I received an advanced copy of this book through NetGalley. This book had me from the very beginning. I love that it kept me engaged the entire time. I couldn't wait to see how it ended. I would highly recommend to all my fellow readers. Thank you for the chance to review this book!

This is definitely a case of "it's not you, it's me." I was immensely impressed with The Girl Before and blindly accepted an early copy of The Perfect Wife without pausing the consider the blurb. I was not expecting a Westworld-esque artificial intelligence novel featuring a main character who's basically a robot. Again, this one's on me as it seems I'm by far in the minority - other readers have been heaping on the praise!

I do not like techno Thrillers! I saw Elon Musk, and a Japanese male equivalent on my tablet last week; the scary thing is, they sound just like Tim! I have been trying to tell people for years that Google, Facebook, Samsung, all the Techies from Silicon Valley are listening to us, can hear us, see us, tape the camera on your Tablets, Laptops, how I can stop a Smart TV, I haven't figured out yet! I do know this, the Anti -Christ will use this technology to advance his schemes which will hurl mankind toward Armageddon! If you are saved by Grace, this book will be another, take a deep breath, laugh, and spurn on Silicon Valley! Robots cannot feel, they spit out what has been installed! Never forget that! I find these books utterly depressing! It is the left as usual, trying to make you feel sorry for a wired up piece of machinery! Yet, these same people fight to kill unborn, now, newborn babies, who can feel!
I cannot recommend! Thanks Netgalley!

¨What if you found the perfect wife...could you really just let her go?

Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative start-ups. He tells Abbie that she is a gifted artist, an avid surfer, a loving mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. He says she had a terrible accident five years ago and that, through a huge technological breakthrough, she has been brought back from the abyss.

She is a miracle of science.

But as Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins questioning her husband's motives--and his version of events. Can she trust him when he says he wants them to be together forever? And what really happened to Abbie half a decade ago?

Beware the man who calls you . . . ¨

This science-fiction/domestic thriller is a unique story I don´t want to give more than the summary beacuse is better to go as blind as possible, I will only say It would keep you turning the pages until the end. It has a bit of everything, it´s exciting, twisted, scary, It is an amazing read.

Thank you Netgalley and Ballantine Books who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

The absolute best way to read this novel is to know NOTHING about what you are going to read. If I had read a blurb or synopsis before picking up this book, I do not think I would have read it and that would have been a real shame. Having enjoyed THE WIFE BEFORE by J.P. Delaney was my impetus for picking up THE PERFECT WIFE and I am so glad I did.

This book deals with so many timely issues; science, technology, morality, family dynamics and autism.

I do not want to give anything about the plot away. This book will make you think, will make you gasp and shake your head in disbelief, yet it is believable. The ending was masterful. One of the best books I have read in a long while.

After reading The Girl Before I was beyond excited to read The Perfect Wife and it did not disappoint! The story was thought provoking with unique characters that make you consider points of view you wouldn’t have otherwise looked from. The book blends Sci-fi (more specifically artificial intelligence) with a domestic thriller and family drama almost seamlessly. The book also poses questions of ethics and morality that make you stop and think for a few minutes before diving back into the book. Overall I think this was a fantastic read and I look forward to more books from this author!

The Perfect Wife by J.P Delaney is sublimely original. Abbie wakes up in a cloud of missing memory and must piece together who she is from who she thinks she is. She does not recall the accident she’s been told she’s had and there are many holes in her memory. While Abbie tries to piece together a life lived with her husband and son, her husband tries to help her understand the past five years without her.

In pure Delaney form, there is a masterful twist embedded within a twist that you won’t see coming. Delaney also spotlights real human challenges and atrocities as well as the resilience of the human spirit. Original and with perfect scaffolding and sequencing, The Perfect Wife by J. P. Delaney will have you rushing through the pages to see what happens next.

I received a review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley for my honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

Very good! I loved the premise of this and was hooked; I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. I was fully invested in the story and will be thinking about AI in such a different way now. Definitely recommend.

I would like to thank NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

JP Delaney turned the premise of this book all kinds of sideways for me. I went into this book thinking it was a psychological thriller about a woman waking up in the hospital with no memories. Then the fact that she has no memories because she is a "Cobot" or companion robot, created to replace a missing woman makes the novel twist into the scifi realm. I had a hard time with this novel because I never quite got a handle on the Cobot, she always seemed two dimensional and I didnt know if that was deliberate on the author's part. The pacing was a little uneven, and the ending left me scratching my head and rereading.
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This was an interesting book. It wasn't quite what I expected - I normally don't read sci-fi - but I enjoyed it. Tim's wife Abbie disappeared 5 years ago. Some think he killed her. Some think she ran away. Others think it was suicide. But Tim, a tech titan of robotics and artificial intelligence, builds a robotic replica of Abbie. She's a cobot (a companion bot) programmed with Abbie's voice, social media posts, and telephone info to remember the past and grow a personality over time. But what is Tim's real motive in creating the cobot?

Tim was an interesting combination of Steve Jobs and Elizabeth Holmes - brilliant but delusional and cruel. The addition of an autistic son made the story seem to have more weight and meant Abbie had something to protect.

The plot to this book is sci-fi meets pyschological thriller. When Abbie awakens wondering who she is and the man beside her says that he is her husband, except Abbie went missing five years ago and this AI is an exact replica of her. While she does have memories, they are only the ones that Tim, her husband has programmed for her to remember. This was a good read, even if it was a little "out there", the author did a great job making it believable.

This is my 3rd JP Delaney book - and let me just say they never disappoint - and best of all - they are always very very different!!

This A.I novel - while likely farfetched it was still very interesting to read and piece together. There was a lot to think about while reading - without giving much away - I kept putting myself in "Abbie's" shoes - what would I do? Who would I believe? What memories are real and are any fabricated etc?

I definitely recommend this book to any reader - even though it is SciFi-y and does involve Artificial Intelligence, I do find that it can still be enjoyed by those that might not be into that genre.

Really enjoyed this captivating and suspenseful read. I'm a fan of the author's previous two novels. I love the way he can balance intensity and suspense. His latest is speculative fiction that combines a lot of today's issues- consent, me too, data sharing, AI automation. This was a really nice spin on the over-saturated domestic thriller market.

The synopsis of this story is deceiving. I was completely thrown off at the beginning of the book when I realized what the actual story was here. Honestly if the synopsis had been more transparent, I probably wouldn’t have chosen this book. Although overall it was entertaining, it took me awhile to get through it. It just didn’t hook me. The ending was completely unexpected which I did enjoy.

Very timely subject matter. The topic of harvesting a personal digital footprint to provide a AI companion after they are deceased was discussed at a Information Literacy Summit recently. As always with Delaney....a real page turner where the whole story does not unfold until the very end!

My second book from JP Delaney and this one was definitely different thank the first.

The whole concept of the book is that a successful computer geek builds a compassion bot , COBOT , to replace his wife who went missing five years ago.

It holds you interest but is far fetched and a bit predictable.

I don’t want to give too much away but this book is so far from what I expected. I went in blind and I’m so glad I did. The writing style took a bit to get used to, but as the story unfolds you see why it’s necessary it’s written the way it is. I love nothing more than a good twist in a story and this one was completely out of left field! I thought I had it all figured out countless times while reading and I was not even close. This is a bit of an unconventional read, but it’s definitely worth your time.

I started this book without knowing anything about the synopsis or premise. I was pleasantly surprised to realize that this story is unlike anything I'd ever read before...definitely a thriller, but with Sci-Fi elements added that give it an extra creep factor. The characters in the story were engaging and well-developed and the twist was something that I never would have guessed. I did find the story to be a bit long and drawn out at times but overall, this was a very solid, unique thriller that will stay with me for a long time.

I received an arc of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Interesting concept that was sometimes drawn out but for the most part was compelling. Abbie wakes up confused and pretty much stays that way throughout the book. She discovers she is not who she thinks, but instead a new form of AI her "husband" has built after her death. He claims that he loved her so much that he just wants her back. Even if you take him at face value that is creepy enough to make him a bad, bad man. We mostly see events through the point of view of the robot as she tries to figure out her place in the world. I actually liked that part. It was an interesting dilemma. The other parts are told in second person voice. I'm not much of a fan of that point of view, but I see it's use here.

The ending really ruined it for me. It was obvious that there was a character waiting to be exposed in the form of the 2nd person author. That reveal was a surprise but I didn't like the way it was handled. Any more than that would be spoilers. Let's just say I found it anticlimactic. If you like sci-fi it's still worth a read.

“The Perfect Wife” was definitely not what I expected, well maybe besides being a well-written psychological thriller, since J. P. Delaney is well known for writing some very intriguing and twisty books in this genre. This book was a mix of suspense, mystery, sci-fi, and domestic drama with strong and unique characters. A fast-paced, captivating and thought provoking read that had me turning pages so fast that my head was spinning. I highly recommend this book to all psychological thriller genre junkies!

Thank you NetGalley, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine Books, and the talented author, J.P. Delaney, for giving me an opportunity to read an ARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.