Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with the ARC. The writing, characters, plot, was on point for me! This was an interesting read and will read more from this author in the future!

After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill is a somewhat confusing psychological thriller that I still don’t really know how I feel about. Madeleine is taking a break from her successful historical mystery series and becomes infatuated with a new character she’s written, Edward, who coincidentally is an author, too. Edward has lost his family in an automobile accident which has cast a presence over his present work. Edward begins writing a novel with Madeleine as the protagonist whose sadness comes from a series of failed pregnancies. Each one of them has conflict and tragedy to contend with. Edward is a suspect in a murder and Madeleine has issues of trust and fidelity with her Physician husband, Hugh.

The authors lives traverse in such a way that I’m not sure who the written character is and who the author is?
I’m not sure I would recommend this book to someone who reads for the pure enjoyment of it. I know there is a deeper meaning to be found here, I’m just not sure what it is.

A big thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Great writing. Just fell right into these characters from beginning to end. Great storyline and keeps you guessing all the way through. If you want a different kind of read choose this one.

This is a very enjoyable unique read, nothing like anything I've read before. Sulari has developed the characters with skill, highly believable. I would definitely recommend. Keep an open mind through the first chapters.

Thank you Netgalley for sending me this arc. I will be reviewing this book in the near future with an honest rating and review.

This was a great mystery/novel. The author was able to move from character to character, situation to situation with such clear writing. The book had plenty of twist interns to hold my interest throughout. .
The characters were well developed, interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I will look forward to more books by this author thank you for my advance copy .

‘This is my life, not just a story, …’

Madeleine D’Leon is a successful writer: her crime fiction series featuring Veronica Killwilly series is very successful. But Madeleine is drawn to a different story. She creates a new character, Edward McGinnity, a writer of literary fiction, and as she begins to imagine his life, becomes drawn into it.

Metafiction, or mystery? Or both …

Edward is in danger, but so is Madeleine. As she becomes caught up in Edward’s world, she retreats into it, spending less time with her husband Hugh. In Madeleine’s story about Edward, he is accused of murder. In Madeleine’s ‘real world’ her husband is increasingly concerned about her wellbeing.

‘Yes, it’s just imagination if you can stop. Delusion has a life of its own.’

First published in Australia as ‘Crossing the Lines’ in 2017, this novel is imaginative and intriguing. It’s also very different from Ms Gentill’s Rowland Sinclair series. I kept reading, wanting to know whether (and how) Ms Gentill would bring her characters under control. Was Edward guilty of murder? Could Madeleine break free from her creation or, had Edward been made real, free to walk off the pages and exert his own influence quite independent from Madeleine? Some characters are like that.

I enjoyed this novel. Be warned: you’ll need to concentrate, in order to keep track.

Note: My thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with a free electronic copy of this book for review purposes.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith

I received an advance copy of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. After She Wrote Him is about a writer who begins writing a new novel, and the main character of the novel is also a writer. The line between real and fictional characters becomes blurred, but the blurring appears to be intentional. There was some brilliance in this book. The plot was slow at first, but the sheer poetry of the writing kept me reading. Aspiring writers will also appreciate this book, because the protagonists are also writers and speak a lot about why writers do what they do. There are a lot of writing tips. When the book eventually became a murder mystery, I was hooked. Both the writer and protagonist were engulfed in mysteries in their lives which caught my attention.

However, the ending was disappointing. Neither mystery is completely solved, and you are left to try and decide what really happened. You are never sure who is the writer and who is the protagonist, and both them are are rendered incapable of finishing the story. The ending in my opinion was unfinished and was a betrayal to the reader. Maybe it was a warning as to what can happen when a writer gets too involved with their main character, but it wasn't enough for me. I wanted a completed story. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2990364202?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

I loved this book! It's like a creative writing class and an amazing read all rolled into one. As I was reading the quote "Wibbly Wobbly Timey Whimey" came to mind, but that's just not an adequate enough description. It's 2, or maybe 3 stories all perfectly woven into one. The author seamless moves between worlds (worlds, plots, stories, I don't know what to call them). It's a challenge for the brain to keep everything straight but written in such a way that you enjoy the challenge. I felt like I was in a carnival fun-house looking into a mirror that was reflecting the mirror back to infinity. There is so much to love about this book.!

Geez, started this and had the worst case of Deju Vu. It seemed so familiar and I just couldn't shake the feeling. Finally figured out I had read this but it was previously titled Crossing the Lines and I'd read it back in 2017. As I recall I thoroughly enjoyed the story as well as all the twists and turns.