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๐'๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๏ธ
๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด โฆ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด?!
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต!
๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ; ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐... ๐ต๐ปโโ๏ธ
.... ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ
๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ธ๏ธ
๐๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต!
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๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ:
๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง?
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐นโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐โ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ.
๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐งรฉ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ? ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ตโฆ
I want to thank NetGalley, the author and the publisher for providing me with an eARC of this publication. In return, I have promised to provide an unbiased review.
Quick listen with super juicy secrets! I thought this book was really good but I did not care for the somewhat of a cliffhanger ending.
The book title is confusing. Usually, when there is a perfect anything in the title, itโs anything but. Here? Not the case, really. Nobody is perfect in the book, but if I had to pick one person who was the most perfect of them all, then it would be the husband, actually. I guess Iโm just used to seeing anyone labeled perfect in the book titles turn out to be the most horrible person ever. But not in this case.
Iโm still rating this one 4 stars. It was good still. Iโm still recommending it to anyone who asks for a weird thriller or who is looking for a thriller with a mentally not-quite-there MC. It is just a very, very different read. Trauma is a weird thing. It plays weird tricks. Mind is an even weirder thing, it plays even more weird tricks. This is what this book is โ a trickster. It seems to be one thing, then it morphs into something else, and then it turns into something else entirely.
Iโm not sure how I feel about the story, how I feel about the characters, how I feel about the twists. It all was fairly unique, thatโs for sure. Iโm also not sure if it matters if there was at least one likable character (there were none, btw), Iโm not sure if this was a strange case of an unreliable narrator (I think it wasnโt, it was the way the narrator was, not them being deceptive). The ending wasโฆ something else also. Itโs nothing like your regular thriller twists.
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of My Perfect Husband by Georgina Cross, published by Bookouture
This book had me from page one, I did not want to out it down! I loved the plot, the characters, the twists. And I did not see the ending coming. This is a gripping tale of two sisters, Lauren and Ellie, told from Lauren's point of view, mostly present day but some past to give history and details. Lauren is living her life married to Alex, needing his constant support as she waits to hear news on her sister's disappearance years ago. Alex also has a brother who has gone missing. As the story unfolds we learn the truth of what actually happened years ago.
I loved this book, the plot, the characters, I was on the edge of my seat! Just awesome!
My Perfect Husband by Georgina Cross is an outstanding psychological thriller which left me lost for words in its brilliant twist. Seriously, a "no waaaay" moment
Lauren is married to Alex, a man she met at a grief management meeting. Both were attending due to the loss of their siblings; Ellie, Lauren's sister had been snatched while in New Orleans, Clive, Alex's brother had disappeared one day without a word. Alex and Lauren had built a friendship, begun dating and eventually married. The Audiobook opens on their usual morning routine of Alex bringing Lauren a mug of coffee in bed, her favourite mug.
Lauren was the envy of her social group. Alex always did the most thoughtful things here and there, coffee, flowers, support. He was even there when her fear of heights took over and soothed her anxiety every time the phone rang. The phone rings, it's a New Orleans number, is this finally the answer Lauren had been waiting so many years for? The question that broke her mothers heart and was still unanswered when she died. The question that was still unanswered when the couple admitted Lauren's father to a care home as they were not able to look after him as well as they could have
Yes, this is the answer, but it also comes with a photograph, a photograph that will change Lauren's and the couples lives forever
Oooooof! This is not even the half of it and I will stop the describing so as not to give anything away.
Georgina Cross weaves a very intricate web, delicate, graceful,but strong as steel and snags the reader in like a spider does with a fly and likewise, there is no way out, you are gripped until the last page. Sorry to use such a cliche, but they exist for a reason. The tplot twists were blinding and will leave your head spinning in the best way. And what is more, they don't stop til you close the book or press stop on the audiobook. Is Georgina Cross going on the "auto must read yes indeed" list? Um yes!
Brilliant, simply brilliant
Thank you to Netgalley, Bookouture and Georgina Cross for this exceptional ARC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own
This book was fast paced from the very beginning! And it definitely keeps you guessing.
While the story line felt familiar to other books I enjoyed it thoroughly. It finishes with a cliffhanger so the potential of a sequel would be interesting!
My Perfect Husband
By Georgina Cross
2 stars โญ๏ธ โญ๏ธ
The synopsis of this book sounded so promising and it had some of my favourite tropes such as unreliable narrator and dual time line however I was so disappointed pretty much from start to finish.
I did enjoy the initial twist at the beginning of the book but apart from that the storyline felt stale and there was no plot at all until about 40% in then it fell flat again until 80% but by that time I was so bored and disconnected that I just didnโt care anymore.
Iโm all for descriptive writing but I felt the book could have been reduced by at least 100 pages just with the amount of excessive description of the surroundings which I felt was unnecessary and dragged it out just to make up the word count.
The storyline did remind me very slightly of โPretty Girlsโ by Karin Slaughter so if you loved that book then you may enjoy this one too!
Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture and Georgina Cross for this ARC in return for an honest review
This one just didnโt work for me at all! The first half of the read just didnโt align with the second half. It felt disjointed and like 2 different storylines. The reactions of the characterโs just didnโt flow throughout the read. I found Lauren to be such an annoying character throughout. Her dialogue felt so repetitive throughout the read. In the second half it felt like the storyline got bizarre and it didnโt conjoin with the actions and thoughts of how the storyline started out. I found it a slog to get through and it didnโt engage me and just seemed drawn out to the point I wasnโt inclined to pick it up. Unfortunately this one wasnโt for me.
Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read and review #HerPerfectHusband
I received an arc copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest opinion of it. I normally do enjoy books by this author but this one did not hit the mark for me. Lauren's sister, Ellie, goes missing and she searches for her for years. She is married to Alex who has a brother, Clive, missing also and it somehow connects them. The detective who is working on the case sends Lauren pictures that are found on her deceased sister's body. When Lauren sees that her husband is in the picture with Ellie, she realizes all the trust with her husband is gone. I really felt like the book moved really slow which is not the norm for this author. I also felt like some things were a little far fetched.
Thank you, Geogina Cross, Bookouture, and NetGalley for a digital copy of this book. The opinions are my own and freely given.
Lauren's younger sister, Ellie, disappeared years ago. She spent the last 10 years searching for her. She met Alex at a support group. His brother, Clive, also disappeared and he and Lauren married. Now, Ellie's body has been found with a picture of Alex in her pocket. Now Lauren has to figure out if Alex knows what happened all those years ago.
I liked this book but at times I just wanted to shake Lauren. She kept a secret from Alex too, but she was mad at him. I felt like the end just ended. I don't know what exactly, but I felt like I needed a little bit more, although I am not sure how else it could have ended.
I overall this was a good story and not really how I expected it to play out.
Iโd like to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read โMy Perfect Husbandโ written by Georgina Cross in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
Lauren has been married to Alex for eight years and heโs been there for her when her younger sister Ellie disappeared twelve years ago. When Lauren gets a phone call from a detective saying that Ellieโs body has been found in a derelict house sheโs shocked, and especially when he sends her a copy of two photos found in her pocket. The photos show Ellie with her husband Alex and another man sitting either side of her. How can Lauren trust Alex any more when heโs always said heโd never met her sister?
โMy Perfect Husbandโ is a domestic drama where the main characters, Lauren and Alex, have both lied and withheld information that would have helped in the search for Ellie. The storyline is interesting although slow at times and thereโs some repetition. I didnโt like the characters so was unable to empathise with the situation theyโd found themselves in and I was jumping over pages hoping to find the excitement Iโd expected. Itโs an okay novel, easy to read with twists and turns and a surprising conclusion, but it didnโt grab me and when I put it down I didnโt rush to pick it up again. Iโm sure it will attract lots of readers but Iโm afraid it just wasnโt for me.
Such a gripping, edge of your seat thriller. Constantly wanting to know what happened next, who done it, how did it happen, what actually happened. This is all explained in a one person POV taking you from future to past you can understand the back story of events leading up the current day!
I love Georgina Cross' last book so I was excited to get approved for this latest book, My Perfect Husband. Tons of secrets throughout the book and I thought I would love this more than I did but maybe it's just me. I found myself skimming pages and I hate to do that.
โAm I frightened of my own husband? Do I have reason to be?โ
From the first page I was hooked.
I read this super fast. Itโs a true page turner. Once you start it you wonโt put it down.
Iโm so impressed on how the author literally has me thinking one thing then something completely different. This story is full of twists.
Itโs definitely worth a read.
*murder mystery
*disappearance
*set in New Orleans
*secrets so many secrets
12 years after Ellie sister goes missing. The police find her body. They also find photos. In them photos are the dead sister and Ellie husband.!!!
This story will keep you guessing. You think you know but you donโt. And I love that about this story. This story had me tense ๐ฌ but in the best way.
I highly recommend. Thanks to Bookouture for the arc.
My Perfect Husband Releasing May 16th.
I was entertained for most of the book. It is face paced. Cross does and great job with the description of places and I was able to put myself with the narrators/characters. I did not see the ending happening and I loved it.
This book was an enjoyable read. It flowed smoothly and the storyline was interesting yet familiar. I would recommend this book to others.
Thank you NetGalley, Bookouture and Georgina Cross for providing me the experience to read "My perfect husband" ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I started reading - and I could not set it down until I was down. The thriller "My perfect husband" contains everything you want from a suspense filled read, from riddles about the content up to many twists and turns that have you halt in your process of reading and re read to make sure you got the information you just got infused with right.
Lauren and Alex seem to be a perfect couple, bonded by shared trauma about missing a sibling and the search for them, yet one day their lives are turned around, Lauren's sister was found and her husband is a prime suspect.
A journey begins where Lauren questions everything, her husband and herself, all in the name of justice for her sister ... all while very carefully hiding her own secrets.
This book sucked me in, when I say I could not put it down, then I mean exactly that, sleep has become overrated with my desire to finish, to unravel the mysterie of this book ...
ONLY TO BE LEFT WITH MORE QUESTIONS.
I really wish there would be a continuation after the cliffhanger that came at the end, I would love to see how this story comes to a final end without loose openings.
The book is set to be published on the May 16th, 2024.
Lauren and Alex run into each other in a grief counseling group that meets at a church since they both suffer the loss of their siblings under mysterious circumstances. For over ten years now, Lauren has been praying to get any tiny bit of information about her sister Ellie, bearing her location. However, the waiting ended when the police called her to inform that they had located Ellieโs body. In the depth of the case, she discovers what she has never expected โ Alex is the one who will guide her to the truth about Ellieโs disappearance. The information that Lauren herself possesses is the last clue that might reveal the truth about her sisterโs fate. As she buries the evidence, she discovers that the reality of Ellieโs vanishing is even more shocking than she could have imagined. I highly recommend it!
Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book.
Loved "My Perfect Husband" by Georgina Cross.
Gripping story. Fast pace story that kept me reading past my bedtime. Just went I thought I knew where the story was going, there would be a twist. At times, you can't trust anyone in the story. Love that kind of story.
I think this book has a lot of good things, but the writing style just isnโt for me. It was too slow, and I didnโt love the timelines. However, other fans of thrillers should give this a try.