It just couldn't put it down! It was so quick to read with short chapters - no unnecessary descriptions and perfect amount of dialogue to the characters’ thoughts. Really enjoyed the fact that there were various POVs but the main one was Natasha’s. I almost want to know what the husbands thought of the situations too!

You could really tell each character had different personality and it all came through in their individual chapters. Great suspense and the pace at which things were revealed at. The book had me gripped from start to finish!

I would totally recommend this to anyone - especially to those who love a bit of drama and mystery!

4 couples go on a cruise, someone ends up dead, and it seems like everybody has a motive…

This novel is consistently unsettling but I still can’t believe that any of the couples would agree to go on the cruise in the first place, given what we learn by the end.

A solid 3.5 stars for The Wives, with the very surprising twist at the end almost enough to bump it up to 4 stars.

Sinister things happening on a cruise ship? Sign me up. We start off getting to know Natasha and her story of wanting to be a nurse. She meets Daniel who is handsome and rich. They get married and Daniel wants to take not only Natasha, but three of her best friends and their spouses on an all expense paid vacation. Sounds great right? Wrong!! These friends of Natasha all seem to have a reason to want to kill Daniel. What did Daniel do? How many secrets will be uncovered? This was a great one with a few great twists. Thank you to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for the ARC.

I loved the setting of a cruise ship and it was perfectly claustrophobic for this whodunnit storyline with four friends as the main characters.. Who doesn't love dysfunctional relationships in a thriller? I enjoyed being in the heads of the four wives and learning why each of them wanted the dastardly Daniel dead. Packed with lies and manipulation, this book had me whizzing through the pages to find out how it would all end. And what an ending. I was not expecting THAT to happen!!! Read this and tell me you guessed the ending, because you won't. Enthralling, and deliciously wicked.

The twists and turns kept me guessing until the very end! Sometimes I appreciate a good thriller that can suck you in, a palate cleanser.

I love this authors writing style and have enjoyed every book that I have read by her. Full of twists as secrets unfold, and the ending was a total surprise! A great book which kept me up late at night to finish it in record (for me) time..
Thank you to NetGalley, Valerie Keogh and Boldwood Books for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review

Natasha has married Daniel thinking that she is set for life. When he suggests a all expenses paid trip for them and her friends and their husbands she is thrilled. But someone has something to hide and some won't come out alive. The suspense is out of this world! I had no idea what was going on and I was desperate to find out! The characters I didn't like but I had fun despising them.

I am a big fan of Valerie Keoghs book and I was so excited to read this. Unfortunately I struggled to read it and found it so hard to read and finish. The plot was plausible but the characters were so poorly developed and the written felt rushed and lazy. It wasn't as good as her usual books but I am sure her next book she will be back to her brilliant self.

Four couples go on a fabulous cruise together. Sounds exciting, right? But each of these women--though claiming to be best friends--all have their own secrets that threaten to undo the camaraderie they share share, And while they are friendly with one another, it's all surface talk and there is a catty undertone beneath the smiles. Insider trading, bad meat, seduction gone awry, and lie upon lie! What's not to like?
Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

Thanks to Boldwood Books and netgalley for this arc.
WELL this book definately had my attention , I wasn't sure it would, but I'm so glad I read it
4 friends who have been together since uni, have all moved onto the next stages of their lives,
Natasha is the only one who isn't married or wanting children, then she meets David, loaded, charming, attentive, they date for a short while and then she moves in with him and he proposes. After a small wedding David decides to book a cruise for natasha, her friends and their husbands, but why? Guilty conscience?... David is used to the best of everything, but is he playing the charmer for his own gain?????
I really enjoyed it, had lots of twists and I didn't see the end coming

I found this to be a real page turner. Although the story is told from multiple points of view it doesn’t get confusing. Having personally been on several cruises the descriptions of shipboard life are very accurate. What a twist at the end, I hadn’t been expecting that!!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I try not to read other reviews before I leave my own however in this case I was curious if I was the only one who felt a certain way about this book. I will say that I agree with the majority of the reviews so far posted in that the book was very long and drawn out. The characters were doll and none of them were ones that I felt any type of connection with, more frustration than anything. If the book had been in about half as long I probably could have persevered a little better.

Since childhood Natasha has dreamt of being a nurse, but the reality is harsh, working long hours in an inconceivably demanding hospital, she has become disheartened and exhausted beyond belief. When she meets Daniel, she thinks all of her dreams have come true as he is handsome, rich and utterly charming. After a whirlwind romance and engagement, the couple are swiftly married. Tasha is pleased to be giving up work, it gives her time to recalibrate from her stressful career. She easily falls into the role of housewife, supporting her husband when called upon.

As a belated honeymoon, Daniel suggests an all-expenses paid cruise, as well as generously offering to pay for Tasha’s three best friends and their husbands. Tasha is perplexed to discover that her friends seem reluctant to accept the offer of a holiday, but they finally concede. As the ship sets sail, Tasha begins to realise that Daniel isn’t quite who he portrays to be, and that her friends and their husbands are reluctantly complicit in this duplicity.

What an amazingly gripping book. I loved this one from the very first page and it kept me hooked throughout. I was totally immersed in the plot and the descriptions of the ship were so detailed it was easy to see in my mind’s eye. The plot is compulsive with limitless tension and mind-blowing twists that left me reeling long after I had finished the book. Although I already hold Val in high regard for writing some brilliant books, for me this could possibly be her best yet.

Natasha is married Daniel who is incredibly rich. He decides they should go on an all expense paid trip and bring their couple friends. Except all of the women have a reason to want to kill Daniel, and Natasha and Daniel are both pretty shady. This was a really good thriller, and it definitely made me jump a few times!

A murder mystery set on a cruise ship featuring a group.of university friends and their husbands. I persevered with the story but the characters were boring including the charismatic baddie Daniel and the glamorous cruise liner setting was written in a lacklustre manner. .

When Natasha meets Daniel, she knows her life is made. Rich, handsome and charming, Daniel will make the perfect husband. Even if she won’t make the perfect wife…

She is thrilled when Daniel suggests an all-expenses paid cruise for Natasha, her friends, Barbara, Tracy Ann and Michelle, and their husbands. What better way to show everyone that Natasha has finally made it?

But as the ship sets sail, she learns that far from being the perfect husband, Daniel has terrible secrets that are about to be revealed. And each of the wives has their own reasons for wanting him dead.

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The wives didn’t hit the spot for me, there were so many characters and I just didn’t connect with them.
I also didn’t feel any chemistry between the characters and couples.

It was a quick read, only 299 pages. But unfortunately not for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and BoldBooks for providing me this ARC.

I was really disappointed with this one. It took about 60% of the book before anything really ‘thrilling’ happened, and from there it still wasn’t anything special. The characters were super boring, there was nothing memorable about them. The multiple POV’s were hard to remember who was who, and then some chapters were just labeled ‘Wives’ and it would jump between each person's thoughts. It was also super annoying to read the same scene from 4 POV’s… I think the ‘best’ part was one of the reveals at the end of why everyone hated Daniel, and how he used them all for his own personal goals.

Deliciously clever. It had all the elements I love in a good read. The setting on the cruise was absolutely stunning, it created the perfect dramatic backdrop for a good whodunnit.

I don't want to spoil it but its so clever, I thought I had it figured out but I was way off.

This was a good read full of bad people! Really not a nice friendship group. The book is quite slow paced but has short chapters so this kept me engaged.

Natasha is a Practice Nurse at the local hospital, and she used to love her job but now she seems to be rushed off her feet. She meets the dashing and charismatic Daniel, who also happens to be wealthy too. She has something positive in her life to look forward too. She is now 36 and the only single person in her group of friends, which consists of Barbara, Tracy-Ann and Michele and herself. Her relationship with Daniel is supposed to be a fling. But she gets a surprise when he asks her to marry her, and she agrees.
After the wedding Daniel asks Natasha to go on a cruise and tells her to bring her friends with their other halves too. She is delighted but when she tells her friends the news, the reaction is not what she expected. But they agree to support their friend. But whilst on the cruise, Natasha finds out what Daniel is really like. He is not the Charming charismatic person they are all led to believe.
This is a gripping story with lots of twists and is told in several POV’s of each friend having secrets that are linked to Daniel and someone who wants he dead. But why? Like her other books. I enjoyed this tale, and I wasn’t expecting the ending. 4 stars from me.