If you like a book that demands your attention, then this is it. Pay attention to the characters...are they really as they appear? Can they be trusted? You’ll need a score card to keep track of the twists and turns in this fast-paced book. I was supplied with a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving my review.

The Other Mrs is a intriguing story. I found it hard to figure out what was going on until I was half way through it. It seems to drag until then. After the mid point I got into it. The characters were strange but kept you wandering who to believe. Lots of twists.

Rating: 4 twisty stars

I had not read any of Mary Kubica’s book before this. I knew she had a reputation in the Psychological Thriller market. I was hoping for a wild ride, and ‘The Other Mrs.’ delivered. The story narrated is by three different people. One of the narrators states clearly at the beginning that she may be unreliable.

Set on a small island in Maine, this is a murder mystery, wrapped up in a domestic thriller. Who killed Megan? Why does everyone lie about what Sadie has done in the past? Is someone stalking Sadie? Did Sadie kill Megan? These and many more questions came up while I was reading the book. The questions kept me turning the pages as quickly as I could.

I thought I had it all figured out, but there was still quite a bit of the book left when I came to that conclusion. However, my assumptions were only partly correct. The ending was quite a surprise. That always makes me happy. The ending was plausible, and twisty. Good going, Ms. Kubica!

‘Thank-You’ to NetGalley; the publisher, HARLEQUIN - Trade Publishing, Park Row; and the author, Mary Kubica; for providing a free e-ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book was interesting. I really wasn't liking it or the writing style for the first 25% then it started to grow on me. I agree with everyone else that I really didn't know what was going on until about 60% of the way through. At that point, I started to figure a few things out and was really worried about how it was going to go. I don't like the <spoiler> main character is actually bi-polar and crazy trope</spoiler> but thankfully the author went after something unique enough and plausible enough that it did not bother me. I thought the twist and reveal was well done. A lot of this book is slow and intentionally misleading, so I'm interested to see how that will play out on TV. Overall, I think my first Mary Kubica was a success!

The Other Mrs. is the first book I've read by Mary Kubica, and it won't be my last. This is one suspenseful thriller that I didn't want to stop reading. There is a great plot twist, although I did figure it out about halfway through. I can't say too much without giving away the book, but if you love psychological, dark thrillers, I would definitely give this one a read.

Sadie and Will live in Chicago with their 2 kids, Tate and Otto. Will's sister Alice passes away leaving Will a house, (as well as her daughter), in Maine. Will tells Sadie this is the fresh start they're looking for. Shortly after moving in, their neighbor Morgan is murdered. Sadie is very upset by the murder but even more upset by her niece, whose strange behavior distresses her very much.

Suspicion is definitely on the new family in town. Sadie begins digging deeper into who Mrs. Baines is. She soon begins to unravel a truth more terrifying than she can comprehend. What will Sadie do with the information she has found out? The truth is closer to home than she realizes.

Excellent thriller, I highly recommend reading The Other Mrs.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin for this ARC.

Such a great read! It was hard reading Mouse’s parts in the book but I love how everything came together in the end. It kept me guessing and kept me entertained!

Sadie, Will and their children are looking for a fresh start after things go south in Chicago. Sadie believes her husband had an affair, their son Otto gets in trouble in school and Sadie had a big problem at work. Will inherits a house (and his niece) in a sleepy town in Maine. Imogene, the niece, scares Sadie. This, in itself, is manageable...but then the woman next door is murdered!
This story is told in multiple points of view, with Sadie, "The other woman" and a little girl nicknamed Mouse, and was a super fun read! I don't want to say too much to avoid giving away plot twists...but I will say I thought I had this figured out pretty early on. Boy, was I wrong!!!
I received an ARC from NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

After Will's sister, Alice, kills herself he, his wife and their two sons move to Alice's house in Maine to help take care of her daughter, Imogen. Will and his wife Sadie are going through a rough patch in their marriage because he had an affair when they were living in Chicago. Sadie thought the move to Maine would be an opportunity to hit the reset button.

› Imogen is a moody, withdrawn teenager. She isn't dealing with her mother's death and has no interest in developing a relationship with Sadie, Will or their sons. When their neighbour is murdered Sadie begins to suspect that Imogen may be to blame.

› The writing style has a lot of telling over showing. It's preachy and often explains things that need no explaining. The first-person perspective from Sadie's point of view is repetitive and annoying, however, I kind of liked Camille's POV and LOVED Mouses's POV. Mouse and Imogen are the most interesting characters.

› That ending came out of left field for me. What a shock! Honestly, I almost quit reading this book and it would have been a one-star book if not for the last quarter which bumped it up to a ★★ for me.

› Final Thoughts
• The Other Mrs. is an unpredictable mystery about deception, and family secrets, and mental illness. This may not have been a good fit for me, but I would recommend this to readers who like mysteries told from first-person with an unlikable/unreliable narrator.

Thank you to Netgalley and publisher for the complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review.

This was my first read by Mary Kubica but it won’t be my last! It was definitely a slow burn for me for about 60% of the book and then the last 40% flew by. I love a good thriller. Lately, I feel like I’ve been steering clear of them because it’s gotten to the point where I can predict what happens, but this one had me guessing the entire time (literally until the last chapter). It’s hard to review a book with so many twists and turns, but this one is a winner. It also takes a deep dive into mental health, which I appreciate authors shining a light to more often.

If you've read any of my other reviews either here or on Goodreads, you've probably noticed a common thread: I can't help but compare every psychological thriller to Mary Kubica. And almost without fail, I find the book/author I'm holding up for scrutiny to be lacking in comparison. I have a deep love for her complex female characters and intricate plots. The Other Mrs. (Not to be confused with The Other Mrs. Miller, which is another novel in the same genre and of the same quality as this one) is Kubica's latest effort, and it serves up all of the goodness we've come to expect from the author.
Female-centered psychological thriller? Check. 
Unreliable narrator(s)? Check. 
Twists and turns? Check. 
Quick pacing? Check!
Several times, I found myself thinking 'ugh, this is so predictable, it's obviously the husband/the creepy son/the troubled teen girl/the jilted ex-wife', lured into believing at various turns that I had outsmarted the author, but these are almost all red herrings. In the end, Kubica successfully pulls the rug out from under you, which is all the more shocking because she's never deliberately hiding information as so many more amateur authors do. Instead, she trusts in her reader, knowing we'll fill in the blanks (incorrectly), thus helping veil the truth. 
All of that being said, this isn't my favorite of her books because of the way all of the truths are veiled. There's a mental illness plot point here that I found to be a bit of a cop out. Though it is well plotted, it ultimately left me feeling a bit jipped. It's sort of like the cliche "it was all just a dream" ending, but with more eye rolls, because it has the added element of being a bit far-fetched, too.

In comparing this to her other novels, I'd say it's firmly in the high-middle-- below The Good Girl and Pretty Baby, but above the rest. This feels much more polished and intentional than some of her recent books, which seemed like they had been rushed. 

Rating: 3.75/5 stars, rounded up to 4 for Goodreads.

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Sadie is nice, she is dedicated doctor, she is confused, she questions herself, Sadie is good, Sadie has mental health issues, Sadie is a mess. Kubica leaves a sprinkling of breadcrumbs to follow, just enough that it is reasonable to question who did what and who is manipulating whom. Lots to wonder about mostly about Sadie’s behavior. Her kids scream that she is a liar, a deserter in times of stress and their need. They don’t understand how she could have said that, done that. She swears she never did. Her husband is an appeaser, and all shall be well except all that is horribly wrong. There is so much pathological “stuff” going on that you can’t help but be very uncomfortable.

The varied narrators provide a glimpse into what you think you have figured out, but maybe not. There were several incidents that were less than believable and the ending left me wondering how they could have gotten from point A to Z with nary a repercussion. The Author’s Note clarifies this leap of faith but I can’t help wondering if the optimism is realistic.

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin for a copy.

In The Other Mrs., Sadie has several problems. She left her dream job in a Chicago ER for a family practice on a rural island in Maine. Her husband’s sister died—perhaps by her own hand— leaving him a house, bank account, and her strange goth daughter Imogene to care for. Imogene just wants all these strangers to get out of her house. Sadie’s husband, Will, cheated on her in Chicago. Their son, Otto, has been bullied. Now a neighbor is dead and the police suspect the strangers in their midst. Can anything else bad possibly happen to Sadie? Take my word for it that much more will happen in this twisty domestic thriller.

Just when you think you can see where the plot is heading, the book makes a sharp right-hand turn. The Other Mrs. is anything but predictable. If you like your thrillers solidly built on relationships but also fast-paced like a rollercoaster, you will enjoy this book. 4 stars!

Thanks to Park Row, Harlequin, and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

This is a hard one to review. While the end threw me for a loop after many twists and turns, I actually didn't start enjoying this book until I was about 65% in. It was so confusing and there were so many characters. In the end it all came together and it was all explained, it just took forever to get there. I'm glad I pushed though it, but 3.5⭐ is the best I can do.

Definitely another exciting read from this author, but got a little complicated. It started off slow and suspenseful, and then you're thrown into discovery after discovery. While the pace of this book is lacking, It's still an entertaining read for fans of this genre or author.

I might be a fairly new Thriller reader, but even I have heard of Mary Kubica. When I saw that she had a new book coming out, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. That it took place in Maine, my home state, got me even more excited for The Other Mrs. When we catch up with Dr. Sadie Foust, she has just begrudgingly moved to Maine with her family in an attempt to start over.

First of all, I have to talk about the atmosphere of this story. That it takes place on an island in the middle of winter where the ferry may or may not be able to shuttle you back and forth from the mainland is interesting enough. But couple that with the fact that there may be a murderer on the loose where getting away is iffy, and it really ups the ante of the entire story. This, unfortunately for me, was the highlight. As for the rest of it, I thought it was incredibly predictable and the pacing was too back and forth. For a bit I’d be on the edge of my seat, and then it would start dragging, and it made the entire story feel like it lagged. The foreshadowing to the big reveal was too obvious, and it eliminated the surprise factor entirely. The best I can say about this book is that it was entertaining enough, but it just wasn’t very thrilling. I think, perhaps the biggest issue for me was Imogen, and the way that was wrapped up. I have a hard time that things would be so tidy, and it was a hurdle to me being able to buy the eventual end of this story. Having said all that, I did enjoy parts of The Other Mrs. enough to want to read more from the author. I’ve seen stellar reviews for her books. I think maybe I just started with the wrong one.

4.5 stars, rounded up to 5.

This is a great psychological thriller - and the book description and title are totally deceiving!

Kubica’s book is totally enthralling & it’s so far from predictable. Just as you think you’ve got it all figured out, she throws curve ball after curve ball. And the end and its multiple twists are so unexpected and mindblowing! This one was very hard to put down. Definitely a must-read thriller!

Thank you to Park Row Books & NetGalley for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thx to Netgalley, Park Row Publishers and Mary Kubica for this ARC.
I loved this book! All the twists and turns were amazing. Kept me guessing till almost the end. I guess the title would have given it away, but it didn’t, not really. 5 star.. Thank you Mary Kubica!

The “twist” was predictable ~100 pages in. The ending annoyed me more than anything, it felt like it was a forced way to make a predictable story seem fresh. Kubica‘s tend to be hit or miss for me and this one is definitely a miss.

Wow! I love Mary Kubica and this one did not disappoint. I will say that it started off a bit slow but it did pick up and it was a great ride. The story is told from multiple perspectives and some were more interesting than others. I will say that this one was a bit different than Mary Kubica's earlier books, there was something about the writing style that just wasn't the same. I do prefer her earlier books like Pretty Baby but this one was still good. As others have said one piece of the story was pretty easy to work out early on but I will say that there were two big twist that I did not see coming. Really good story!

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Sadie, Will, and their sons, Tate and Otto, have just moved to a remote, small island in Maine. They inherited a house, with old furniture, and the guardianship of Will’s sister’s 16-year-old Imogen. Her mother recently committed suicide as the pain of her illness became too much for her. Imogen does not want them there and is vulgar, belligerent, and dresses in dark, gothic clothes.

Sadie is a physician and has a job in the small town at the clinic. Will works as a professor a couple days a week. Sadie has always been the main breadwinner while Will is more of a house husband.

Sadie does not like the house as it seems to give off bad vibes to her. She is hoping though that she and Will can save their marriage after she learned that he had been having an affair when they previously lived in Chicago. She also worries about her son, Otto, who had been bullied in their previous home area.

When a woman down the street is murdered, the whole island is nervous.

Camille met Will in Chicago when he happened to grab her as she carelessly prepared to cross the street in front of a cab. Later, she learned that her roommate, Sadie, was dating Will but she thinks Will should be hers.

Mouse is a little 6-year-old girl who loves her Daddy and their special time together. But when he brings home a new mother for her that Mouse calls Fake Mom, things get really difficult for her.

Wow! What a complicated cast of great characters. I especially loved Mouse because the author has taken great care to have her speak a child would. This is a story that leads the reader through all sorts of scenarios making you wonderful what is real and what isn’t. Scary, nail biting, and compelling. Don’t miss this one.

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.