This pains me but I did not love this. As a thriller, it fell really flat. I had an issue with some of the character development as well. The Good Sister was one of my favorite books of last year so I recommend checking that out instead.

I really enjoyed this one. I liked how it was plotted and how flawed the characters were. I also like the ending, even though it was a bit ambiguous. My only complaint is that this is marketed as a thriller but it seems to be more contemporary with a mystery thrown in. I’m definitely going to have to check out more of Sally Hepworth’s novels!

This looks like so many twisting turns in it you know what's gonna happen. The father was a top art surgeon named Stephanie AST ON. And you find out who this guy really is in the end. The 2 daughters have problems as well and you'll find that out as well. Tully Is marrying to a very successful businessman But she likes to steal things when she has an anxiety attack and she will not tell her husband. It was having a hard time dealing with this as well because you lost a lot of money and they have to move. She is afraid to tell everybody. Rachel is the other sister and she has problems as well. She hasn't she overeats every time a man comes near her because of what happened to her in the past She runs a successful cake business in Melbourne Australia. This guy Dawn Shows up for the delivery guy Who are the cakes. He really likes Rachel and they try to go out on dates but she's still very nervous. The father is dating a woman called Heather but hes still married to his former wife who is in a nursing home. Rachel also finds water botthe water bottle with money and inside of it and a note oh and this leads to a crazy mystery what was going on. Definitely has a lot of problems with anger and you'll find out why Heather it doesn't realize what's going on because of her past. It's an interesting book because it looks at things like rape and domestic violence in a very interesting tragical way and how people don't accept it but the softwid an amazing job of explaining it and tying it into the story and how everybody has a say in this you

My first Sammy Hepworth and it won't be my last. I found this to be quite the page turner and found that the multiple point of views kept me interested and engaged in the storyline. I did find that aspects of the ending fell a little flat, such as Fiona Arthur's quiet finish, the peak moment at the wedding, the ending that we are to decipher on our own. It was obvious that both of the sisters were coping with overwhelming feelings stemming from trauma, and I thought it might have been more impactful with a tidy finish explaining this further. An oh so close five-star finish for me!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC!

So clever and packed full of unexpected details! I loved everything about The Younger Wife. Each narrator offered a fresh perspective on a juicy family saga. Dysfunction, secrets and questions abound. I couldn't stop reading as each character unpacked another interesting layer.
Stephen's ability to provoke doubt and cause the women in his life to second-guess their observations made for a wild reading experience. Rachel, Tully and Heather each had strengths, weaknesses and emotional wounds that contributed to the story's complex arc.
The Younger Wife is a whip-smart domestic thriller that will keep you guessing. Highly recommend!

I really enjoy these kinds of books. Women in real life with real problems that involve marital relationships, sibling conflicts, and children issues. It always makes me feel a little more seen and a part of this human existence to see others that have problems too!

The younger wife, Heather, is marrying Stephen who is already married but his current wife has dementia and doesn’t know what’s going on….his children are his younger wife’s age….let the drama ensue. This book follows Heather and her two soon to be “step daughters” and what’s going on in each of their individual lives. The book weaves together slowly, showing you, the reader, why they behave the way they do.

Sally Hepworth does a good job of sharing dramatic problems and not making them cheap and overly cheesy. I found this particular book to be a little more extreme and on the side of unbelievable with some of the situations…but I’m okay with it for an entertaining read.

A big thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for an advance electronic copy of this book.

I enjoyed the first part of the story. I wanted to like the characters, but Tully was hard to like and Rachel was a little better but not relatable. The ending threw me for a loop. It became so confusing and nothing was resolved the way I expected. I received a free copy of this book and I am voluntarily leaving my review.

The Younger Wife is full of twists and turns that will keep you glued to the pages until the very end. She is great with her twists and turns! Rachel and Tully’s father announces he’s marrying Heather, a woman a couple of years younger than them. At the same time, their mother is experiencing profound dimmentia and is living in a nurse facility. Secrets will be revealed, and a family will be left never the same as before.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martins Press for my advanced copy.
4.5stars

Another great book by Sally Hempworth. Great storyline, a little crazy but believable. Love the characters of her two daughters. This is one of those books I just couldn’t put down, however most of her books are the same way. Thank you for my advance copy I will look forward to her next book

Read this in one sitting, wanted to know the outcome! Loved the characters and that the story was told by them. The husband, the daughters and the new wife, who is younger than the daughters! Motives, intrigue, and suspense.

“The Younger Wife” by Sally Hepworth just released and all the twist you expect from this author. Another page turner with all the secrets that kept you guessing until the end.

A very domestic novel about an unconventional family affair, you have the husband, the wife, ex wife, daughters and a stranger all together at a wedding and someone ends up with blood on their hands…. They each have secrets and you work backwards to how they all met and will be connected forever.

“Perhaps the very worst people still had some good in them. And perhaps the very best had some bad. “~ Sally Hepworth

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#julesbooshelf #netgalley #theyoungerwife #sallyhepworth #arc #goodreads #releasedate4/5/22

Thank you to NetGalley, Sally Hepworth and St Martin's Press for the free e-book in exchange for an honest review.

I really got immersed into this novel and quickly, which is why I love Hepworth's writing. This one is really quick paced and I went back and forth so much about whodunit and was driving myself crazy trying to figure it out. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and it was totally binge worthy and I recommend highly!

The Husband, The ex-wife, the daughter, the other daughter and the new younger wife all have secrets to hide.
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It starts at the wedding of Stephen and his new younger wife, but there is a scream and blood and we don’t know what for.
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I don’t want to give too much away on this but if you enjoy a whodunnit add this to your TBR.
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Thank you @stmartinspress for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
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The Younger Wife has 3 main characters and voices: Tully, Rachel, and Heather.

Heather met Stephen Aston when she was hired to redesign his home. The first day she meets Stephen and his wife Pam she realizes Pam is not all there. Pam has advanced dementia and a few months later, Stephen makes the tough call to put her in a nursing home. The more time Heather spends with him the more she likes him. Without realizing it, she falls for him. Then they become an item and Stephen proposes. Just one little detail, he is still married to Pam.

As for Stephen's two daughters, Tully and Rachel both love their parents and they visit their mom at the nursing home regularly. The daughters have kept secrets from each other and their parents. Tully steals things she doesn't need and her husband made a bad investment and she is losing her home while Rachel stopped dating when she was sixteen and now binge eats under stress. Their lives become more chaotic when their father makes them meet Heather who is actually younger than them. They can't believe their dad is divorcing their mother and getting remarried!

To makes matter worse, Pam starts saying things about their father that don't make sense. Is what Pam is saying true or is it her dementia that is causing her behavior?

I want to recommend the audio version. You have to listen to it! It's so well done. The book is narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Caroline Lee, Jessica Douglas-Henry and Zoe Carides. I couldn't stop myself from doing one more chapter despite arriving at my destination. The voices of Tully, Rachel, and Heather were perfectly accomplished. I believe the way they were portrayed made me like them more. On paper, I don't think I would have liked Tully that much but with the audio, I did.

I enjoyed The Younger Wife despite the ending being a little vague.

Would I read her next book? Heck yeah!

Cliffhanger: No

4/5 Fangs

A complimentary copy was provided by St. Martin's Press via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Sally Hepworth’s The Younger Wife captured my attention as I was reminded that not everything is as it seems. Told in alternating perspectives, we meet members of a family, learning piece by piece about a hidden secret. I enjoyed that the story wasn’t predictable; I kept questioning myself as to what I believed. Overall an enjoyable read.

WOW! The Younger Wife is the first book I have read by author Sally Hepworth and it won't be the last!

The storyline was so unpredictable and twisted. The characters were so deeply developed and incredible. This was just a great unexpected read!

I don't want to give away anything, so I will just say...if you want an incredible "I-can't-put-this-book-down" read...this is the one!

First I'll say that this book was good. It kept me wondering what was really going on all the way. I read two endings and am still confused a bit. Did he or didn't he? Or she? I will except that and move on now.

This is the story of a family with many secrets and a lot of mess going on. A lot of did he or didn't he. A lot of what the heck is happening or did it really even happen. I have my opinions as I'm sure each person who read it does. I liked the book but dislike abuse. I think maybe it should have a trigger warning for abuse and rape. Though the rape was honestly barely written about so not as bad as it could be.

The sisters, Rachel and Tully, meet their soon to be stepmother, Heather, and from there it is all questions amongst them. Their dad is planning to divorce their mother who is suffering from dementia and living in an assisted living facility. What kind of man does that? That is my first question. This woman gave him her life. Gave him two children. Gave him a home. Supported him in many ways. Was he abusive or was it all accidents. What made these girls have the problems they had. Who is Fiona Authur? What is each character possibly hiding?

Heather and Stephen are getting married. What can possibly go wrong? Your guess is as good as mine in this instance. I'm still a bit baffled but I also really liked this book. The messed up of each character. Though in reality I didn't really like any of them except Pam. Pam was just a run of the mill housewife who is losing her memory and dealing with life in a home. Her daughters come to see her all the time and so does her husband quite a bit. Him bringing his fiancé to visit her is a bit cruel in my mind. Even if she doesn't know who they are I feel like what if she has a very lucid day and they did that. How cruel can you get.

Sally Hepworth is an excellent author and her books are well loved. This one it seems is getting mixed reviews. While I liked it, I am still scratching my head a bit. I have my opinions about it and I'll just leave it right there. It's good. It's well written. It's about a mixed up dysfunctional family. What made them so dysfunctional? That is the question.

Thank you #NetGalley, #SallyHepworth, #StMartinsPress for this ARC. This is my own true thoughts about this book.

4/5 stars and I recommend you read it and decide what you think caused the problem at the wedding.

Enjoyment: 5
Total rating: 4.14


Stephen is a heart surgeon with a brilliant career and two adult daughters. He is still married to their mother, even though she has lost her lucidity. When he falls in love with Heather, a woman younger than both Tully and Rachel, he decides to divorce his wife and marry her - A decision that unearths many secrets and shakes the lives of everyone involved.

I absolutely love Hepworth's writing. Each of their novels is so different from the other; it feels like a special treat every time I start one of her novels.

The younger wife is a fantastic thriller, character-driven, and so tense! I thoroughly enjoyed following the journey along, knowing all the clues relied on the cast's personalities. We have front roll seats to watch an Australian high society family implode. I loved every minute of it! The cherry on top was a narrative choice made by the author that was brilliant and made the whole book for me. I suggest going in blind and enjoying the wild ride as I did.

I have read the book and the audio simultaneously, and I have to say they were both equally amazing. The full cast narration was phenomenal, their chemistry was off the charts, and every character came alive - not to mention the Australian accent really made me feel like I was there.


Disclaimer: In exchange for an honest review, I am thankful to the Macmillan Audio, St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for providing a copy of The Younger Wife.

This was super fun. It reminded me a lot of the girl on the train, I’m still not sure the twist was the twist. I thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed this.

I really wanted to love this one, but it just did not work for me. There was no thrill to this one, no suspense, it lacked that for me. I was also pretty disappointed and frustrated with the ending in this, it just fell flat for me and and left me wanting so much more!

This is far from a thriller, more so a domestic suspense/drama (minus the suspense aspect). The characters in this book do harbor a lot of secrets, which is always fun when they start to unravel and things get messy.

Overall, this one was just okay, but not one I can recommend to others. I will say that I am a HUGE Sally Hepworth fan and I will definitely be reading her next book, and have loved her previous work.