DNF @ 22%

At 22%, nothing has really happened in the book. The first chapter alone was 19% and there were plenty of times where it could have been broken up into shorter chapters. I feel like the plot would have been interesting, but the author seemed to fill the book (or the first 22% anyway) with SO much descriptions about what everyone was wearing and the surroundings (every room) the characters were in, right down to what was hand-embroidered on the quilt on the bed. This all seemed like "filler" to me.

The plot "hook", the daughter Lucy, is barely in the book so far. It just didn't keep my attention.

Oooooh as we all know it takes a lot for a thriller to shock me but The First Wife has an unbelievable twist that I just didn’t see coming!
Dark, creepy with a dash of gothic charm I was gripped from the beginning. The relationship built between Sophie and Lucy was beautiful and as mentioned the ending shocked me! The perfect thriller / mystery.

With her own life on pause, Sophie is happy to accept an invitation to visit her old friend Caroline. The fact that Caroline is staying at her family’s glorious beach house is just the icing on the cake. Sophie expects some girl time as the old friends get reacquainted, but Caroline seems like a shadow of her old self, tense, nervous, and always disappearing somewhere. Caroline’s daughter Lucy has problems of her own, the girl has selective mutism and seems afraid of her own shadow. There are plenty of secrets in this home, but uncovering them will come at a cost. This book has a hint of the Gothic, a little Victoria Holt that will delight fans of the genre