Wow! This book is fantastic - highly recommend! I have stayed up later and later each night to read just one more short chapter! The book is told from the point of view of 2 characters Pippa (both ‘then’ and ‘now’ timeframe) and Amanda (both ‘then’ and ‘now’ timeframe.)

Hepworth does a great job slowly giving you pieces of clues that things aren’t as perfect as they seem for both of the narrators while also withholding the total truth to keep you guessing. This would be a really fun book club read!

This is my first read of Sally Hepworth and I plan to pick up her other novels because I enjoy the writing so much! Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the digital advanced readers copy!! Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. This novel will be published April 4, 2023.

Imagine living on the edge of a cliff where people come intent on committing suicide. While Gabe has had a string of successes convincing people not to jump, the story opens up with Gabe’s first failure. A woman jumps or did she?

While this is a thriller, it’s also the story of two marriages, of family, mental illness, lies, and misunderstandings. The pages fly by with quick chapters, told by both wives, one deceased, and from two time perspectives, then and now.

I would have appreciated more character depth and deeper studies of the challenges these characters faced. However, those additions would likely have slowed down the pace. I also would have appreciated more psychological thrill, making this read feel more like a fast paced mystery than a thriller.

Pippa and Gabriel have just relocated to a beautiful cliffside home with their two young children. The only downside is that their backyard is known as The Drop - it’s where people go to commit suicide. Gabe is usually pretty good at talking people down from the cliff, but one night, a woman goes over. Gabe claims there was nothing he could do to stop it, but Pippa believes that she saw something very different occur on that cliff.

Another solid read from Sally Hepworth! I read this book in literally ONE day.

Here's what I loved:

- alternating POVs - one from the girl who died, which I thought was such an original idea
- short chapters that made the pages fly by
- a twist I didn't see coming

I didn't find any of the characters to be particularly relatable or likable, but that didn't stop me from enjoying this read.

It's official - I'll read any domestic thriller Sally Hepworth writes!

Pippa and Gabe are married with two girls and have moved to a house on a cliff near the ocean known as The Drop. It’s a place known for people jumping to their deaths. Gabe has talked several people out of committing suicide here but one day a woman jumps. Or did she? Pippa can’t be sure what she saw. Told in now and before alternating POVs of Pippa and the woman, Amanda, who jumped.

I really enjoyed this twisty, suspenseful book and the short chapters made it hard to put down. The thought of living on a cliff with small kids at home gave me so much anxiety! Some of the twists are obvious and some are surprising. The mental health diagnosis, or misdiagnosis, was obvious from the beginning but I thought it showed how mental illness can affect relationships. However, I was very frustrated with how much the women seemed to put up with in their marriages🤯 I didn’t love the ending but just because I wanted it to feel bigger somehow. Overall, I would recommend if you like domestic thrillers.

Thanks to @stmartinpress and @netgalley for the arc for review.

Excellent - easy read, continually interesting, has some substance, not empty fluff. Fast paced, loved how it was told from different character's points of view quickly.

Sally Hepworth is firmly on my auto read list, and her newest thriller certainly did not disappoint. The Soulmate is a wild ride, with several twists that I never saw coming and were just fantastic. This is told in two POV’s, Pippa and Amanda, there are short chapters which are always great, but what I loved the most was how mental illness was covered in here, it was just so thoughtful and very well done. Overall this was such a great read that I finished in one sitting, one because I was thoroughly enjoying it but also because I had to know how it would end. I loved this one so much and cannot recommend it enough.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the advanced copy and MacMillan Audio for the ALC to review. Pub date is 4/4, and trust me, you need this one on your list!

In my opinion this book does not have Sally Hepworth's usual amazing, exciting style of writing. This one was a slow burn for me but because I love this authors previous books I trudged through. I will read her upcoming books but this one was a dud for me.

This started as a slow burn but eventually picked up speed with a turn I didn’t see coming. I love Sally Hepworth, and this title was no different than her previous. I loved it.

3.5/5 Gabe and Pippa live in a cottage on a cliff. Beautiful scenery but a downside because the cliff has been known to attract people who want to jump and end their life. Gabe does his best to talk people down from jumping but this last time he wasn't able to stop the woman. The problem is Pippa was watching her husband talk to the woman from the cottage window and it looked as if Gabe pushed her. Page turning, alternating points of view between Pippa and the woman who jumped. I was into the story but just a little dissatisfied by the ending. I really don't know what I wanted differently but my initial reaction when reading the last page was, huh.

This is a perfect suspenseful thriller! It will leave you on edge until the very end with multiple twists and turns!

Gabe and Pippa move to a coastal area in an extravagant house on a cliff overlooking the ocean. The cliff has become a known suicide spot. Gabe has become well known in the community as someone that helps anyone he sees going to the spot. He will ask if they want to talk and hopefully help them walk away from the cliff. Until one night…

A woman comes to the cliff and Gabe went to talk to her, one thing leads to another and she was gone. Was her death a suicide or was she pushed?

The unraveling and layering of what happens next will leave you wanting more. You won’t want to book this book down.

The ending leaves you just saying WOW!

Such a great book!


Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Gabe and Pippa seem to be the perfect pair. The perfect image of being soulmates. They had their perfect house to start over, but it came with a terrible story. Their cliff had become the popular spot for people to end their lives. Since moving in, Gabe had heroically saved many lives, but one woman he could not save. When Pippa finds out there is a connection between the victim and Gabe, things begin to unravel. Pippa begins to question everything as secret after secret begins to break everything down.

Warning: put your seatbelt on for this one because it is one hell of a roller coaster ride. Sally absolutely does it again. I was whipped in every different direction on this one and absolutely loved it. This twisty novel kept me engaged and at times I honestly could not put this book down. Each time I thought I knew which direction this book was going, my head was whipped in the other direction. This one had the twists and turns and her perfect delivery of family drama.

This book was probably closer to a 5⭐️ until the end, which left me so disappointed. I was so invested in the characters and their mystery and drama. Their relationships were so dysfunctional and frustrating… yet I couldn’t stop reading. I couldn’t put the book down… and then the end happened. And I hated it. I wish I stopped reading around the 75% mark. The end was boring and left me so unfulfilled. So a warning to all, if you’re loving the book, you may not love the ending. But still worth reading!

Thank you NetGalley for my advanced reader copy.

This was my first Hepworth book and I found the writing incredibly binge worthy, especially with the short chapters. The concept was unique and the execution was so well done. The secrets and twists made this a suspenseful read. Thank you for the ARC!

Not my favourite of Sally's works, but it was still an entertaining read. Unfortunately, by the time the storyline hooked me, I was ready to push them all off the cliff.

I really did enjoy this book. This is the third book I've read by Sally Hepworth and this one was full of twists and turns. It was a bit of a slow burn but not so slow I lost interest. I know some people may find some aspects of this story disturbing, but it was done in such a way you shouldn't get put off by the sensitive topic. While I didn't exactly see the big reveal coming, I wasn't entirely thrilled with the ending. I felt like the whole build up was almost for nothing. It was almost rushed. Overall, I give it four stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Triggers: infidelity and suicide

Author Sally Hepworth hit the mark again with her latest release. I have read and reviewed two other of her works. Her novels have a way of sucking the reader in, get the reader excited with all the twists and turns, have their head reeling with how the story will end and then surprising them with an ending they didn't see coming.



"The Soulmate" was no different. This story follows Pippa and Gabe- husband and wife with two children who live in a cottage near a cliff. The cliff is a known spot for suicide jumps, and Gabe is usually very good at talking people off a ledge, literally. But a woman didn't make it. That fact is eating Gabe from the inside out. Pippa is trying all she can to help him get past his deep regret and sadness.



We also follow Amanda, the woman who died falling from the cliff. It turns out Amanda knew both Pippa and Gabe. The stories she tells from her past slowly start to show the reader that Pippa and Gabe don't have the perfect life that they show the world.



Pippa also learns that Gabe knew the "jumper" and starts to questions if she truly knows her husband.



This story was wild and unexpected. At no point did I know what was going to happen next. There were shocking plot twists that turn the entire story upside down and made me wonder how on earth it could be related to the overall plot, but in the end it all came together seamlessly.



Drug addiction, infidelity, power struggles, criminal enterprises, and strong family bonds are the themes sprinkled through this roller coaster of a book!



"The Soulmate" is set to be released here in the U.S. on April 4, 2023 so pre-order now! It was a 5 star read!



Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for allowing me an advanced digital copy to read and give my honest review.



Happy Reading!

This was a page turner for sure! I wasn’t able to guess how it would end because it was just that good. This explores the topic of mental illness from the side of the family trying to help someone through it. It’s not often that a book like this takes the time to really flesh out that side of a story. This is definitely Sally Hepworth’s best book yet!

The Soulmate
By Sally Hepworth
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I really enjoyed this book. I didn't want to put it down and couldn't wait to get back to it when I had to step away.
Imagine seeing your husband trying to save someone about to jump off a cliff to their death, unfortunately unsuccessful though. But as you noticed the woman has jumped, you also notice your husband's hands are in a weird position. More like a push, than a pull. Are your eyes playing tricks?
Then layer you find out your husband actually knew the woman. In fact, you actually knew the woman.
Do you keep your mouth shut, or find out more? How devoted can one be to their Soulmate?
This twisty book isn't as straight forward as you might think and things aren't quite as they appear!
Touching on marriage, betrayal, friendship and devotion, as well as mental health, this book has great pacing, kept me interested and I would recommend!
Thank you to @netgalley
For the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

This was fine. It’s not going to be memorable, it is exactly as predictable as you’d expect, and the characters are complicated and unreliable. Perfect chilly weekend read-in-one-sitting book, but it’s a “check out from the library” book for me and not a “I have to own this” book.

TY to St. Martin’s press for the ARC. I enjoyed it.

To start with, I am predisposed to loving all of [author:Sally Hepworth|8123141]'s books. I know what I'm in for, I know that I'll be entertained, engrossed, enthralled and delighted.

I was absolutely all of the above with this book. From the start I knew I wouldn't be able to put it down. I picked it up while waiting for my husband to be ready to watch a show. When he was ready, I was not. GAH! I don't know how she does it, but this author has a way of digging RIGHT into relationships, family, life, this crazy world we're living in, and just serving it to us on a platter that we can't refuse to eat from.

Some parts of the book that really resonated with me:

- When Pippa is with a group of mothers/wives and they're all slandering their husbands, trying to compete to have the worst. She doesn't participate and feels like an outsider. This is very much me. I don't really understand the need for people to do this, to slander their spouses. If I'm going to do that, I'm going to to it to my husband directly. ;)

- Any and all references to Line of Duty. YES!

- "What strike me most now is the audacity of people, walking around with such certainty while armed with only the scantest information." The Dunning-Kruger Effect embodied in once sentence!

- Talking about how in death, perspectives, backstories, they all change. "With perspective, you lose glorious things like self-righteousness, self-pity. You still feel deceived and hurt, but they swim among other, more compelling emotions, like understanding, and empathy, and concern. Emotions you don't necessarily want to feel for those who have caused you pain."

- And the final line, I won't copy it here. It is perfection.

Go, read this book, you won't be disappointed.