Two weeks until Amy and Matt’s wedding and then suddenly the groom vanishes. What follows is a mystery full of suspense and surprise. After years f being alone, Amy meets Matt just as her daughter Jess is starting college. In little over a year they are engaged and Amy thinks she is destined for the perfect life. Overnight it slowly unravels. Lies, deceit, hurt feelings and a need for revenge are all revealed. Long buried secrets return from the past. All leading to a surprise ending. The author does a wonderful job of keeping the reader guessing what the truth is and who did what until the very end. Several ugly truths about relationships and friendship are revealed. Sometimes we only see what we want to see. Thus allowing these half truths, omissions and deception to be woven into our so called perfect world. It is only when we look at the true situation that clarity can be revealed and shaped into our reality. Great book! Thank you NetGalley for the advance copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

The vow was an interesting read and kept me wondering the whole time. Everything is so unexpected and you don't see the twists and turns coming.. The plot twist is definitely shocking!. I love easily and fast-paced the writing style is.. It has multiple POV which gives you a clearer version of the events and the story.
A must read for thriller lovers!

Really enjoyed this book. Loads of twists and turns and an ending that you do not expect at all. I will definately read more by the same author

The synopsis of this book really got my attention and Promised to be a gripping psychological thriller. The first part of the book didn’t hook me though and it took sometimes for things to get interesting. The characters were well written and developed, but the plot twists a little bit predictable. Overall I’ve enjoyed the book and it was a good read.

Thanks to Netgalley and Avon Books UK for providing this arc in exchange for an honest review.

Amy had been alone for awhile before meeting Matt and is excited to marry him in a couple of weeks. Her hopes are dashed when Matt disappears without a trace. Then she finds out that another woman has reported Matt missing too, and he has been living a double life. To add insult to injury, the police start looking at Amy as a suspect.

This was a quick read with an interesting premise. I think the end could be considered a bit far fetched but that is what happens with suspense thrillers, so I was ok with it. Overall a good fast read. I would consider reading more from this author.

Firstly a big thank you to Avon for approving my netgalley request to read. I have read her books under a different publisher so was interested to see how avon would direct her books.

I loved it and highly recommend if you like your thrillers twisty and unpredictable.

Cleverly written and told from different perspectives. This keeps it fresh and interesting as theres more than one side to the story

A perfect couple about to get married or is there more to them than meets the eye.

Fast paced and thrilling as time runs out to find the truth.

The Vow is a fast read! Debbie Howells' writing is easy to read and really wraps you up in the story.

Thank you NetGalley, Debbie Howells, and Avon Publishing for the ARC of The Vow in return for my honest review.

I really enjoyed this read! The Vow was one of the first books in a long time that kept me guessing until the very end with its suspenseful twisting plotlines The author developed characters that I became invested in and kept me turning the page!

I look forward to reading more from Debbie Howells.

Thank you NetGalley & Avon Books UK for the ARC of this great suspense novel.
Great writing. that had me guessing until the end.

This was a great book. It's a psychological thriller with lots of twists and turns. I definitely recommend it!

Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a copy of this E-book to review via Netgalley.

Thanks to Netgalley for an advanced reader copy.

This was a fun quick thriller, centered around a wedding that didn’t happen. It was entertaining and held my interest.

This book definitely had me at the edge of my seat. Full of twists and turns that I could not see coming. My first book by this author and I'm already looking at other books she has written.

Thank you to netgalley for the opportunity to read The Vow. I'll start by saying that i enjoyed this book. It focuses alot on gaslighting and narcissistic tendencies. I enjoyed the storyline and that it highlighted on that subject. I just found that the story took a while to get going and i didnt really feel there was masive twists and turns so it all felt a little anticlimactic at the end as i was waiting for some big twist that didn't really happen. The ending did come across aa very rushed. Yes it was a good book but i think it lacked in suspense

This book is quiet unique experience for me! It started fast, captivated my attention! I didn’t want to put it down! I like juicy, scandalous, mysterious double life story.

Image you’ve been ditched before your marriage. The groom disappears into thin air and you found out some other woman also looks for your fiancée dearest because she insists that the very same man you plan to spend the rest of your life plans to dumb you for her! Shame! But don’t worry! The shameless scumbag is already dead! Okay this seems like mean but at the first parts of the book, I easily empathize with Amy who is about to dump and left by a liar ( It is natural to take her side) till I move back and forth between her past and learn more about her teenage time. We learned more shocking and deliciously stunningly dirty details about her past including lies, secrets, hurt feelings, resentments, undeniable desire of revenge and deceitful actions.

And of course being introduced to Jess: Amy’s daughter helped us to learn more about her motives behind her actions.

I felt like another 5 starred book is coming up! But in the middle of somewhere something went wrong and I felt like the author lost her interest to her characters or finish this story because it got slower and the story-telling showed flat-line and needed an urgent CPR process! I wish the author should have taken a break, cleared her mind before writing the conclusion. As long as I finished, I took a deep breath and I realized my five starred reading journey turned into something boring, repetitive, annoying 2 to 3 starred book. It had so much potential and likable characters ( including Amy’s daughter Jess) but it didn’t fill my expectations. I truly disappointed.

So I’m rounding up 2.5 stars to 3: interestingly it’s not Switzerland read for me: I didn’t love it or hate it- let’s meet in the middle books! In the beginning I truly loved it but in the middle of somewhere I started to hate it! (surprisingly I also start to unlike Amy, too!) So as an average I gave 3 solid stars. I wish last %30 parts of the books may be rewritten and the repeating parts may be omitted.

I still want to read more books of the author because from the promising start and intriguing plot line, I may sense she is brilliant author but unfortunately this book didn’t work with me!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for sharing this ARC in exchange my honest review.

A great read, such a roller coaster! It pulled me in from the first page worth its twists and turns. I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to others!

This was quite the thriller! One twist followed another in this fast-paced and thrilling novel. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves domestic thrillers!

Two weeks before her wedding, Amy finds a piece of paper on the kitchen table that reads Matt's wedding vow to her......it says "then when I can no longer be with you, a part of me will always be there watching over you" Amy at first questions this but resolves with of course Matt is always looking out for her.....then a stranger literally grabs Amy's arm and tells her someone is watching you, you think he is the love of your life, he isn't who you think he is...as Amy is running away, the lady yells Watch your back don't trust him....then Matt disappears...and another woman reports Matt's missing....who is Matt, why did he disappear? This book has many twists and turns and kept the reader intrigued in the psychological thriller.

The story is about Amy, who as a single mother running away from a violent marriage, is excited to get her second chance at a happy ending with her new fiance; Matt.
But two weeks before the wedding, Matt goes missing. Secrets are unveiled and it turns out Matt isn't all he seems. Evidence pointing to his death is piling up, but where is he? And more importantly, who is he?
So, the premise was interesting and I was excited about this one. But, unfortunately, I was disappointed. It took soooo long to get into it and honestly, I was bored throughout the majority of it. Things started to heat up a little just over halfway in, but it doesn't go anywhere and the ending was very anti climactic. I'm sorry, but it's a no from me.

Thank you NetGalley for giving me the chance to review this.

I received an eARC of The Vow by Debbie Howells from Avon Books UK and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
The writing style was great, and the plot was intriguing but predictable for me. It was an entertaining read for me nonetheless. I give this book 4 stars. I love the creativity of the author and would happily read her other books.

What do you do when your fiance suddenly disappears? And then you find out he's not at all who he seemed? These questions and more are asked and (potentially) answered in The Vow. Right from the first few pages, I was pulled in and wanted to devour this book. It has multiple view points, and an almost Girl on the Train quality to it. It's very very quite good.

The Vow publishes October 15, 2020.

4/5 Stars