The Soulmate, the newest hypnotic domestic thriller by the incredibly talented Sally Hepworth, is a mystery you will not be able to put down. And it will stay will you long after you’ve read the final page.

Told by two female narrators (one dead, one very much alive) and alternating seamlessly between the past and present, The Soulmate is a love story. Pippa Gerard meets her husband Gabe outside a church where he is serving as best man at a wedding. Months later, they are married. Amanda Cameron meets Max at a function where she is working as a server. The women are deeply in love. The men are very different. Gabe is a mercurial gadfly, flitting passionately from job to job until he settles into a position with Max’ firm. Max is as devoted to his career as he is to Amanda. He’s unbelievably wealthy and gifts Amanda with everything she might want, except a baby. So as the novel begins, Gabe and Pippa are now living in a cliffside house near The Spot, a popular(?) location for suicides. In fact, Gabe has a local reputation for convincing people not to throw themselves into the ocean. But one dark night, Gabe fails. A woman is dead. Who is she is and what really happened that night? Sorry, no spoilers from me.

If I could give The Soulmate more than 5 stars, I would. It is well-written, deftly plotted, full of the expected twists and turns with one you will not see coming. Each of the four main characters is so well described that you feel like you’ve met them somewhere before. Put The Soulmate at the top of your TBR list. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and Sally Hepworth for this ARC.

Will begin by saying I have read, and enjoyed, several of Sally Hepworth’s books and this is one of my favorites. The setting is well described and the characters are fully developed. I got a sense that I understood their lives and thus their motivations rang true. So often, in disappointing books, the twists and turns are rather absurd but here they ring true. The ending was satisfying and tied up story lines cleverly but not so neatly as to be unbelievable.
Definitely a must read!

HELL YES. My literal reaction to closing this book.

Once I started, I couldn’t put this one down. The tiny chapters kept me going “just one more”! Sally’s writing is absolutely inhaleable.

Psychological thriller meets heart wrenching love story. The depth of this story, along with all the twisty surprises made this a hands down 5⭐️ for me.

The Soulmate was my first book by Sally Hepworth, but there’s no way I’m not about to go read her whole backlist.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this incredible arc!

Oh my goodness! Sally, what a great book!
Thank you to NetGalley have an advanced copy! I have enjoyed all of her books and was excited to get this one!
This was a page turner…..good story ! And twists!
Stayed up way too late t9 finish!
I would recommend this book!
4.5 stars!

Full review closer to publication date!

I'd like to thank the publisher, St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

"Soulmates, with a connection that I've never seen in another couple."
I am definitely not surprised by how much I loved this book given that The Mother-in-Law was another one of my absolute favorites. In my opinion, my favorite thing about the way Sally Hepworth writes is the fact that we get little carrots of the story within each chapter. This is the key to a page turner for me. Whenever I wanted to take a break, the chapter ended with something so intense I just had to continue. I admit I was a little wary when we began reading from Amanda's perspective, but I feel like it was done so well and really allowed us to get to see and understand the relationship between Amanda and Max. Hepworth also has a great way of describing mental illness and describing behaviors and symptoms, but separating the person and the disorder. Yes, Gabe was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but it was clarified that his actions were not excused due to this. We were able to experience Gabe's many difficult symptoms, but also see him receive help and begin to find balance. Lastly, I will say that out of all of the Kindle notes I made trying to predict the ending (I had some good theories...), I was unsuccessful. That is the ultimate test. A 5 star read, definite recommendation to any reader.

I received an ARC of this new book by Sally Hepworth from NetGalley.

This is a look inside the lives of two couples: Gabe and Pippa, Max and Amanda. The couples are seemingly happily married, but there are issues. Lots of shocking things are revealed at a steady pace in this book, which opens with Amanda's apparent suicide. The plot is all about what really happened the night Amanda fell from the steep cliff.

A strange and somewhat unique aspect of this book is that one of the narrators is Amanda, who narrates events before AND after her death! The narrators are the two women, Pippa and Amanda, and the chapters go back and forth between the past and present. It gets a little confusing at times. You will learn about an event in the context of present events, then later read in detail about that event when the narrator flashes back to the past.

This is a page-turner, to use a well-worn expression. It held my interest throughout. The characters were strong and pretty real, appealing in general but plagued by some weaknesses.

Four stars.

ARC Review: The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

publication date April 4, 2023

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ 5 stars

The twists and turns of this book kept me on the edge of my seat. Hours later…. I’m still thinking about the ending.

Pippa and Gabe live near a cliff… this cliff has been marked as the suicide cliff by many. Gabe has been successful at keeping jumpers from actually making the leap… until he isn’t successful. But then you learn who the jumper was, and begin to question if he even tried at all to help.

This novel has multiple POVs as well as time frames. It keeps you guessing and wondering how far people will go for their soulmate.

The Soulmate will be available on April 4, 2023.

Thank you NetGalley, St Martin’s Press, and Sally Hepworth for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed this one. Hepworth has taken two couples whose lives are intertwined and written a thriller around them. One of the characters dies in the opening scenes but was it a suicide, a murder, or an accident? The tale is told from several viewpoints jumping back and forth from the present to the past. This format works very well in establishing the backstories as well as revealing some of the twists, of which there were many. I had a hard time putting it down. 4.5 stars rounded to five for me. I thank NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC.

Anything by Sally Hepworth is an auto-read for me at this point. Her writing is incredible. She has such a gift of story-telling, wrapping you into this world and then bringing it crashing down around you. This book was no different. The set-up was incredible and the twists were unexpected. I have already recommended to multiple friends and am already excited for what Sally puts out next!

I saw that THE SOULMATE was a Read Now option on NetGalley and downloaded it immediately. I've seen so many positive reviews of Hepworth's other domestic thrillers floating around on goodreads so I was excited for the opportunity to read an E-ARC of her latest book!

THE SOULMATE is about Pippa and Gabe Gerard. They just moved, with their daughters, to a new home on the coast of Australia. The move was suppose to be a fresh start for the family, but the home is located alongside "The Spot"-- a popular cliffside place where people go to end their lives. One night, Pippa spots a woman at The Spot and Gabe rushes out to see if he can coax her away. Unfortunately, the woman plunges to her death...but did she jump or did something more sinister occur?

Ok yall...cue the "white woman spiraling about her marriage and coming to terms with the psycho husband she married" trope. Honestly, it's one of my favorite thriller tropes to get lost in so I was HERE for it. I love an unreliable narrator. I love a novel about a complicated marriage. This book kept me hooked!

The one aspect that I didn't love was that the dead woman, Amanda, was a character/narrator throughout the story. She filled in a lot of the gaps/holes in the plot, but I didn't like that she was basically a ghost narrating what was happening. A ghost aspect in a story rarely works for me though--it might work for you!

Overall, four stars!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Sally Hepworth just added more books to my tbr pile. I have never read anything by Sally before this book and now I need to read more of her books. The Soulmate was a thrilling read and had me guessing through the entire book what really happened. The suspense of this story had me flying through this book faster then I could’ve expected. I couldn’t have guessed that that would be the ending but I will say it was a very satisfying read. I’d like to thank the publisher and Netgalley for an arc to read and review this great new thriller.

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth Domestic suspense drama with a multitude of secrets, lies and unconventional behaviors. Told from unique POVs, some of the storylines blurred and were not resolved. The ending was a bit of a let down, Max did not seem true to his character as presented throughout the book. Pippa and Gabe has a strange relationship. A interesting read, just had too many questions at the end.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book.

Gabe and Pippa move into a cliff side house and soon find out the cliff behind their house is where locals go to end their lives. Gabe talks person after person out of jumping, until one night when a woman jumps. Or did Pippa see Gabe push him?

I loved that the book alternated between Pippa and the woman who dies’ points of view. Almost every chapter ended with a question or desire to learn more. I was in such suspense and loved all the twists (many i I didn’t see coming)! This is a fantastic read for people who like thrillers. One of my favorite reads this year!

An interesting thriller with some unexpected twist and turns. A quick read. ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

Sally Hepworth does it again with The Soulmate! A true cliffhanger (jokes aside) that kept me repeating “just one more page!”
I could not wait to uncover the truth of what really happened on that cliff and along the way was swept away by the unfolding suspense, flawed characters and their hidden secrets.
Gabe and Pippa seemed to have it all figured out and we’re on track for a fresh new life-yet Pippa held deeply rooted doubts about her husband.
Amanda and Max appeared as a typical power couple, yet the reader knew there were deeply rooted secrets.
This multi-layered storyline told from alternating perspectives exposes not only the truth but the resulting fallout.
Full of conflict, unsavory characters, love, betrayal, devotion, secrets, unraveling marriages and suspense-you won’t want to miss this one!

I really enjoyed this story! I went in completely blind and I feel like that added to the suspense even more. This was my first read by Hepworth and I can’t wait to read more! And holy plot twists, they just kept coming. I literally didn’t put this book down, start to finish. The only thing I was 100% happy with was the ending. It wasn’t bad, but I just expected a little… more.

This book is about what people are capable of when they are in love and how that can blind us to really simple truths. It shows domestic and relational toxicity, as well as some aspects of mental illness.

Would recommend to all suspense lovers!

The Soulmate
by Sally Hepworth
Pub Date: April 4, 2023
St. Martin's Press
Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for a truly spectacular novel. You know it's good when it keeps you up reading, right?
Told from two different viewpoints and in the past and present tense. The storyline grabs hold of your interest and keeps you wanting more and more until the very end. I really like this author! I haven't read a book by this author that didn't keep me guessing.
I have already preordered it for our library.

5 stars

Definitely do not start this book if you have anything else planned for the day! I finished reading this one in 24 hours because I just couldn’t put it down. It was thrilling, but also a short and easy read.

Gabe and Pippa live in a house beside a cliff known as “the drop”, a popular suicide spot. When they spot a woman on the edge of the cliff, Gabe goes to talk her off the ledge. Pippa looks away briefly, and when she glances back the woman is gone and Gabe has his arms straight out. Of course the woman jumped…. Or did she?

The dual POV of Pippa and the woman on the cliff works so well for this story. It really does keep you entertained until the very end. I have to admit that I did not see the twist coming. The ending surprised me, but also left me just a tad underwhelmed. It was a good book, but I think I just expected a bigger finish. Overall I would recommend this for those who like a quick thriller read!

This was my first Sally Hepworth read and now I'm going to have to read them all!

Dual POV both past and present, I really liked the pacing which kept me turning pages, and the twists!! i read this book in two sittings but it would have been one if i started on a weekend! From the first sentence i was hooked

I can't really talk more about what i love about this book without giving anything away but i would recommend to anyone who enjoys a book that keeps you interested from start to finish.

i received this book as an ARC from Netgalley and i am so glad that I did.