This is a story with many twists. I was not totally convinced by it. It started off as a gripping read and turned dark and less convincing towards the end.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

This book starts out fairly ordinary but then you learn about Thursday’s Marriage. I know for sure that I would not tolerate such a thing. As we learn of the husband Seth, things are mysterious. I loved the characters and the way the story unfolds as I reached the middle of this book some changes in the story line were revealed. I really really loved it I was reading till 2.30am this morning. I literately could not put it down. I was rooting for the main character all the way through

This book is well written and perfectly paced and the Author Tarryn Fisher composed a fabulous story. I have not read her books before but give me the next one it is compulsory for me to read. I highly recommend this book to those that like a bit of psychology.. How will she follow that

The Wives is an unusual read with an interesting premise. The narrator – let’s call her Thursday – describes her life as one of three wives of her husband, Seth. She knows there are two others – she calls them Monday and Tuesday, after the days he spends with them – but has never met them and doesn’t even know their real names. When Thursday finds a clue to the identity of one of the other women, things start to unravel. Who is Seth really?

At the beginning Thursday seemed like such a doormat – entirely devoted to her husband’s wellbeing, striving to be the best of his three wives – that it was a surprise to learn that she actually had a demanding job (as an ER nurse). It was hard to comprehend why anyone would deliberately sign up to such a living arrangement, particularly since it’s clear it wouldn’t have been Thursday’s choice – she’d far rather have her husband to herself. (It’s hard to see what’s so incredibly loveable about him, though. He really didn't seem that great.) As the story goes on, however, she does develop more agency.

It’s certainly an engrossing and well-written read and I galloped through it, but ultimately found it a bit unsatisfying. There’s a big twist bang on halfway through, the nature of which I wasn’t really a fan of – it’s a trope which I particularly dislike, actually - and after that I think I was hoping for something other than what was actually delivered. Things get quite complicated and it’s – intentionally – quite hard to discern what’s true and what isn’t. Ultimately, although the original premise seemed new and intriguing, the direction it later went in was a little disappointing to me and felt both quite unrealistic (to be fair, the whole book is unrealistic!) and as though it had been done too much before.

This book has been sitting for a while in my list of books to be read, however I’m now wishing I read it as soon as I received it.
It’s fantastic and I loved every page. It’s not anything like what I expected it to be.
The plot is original, engaging and fabulously dark.
I’d strongly recommend this to anyone!

Well, this was not what I was expecting.

Thursday is wife number 2 and sister wife of Monday and Tuesday, named after the day their husband spends with each wife. There is one rule. The wives do not meet each other. That is until Thursday decides to break that rule and goes searching for Tuesday.

Is Tuesday like what their husband describes her to be? And is he the husband he tells Thursday he is?

If you like your thrillers fast paced and with a twists at every turn, this is for you. I read this over a weekend. I could not put it down.

Thank you Netgalley and HQ Stories for an eARC of this book for an honest review.

Great book. Enjoyed reading it. The plot and characters were engaging and it kept me entertained. I would recommend thisbook to others.

Brilliant! A well written and throughly enjoyable read. Loved the story and the characters. A very easy but clever story that kept me completely engaged all the way through. Will definitely be looking at other books by Tarryn Fisher.

Highly recommended to all!

Thank you HQ and Netgalley.

This was a really cleverly written read and definitely something different. A twisting turning plot, kept me gripped and guessing to the end. The characters were well written and very real - though I didn’t really warm to any of them, they weren’t particularly ‘likeable’ but that didn’t detract from the story or my enjoyment of the book.

This is the kind of book that captures your attention in the first instance by the unusual situation the narrator, finds herself in. It’s not giving away any spoilers to reveal that her and husband Seth are living in a polygamist marriage. He has two other wives he divides his time between but the difference here is that they don’t know each other. If you’ve ever watched a Louis Theroux documentary then you may have seen one about polygamy in Utah and some of the families he followed and I think he may have chosen polyamorous relationships as another topic to investigate. Anyway, what struck me most was that while all of the individuals involved were keen to promote this way of living as an ideal, there was always someone who didn’t seem to be as ‘comfortable’ with the situation as they’d have you believe. That is exactly how I felt about the narrator and the premise of this novel is centred around her desire to know more about the other wives, prompted by an accidental discovery of a doctor’s receipt in the name of Hannah.
I can promise that you won’t be disappointed by this novel. I couldn’t read it fast enough, so engrossed was I by Thursday’s predicament (sorry it’s a while before you realise you don’t know her name!!)and curious about how Seth manages to juggle three wives and a flourishing business, appearing to be a different version of himself with each one. I always felt I was on Thursday’s side, trying to understand her reasoning for being in a marriage that she didn’t feel completely happy with, preferring to stay and accept what Seth could offer, desperate not to rock the boat. Whilst this is portrayed as a consensual decision, their marriage felt one sided and all on Seth’s terms. I believe Thursday showed no self respect in remaining with Seth who is clearly a handsome charming yet potentially manipulative character but who am I to judge?? I guess that could describe an awful lot of relationships/ marriages so I became as keen as Thursday to discover more about Hannah and the life she was leading with Seth.
However the storyline is far more complex than I first thought. At times I became confused with characters and who was who but don’t be put off as the plot is SO cleverly constructed and the author has done an amazing job in terms of deliberately misleading the reader with ample use of smoke and mirrors!! I found this such a compelling read, even more so when I realised that maybe Thursday isn’t a wholly reliable narrator with the lines between reality and fiction blurred. There are so many twists and turns to navigate throughout the storyline, so just as you think you understand how the rest will play out, the author blindsides you with another unexpected revelation. It’s impossible to discuss the other wives without ruining it for other readers and I am always suspect of reviews that declare ‘you must read this’ etc BUT in this case it’s true!!
The Wives for me was an addictive read, which once you start you really won’t want to put down. Definitely kept me on my toes , with a final knockout punch to conclude. Absolutely brilliant and highly recommend. My thanks as always to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read.

I just love books that keep me guessing what is going to happen and this one didn’t disappoint right to the very end. The story is well written and the characters were believable and I was so swept along that I read it in less than one day. A great book.

An amazing, psychotic thriller.

This was an amazing book. I read it in two days because I needed to know how it finished and despite thinking I had worked it out I was completely wrong.

I found the style of writing very easy to read and had I been reading it as a book the pages would have been turning constantly! As it was my Kindle was red hot!

Thursday is married to Seth but in a strange way as she shares him with two other wives called Monday and Tuesday. Such is her love for Seth that Thursday is happy to live in this type of marriage. Seth comes from a family where polygamy was the norm and Thursday knows that she is Seth’s legal wife as he had divorced Tuesday to marry her. However, there is now a further wife called Monday and Seth divides his time between the three women. Thursday is not happy with the situation when she finds out that Monday, a younger version of the other two wives is pregnant, but as she has had a miscarriage, resulting in her being unable to have a child, she feels she has to accept the situation.

However, when Thursday finds a bill in Seth’s jacket actually naming Monday as Hannah Ovark she decides that she must find out more about her. This in turn leads to her discovering more about Tuesday, a lawyer named Regina Coele.

This is where the plot and Thursday’s life starts to unravel as she makes contact with the other two women with devastating consequences for everyone involved. The actual truth about this whole saga is quite terrifying and completely threw me as I had never suspected the truth and you really need to read this to discover how a person’s mind can be so convoluted.

This was the first book that I have read by Ms Fisher. I now need to read some of her other books. Highly recommended.

Dexter

Elite Reviewing Group received a copy of the book to review

Couldn’t put it down! This is the sort of book that makes you wonder if the author is OK or not... the twists, the plot, the characters.... all amazing!

3.5 STARS! The Wives was a wild ride, and not what I expected at all.

Thursday's husband is a polygamist, and she agreed to that. She's fine with it. Until she learns something about one of the other wives - her name. And then she starts to dig. And dig further. And, eventually, she finds something that tells a completely different story about the man she marries. So, what is she going to do about it?

The Wives was a fast paced and enjoyable read. But it was also a bit ridiculous. It kind of felt like the author tried to squeeze in as many twists as possible and at one point I just got tired of it. At about the 75% mark, the book could've gone in one direction and been a 4.5-5 star read, but it went in a different direction and I just found myself annoyed? Disappointed? I'm not entirely sure, to be honest.

I can honestly say that I am not sure what to think about this book.

This is the story of three wives - Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. They have nothing in common, except they are all married to the same man.The women never meet and their husband never mentions them to each other. When Thursday starts to get curious about the other wives it sets off a series of events that get crazier and crazier!

The first portion of the book is very slow moving and I felt like I wanted to flick on a few chapters just to move the story along. Once the 50% mark is hit the action accelerates but the story is so ridiculous that I found myself rolling my eyes at the implausibility of it and actually laughing out loud at some of the bits.

Unless you don't mind switching your brain off and just reading for the sake of reading I would be inclined to give this a swerve. If I could award half a star I would.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

As I've mentioned in the past, I'm quite picky when it comes to thrillers and I think I need to admit to myself that domestic thrillers just aren't my thing. The Wives had an interesting premise. What if your husband had other wives and another life? Can you ever really trust a man who hides a part of his life, regardless of whether you agree to it or not? An unconventional arrangement, but one I found compelling.

Except this took that interesting premise, with a story thagtg really gripped me ion the first half, and twisted it in such a way to make it completely unbelievable and ridiculous with upsetting and messy relationship problems that I really just don't care to read about. If that's your thing, I'm sure this would be enjoyable but personally I just didn't care about Thursday or her relationship. They're all terrible people and the plot became so unbelievable that it became difficult to even suspended my disbelief. It didn't feel particularly well thought out at all, and seemed to rely on shock value rather than quality to reach its goal.

Domestic thrillers are not my thing, and this unfortunately just doesn't appeal with a convoluted and uninspiring plot and difficult characters. I'll keep searching for a decent domestic thriller, but this one doesn't fit the bill.

I can honestly say this is a unique novel - I've never read anything else like it!

Thursday married Seth, knowing he was a polygamist. She is number two of three wives; her husband shares his week among all three, moving between them each week. Thursday knew this when she married him, but now she wants to know who the others are. Is it ever a good idea to search out secrets? She'll soon know . . .

This one really blew me away! It's hard to come up with the right words to do it justice; it's gripping from the very beginning, exciting all the way through and when I got to the end (at 1.30 am as I just couldn't put it down) it was like surfacing after being pulled under water! I don't gasp out loud often at a book, but this is one phenomenal read! It sucked me in from the very beginning, pulled me one way then another and spit me out at the end. Stunning and shocking, this is one I'm terrifically happy to have read. It absolutely earns all five sparkling stars!

My thanks to the publisher for my copy via NetGalley; this is - as always - my honest, original and unbiased review.

I really enjoyed this book with the many twists and turns to the very last page.. It really did mess with your head to try and workout who to believe. I did feel that it got a bit lost in the middle and then picked up again towards the end.. Having said that I would definitely recommend it and will look out for more books by Tarryn Fisher.

Thanks to HQ and NetGalley for my ARC for which I have given my voluntary and unbiased review.

A proper roller coaster fast paced read. It was exactly what I expected to be and was gripped from the onset. Maybe a bit unrealistic but elements were also quite dark and disturbing touching on mental health related subjects. It’s what I would call a good beach read and great escapism. Thank yo7 netgalley and HQ

Thursday is the second wife in a relationship which consists of 2 further women. She does everything she can for Seth to prove that she’s the perfect woman for him. But with a Monday and a Tuesday it’s not the relationship she is fully happy with, but happy to go along for her love for Seth. After finding a woman’s name and a doctors appointment on a piece of paper in Seth’s coat pocket, she starts to unravel the stories of the other women in his life.

This book started well, then dipped a little in the middle but picked up again at the end. In the last third there was twist after twist, turning everything you thought you knew on it’s head.

Reason I only gave 3 stars is because I started to get a bit confused during the middle half of the story but fortunately the story then picked up again for the shock ending.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for an advanced copy of the book to review.

An unpredictable story, full of lies, deceit and polygamy ! I loved it.

This story made me question everything I read, I felt like none of the characters apart from Thursday could be trusted.
I felt sorry for Thursday, she would hang on Seths every word and desperately wanted to please him and be his favourite wife.
The ending really shocked me, I wasn’t expecting it to end that way at all.

I think this would make a great film and in my mind Lily Collins was Thursday and Chris Hemsworth was Seth.