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The narrative revolves around a young woman, who is swept off her feet by a captivating and enigmatic man. However, she quickly finds herself caught in a harrowing situation where her trust and loyalty are pushed to the breaking point. 3 stars for premise.
This was one of those can’t-put-down books. It’s not a particularly scary book, but the central mystery-what really happened to June’s husband- was so compelling that I just had to keep reading. There were a few twists and turns and the very final reveal was a shocker. This was a very enjoyable read.
I choose this book because it of the setting, but it was a bit too incorporated and tedious to the point I lost interest. I love thrillers but this was to the point of being unbelievable. I consider it more of a domestic drama. It was just meh for me. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a opportunity to read this ARC
2.5 stars rounded up
June never fully believed that her husband drown on their honeymoon. It was out of character and police never found his body. However she had to move on for her sanity's sake and when researching a new spot to honeymoon for her upcoming second marriage she comes across a winery owned by her dead husband, only now he has a new name and new life. Could he have lived? Was it even real to begin with?
Till Death Do Us Part is told in dual timelines between the two female protagonists, June and her former mother in law, Bev. Unfortunately when there are competing voices, I found myself really enjoying Bev's story while June's was just so/so. In this novel, the plot twists are sublime, however the amount of them one right after another, has the less than desired effect of giving the reader whiplash. By the end of the story, I closed the book and thought of how absurdly unrealistic the ending was. Flynn took the plot a bit too far over the edge for my liking.
Thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for allowing me the chance to read this novel.
This was a great thriller! Twisty, dual narration, and for the wine lovers! It kind of reminded me of a thriller twist on One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This book kept me on the edge of my seat and was a great tale of motherhood and marriage and all the sacrifices that are made along the way.
This was definitely a slow burn that made me question the character’s actions A LOT and I didn’t feel like I got a real explanation until the epilogue, but overall this was a solid thriller!
Thank you NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for this ARC!
Till Death Do Us Part is an amazingly shocking thriller you never thought you needed and won't be able to put down. Each chapter draws you deeper into the riveting mystery and every revelation gives you tingles until finally, finally! the crescendo of the jaw dropping ending you do not see coming, slaps you in the face!
June is ready to take the leap and get married again. You see, ten years ago June met and married the love of her life Josh, only to have him taken away a week later when he disappears after going for a swim on their honeymoon. After an intense search he is presumed drowned making June a widow.
Now, after all these years, and with much therapy, she has met someone and is ready to marry again. Owning her own wine bar in New York City now, and having some success at it, June is taking the leap although still to this day she has never fully believed Josh died. Not after reading his final text to her. But she is finally excited for her future.
Until one day when she is in Central Park and turns to see a man who is Josh staring at her. She immediately returns back to the days just after he went missing when she would turn and see him, even though he was not there. But, for some reason this is very different. She absolutely knows what she saw was real!
So, she quietly begins to do a bit of research on where his family ended up, his family owned a winery in Napa Valley, and when she pulls the website up, there before her eyes is a picture of Josh, a woman and two young children. In shock, she decides to lie to her fiancé and go out to the winery to confront Josh.
But what June will discover is that nothing makes sense and the deeper she opens the Pandora's box, the more confused she becomes. And then, she discovers her fiancé has been hiding a secret from her. Something she is not sure she can forgive him for.
June must begin to wade through Josh, his family and her own past to discover some terrible truths that were hidden from her all those years ago.
The lesson in Till Death Do Us Part is... love can be the death of not only a life, of their love of their trust but open the flood gates to more questions than answers and horrible secrets and perhaps even more unknown tragedy...until it all becomes exposed.
Thank you #NetGalley #Simon&Schuster #LaurieElizabethFlynn #TillDeathDoUsPart for the advanced copy.
This was an interesting book. June believes her husband drowned years ago. She’s engaged to someone else and she thinks she sees her dead husband. June is determined to figure out what happened to him and if he really died.
Flynn does such a great job of building suspense and keeping you on edge, and the characters are super complex, which made me want to keep reading to see what would happen next. It’s definitely one of those books that’ll make you think twice about relationships and trust. If you're in the mood for something gripping with plenty of twists, this one's a great pick!
Your new husband goes out to get breakfast, but decides to take a swim in the ocean and drowns! WHAT?!?! Years later, when your life is back on track, you see him watching you.
That’s is only one twist in this enjoyable thriller. Just when I thought it was reveal time, the twists kept coming. I really enjoyed this book and was totally invested in the characters and the situations. I changed my opinion of the characters so many times. They were all flawed, each in their own way. After trying to figure things out, I finally gave up and just enjoyed the ride. Yes, some situations seemed over the top and unrealistic, but isn’t that part of a good thriller! This book kept me turning pages and scratching my head. The best part, I found a new author to follow.
Thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for this ARC. This is my honest opinion.
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (3.5/5 stars)
Till Death Do Us Part kicks off with the potential for a fantastic domestic thriller. The Napa Valley setting is richly atmospheric, providing the perfect moody backdrop for the story. The plot centers on June, who’s grappling with the shocking possibility that her deceased ex-husband is alive and stalking her. Told through the dual perspectives of June and her former mother-in-law, the story unravels cryptic clues to reveal a family tangled in secrets and lies.
While the premise and early build-up had me hooked, the progression felt somewhat confusing and lacked the punch I anticipated. That said, it was still an engaging read that kept me intrigued until the end. I’m definitely curious to explore more of Laurie Elizabeth Flynn’s work in the future.
Many thanks to #NetGalley, #TillDeathDoUsPart, and the author for the e-ARC. All opinions are my own and freely expressed.
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A dual timeline read involving lots of talk about wine. A whirlwind romance cut tragically short with twists and turns along the way. l thought the characters were mostly like-able but there were too many moments in which something just felt off. Thanks to NetGalley for the read.
The secrets between husbands, wives and brothers all set in Napa Valley. Two stories in one... Bev and June and how their lives are joined. Intriguing enough with a interesting ending. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.
Lovers of Tarryn Fisher or Frieda McFadden would likely enjoy Till Death Do Us Part. Tense, did he or didn't he? suspenseful and thrilling. What didn't work for me was some of the 'plot twists" that weren't executed in a way I could get invested in.
I was really excited for this book but it was just so blah and boring. I really don't like flashbacks for the most part and this one wasn't convincing me it was necessary. This would have been cooler if it was one of my favorite twists in that it was dual timeline but we didn't know one was 1999 (would it have worked for the ending? I have no idea).
I also didn't like either of the main characters. There wasn't much for me to go on and both POVs were just boring.
This was a crazy book! I loved the premise of it - husband died? or did he really? I felt tense throughout trying to figure out who was coming around and if it was really June's first husband... and why now? When she has seemed to find happiness again?
Well written and fast paced. This was everything I was hoping for when I started it.
Thriller with lots of twists. David and Bev have twins Josh and Andrew. Bev is slightly disconnected from her marriage and being a mother, but her sister helps her especially with her new baby. Cheating and lies and what ifs create a great story. Murders help spice up the story. A recommended read.
This was an entertaining and quick read that I did find to be pretty enjoyable. I was drawn to the pretty cover, and the overall idea of how hard it would be to move on if you lost a loved one, but then never had any definitive evidence that they were actually dead. And then, what if you swore you saw them alive multiple times over the years?
As a whole, I liked this book and would probably give it 3.5 stars, but in order to do so would have to overlook a few things. Specifically, I feel like there were several "plot twists" that made absolutely no sense, and were then never explained well. This in turn left me a bit annoyed and also confused when the book ended. If you like quick mystery/thrillers I'd still recommend this one though.
June’s husband died 10 years ago, drowning, while on their Honeymoon. She thought she would never get over it. But somehow she was able to move on. The problem was his body was never found and she didn’t feel like she had closure. But little by little she did, small steps to put the past in the past and to build a future. Owning her own natural wine shop is a step in the right direction. It’s here that she meets and gets engaged to a kind, supportive and caring man. With him she can start a family and live happily ever after. That is until one day, she sees Josh, her husband, who’s supposed to be dead. He is just walking along the street.. how is this possible? How can this be? Is her mind playing tricks on her? She is in such a good place in life, why is this happening? She has to figure it out but how? She starts by heading to where Josh is from, California. She will head there for a few days, discover the truth and head back to Brooklyn and start her new life. But nothing is that easy and as she seeks the truths more secrets are found. Josh’s family doesn’t seem to want to help and she must go it alone… can she make sense of all this? Can she find the answers she needs to move on? Till Death Do Us Part, by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn is a thriller, that combines love, loss and tragedy. I found myself rooting for June to get to the bottom of all the drama. The story was good and the characters were interesting. I want to thank Netgalley, Simon & Schuster and the author for my copy for an honest review. It was my pleasure to read and review this book. I love a good thriller and never miss an opportunity to read one.
For fans of multi-timeline stories, thrillers with more twists and turns than a roller coaster, and a cast of characters that keeps you second-guessing, this book will grab your attention from the very first chapter. The way the characters navigate and respond to their circumstances contributes to a dynamic plot that never offers an easy way out. While some of my initial theories were spot on, others completely blindsided me as the story unfolded—just the kind of surprise I crave in a thriller. If you think you’ve figured out the "whodunit," keep reading, because chances are, you're in for a big surprise. If you enjoy a book that keeps you guessing right up to the epilogue, this one is not to be missed.
June's first marriage was short lived. Everything with Josh happened fast. How quickly they fell in love, they eloped after 6 months. And then, a week after they were married, Josh died. June can't believe that it was an accident, and since his body was never found, she's convinced it was either foul play... or that Josh is still alive. But why would he have left her?
10 years later, her boyfriend Kyle proposes. They've been together 6 years. They've moved slow, he's been patient, but it's finally time for her to move on. She knows this, even if part of her has never let go of Josh. The couple is taking their engagement photos when June sees Josh. Staring right at her. She runs, but loses him in the crowd.
Unable to let it go, June searches for Josh. He grew up in Napa, on his family's vineyard. It changed hands years ago, but maybe she can find traces of it. And she does. Along with a picture of Josh, and his wife.
June lies, tells her best friend and Kyle that she's going on a work trip, but really she goes to the vineyard her dead husband now owns. What happened to Josh all those years ago? Why would he have left her? On her journey, she hears about a side of her husband she never saw - one that was possessive and dark, nothing like the man she knew and loved with all her being.
This was such a ride, I was so invested both in what was happening in the past, and the present. I'll have to be sure to look for more books from Laurie Elizabeth Flynn.
Thank you so much to the publishers through NetGalley for the eARC of this one!