This book was slow burn. I don’t know how many times I picked it up and put it down. I always found fortune tellers interesting and I thought the cover looked cool so I was interested to read the book. This book didn’t feel like a thriller at all. I’m a big fan of thrillers and this just wasn’t it. I got more romance vibes from it. I honestly found the book boring and couldn’t wait to finish it. I really dragged my feet on finishing this one. Thank you NetGalley, Natasha and Boldwood Books for the ARC!

Thank you NetGalley and to the publisher for this arc in exchange for my honest review!

DNF 😣

Plot seemed interesting but I just couldn’t get into it!

The Fortune Teller following Simone who meet and obsessed over one random Fortune Teller at a fun fair. Her life seem changing drastically into the bright future and also the risk of the fullfil of the prediction.

This is my first read from the author and I like the premise of this book. It is quite fast read for me because the story very engaging and the plot easy enough to follow. All characters seem generic enough but loveable. The mystery is burning slowly and gave me good tension. The suspens is keep me on the edge and care enough to follow our MC problems. I am just glad this story is free from all those paranormal mystic vibes and straight to psychology conclusions.

Thank you Netgalley and Boldwood Books for providing copy of this ebook. I have voluntarily read and reviewed it. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Expecting Publication : 1 April 2024

A group of 30-something friends are enjoying themselves at a fair when they see a fortune teller’s tent. Simone, 32, is told she will meet someone and will be happy for 5 years but that it will end badly.

Simone has found that rent in London is simply beyond her means and she is thinking of moving back home near her mother where she easily afford to buy her own home. That’s when she meets a man named Jude who intrigues her. After some time together, she moves in with him. Their love quickly accelerates and when Simone finds she’s pregnant, they plan a quick wedding. They are so happy and the birth of twins adds to their love and happy family. However, Simone finds herself obsessed with the fortune teller saying that after 5 years, her happiness will end tragically. This results in her doing nothing but zeroing on what could happen to her family meaning she could not relax and her life became nothing but fear.

I found this to be an intriguing story but was sorry that Simone let the prediction of a carnival fortune teller take over her life. I understand her fear but I also know that this stuff is pure nonsense. But as the story completes, we find out more and how someone has manipulated her fears. Enjoy!

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A fun girl's night to a local fair will impact the lives of four strongly connected women.

Simone, Helen, Emily, and Siv decide to have a fun night out on the town, feeding into their inner child by going to the local fair. One stop at the booth of a fortune teller seems harmless enough. How accurate can Mystic Maggie be? Most of the women get a generic reading, easily done based on common life stages of a woman's life...career advancement, children, marriage. For Simone, Maggie is way, way more specific. Within the next five years, she will meet, marry, and have children with the love of her life. In five years, it will all go crashing down. Crazy, right? This prediction is too specific coming from a fair booth vendor. All the women go on with their lives, but things begin to come true for each of the women, some easily explained, some not so easy.

The book is centered around the Simone and her life over the next five years. As you go through her journey, you can physically feel her begin to unravel mentally. For those who deal with PTSD, anxiety, postpartum, or any other mental illness, this might be hard to read. Natasha Boydell did a great job really bringing the uncertainty, the panic, the breakdown of a previously strong and confident woman. The repetition of phrases, the interactions in relationships degrading, and more really drive this all home.

Around 75% through I was wondering how much longer I could handle watching Simone slowly break down, and then BAMMMMM! There are two, very, very shocking twists that happen at the end of the book. I thought I had figured out one of the twists, and I had piece of it right, but man oh man, overall I was wrong! The twists absolutely made this book. If you pick this book up and have similar feelings, please keep going. It is 100% worth it. This is my first Natasha Boydell book, but now I want to read more if her books have endings like this!

Thanks to #NetGalley and #BoldwoodBooks for the book #TheFortuneTeller by #NatashaBoydell. I thoroughly enjoyed this book as I could see myself reacting just like Simone did. I would have become just as obsessed with what was supposed to happen that I would totally fall apart too. Although, in the end…..

This book was with a very, very promising premise. It started out a bit slow, but then it picked up the pace and… yeah, and then it turned into a very good read, delivering exactly what the book promised it would be and then some more.
If you enjoy weird characters, paranoia, not being sure what is real and what isn’t – yesss, this one is for you!

Thank you to Netgalley for the eArc of The Fortune Teller by Natasha Boydell. The premise of this book is what drew me in. Seeing a fortune teller is something I did when I was young with my friends. In this book we meet Simone who gets a reading that concerns her that something is going to change in 5 years. We watch as Simone goes down a rabbit hole of paranoia just waiting for something troubling to happen. This was a bit slow for my liking but still a good read.

I received a complimentary copy of this book "The Fortune Teller" and all opinions expressed are my own. This book was a slow burn and did pick up. I kept wanting to see what would happen to Simone since the fortune teller told her that she would have 5 happy years and then... But anyway, I did feel I was wondering about Tom in this whole story. Was Mystic Maggie correct in her prediction? The ending I just said "oh", not sure I liked it.

The Fortune Teller was just meh for me. The premise was interesting and I was willing to go along with Simmy for a while. But eventually her neurosis was just too much. The wheels started to fall off about three-quarters through and the ending was an unexpected train wreck.

Simmy has been unlucky in love, but that is going to change after a reading from a fortune teller at a local carnival. The reader; however, came with a five year expiration. Simmy meets Jude, falls in love, and starts the perfect family. No matter what she can’t shake the fortune teller’s warning and goes on the hunt to find her for another reading. Time is running out and for her and her loved ones.

When friends go to a fair for fun they find a women willing to tell them their fortune. All except one has their fortune told and then they go to dinner and enjoy their evening. But one of their fortunes is starting to mess with their lives. As they each face the side of their fortune the friends deal with issues beyond normal friendship and marriage problems. But is the fortune to blame or someone else?

I was on the edge of my seat this entire book! I really enjoyed the different mix of who you thought was to blame and the feeling of never knowing what is coming around the corner. I was not expecting the ending at all and I think that is what made this a good book. I would recommend!

Thank you to @NetGalley for my free copy of this book in exchange for my review!

Loved, loved, LOVED this thrilling, fast page-turner! Fans of Ruth Ware will love this! Could NOT put this down!

Wow! I could not get enough of this book. It capture my interest from the very first page and right up until the very last page. Thrills galore and it had a way that left me hanging. I could not put this book down. highly recommend!

This book was a good read, the only bad point would be the main character being so annoying. There are plenty of twists and turns throughout with a surprising ending. The story itself was enjoyable and the style of writing was perfect. I have read another book by this author in the past so I knew what to expect with this. I’m looking forward to the next one to come out.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes reading psychological thrillers.
Thank you netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for a honest review.

The Fortune Teller captured me from the start. With such an interesting storyline it was hard to put down. If you're looking for a solid read, I would highly recommend adding it to your list.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for my gifted copy.

Very good book, quite suspenseful, the author is a master of writing a book where you just know the character, or characters are doomed. I was honestly disturbed reading this book, on the edge of my seat not knowing who would fall - the main character, her husband, her kids, her friends? Or is this all in her head? How could a lighthearted trip to a fair cause such trauma?

First book by this author, but it won't be my last. Fantastic read.

Friends Simone, Emily, Helen and Shivani go to a fun fair and get their fortunes told by Mystic Maggie. The Fortune Teller tells Simone/ Simmy that she will be happy and then in five years thing will go horribly wrong.

Simmy gets caught up in a whirlwind romance with Jude. The two are quickly married and then Simmy finds out she is pregnant with twins. Being a stay at home with Sam and Ivy keeps Simmy occupied, until she remembers the fortune tellers words. Now, Simmy is obsessed and paralyzed with fear that something bad is going to happen to her family.

Slow burn, but I could not put it down. I love where you can feel the tension of the main character. So good!

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Story of a woman who visits a fortune teller and is given a message that her life will experience tragedy in 5 years. Most of the book is the woman's descent into paranoia and how it ruins her life and those around her. Extremely slow moving.

Oh my, it got archived and I haven't had the time to download it. Well I bought it and yeah the money might have been spent better :)

Simone was just... how to say it nicely? SLAPworthy - she made me anxious and not because there was a real threat - just because she was paranoid and started to spin out of control.

There were really some passages which were just plain simply Blah which made it hard to finish.

In the end it was a solid story but mislabeled a little bit.

I loved this this book, i went to a fortune teller years ago and spent ages wondering is all the stuff she said would come true!
Simone was told by her fortune teller that she would meet an amazing man and be happy for the 5 years they would be together until tragedy befalls them.
Will real life imitate this prophecy.....
great thriller with a great twist.