens next. I was completely stunned at the ending. Not what I suspected at all. What a great read this was. What a fantastic debut from this author. I look forward to reading more from her! I loved how the book changed gears and suddenly everything you thought you knew was all wrong.
#TheOtherWoman #NetGalley

I received an advance copy from St. Martin's Press and NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Thank you!

FIVE STARS! This book is a one-sitting read! Brilliantly written psychological thriller with a surprising ending. If you enjoy reading suspense/thrillers, then this book is one to add to your shelf. I can't wait to read more from Sandie Jones.

Remember…when you choose to marry the man, you are also marrying the family.

Emily is looking forward to meeting Adam’s mum, Pammie. But from the very first meeting, she has to wonder if Pammie was really looking forward to meeting her. As she retrieves tea, she purposely leaves open her photo album, with a picture of Adam and another smiling woman staring up from the pages. The caption underneath the photo reads: Darling Rebecca-miss you every day.

Who is Rebecca? What happened to her? Is she the reason that Pammie is not embracing her son’s new girlfriend?

Although I liked the premise, the first half of the book was very slow moving. It read more like chick lit than a psychological thriller. If I had not made a commitment to read and review, I probably would not have finished.

Emily wrinkled her nose at least 5 times, eyes twinkled, brains whirred, people tutted...it was hard to get caught up in a story that did not sound authentic.

The author chose to give Emily, a gay best friend, Seb, that was almost forgotten in the second half of the book.

Conversations in the story which made the characters giggle uncontrollably, did not even make me smile.

I could not understand why or how Emily fell for Adam, or vice versa, as the characters seemed immature and their relationship based completely on sex.

Perhaps if this book is marketed differently, it will find its correct audience. Readers who enjoy chick lit or perhaps domestic drama may enjoy this story. It does have a twist in the last 25% of the book, but that is the only section that perhaps weakly resembles a psychological thriller at all.

Clearly though, so far, I am in the minority, as the other reviewers have enjoyed this much more than I did.

If you would like to find out why Pammie does not want her son to marry Emily, you can purchase this book on Aug. 21st..

Thank You to Netgalley, the publisher and author for this ARC in exchange for my candid review!

This book was amazing, the pacing was so well done that I was able to finish it within a 3 hour sitting! Characters were well developed and constantly had me on the edge of my seat right up until the last page! As someone getting married in two weeks this was nerve wracking to read and I loved every second!

I read this book in less than 24 hours but was tempted many times to abandon it. The premise is this:

Woman falls in love with great man and his mother almost immediately tries to tear them
apart.

Ok this would be good except it made no sense to me, the reader, that this girl would stay in the relationship because not only was the mom awful, the boyfriend/fiancé was awful!

And yes, there’s a twist at the end but the twist is too little too late. I was waiting through the whole first half to see if maybe this was a case of a non trustworthy narrator and that maybe she was the crazy one. But no.

Skip this one.

The Other Woman, a deubt novel from Sandie Jones, does not disappoint! There were parts that felt a little predictable and characters I didn't care for, but I still found it to be a page-turner and the twist at the end caught me by surprise - always a sign of a well-written book for me! Hope the author continues to write - she is on my "to read" list of authors!

Thankyou to NetGalley and St Martin's Press/Minotaur Books for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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Once again we have a story about a [supposedly] intelligent professional woman – at least about one who has been very successful in her position – who makes really, REALLY stupid choices. I just don’t get this. And to add insult to injury, our protagonist, Emily, is in the field of human resources! In that profession, you’ve got to be able to “read between the lines” so to speak and to make hiring and firing decisions that will best benefit the company.

This was a horrible story about horrible people.

I can believe it was the author’s first novel, and I can also believe it was her editor’s first novel. There are so many holes in the story line and so many discrepancies in the time line and the actual worldly events that took place 10 or 20 or 30 years ago, it was obvious that nobody bother to check things like when color photography overcame black and white or when Polaroid photography became common. There were many other discrepancies that jumped out at me as I read this as well.

I received this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This review will also be published on GoodReads..

Thanks to Netgalley for my copy.

Emily falls deeply in love with Adam and is imagining her future with him. Then she meets the mother-in-law from hell. Nasty put-downs and and manipulative behaviour make Pammie a formidable enemy for Emily.

This is a very intriguing well thought out psychological thriller. That this is a debut is very surprising. The tension built throughout the novel to a twisted and quite startling climax.

This was a gripping psychological thriller. It kept me on the edge of my seat! So many twists and turns! It makes you think twice about the family you are marrying into.

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

The Other Woman, is a tantalizing, twisty tale that gives a new meaning to the term, Monster in Law."

Emily has met the man of her dreams - Adam Banks, her fantasy of her own personal happy ever after is just beginning. But little did Em know - Adam came with baggage, his Mother, Pammie. Every Mother just wants their children to be happy right? Wrong. So enters the MIL from hell prepared to battle it out for Adams affection.

The ending left me breathless - yet, another book that I find myself saying, "I didn't see that coming!" 5 stars for this deliciously demented dip! ❤️

I stayed up pretty late finishing this book...I couldn't put it down - definitely recommend

Thanks to netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

As I was reading this book, I really liked the story, but was afraid that it would turn out just to be a story of relationship woes rather than a mystery or a thriller, but at the end I was happy to find there was a twist and it made sense with how everything else played out. I liked that everything was tied up nicely at the end. I liked the characters and I thought the book was very well written. I look forward to reading more from this author.

This was a welcome distraction. Well written, and something I'm sure a few of us can relate to when it comes to jealous, nutty mom-in-laws