Sinister, chilling and utterly gripping!

Mrs Langdon is locked away in her sparse bedroom in a remote Scottish castle, drugged and alone, except for the housekeeper.

Every day, Mrs Langdon wakes up remembering nothing and the housekeeper, Mrs Taylor, tells her who she is and why she is there, updating the white board in her bedroom, so she can be reminded. Mrs Langdon knows that the only way she can get her life back is to escape the drug hazed, beautiful prison and she then discovers portraits of her husband's beautiful first wife. Fuelled by jealousy and frightened for her life, she is determined to break free.

I really enjoyed this book - great writing style, strong character development and a twisty plot = ticks all the boxes for me! It reminded me of the movie "50 First Dates", but with a sinister vibe.

5 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, Danielle Ramsay and Boldwood for an ARC in return for an honest review.

This is a good psychological thriller.
Waking up in a strange room, not being familiar with your surroundings, would be unsettling for anyone. When Mrs Langdon asks where she is a woman tells her she is in a castle in Scotland and is recovering from a migraine.
Mrs Taylor shows her the whiteboard in the room which has some questions and answers on it but Mrs Langdon can’t remember anything.
She takes her tablets but then the next thing she knows, three days have passed.
It’s hard to say much more without spoiling the story but as Mrs Langdon starts to explore the castle she doesn’t like what she finds or what she overhears.
Thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

Although this book was slow paced and I guessed the twist early on I still enjoyed it and will look up more of her books

A lot of the narrative takes place in the main character’s mind which was disconcerting.
I struggled to follow the plot because of all the conflict.
It bounce around a lot.
Some is revealed about the identity of the main character.
It was rather a jumbled read.

The Other Wife is a great mind bending tale.
The main character in this story gives you the impression that she’s being held against her will, and I felt really sorry for her. We don’t know her name or where she comes from, but she’s in a huge castle with a cruel woman who tells her the same things every day, almost as if she’s being reshaped to be someone else!. She is known as her husband’s housekeeper. Her husband is a cold, heartless man and she really doesn’t want to spend any time with him, but is forced to share the odd meal with him and basically forced to eat too!. Wait! This story is not as it seems!!
Excellent writing and characters. They all play their part exceptionally well in The Other Wife!!This was a really great read!!

It was an interesting premise but I found it repetitive in places. I did guess the twist early on so it wasn’t as exciting as it could have been. The book was well written and dark and creepy at some points.

This is a bit too flowery and literary for my usual little thriller books but it is pretty good. I like the setting. I liked how weird it all is. I don't know. It just didn't fit what I was expecting.

An electrifying tale of love, betrayal, and revenge. This domestic thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end

This was my first book by this author but it wont be the last.
I loved this story, it was intense filled with plenty of tension and
twists.
So well paced, a great page turner

A wife wakes up confused and unsure if she should trust her husband or not, a husband she can’t remember. When she stumbles across a terrifying secret, she wasn’t the first wife and won’t be the last, will she be able to remember for long enough to work out what exactly is going on and how she can fix it before it becomes too late?

This was an interesting premise, although I have read a few similar plots to this one. The story is dark, creepy and intriguing. The main character, although well written, did irritate me at times and it all seemed a bit over the top but this did help to build the overall suspense. I guessed the twist very early on and found it fairly repetitive in places. Although the book did not completely enthral me, it was a quick read and I can definitely appreciate what the author was trying to achieve. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this copy in return for an honest review.

This psychological thriller was well written and reminded me very much of Daphne's book Rebecca, a timeless classic.
It's gripping from the start and asks does the FMC know who she actually is and has her husband really been drugging and abusing her.
It felt as if I was reading Rebecca, it's so similar and I enjoyed it from start to finish.
If you enjoy Frieda McFadden or Daniel Hurst this is definitely one to look for
Kerry Kennedy Author

My first Danielle Ramsay book but definitely not my last. This was intense and huge on the creep factor. Filled with tension and twists. Enjoyed it.
Thank you NetGalley and Danielle Ramsay for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Such a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Loved the story and how it kept me entranced from start to finish.

My thanks to Net Galley and Boldwood for this arc. I won't reiterate the plot for the description says it all but I will share some thoughts.

The story had a lot of promise but fell very flat. The majority of the story was the "wife" self narrating about there being another wife, thinking she was drugged, and believing her husband was holding her prisoner, trying to kill her and had another woman. Aside from Mrs Taylor, not much other character interaction.

My other issues. It had elements of other stories. The other "wife" hidden, Jane Eyre, creepy housekeeper, Rebecca and Gaslight, making the "wife" think certain things are happening that she did, Gaslight. I had SO many questions. And the ending!!! That's what it was? The wife,s identity? Saw that one coming. Bit of let down. Can't recommend.

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

Isolated in his remote Scottish ancestral home on the pretext that you are psychologically fragile and recovering from a breakdown, this home has become a prison. As the days slip by in a haze of confusion and a cocktail of drugs administered by a local housekeeper, you begin to piece together the fragments of your life and stumble on a terrifying secret. What if you discover you weren't his first wife, nor will you be the last? That he plans to replace you, to make you disappear - just like his first wife. Just how far would you go to save your life and prove your husband's a murderer.

Mrs Langdon is living her life in a horrendous nightmare. She's locked in her bedroom by her husband and housekeeper. Mrs Langdon is told she suffers from migraines and has also had a breakdown. The housekeeper gives her a daily handful of pills, allegedly to keep her migraines away. But she knows she's lives in the remote ancestral home for over forty days, as there's a whiteboard with all the details of her stay on it in her room. The pace is on the slow side in this well-written, dark and twisted read, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I would like to thank #NetGalley #BpldwoodBooks and the author #DanielleRamsay for my ARC of #TheOtherWife in exchange for an honest review.

I really struggled to get into this. I loved the premise but overall it felt really slow and long winded. I did stick it out but I just never got into it for some reason. A lot of the time I felt like I was waiting for something ti happen and it never really did. There's a couple of twists halfway into the story but they weren't enough to redeem it. It was certainly original and unlike any book I'd come across. The characters also weren't very likeable and were quite patronising and stuck up which didn't really endear anyone to me. Good concept but just not for me

This starts with a woman waking up in an all-white room, being called Mrs. Langdon. The woman talking to her, Mrs. Taylor, tells her she’s had a nervous breakdown at her house in London, so her husband, James Buchanan Langdon, brought her to their country home - the Dunstrafne Castle in Argyll, West Scotland. It turns out Mrs. Langdon has been there over a month, but she doesn’t remember anything, not even her husband.

Mrs. Taylor has to tell her everything over again every time she wakes up. Migraines leave Mrs. Langdon disoriented and unable to remember days at a time. She’s assured that this happens all the time and her memory always comes back, but it’s like Groundhog Day waking up in the same white room, always covered in scratches and bruises, always being forced to eat disgusting food, then always being forced take a lot of pills. She remembers random quotes, facts and things from her past, but nothing from the last two years as the wife of Mr. Langdon.

Then one day, she wakes up and remembers…not much, but she remembers waking up the time before. She remembers where she is, and that’s she’s being drugged. She remembers very little, but she knows that something is very wrong. Why doesn’t her husband share a room with her? Why is her door always locked? Why is she only fed bland, nasty food? Why does she have to take so many pills? Why is the only thing in her closet white dressing gowns?

The book answers these questions in time, and overall this was a good read. My only complaint is that before the book was even halfway through, I had figured everything out - I don’t know if it was easy, or if I was just lucky, but knowing what the end was going to bring was a bit of a bummer. If I hadn’t figured it out already, it would’ve been a great twist! (There were also a few more smaller twists in the end that I didn’t know were coming, but if I figure out the BIG one, it’s a bit of a letdown). Overall, this was a good story, whether you figure out the twist or not. There were a lot of questions to get answered, and there was a lot of suspense to unpack. I’m giving this 3.5 stars that probably would have been rounded up to four, had I not seen the ending coming.

(Thank you to Boldwood Books, Danielle Ramsay and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review. This book is slated to be released on March 11, 2024.)

A wonderful dark and twisty thriller.
A great thriller, really enjoyed the story. This author is fantastic
5*****

Was a ok read felt it was a bit long winded at the start but carried on glad I finished it though because I needed to find out plot .

The pain which the leading character is supposed to suffer from is what makes the story catchy and fascinating. I saw the development of the plot quite soon, however, the author has managed to amaze me, and I liked the story. The reader is blinded by obscurity. The cliffhanger was awesome and I was indeed on the edge of my seat. I read the whole book in no time. This book will sit well on the shelf of those who love the similar, though captivating mysteries.

Thank you to Boldwood Books for the invitation, and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book.