Unfaithful by Natalie Barelli
Narrated by Emily Rankin
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Release Date: November 27, 2020

Unfaithful by Natalie Barelli is a psychological thriller that takes you on an incredible rollercoaster ride.

Every time I thought I had figured things out or that that couldn't get crazier or escalate any more I was wrong! This book is so intense and has you question your own humanity.

The narration is incredible. Emily Rankin did such an incredible job! Wow!

I don't read a lot of psychological thrillers (because they usually freak me out) and this one snuck up on me and wouldn't let go! I loved this book!

I'm so grateful to Natalie Barelli, Dreamscape Media, and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review.

yes yes yes I loved it! Natalie Barelli not going to lie whatever goes on in that imagination of yours scares me a little. Seriously Natalie has written some of the most unreliable unhinged characters I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Meet Anna. mathematician, loyal colleague, devoted wife, adoring mother, faithful friend... maybe? No need to mention any of the plot here you get more information than you need from the blurb and truly that is not the highlight of this book. This Book takes you on a fast paced addictive wild and crazy ride in Anna‘s brain through her inner dialogue. I kept thinking... Is she delusional? A master manipulator? does she have the worst luck ever or is this all by design? As The story progresses things spiral more and more out of control. Miss Anna does and says things that wil leave your jaw dropped open. #nofilter there were so many times I was thinking, oh no she didn’t, but yes yes, she did. The ending to this book was so twisted and brilliant all I can say is bravo Natalie Barelli! The audiobook was narrated by Emily Rankin Who did a stellar job. She gave the perfect voice and tone to off the chains narrator Anna. cannot wait to see what comes next from the imagination of this remarkable author.

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*** Big thank you to Bookouture & Dreamscape Nedia for my gifted copy of this book. All opinions are my own. ***

What an amazing read! First off, let me just say that the description for this book is NOTHING compared to what happens through its entirety! The book does follow a wife's downward spiral after having found out her husband is having an affair (amongst other things), but it is so much more than that!

Anna, the wife and protagonist, is a complete mess! Although she is a teacher at a university, she is totally unreliable and drinks way too much. She loves her family but longs for a breakthrough in her professional life. When her favorite student dies, it sets off a series of events that she desperately struggles to get control of.

The book is filled with terrible people, which made it great because I was suspicious of everyone - including Anna! The ending was shocking, but then it made total sense! Like one of those moments where you realize you should've known all along but didn't put the pieces together until the last minute! The author did a great job at keeping me guessing throughout every single chapter! I couldn't and refused to stop listening until I knew exactly what happened!

To say I enjoyed this book is an understatement! I listened to it in ONE sitting - just couldn't stop. The ONLY thing I didn't like was how slow the narration was, but I just sped it up to x1.75 and all was well. Read/listen to this book TODAY, NOW, IMMEDIETELY! You will not be disappointed!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for giving me the opportunity to read this amazing novel!

She was on top of the world- amazing husband, wonderful children and on the road to a big promotion- but now she's caught in a downward spiral that's threatening the one thing she cares about the most... her family.

When Anna's student Alex solves a famous "impossible" equation, she is over the moon and can't wait to publish it with him as his thesis advisor. After an unfortunate accident, Anna takes advantage of the situation to better her family's life. She seeks comfort in her husband, Luis, but when she arrives at his art studio, he is nowhere to be found. However, it appears that Luis wasn't alone before he left the studio, as there are two freshly washed wine glasses on the counter. When she returns home, he arrives ahortly after her. When she asks him where he was, he says, "at the studio. Remember, babe? I was working late tonight." From here, her life quickly begins to fall apart, one piece at a time- her career, her marriage, maybe even her sanity...
I went way out of my comfort zone with this book, choosing the audiobook over the print/ ebook version. I have always been hesitant to try an audiobook out of fear that I would not be able to focus or that I would not like the narrator's voice. I was pleasantly surprised by this audiobook, and the combination of a lovely narrator, noise-cancelling headphones and an INCREDIBLE thriller has made me keen to explore more audiobooks in the future! As for this novel, the story can seem overwhelming with sub-plots at first, but this actually made me not want to put it down. I loved the twists and turns that led to a thrilling and shocking conclusion that chilled me to my core. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good psychological thriller that will keep you on your toes and the edge of your seat!

I received a free copy of this audiobook via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving a review. All reviews are my own personal and honest opinion.

I thought I would dislike this book and the ending about halfway through, but I stuck with it and was a little surprised by the ending. A little bit of a bland book. I wouldn't say that it is boring, at all, just nothing too astounding about it. The ending twist was quite good and I did not see that coming, I also really enjoyed the narrator.

This heart pounding domestic thriller had me second guessing every move made. Brilliant, beautiful, a good wife and a loving mother, she has it all. However, having it all also included a husband that’s a cheater.
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What does she do when she finds out her husband is cheating? She goes home she makes a health dinner for her family, loads the dishwasher and walks the dog. This woman interfering with her marriage is not going to win. She is going to save her marriage no matter the cost.
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She feels she has it all under control until her student died, the police show up at her door questioning her and she starts receiving threatening texts.
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There is way more to this story then just an unfaithful husband and the twists and turns had me holding on for dear life.
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Thank you to #Netgalley and #dreamscape for an #alc in exchange for an honest reveiw

Oh wow, I really thought I had the ending figured out early but boy was I wrong!

This was a magnificent twisty thriller that explores the dangerous waters of obsession and betrayal.

I'll admit this was a hard read for me at first because Anna was not a likeable character in my opinion. She's very selfish, judgmental, entitled (I could go on and on..) BUT somehow at the same time Natalie Barelli still had me feeling bad for her and the way her life was falling apart.

I listened to the audio book and really enjoyed the effort Emily Rankin put into conveying Anna's emotional distress as it amplified throughout the book.

Big thanks to #NetGalley and #DreamscapeMediaNatalieBarelli for granting me an advance copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Unfaithful by Natalie Barelli definitely kept me in suspense until the very end! The narrator was incredible on this one. She just made listening better than actually reading this one, in my opinion.

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook.

This was an interesting book. I found the writing to be decent and engaging while reading, but I wasn't dying to get back to it when I put it down. I think this was mostly because of my disconnect with the main character.

I struggled to connect with our main character for the majority of the book. She was a brilliant mathematician, but kept panicking and making terrible decisions. I found it very frustrating and couldn't understand how someone that was supposed to be so intelligent could do such dumb things consistently.

The final third of the book was significantly better than the earlier part, with interesting, albeit convenient at times, twists. I did like the way the story played out and the conclusion of the book. It wrapped up a bit too quickly for my taste, but everything came together in a manner that was explained well and made sense in the overall story. I was really glad that there were no glaring inconsistencies in the conclusions. I think if this shift came earlier in the book and the conclusion played out a little longer, I would have enjoyed the overall story a lot more.

I listened to the audio, which was narrated expertly by Emily Rankin. I thought she was an excellent choice for our narrator.

This was the first book I read by Natalie Barelli and I am definitely interested in reading more of her work. 3.5★

#NatalieBarelli #Unfaithful

Unfaithful by Natalie Batelli is a thriller that had me hooked from the beginning. Anna is a married math professor with two kids and a life she believes is great. Anna struggles with a few work issues but realizes her biggest issue could be her husband cheating on her. What will Anna do to save her marriage? The narrator of this book was excellent.

Anna has a picture perfect life, that is until it starts to unravel. One bad choice leads to another and she’s suddenly juggling to keep all the balls bouncing. In spite of those choices it’s hard not to want to step in and help her out. There was a moment where I reached what I thought was the aha moment...I was totally wrong! Bareli does a great job of leading the reader astray throughout right up to the surprise ending! With a great plot paired with a great narrator, this was one that I could not stop listening to.

Anna must be the most unlucky person. She’s having trouble at work and at home. She’s passed over for a promotion, months ago she almost slept with her boss, the grad student she’s advising commits suicide just as he’s made a discovery that will put Anna on the map and someone is harassing her. And on the home front Anna suspects something is up with her husband. I love a good thriller and this book delivered. I was guessing up until the last chapter. More than once I was sure I had figured everything out, only to be wrong.

Kudos to Natalie Barelli. And great narration by Emily Rankin. The narrator makes or breaks an audiobook and Emily enhances the story. I highly recommend this audiobook.

As a FAITHFUL reviewer, I am unable to provide a stellar review for "UNFAITHFUL".  

Perhaps my expectations were too high for this book.  I usually "eat up" psychological thrillers with infidelity themes...but not so here.  The first portion of the book was very, very, very, very slow and I am being kind.  Where were the book's editors?  

The book's plot was unrealistic and just all over the place.   The book's ending was simply not plausible and, quite frankly, very anti-climatic.   In addition, none of the book's characters were likable and the author's character development was shallow.  I thought of abandoning the book multiple times but I kept hoping that it would improve, so I stayed with it.

I have read Natalie Barelli's earlier books and some of the author's books have been better than others.   All of the author's previous books were much, much better than this one.

I listened to the book's audio version and the narrator was good, not great.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an open and honest review.

I really enjoyed this book mainly because of the narrator. She did an amazing job. The story was a little slow at first, but really picked up. The main character has a lot going on! Overall, it was a good read!

After hearing that one of her favorite students is dead, anna seeks solace from her husband, Alex. But when she arrives at her husband’s studio, she’s confronted by the proof that her husband is having an affair. Instead of confronting him, she goes home and acts as if nothing is wrong. In fact she redoubles her effort to be the perfect wife and mother, determined to prove to Alex, that she is the only woman for him. If she can’t the consequences will be deadly. Rankins rendition of this nail biter is spot on and only serves to increase the tension

First off, I want to say, I really wanted to like this book. A great number of reviews have been positive and favorable. I love the smart, sexy, and mildly mysterious cover. But the story fell short for me, especially in the plot-reality department.

From the very beginning, one can easily surmise there are lies, deception, marital infidelity, trust issues, and secrets on the part of both people in this marriage. Yet, the book’s blurb describes that she wants to be “the glue that holds our perfect family together”. What? Did I misunderstand the definition of perfect family?

There is some story intrigue, and a few twists that come in the latter part of the book, but I had a hard time connecting to the main character and her personality traits in relation to the story plot, i.e. a very brilliant math teacher who is seems incredibly naive, is trusting one moment, not trusting the next, smart and in control emotionally-soon followed by a nearly hysterical hot mess internal breakdown.

The Audio Version of Unfaithful, narrated by Emily Rankin, was an overall strength read with feeling and proper sense stress, though Ms. Rankin did not exhibit a good range of inflection in her voice between one character to the next.

My thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media, for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. #NatalieBarelli #Unfaithful

What a page turner!!!!

This book grabs your attention immediately and holds it to the last page! You realize very quickly that something strange is happening. You wonder if it’s an unreliable narrator, a crazy person, gaslighting, or misunderstanding.... and even to the last chapter you’re just not sure! Then the end ties everything up nicely, but believable!!

Every time I had a free second, I immediately hit play and listened as long as I could. I highly recommend this book for fans of B.A Paris and other quick-read mysteries!

All of a sudden Anna's perfect life starts to crumble. The promotion she was in for is given to another, her student dies, and then she finds out her husband has a lover.
What she should do is confront her husband, take the children and leave. That's not Anna. Anna wants to fix herself and pretend it didn't happen. Her husband really does love her, he once told her he is obsessed with her. Who could walk away from that?

Unfaithful is a nonstop spiral of things going out of control. Bad things just keep getting piled on top of each other and you can feel Anna is going to break at any moment. I wanted her to break, to go absolutely mental on everyone!
Barelli pacts a lot of emotions into this book. As an audiobook, I got to hear the stress in Annas voice. The narrator, Emily Rankin, did a fabulous job sounding like she's losing her mind. At one point when Anna is eating, I think Rankin really was chewing! it was perfect! lol Rankin also has a knack for different voices. Her male voices are believable, which is sometimes hard to do with audiobooks.
I loved the twists and turns of the story. I had it figured out immediately and was proud of myself, but then was blown away that I was wrong! lol I did not see the big twist coming at all. The ending of the story was perfect.
I have read books by Natalie Barelli before, and have loved her work. I recommend her for a quick read with unexpected twists.

Thank you Netgally for such a delight. I listened to an audiobook in one sitting. Great narration and the story is interesting. Very enjoyable and twisty read.

I don’t know how to talk about this story without dropping spoilers, but I’m going to try.

This is an iceberg book: what you think you are getting based on the surface is just a fraction of what’s really there. The plot was complex, so many different things were going on and I couldn’t see how the author would tie it all up in the ending a then she threw me for a loop and everything clicked into place at the very end in a surprising and satisfying way.

Beautiful narration adds to the tension and immediacy of the story. I highly recommend this book!