Neat premise but I got so lost. The couple wins the lottery but both have secrets they’re trying to keep. The book took a long while to get to any conflict; I felt like it was dragging for a bit to start with so many details about the friend group. A couple things weren’t really fleshed out, and I felt like one of the big twists was fairly obvious but I was pleasantly surprised by some of the others. Overall, it was very confusing to follow the different plots going back and forth.

Enjoyed this one and got my attention since page 1. The narration was great and I had to listen to both Audio and read ebook version as well. Another great thriller murder mystery and the twists are 👏

I DNF’d this about 25% in. I found myself constantly confused and rewinding to figure out whats going on. I also found myself zoning out and not paying attention to the storyline, which is very unlike me when listening to an audiobook. This one wasn’t for me personally

4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️




✨ Drama
✨Mistrust
✨Fast paced



✨ I thought reading the blurb and the title alone that story was a plain old same story with the others. But this one actually caught my attention as it was very different plot .
✨ A story of a wife who’s hiding something after she won a lottery but she kept it . The plot was focusing on mistrust in the marriage, showing how greed can affect the whole family .
The ending was okay, which I’m disappointed for. It was rush and doesn’t feel like it connected to the whole story which should be end at 5 spot .

✨ Great read. Fast paced and definitely recommend for an afternoon psychological thriller delight .




✨ Thankyou bookouture for the copy of this arc for a honest review.



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I can’t say I’ve ever read a thriller starting with the main character winning the lotto! This book turned into something I didn’t expect at all in the best way! The ending is truly shocking! The writing style of this book did remind me of Lisa Jewell, which I loved! I could not stop listening once I got to the last 30%!! If you’re looking for a fast pace, (mostly) light hearted, shocking thriller, I recommend this one!! The ending was perfect and left no unanswered questions.

I received the audio version of this book and the narrator is Imogen Church. I really enjoyed listening to her the entire book!

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for the audiobook of The Wife’s Mistake. Out now!

I honestly did not enjoy this book as i found it too slow, and a little bit clichè
Its a worn out story and the motives are boring and overused

Thank you to Bookoutoure, Lorna Dounaeva, and NetGalley for an ARC copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review!

This book had everything I look for in a psychological thriller! This book had the perfect balance of cozy mystery but with an edge of darkness that kept you wanting to read/listen more! I binged this entire book in one day as I couldn't put it down. The characters had just enough of a personality that it made them easy to connect to but didn't take away from the overall story-line.

I absolutely LOVED the narrator chosen to read this book for the audio version. She made the book so incredibly easy to listen to and her voice was so soothing but she matched the energy perfectly at every turn of the story.

I would 100% be looking for more books by this author in the future as well as more books narrated by this narrator.

I loved the premise of this book, it instantly hooked me. A suspense novel based around a lottery is unlike anything I’ve read before. It started out at a good pace while the FMC tried to figure out how to deal with this life changing amount of money she won and debating if she will share it with her husband after he starts acting shady. But she eventually became annoyingly repetitive and paranoid.. I found it difficult to sympathize with either of the characters and hated both of them by the end of it. I saw most of the twists coming, but there were some thrown in the end that caught me by surprise! Thank you NetGalley for this ARC!

This book gave me anxiety from the first chapter until about 25% of the way in. Where I thought the book was going with a lost/stolen lottery ticket took a complete 180 and left me with so many wth faces during reading! Like for real, what?? This book was busy after the first quarter so just get there and then you will be intrigued just like I was. I am rating this at 4 stars because it had a lot of twists and left me thinking which is always good in a book! Thank you NetGalley for the arc!

This high quality audio took a while to get going and was overly long. It tells the effect of a lottery win mixed with holding secrets. All characters are narrated perfdctly and brought to life. The twists when there came were good especially the fart fetched ending. It just took too long to get going and this spoilt my enjoyment.
Thank you netgallery and publisher and author and narrator for this 4 star listen

I listened to this as an audiobook that I received from NetGalley and would recommend this format. What can go wrong when you win the lottery - the answer is everything. The book is so full of twists that just as I thought I knew where the plot was going a twists changed things to keep me were guessing again. This was my first experience with a book by Lorna Dounaeva and if all of her books are this twisty I will definitely be checking the out.

This book is proof that money is the root of all evil, after they win the lottery. This one was hard for me to get into and a little on the slower side than what I would have liked.

As others have mentioned, it took a long time to get into and felt like it dragged on for longer than it needed. I wanted to slap the wife and husband so many times throughout the book, they were so frustrating!!! Overall, it was a fun audiobook and I enjoyed the narration.

The book took a little bit to get into. Sometimes that happens for me with audiobooks though. Several times I wanted to scream at the main character for being so dumb LOL! Overall a good listen/read.

3.5 stars
In this story we meet Natalie, , who is happily married but despises her job at a coffee shop where she faces mistreatment and lack of appreciation.

Everything changes for her when she discovers a winning lottery ticket. She sees herself with a brighter future until suspicions of her partner's infidelity come up.
She hesitates to claim her winnings, causing anxiety to spike as she struggles with the idea of leaving such a valuable win unclaimed.

What follows is Natalie's struggle but to be honest I could not really connect with her. Maybe because I did expect something else?!
However, if you like domestic dramas this is the perfect choice!

The narration by Imogen Church was, like always, a pleasure!

Thank you #NetGalley #Bookouture Audio for this audiobook

This book was really difficult to get into, and to finish. A couple who loves to keep secrets from eachother wins the lottery and you slowly see how money can ruin people. This book was honestly super slow, and way longer than it needed to be. A little too many twists and turns that maybe I just missed but made us deter a little too much from the main storyline and made it more confusing than it needed to be. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

3.5 stars rounded up.

I really felt empathetic towards the main character and her plight. I felt she made very human errors and was thrown around by everyone who was supposed to love her. I would read a novel with a continuation of her story.

I really disliked the other characters. Everyone was snobby, manipulative, destructive and just not good people. Like do people really do this to one another ?

Biggest issue is the abrupt ending. I felt there could have been more.

But it kept me on the edge of my seat!

I enjoyed this one! I loved the concept of winning the lottery, it made me consider what would happen in my life if I had won too. I loved the twists and turns. Although the first 2/3 of the book seemed kind of slow, drawn out and repetitive it did pick up towards the end and kept me on my toes. I was so frustrated with the miscommunication and dishonesty between the main characters but I suppose that’s what the author hoped for. Intimately thought it was pretty good but not my absolute favourite. 3/5⭐️

This book was so twisty! I felt like I never knew where it was going and it certainly kept me going!

I wish there were a few less twists and some more character development though. It felt like there were sooo many different characters and I only got to know them on surface level when it should have been deeper.
I feel like I was also left with questions.
Overall, it was an okay book. I enjoyed listening but wish for more.

The Wife's Mistake
by Lorna Dounaeva
Narrated by Imogen Church

Rating: 3/5 Stars

**WARNING: SPOILERS**
The Wife's Mistake is a story about Hayden and his wife, Natalie. Natalie buys a winning lottery ticket. Instead of telling anyone, she hides it. Hayden finds it, and they become millionaires. This begins an entire book full of poor and unusual choices. First off, Natalie and Hayden probably shouldn't even be married, as she clearly doesn't trust him in any way, which is proven after she follows him to a work conference and kind of stalks a co-worker of his. Anyways, they get their money, and of course, the relatives that need help come out of the woodwork. The money goes to their heads, and they both make really poor decisions, ultimately leading to catastrophe.

The big thing with this book is that their decisions are so bad, that it's almost comical. I just had a hard time caring for or believing any of the characters. The narration was decent, though some of the characters voices were extremely annoying, but I think that was done purposefully. Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and Bookouture Audio for the chance to listen to and review this ARC!