Amazing book I loved this concept of the two storylines and the perfect wife personality that deliciously unravelled through the course of the book love it

Wow, this book is really good. It kept me gripped right from the start till the very end. Loved it. Will look for other books by this author.

An interesting debut from a writer who shows plenty of promise.

‘Her’ demonstrates that, despite seemingly perfect outward appearances, you never know what’s lurking behind closed doors.

Full review to come on Goodreads and Amazon. Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for a review copy.

Her - Mira V Shah

This book is set in an expensive and beautiful house where it appears to neighbour Rani that Natalie is living the perfect life. The author makes the reader aware that all is not as it seems and past experiences will all come to a head in an explosive ending. I thought the writing flowed really well and was easy to read, pick it up and down and get straight back into. Mira V Shah will be an author I look out for in the future. Thank you Netgalley and Hodder & Stoughton for the e-arc in return for my honest thoughts and opinions.

I enjoyed reading Her, it was a sad read and dealt with issues of domestic violence and abuse. There were some twists and turns in the book which kept me on my toes. I enjoyed following Rani’s journey and seeing how she realised what she had and could have by the end.

Set around a beautiful and expensive house, Her is the story of two women living seemingly very different lives. Rani is a married mother of two, living in a cramped flat. She has given up her dreams of a career to raise a family and relies on her husband for financial support.

Natalie is everything Rani aspires to be - a polished and confident career woman, with an adoring husband and a dream house. But is Natalie actually living the dream?

Her sounded right up my street if you'll excuse the pun. Suggestions of past scandal, hidden undercurrents of menace, and the threat of everything coming to a head in explosive fashion.

The first part of the book certainly delivered on its promise. The ending was perhaps a bit much to take in at once, but it is fiction!

I will be adding Mira V Shah to my list of authors to look out for in the future.

Thanks to the author, Hodder and Stoughton, and NetGalley for the eARC of this book.

Omg I can confirm you will not see this ending coming! I couldn’t put it down and it blew my mind! Definitely recommend!

What a fantastic book! A thriller yes, but it is so much more than that. Be careful what you wish for is a good saying to remember.

Rani has always felt an outsider & longs to be like the woman who owns the beautiful house across the street. But is Natalie too good to be true?

This was a brilliant, fast paced read. I couldn’t wait to finish it (in a good way), I wanted to know where it would end. And did I get it right? No! A psychological tale told by a very skilful author. Read it, you won’t regret it.

I received an E-ARC with a request for my honest review.

This psychological thriller follows Rani and her new neighbour from across the street Natalie.

Although seeming to be from different worlds Rani tries to strike up a friendship with Natalie, but others in
Natalie’s life are not keen on the new attachment.

Soon Natalie starts to feel she is missing something from her past and is determined to break free and find out the truth.

Will Natalie find out the truth? What dark secrets lie in her past?

This psychological thriller, I would say is a slow burner as you get to know the characters Rani and follow Natalie’s struggles as she starts to realise there is a past, she can’t remember.

There is a current storyline running alongside with how her husband and mother are treating her, which adds to the confusion of Natalie.

I liked how caring Rani was towards someone she doesn’t really know much about, even with her own struggles she is facing.

Overall, a psychological thriller where a woman is determined to find out the truth about her past.

I loved this biting and tense thriller from Mira Shah. I liked the way she juxtaposed Rani's life and her desire for better with Natalie's life of luxury - but also the complexities of childhood that lead both women on a crash course for disaster.
Definitely one to curl up with over Easter!

A good start of the book then it went downhill for me, I just couldn`t get to like any of the characters

Rani and her family live in Highgate and she is intrigued when another Asian girl, Natalie,moves in opposite with her husband. At first, Natalie seems to have it all: loving husband, glamour, fab job whilst Rani is feeling as if life is passing her by. Soon Rani begins to see that maybe Natalie doesn't have it all and wants to help her.
Told by Rani and Natalie, the story begins slowly, building to the twists at the end. For me, a bit too slow but I persevered and ended up enjoying this tale.

Thoroughly enjoyed this story and the mystery and intrigue that went around it. A lot of time spent questioning who was telling the truth, then a great twist towards the end!

First up, I would like to thank the publishing company Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for the ARC of this unique novel that allowed me to present this unbiased book review. Representing the debut novel by this ‘to watch out for’ author, ‘Her’ is nothing but an exciting read.

Among the various characters, Rani and Natalie truly stand out as the most compelling. Rani has experienced many hardships: she has lost a parent to cancer, has lost her job, and is trying her hardest to raise two young daughters whilst defeating the boredom that creeps into being a stay-at-home-mum. Her husband Joel appears just an ancillary character to Rani as she is juxtaposed with Natalie who appears to ‘have it all’: her successful husband Charles, a millionaire’s home in Rani’s neighbourhood, and all the material belongings you could imagine. Yet Natalie, like Rani, remains curiously unfulfilled, and when Rani becomes obsessed with the woman she considers her new friend, the consequences look devastating …

An accomplishedly-developed novel, it is hard to believe this is a debut. I will recommend this novel as widely as I can and look forward to seeing what the author writes next.

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

Rani lives in a small flat opposite a grand house that she admires. Natalie and her husband move in the grand house opposite. Natalie seems to have it all, and Rani becomes her friend. Rani wants to be around Natalie, to really get to know her, and eventually Rani wants to be her. But maybe Natalie’s life isn’t so perfect when you scratch the surface.

This was a great read, right from the first page. Rani and Natalie are brilliantly written characters, really relatable and very humanised. They both have their own flaws and problems, and themes arise naturally in the story regarding class and race, but these are handled exceptionally well, and the author did great addressing issues like this which still happen in everyday life. I enjoyed the friendship between the pair, which became dangerous, and this made the book the great read it is. This was a slow burner, but was never boring. A great read.

Loved that the character was named Natalie! It's a great name. This book cautions that we can never really know people and that we should be careful what we covert.

With its short chapters this was a quick and easy read. The two main characters were also quite compelling and so very different. For me this was also the problem in that this was almost two stories in one; part thriller and part an exploration of women, race and society today and the perception of the "grass being greener". This resulted in quite a convoluted story, with lots of elements and characters becoming irrelevant or not fully explored, and a rushed ending. I also found it hard to believe that one person, ie Natalie, could go through so much and the motivation of others ie Gerald. So enjoyable at the time but slightly disappointing and confusing by the end.

Mira V Shah uses the slow burn technique to great effect in her debut novel, 'Her'.
Our protoganists are Rani and Natalie, two women, living nearby, both with very different lives, but about to discover that the woman who appears to have everything, may have nothing at all.
Rani is a mum of two, married and in search of a job. She has spent her life feeling like the outsider as the only Asian girl in her village and now, even though an adult, she still feels that she doesn't fit in and needs to work twice as hard to achieve.
Natalie, is newly married and has just moved into Rani's dream home - just across the road from Rani's family.
When Rani reaches out to Natalie, her protective instincts come to the fore as she is more perspective than most people and realises than Natalie's marriage is hiding some secrets.
I think, it is Rani's own experiences that have made her more perspective and also how she is treated by Charles (Natalie's husband), cements her belief that something is very wrong.
As both women confront the truths and lies in their own lies, the tension rachets up and I found myself racing through the pages towards the ending. I certainly did not guess how the storyline would pan out and while the final pages did feel a little rushed, I enjoyed the overall journey and look forward to the next novel from Mira V Shah.

Rani seem to be leading a lonely life with a husband and two children until Natalie moves next door to her house. The two women form an unlikely friendship and secrets are shared between them.

To me initially, it started out a little boring but I felt in the middle of the book it got interesting. This was a slow paced thriller with some twists, the story mainly told from Rani's and Natalie's point of view. The ending in my opinion was good which raised my rating to 3.5 stars.

Overall this was a good thriller--worth 3.5 stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Hodder for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.