This book has a myriad of tricks up its sleeve and the overall story is brilliant and darkly intoxicating.

I found it a little reminiscent of Rebecca, but not strongly so, more of a vague scent of Rebecca hung loosely in the air.

The bulk of the story is in a remote castle, focused around Mrs Langdon who is suffering amnesia and finds herself in a pure white room, wearing a white robe and with no idea how or why she is there. Her day to day life is not spent with her husband but with a lady who takes her through a series of 'remembering' sessions and it really isn't clear what her motives are and whether she even likes Mrs Langdon.

As much as I loved the intrigue and psychological element of this book, I found some of the day to day 'remembering' to be too repetitive - albeit I understand that is what it was intending to get across but even so it made the mid section drag, for me.

Overall this was a clever story with lots of mystery and intrigue and I was definitely compelled to keep reading to find out what on earth had happened.

My thanks to the author, NetGalley and Boldwood Books for an ARC in return for an honest review.

One of my favorite tropes for a book whether it be a romance or a thriller is the amnesia trope. The trope where the main character has blocked out their past and for some reason can't remember and now they have to piece everything together to remember. In The Other Wife, we have our main female character waking up in a room that she doesn't remember as it doesn't feel like she and the staff are calling her Mrs. Langdon. The thing is she can't remember this life and why she is here as things aren't adding up and soon she will find herself losing days. What happened to her and why can't she remember anything? One night, Mrs Langdon wanders around the house and finds herself in the forbidden West Wing - the room, in particular, looks like a bedroom preserved. Hanging up on the wall is a portrait of someone named Isabella Langdon. Mrs. Langdon gets it in her mind, that this must have been her husband's first wife and so she is "the other wife". When the current Mrs. Langdon finds Isabella's diary and a sonogram, she starts to read it and soon finds herself engrossed in the world of "the first wife". What happened to her did her current husband James kill his first wife and will she be next? Was she the one that Isabella thought that her husband was cheating on her with? Why can't the current Mrs. Langdon remember anything at all? This was a good thriller, but I have to say personally I was a little disappointed as found the reason for the amnesia and lost memories was glossed over and the book had an almost open-ended feeling and it left me with a couple of unanswered questions. The Other Wife was a good thriller, but I would suggest maybe KU'ing or borrowing from the library rather than purchasing.

The research that was done on memory loss and behaviors often exhibited after trauma is evident.There was some repetitive parts and not like a typical psychological thriller. The story is so heartbreakingly. And you definitely go along for the ride of roller coaster emotions from the characters…and then you feel your own sadness at the realization that a fairytale life, was ended abruptly. While the new life crafted has some happiness in it, it’s still sad.

This book was SO good. I love a good psychological thriller and don't want to find too much away!

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for this review copy

This is such an under-rated book! I really enjoyed this one and loved the paranoia and fears that radiate from the pages. From the beginning, we are instantly transported to Mrs Langdon being disorientated and confused in a remote castle, having no memory of how she got there, how long she has been there and who her husband is. Ramsay really captures the fear that Mrs Langdon experiences and I found myself racing through the book to its dramatic conclusion.

It is evident that things are not what they seem at this castle. The protagonist is convinced she is being gaslighted by both her husband and housekeeper, knowing that the full truth is being not revealed. Yet, with such a foggy memory and inability to recall even the most basic of events, Mrs Langdon is trapped in a web of confusion and paranoia. The fact that she is taking such a colourful array of tablets so frequently, seems to sleep most of the time and is literally losing days whilst bedbound, there is an unmistakable horror brewing that you want Mrs Langdon to escape from. Furthermore, when the local police visit, I was literally screaming in disbelief that the authorities were not supportive of Mrs Langdon’s claims, convinced she is going to be murdered by her husband. She needs to remember exactly what got her here… and fast.

I loved how this story developed and with it, the tension did too. The book opens with a dramatic fire and then returns to a few days previous. Readers then get to witness the build up to this life-changing event and it is from this point does the writer really throw in the surprising revelations. Despite having theories about where the plot was headed, I was excited to see how events would pan out and whether I would be correct.

The story very much has Rebecca vibes running through it, particularly with the presence of the first Mrs Langdon haunting our protagonist’s every move. Indeed, the influential housekeeper, secretive husband and remote castle really gave off gothic vibes, juxtaposing with the stark, clinical white bedroom that our protagonist seems restricted to. Ramsay cleverly manipulates the reader as we are questioning the reality that Mrs Langdon experiences, sharing her extreme fear that she is soon going to be murdered by Mr Langdon.

A fast-paced thriller, I could not put this book down. I was so intrigued about the secrets hidden behind this lavish, sprawling estate and I really sympathised with the protagonist. On the other hand, nothing is what it seems and you find yourself questioning everything above and beyond, leaving to a dramatic conclusion that I relished in.

With thanks to Boldwood books and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Oooh, this was a good one!

It’s one of those books that tricky to review without giving too much away. But imagine waking up in a strange room in a castle where nothing is familiar and your memory is scratchy at best … also everything is white, including your nightdress.

Creepy right? This was such an atmospheric, addictive psychological thriller. My first by this author, but defiantly not my last.

Huge thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an early copy. Out now.

This was a very good story. It’s got some parts that will drive you crazy and the beginning did drag on a bit. But it does pick up and then things get wild and the truth is finally revealed and it’s heartbreaking.

I had a hard time connecting with this book for the most part. The word 'Remember' is said so many times that I searched the book, and it's in there 288 times. It's a constant loop of 20 questions and is so repetitive that it was annoying. But by the time you get to the end and understand what is happening, it makes more sense, and I felt my heart hurt for all that this character has endured. 

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this eARC.

Loved the plot in this one but unfortunately it was just too predictable. I also found it hard to connect to the main character. Which affected my rating.

The Other Wife by Danielle Ramsay was a dark and twisty psychological thriller. It was slow at the beginning but once you got into it it ended up to be an excellent read. Sadly it did not grip me at first, but stay with it, it does get better. You start to watch and live through someone else’s nightmare, then it becomes a page turner!

The wife is always the last to know.............

What if everything you believed was a lie?

Your life...your marriage…your very existence.

What if the person lying to you is your husband, the man who claims to love you more than anything in the world?

WoW.....Bang......my finger could not turn the pages on my kindle quick enough.

Big Thank you to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for my ARC.

This book was both creepy and claustrophobic. 90% of the plot takes place in an old Scottish castle and you have no idea what year it’s supposed to be.

A woman wakes up in a locked white room with no memories, a housekeeper feeding her eyes and dressing her in white, and an elusive husband. She starts to believe that the husband and housekeeper got rid of the woman whose portraits hang throughout the house - and are planning to do the same to her shortly.

Being inside Mrs Langdon’s mind was the claustrophobic part. Because she knows nothing, you find yourself going over the same information over and over again and not really furthering the plot.

Once the twist was revealed, I was disappointed in some of the language used by the husband earlier in the book. I understand it was to keep the mystery but it didn’t warm me to his character.

Also, the child at the end came out of nowhere and was unnecessary for the plot in my opinion. Though nice to know there was some light in this otherwise very dark set of circumstances.

The Other Wife is a psychological thriller that's dark and twisty, this is a little disturbing in places but I absolutely loved this from beginning to end. It’s hard to reveal much about the plot without giving away spoilers but it’s a cleverly written narrative that keeps you guessing about the motives of the different characters and I found myself constantly speculating as I read.

The Other Wife is a psychological thriller that's dark and really twisty. Even the blurb had me. I couldn't wait to sit down and dive into this book.

What do you do when you can't remember who you are or where you are? Waking in a place she doesn't recognise and a woman telling her who she is every day, while writing information on a whiteboard for her to be reminded constantly. She starts to explore her surroundings and doesnt like what she overhears. Why is she here and how can she escape?

A great psychological thriller that is written in such a way that it really keeps you hanging on for the next chapter. The characters are fully rounded and make you want to know what will happen to them. With twists that are perfectly placed to add to the tension. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and sped through it way too fast for my liking!

Another success for Danielle Ramsay and Boldwood Books. I do love this publisher and The Other Wife is another psychological thriller to be proud of. I definitely recommend this if you love a psychological thriller on the darker side.

Thanks to Boldwood Books, Rachel's Random Resources and NetGalley for the gifted widget.

The title and the blurb are very misleading, so understand that going in. It's not to say you won't enjoy it, but it will not be what you are expecting. I figured out what was going on pretty early, because I read a lot and what else could it have been. That probably lessened my enjoyment and made things drag for me. It was exhausting living inside our main character's brain as she tended to go over the same thing ad nauseum. The setting of the story was very claustropobic, which added to the overall mystery. I think the treatment of the main character and being able to figure out the plot twists early on sort of ruined things for me. If you are one of those readers who can just plod along and spend your time enjoying the read rather than trying to figure stuff out, then I think you will enjoy this one more than I did.

This book was a really good read! Danielle Ramsay is a very good storyteller. Of course this story is built around the fact that the wife is the last to know. We all know that this is very true. But what if everything you think you knew is a lie? You will not want to put this book down once you start!

This starts off as a slow burn . It takes a whike to see where tge story is gping . Ypu eake up in a locked room with a housekeeper you dont recognise in a castle in the wikderness of scotland. The man who says hes your husband means nothing to you and you font kniw anything. Occasionally snippets of the past pull at your thoughts.
As a reader i was compelled to read on as tge pace quicken. I did gueese tge twist cirrectky but found it a worthwhile read. The oace was a tad off and tge final reveal seemed to be a quick ending. I enjoyed this but the first sct sermed too long and although some of it was designed to reflect gge characters reality i found it quite repetitive and in places unrealistic.
This waz a cracking 4 star read that did end up hooking me in and compelled me to find put who are you teally. Thank you netgallery and publisher and author.

Danielle Ramsay’s The Other Wife is the story of Mrs. Langdon married to Laird James Buchanan Langdon. Mrs. Langdon is being kept in a Scottish castle, medicated and away from others. What is real and what isn’t is so hard to distinguish in this book. Who is Mrs. Langdon? What has she been through? What role did her husband play? I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary copy of this intriguing book about the past, secrets, family, and mystery.

Dunstrafne Castle - Scotland

Laird James Buchanan Langdon was once married to a woman named Isabelle who disappeared without a trace. Now, he is married to another woman and he plans to make her disappear as well.

She wakes feeling groggy and cannot remember where she is. A woman named Mrs. Taylor, the housekeeper, watches over her and calls her Mrs. Langdon. Mrs. Taylor tells her that she suffers from migraines and is taking a cocktail of drugs for her pain. She does not want to take the medicine because she wants to know what is going on but Mrs. Taylor always insists. She finds the she is covered in bruises and the food she is forced to eat is disgusting. Each time she wakes, Mrs. Taylor is there ready to repeat the food and drugs. When she asks the housekeeper questions, she points to a whiteboard that answers questions she has posed before.

Oh, dear. This book was so disturbing. Seeing the perceived mistreatment of this woman was irritating as it was repeated over and over. It made me angry and I kept asking myself why I was pushing myself to finish it. I think it’s because I gave a book of this author just one star before. I felt that if I did a DNF, that would be unfair so I pushed through to the end. As it is, again I say disturbing is the only word I can say about this. No. Not for me.

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Image waking up in an all white room you don’t recognize and thinking you could be getting drugged. I enjoyed the book. There were a few long chapters but most were a decent length. There were times I found the story to be slow and repetitive but I did not guess the ending.

Danielle Ramsay is an author who I have adored since the debut and this hasn’t disappointed. I absolutely loved this book from beginning to end.

This is every bit as gripping and addictive as I’ve come to love from this author. This is a little disturbing in places but I absolutely loved this from beginning to end.

Imagine waking up with no memories each day. The thought alone is terrifying. I was pulled in and completely addicted. This was unpredictable and unputdownable.

I love how the author is able to pull you into this gem and make you feel as though you are watching the events play out. I love a Ramsay read because I know I’m in for a gripping ride.

This is well paced and high quality read. This is a great read and one that I absolutely recommend. Ramsay is a brilliant author and one who should be on everyone’s TBR.

This book is a brilliant read and very unpredictable.