This book was great. By chapter 3, I was hooked. Twists, turns, red herrings, etc. The end was heartbreaking but beautiful. I loved the little girls, and how we hopped perspectives between Amanda and Pip. They both were amazing female characters and I loved them both.

I’ve been reading Sally Hepworth’s books for years now, and must say that her writing gets a little more dark and twisty with each new release. She has a moody vibe going on, and I like it. She truly is the queen of domestic suspense, and I really love how she blends family drama, marriage issues, motherhood, mystery and uncertainty so fabulously. In The Soulmate, Hepworth gives her readers a “behind closed doors” look at two marriages. Both are unraveling, intense, and extremely complicated. In true form, the author isn’t afraid to get down to the nitty gritty, and really dissect these two complex relationships. I’m not going to say very much about the plot because Hepworth’s novels are best enjoyed if you go in blindly. I’m quite certain that you’ll be pleased with the author’s latest if you’ve read and enjoyed her work in the past. I gotta say that the conclusion/big reveal was a bit anti-climactic in my opinion. I was expecting something with a little more shock value, so that was a bit of a bummer. But oddly enough, I didn’t mind all that much because the build-up was just so well done. If you’re able to go the audiobook route for this one, I say go for it! The narrator did a phenomenal job as her voice matched Hepworth’s moody vibe just perfectly. My attention didn’t waver one bit. Overall, this one was a winner for me, and I highly recommend it. The Soulmate releases next week - Tuesday, April 4th! I give it 4/5 stars!

I've never read a Sally Hepworth that I didn't love. There's just something about her writing style that just makes it so easy for me to fall into the story and completely immerse myself into the characters' lives, and The Soulmate might be my favorite yet. Not only does Sally confront the issue of mental illness in a way that is both heartbreaking and realistic, but she also interweaves the complicated relationship between Gabe and Pippa and creates a totally additive novel that definitely kept me flipping pages, The Soulmate is a one-sitting bingable novel that I loved and will be recommending to all my bookish friends. I can see it being on beaches and poolside everywhere this summer!

I'm a ride or die Sally Hepworth fan. I was overjoyed to receive an arc of The Soulmate. Alas, The Soulmate was not MY soulmate. That isn't to say that I didn't like it. I just didn't love it. It had all of the things I've come to love about her writing like the short chapters that keep you saying, "just one more, " and the cookie crumb way of doling out twists. I typically enjoy the way her mysteries follow a more domestic way of everyday life but this one fell a little bit flat for me. It could be that I finished another domestic thriller recently that wasn't my cup of tea and something with similar themes so soon wasn't my best choice. None of the characters were likeable and by the end, I honestly didn't care what the truth was. Regardless, I still turned the pages and think it would make an enjoyable beach read. 3.5 rounded up.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the advanced copy of Sally Hepworth’s newest thriller, The Soulmate!

The Soulmate is a mysterious thriller about marriage and the secrets that both keep them together and tear them apart. Gabe and Pippa have a seemingly perfect life—two beautiful little girls and a perfect cottage overlooking the ocean. But one night, a strange woman is seen outside their home, standing at the cliff edge about to jump. Gabe runs out to try to save her as he’s done many times before, but this time, he can’t. As the police begin to investigate the apparent suicide, it seems as though something isn’t quite right. Is Gabe telling the truth about what happened that night on the cliff? And what does Amy of this have to do with Pippa?

Told through alternating viewpoints and dual timelines, The Soulmate is hard to put down. I was immediately drawn into the story and wanted to keep reading the short chapters to find out what was happening and how all these characters were lead to this entanglement. Overall, I thought it was and entertaining and engaging read!

THIS BOOK.

THE TWISTS.

Did I see any of it coming? No.

I would have read it in one sitting if I wasn't a mom with a 6 month old baby. Everyone should rush to grab a copy of this book as soon as it releases. It was the perfect thriller that I needed.

This book jumps around to different character's viewpoints and different time-frames throughout the story so you need to pay attention. It reminded me of The Guest List by Lucy Foley in the way the perspectives change and how it tells you the backstory.

Pippa and Gabe have finally found their dream home when they realize that the beautiful view provided by the cliff behind it also functions as the perfect place for people to take their own lives. Gabe has a gift to talk people off the ledge (quite literally) and is successful seven times, and featured in the local news... until one day he is unsuccessful. A woman falls to her death, and Pippa can't stop thinking about how Gabe's arms were outstretched when she went over the edge...

Did she jump or did he push her? This book will keep you guessing the entire time.

I loved Amanda and Pippa. These ladies commanded your attention, and were great at telling you every aspect of the story without giving away what was coming. It was captivating and there were so many times I said "WHAT?!".

This book starts in the middle and then proceeds from there with chapters also going back to give you backstory and fill you in on missing details. I liked how not even all of the characters knew everything or understood the full story. It was engaging and such a fun ride that I would recommend to all my friends.

Thank you to my partners, NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press, and the author, Sally Hepworth. I appreciate the gifted ecopy, and I am leaving this review voluntarily!

1. Sleazy - I just got a sleazy vibe from both Gabe and Max throughout much of this story. I guess I just didn’t feel that “soulmate” connection Pippa and Amanda did. However, my feelings for them definitely changed as the story continued. Appearances can definitely be deceiving!

2. Deceit - This story is really full of deceit, but it is written in a way that makes it easy to forget about all of it. It is the basis for the entire plot; yet, who would guess the actual inner-workings of it all!

3. Short Chapters - I love short chapters! And this book does not disappoint! I love the change of voice with each chapter and how the chapter titles expressly tell you who is speaking and when (then vs. now)!

4. Mental Illness - A huge part of this story. I feel like Hepworth did a fantastic job with her research into this part of the book. For me, it seemed like an accurate look into a part of humankind that often isn’t thought about by many.

5. Whopper Of A Shocker - Whoa 🤯 I did not see that twist a comin’! And then another one followed it. Everything sure did come together at the end. I just can’t decide how I feel about what happened after the revealing moment…..

A gorgeous and seemingly benign man who has addictive personality and psychotic episodes with a loving, trusting wife, who believes they’re soulmates, trying to hold the family together with a suicide or homicide looming over their heads makes for an interesting story! Hepworth’s writing is captivating from the beginning and the action, details and intertwining events didn’t stop. The characters are perfectly flawed and capable of anything. Hepworth always delivers and The Soulmate is no exception.

I LOVED IT! I loved it so much, I'm buying myself a copy right after I submit this review. This is my fourth Sally Hepworth book (The Family Next Door was THE book that got me into domestic thrillers), and she never disappoints. I thought the pacing in which everything was unveiled perfectly done, and I didn't see the twist at the end coming. Beautiful, beautiful. Every character got their perfect-fit ending. This was a fast-paced, satisfying read I couldn't put down. I'd give it more than 5 stars if I could!

Phew! Much better than The Younger Wife! This was my 2nd novel by Sally Hepworth and dare I say she grew on me a little bit with The Soulmate? I liked this one a lot. It was suspenseful, twisty and while the characters made me roll my eyes a few times I still liked the storyline. I listened to the audio for this one and it was great!

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth is a highly recommended twisty domestic psychological thriller.

It has been a year since Gabe and Pippa Gerard, moved into their house on the cliffs in Portsea, Australia with their two young daughters, Freya and Asha. The cliffs are well known for the breathtaking views, but are also a known as a spot for people to end their lives. So far Gabe has managed to talk several people out of it. When the latest person, a woman showed up, Pippa called the police and Gabe went out to talk to her.

Gabe was unsuccessful in talking her out of jumping, so now there is an investigation into the death. Pippa happened to be looking out the window when the woman jumped, but Pippa is uncertain about what she seeing. When it comes out who the woman was and that Gabe knew her. Everything quickly becomes much more complicated and now secret after secret and twist after twist start being revealed.

The Soulmate is fast-paced and you will be riveted to the pages as the intriguing, tense, and complicated plot unfolds. The narrative is organized into Now and Then chapters from the viewpoint of Pippa and Before and After chapters from the point of view of Amanda, the woman on the cliff. The entire plot is centered around many, many secrets and numerous twists. Some of the twists require you to suspend disbelief, but they do propel the plot forward with a whole lot of drama.

The characters are all well-written and presented as complicated individuals. Both women married their soulmates and love and support their husbands, but can they trust each other. In addition to the twisty plot, this is a novel about marriage, secrets, lies and betrayal. Really, trust no one, question everything.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of St. Martin's Press via NetGalley.
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This is my fourth Sally Hepworth novel and it is the fourth one that I have loved. Her thrillers are unputdownable and keep me reading way too late into the night. Her stories are so well told that they do not seem contrived or unbelievable. This novel is told from the point of view of two women in two different timelines, who may or may not be protecting their husbands. The short snappy chapters pulled me in and the rising tension kept me reading. I really wanted to know what happened.!
Thanks to #StMartinsPress and #Netgalley for an eARC in exchange for my honest review!

The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
Entertaining domestic thriller as always with this author. Provided a bit of a puzzle but not a real mystery. In this story there is a lot of guilt going around and most of the adults should have felt guilty about something but some were much worse than others.
The wrong diagnosis was very annoying because the correct diagnosis was so obvious. I did think the twist was going to be something slightly different. Still. the ending was satisfying

Told from two different points of view in the past and the present, the short chapters keep you flipping pages or tapping your Kindle as the story unfolds and you discover that things are not as they appeared. A little too much was made of Gabe's perfection (I picture Dan Draper!) but as time went on his persona became more tarnished. Also, I admit that the author incorporates a device that I normally dislike into the book from very early on but in this case I wasn't rolling my eyes as much as usual until near the end. I did not like the ending but that's all I'll say. The less you know in the beginning the better.

My thanks to St. Martin's Press via Netgalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.
Publication Date: April 4, 2023

3.5 ⭐

I can't help sounding like a fan-girl when talking about Sally Hepworth's books, I just love her writing. I love her developed and complex characters, and find them to be relatable and believable. She writes characters I either love or hate fully. The Soulmate sounded intriguing from the synopsis, so I was really looking forward to reading this. But if I'm honest, I'd probably read a reimagining of a phone book if she wrote it.

The Soulmate is at it's core about the lengths we'll go to for the ones we love. It's told in an alternating (Then) and (Now) time lines, and from the POV of two wives, who both endure more than they should from the men they love. I was originally as enamored with Gabe as everyone else who comes across him  and I liked Pippa and their girls, but by the end, wanted to put the whole lot of them in timeout. I felt it when Pippa's mom said: "Are you sure it's the house? Because if it were me, I'd be asking if it was something else causing your problems." And her sister Kat said: "I can't support you anymore. Not when you keep acting so damn stupid." Because I was also absolutely over her blatantly ignoring the red flags and allowing Gabe's destructive behavior because he's 'gorgeous', especially as there were children involved. I left the book heartbroken for Amanda and Max, but realizing I never connected to any of the characters.

In the end I didn't love this story as much as I was expecting to, and was a bit let down by the twists. In that there were either too many, or perhaps I found them to be "too much". TW: suicide, mental illness

I do still absolutely recommend The Soulmate to anyone who will listen. Sally Hepworth can't release her next book fast enough, as far as I'm concerned.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

I can rely on Hepworth to give me a provocative read and this one is no different.
However, Hepworth made me work for it. Every time I believed I had a firm grasp on the story and knew what would happen next, she wrote think again and sent me careening down another side path.
It’s a juicy read with many twisted angles that made me not resurface until I had finished.
Great book!

The Soulmate is a compulsively readable domestic mystery, which Hepworth is so skilled at executing. The story opens with the “suicide” of a woman while pipers husband is standing over the cliff with her. Piper didn’t see anything, but as the story unfolds, readers get the sense all isn’t what it appears to be in this perfect marriage between piper and gabe. Told between “then” and “now” and from dual perspectives of piper and the dead woman, Amanda-the soulmate tracks the story of two marriages as it winds to the conclusion of what happened that day on the cliff. Some classic domestic thriller tropes are put on their head during the course of the novel and there are many unexpected twists and reveals along the way! While this book is not anything unique for Hepworth, that should appease the many fans and followers she has as she continues to churn out page-turning stories filled with murder, secrets, betrayals, false leads, etc. the pacing is expert and the way the past and all the intertwined secrets come out is a masterclass. A must read for hepworths fans or anyone who enjoys reading domestic and psychological thrillers and mystery’s that will keep you racing through the pages.

Arc provided by publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Book Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars
The Soulmate
By Sally Hepworth
St. Martin’s Press
Pub date: 4/4/2023
Mystery/Thriller
Trigger warnings: suicide, mental health issues, marriage issues.

This is my first Hepworth novel. I thought it was pretty fast paced for the most part with flawed characters. Lies, betrayals, and secrets run rampant throughout and make for great characters. I loved the short chapters. I’m not usually a fan of multiple POV’s (the two wives-Pippa and Amanda) and dual timelines, but the author handled it very well and it was easy to understand. The ending was surprising and a bit sad.

Pippa and Gabe move to a small seaside town and reside on land at the edge of what is called The Drop, where people come to end their lives. Gabe has taken it upon himself to talk them off the ledge, literally, except for one. The question is, did that one jump or get pushed?

The story unfolds with Pippa and Amanda’s past and present view points. Family and marriage relationships and mental health issues are abundant in the telling of this tale.

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Gabe and Pippa don’t know that their new home (which is on the side of a cliff) is a popular spot for people to attempt suicide. Gabe has been successful at talking people down, until he’s not. After the identity of the latest person who jumped is revealed, Pippa begins to question Gabe’s innocence.

Sally Hepworth is officially an auto buy author for me! Her stories are always entertaining and the best on audiobooks! The short chapters pulled me in and kept me listening all the time. Gabe’s mental health was focused on in a way that I thought was really well done. Gabe and Pippa’s relationship was complex (as most marriages are) and I liked reading about them. I was less invested in Amanda’s timeline and there wasn’t really a big twist.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book.

Pippa and Gabe live on the coast in Australia near a cliff that's become notorious for people ending their lives. Gabe has become well-known as someone who has been able to talk most of them off the ledge (excuse the phrasing), but one person with a close connection to Gabe seems to be the one he couldn't save. Or did this happen in the way that we think?

I like that Sally Hepworth showcased the effect that mental illness can have on family and friends. I also like that all the details are tied into a nice bow at the end of the story. That being said, it became incredibly irritating that Hepworth kept prolonging the connections between characters and what really happened. I get it; it's not what really happened. Move on and give me some more interesting clues that are going to keep me engaged in the story. Lastly, I found several of the scenes that were supposed to be suspenseful to be rather underwhelming and slightly predictable.

I was surprised that I didn't like this book. I loved "The Good Sister" and was hoping for a similar feeling upon completing this book, but I was just more relieved to have finished it.