I absolutely loved Tattletale by the same author and I was really excited to see that she had another book out. I had really high hopes for it and I'm pleased to say I wasn't disappointed! It is a character driven psychological thriller that drew me in from the very beginning. The narrative flips between the present day in the UK, the mysterious events in Vietnam and flashbacks to the wedding. It very cleverly ups the tension bit by bit as we get a better insight into the tensions between Asha and Ollie even on their honeymoon and as bits of Ollie's history are revealed, she starts to wonder if she ever really knew her husband. I read this book in two days and couldn't put it down. Another brilliant read from Sarah J Naughton and I'm so excited to see what comes next!

Having read Sarah J Naughton”s other novel Tattletale, I was overjoyed to receive a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for a review.

Asha wakes up in a hospital in Thailand with little recollection of how she got there. She has some memories of her wedding to Ollie.

Asha and Ollie from completely different social backgrounds had their fairytale wedding and were on their Thai paradise honeymoon, but all’s not well in paradise. Ollie seems to want to spend most of his time away from Asha, hardly the behaviour of newly weds!!

I knew from the first few pages this was going to be a memorable novel and I wasn’t disappointed. I enjoyed the way the chapters were split with different timelines as that kept the intrigue going and made this a thrilling, dark and addictive read.

I loved how descriptive this book was, I could picture myself in Thailand on the beach with a chilled drink in my hand whilst reading it!!

A must read. Looking forward to Sarah’s next book. Please don’t make me wait too long!!!

This story is set in an idyllic location, On honeymoon it all goes horribly wrong, but what happened and why?

A modern tale involving cover-ups and revenge,the rich and the privileged. A lot of not very nice characters and twisted tale.

An overlong book about a couple on honeymoon in an exotic location. An incident that happened In Ollies past life which involves his friends in Portugal on a holiday. Asha his wife knew nothing about it until Ollie is murdered and she is determined to find out who killed him and why.
The book got slightly boring in the middle could have been halved, I read it all but it could have been better.

Excellent story line which was gripping from start to finish. Great characters. I would highly recommend this book.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would
Good mystery ,interesting characters ,kinda suspect who it may be at the heart of things and good back story about some very unlikable people ,u can see why people may do what they do An how some bad acts by bad poeple can create in themselves more bad people.the greed also of some shine through and u did fear for our main character but she was tough and stood her ground which I liked
I enjoyed the location but agree with some others didn’t get a distinct flavour of Vietnam but did smell the ocean and picture the luxurious hotel
Better than u may first think and ty publishers and netgalley for the opportunity to read it

Wonderfully lovely tale that thrilled me from beginning to end. Many twists and turns with brilliant details of the characters and situations.

This book had so many twists and turns. A page turner from start to finish and a must read for all fans of this genre. A full 5 stars well deserved.

I've read a lot of bad/average books recently...this one has brought back my love of reading! Lots of twists and turns and has some dark places without taking it too far as most other authors do.
I can't write too much about the characters or plot as I'll give away spoilers by accident. I have to say Asha was a great character, well written and didn't just feel like the character in a book. I will be recommending this book to everyone!

18 months ago I read "Tattletale" and liked it very much. That's why I was so happy when I saw that there was a new book from Sarah J. Naughton.

Again, we are spoiled as a reader with a complex story. The author writes very fluently and adds many details to her story. Some of the characters remain a bit superficial. I did not warm to Asha either. She is a very strong character and very lifelike with all her faults. I was only slightly disturbed by her paranoia and her constant thinking about sex. She is very self-absorbed. At the same time, these mistakes makes her very human. But I don't have to like the main character to enjoy a book.

The story is interwoven and complex, but also somewhat unrealistic. Nevertheless I have read the book very quickly and enjoyed it. It stands out beneficially from many simple and straightforward written thrillers precisely because the stroy is so involved. It's kind of different, not so mainstream. But above all, the author can write very well, so that you like to follow their slightly overdrawn story quite happy. I'm looking forward to her next book.

Combining foggy memories, alternating timelines between the now and the before and something sinister lurking around the edge of remembering, Sarah J. Naughton weaves a dark mystery that might give you second thoughts about your upcoming summer holiday.

The author creates suspense with the classic use of "that thing that happened in July", and similar hints, which I know some of you might not like, but I'm a sucker for it. If it's done well, that is, and damn it was a pretty stressful read, and I mean it in the best possible way.

Asha and Ollie make a lovely couple. Even though they come from different social backgrounds, their love is strong, and they don't seem to give a shit about disapproving parents, or Ollie's banker wanker friends who dislike Asha for seemingly no reason whatsoever, other than not being a pretentious toff like them.

On their honeymoon however, Ollie starts acting weird. The lack of intimacy and his insistence of making friends with other couples at the resort and spending all their time with them is driving Asha nuts. Is Ollie hiding something? The poor woman can't remember. Barely surviving the attack herself, her memories are questionable.

As we switch back and forth between the present, the time before the wedding and the honeymoon, dread slowly creeps in, making this story a highly uncomfortable, but very thrilling read. Although Asha doesn't think Ollie had any enemies, you kind of wonder whether maybe she does, after you find out what happened at her wedding.

But why is she still alive?

A great book to take to the beach with you. Just watch your back!

Thank you to Netgalley, Sarah J Naughton & Orion publishing for my arc of The Other Couple.

Publication Date: 22nd March 2018

I really enjoyed Tattletale which I read last year so I was keen to read The Other Couple and excited to see if it had the same twisty, trippy, gripping style as Tattletale. I'm pleased to say it did! I was engrossed in this book immediately and it only took me a couple of hours to read it cover to cover.

Asha has the perfect life, she's off on her honeymoon with her wealthy, gorgeous husband Ollie to spend 3 weeks in luxury in a 6 star resort in Vietnam. Asha who grew up on a council estate and worked in a MacDonald's can't believe her luck that she's fallen in love with someone whose not only wealthy and prepared to look after her but who she is truly, madly, deeply in love with. Even if his family don't approve of her background or the colour of her skin.

But things have been a little off between Asha and Ollie recently. Their sex life has all but dried up and Ollie is tired, stressed and angry all the time. But Asha's world comes crumbling down when she is wakes up in hospital having being left for dead in the So Den Caves and Ollie is nowhere to be found.

This story is highlighted by secrets and lies which emerge following the events in Vietnam. Asha is thrown into turmoil as she doesn't know who to trust, who is even safe to be around. Everyone is under suspicion but as Asha digs deeper she begins to discover that the secrets which may lead to their attacker, lie not in the present but in Ollie's past.

This story was even more gripping than Tattletale. I had my suspicions throughout but they were never right until quite close to the end I started to cotton on. But there's a lot of excellent red herrings to fish your way through first! A highly recommended thriller!

Having been a huge fan of “TattleTale” I was looking forward to more from Sarah Naughton and I wasn’t disappointed. The Other Couple was a gorgeously twisted psychological thriller, with a mostly warm, idyllic setting which was lovely considering our British weather right now – unfortunately paradise isn’t quite as wonderful as main protagonist Asha hoped when she embarked on the honeymoon of her dreams with the man of her dreams…

I love the way this author writes such great character drama – weaving intriguing and often thought provoking relationships around a rather horrific happening. Asha has married into wealth, the divide between how she thinks and how her never wanting for anything new husband thinks is cleverly done – yet you still feel they could be the perfect couple, if only Ollie wasn’t suddenly acting so strangely…and if only they hadn’t already suffered a tragedy that would tend to tear couples apart…

I was with Asha all the way as she tried to work out what was wrong, her frustration at both Ollie and the fact that even on their honeymoon they are drafted into social interactions with other couples at the resort resonated. The old adage “trust no-one” will serve you well whilst reading this – there are some socially relevant aspects to it that were compelling (bankers anyone?) and after a twist fueled ride to resolution, the author throws in what I hope will become her trademark – the unexpected, not in a necessarily “whodunnit” way ending.

Overall The Other Couple was a great read. Great writing, an atmospheric and unpredictable plot and some great scene setting and characterisation. Loved it.

Recommended.

This was an ok book.

I struggled to really envelop myself in to the story and I am not sure why. The story is interesting and the characters did not annoy me. But I just could not fully get into it