Oh my goodness, not only have I just discovered that JP Delaney is a he not a she…he also writes as Anthony Capella, which means that he has also written one of my favourite books, the one I kept giving to people and having to rebuy- The Food of Love. Is there no end to this man’s talents as a multi faceted writer?

With shades of  The Stepford Wives this book is unputdownable, absorbing, creepy and challenging-  I loved it. Having recently attended a talk on AI development in Silicone Valley , I constantly found myself thinking, this could happen, this could be true.

This book is a very good combination of a thriller and sci-fi. I really enjoyed it. It was a bit hard to get in, but I'm glad I kept going. It got better and better and I was curious about the end. Didn't disappoint.
Definitely recommended.
Thanks a lot Netgalley and the publisher for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

Sadly I didn’t really enjoy this book. I think it was due to the Sci-fi aspect of it. I was unable to finish it. I was genuinely gutted as I have read J.P Delaney books before.
Thank you to both NetGalley and Quercus Books for my eARC in exchange for my honest review

When I first started reading this book I didn’t think I would enjoy it. But as the chapters evolved,I found myself hooked and needed to know what was going to happen. There is a twist at the end that I never saw coming and I doubt many other people would either. I will definitely be reading more books by this author in the future.

I love JP Delaney’s books I read this in one afternoon it’s a lot different then I would usually go for but I definitely enjoyed it thank you to JP Delaney and NetGalley for the arc.

A complex technical suspense novel which is both frustrating and intriguing.
Contrasting multiple narrators and flashbacks make this a challenging novel and ultimately distract from the main storyline about robotics and character implants.
In a world where Fake memories, behaviours and emotional responses can be uploaded, I found it difficult to fully engage with the Abbie that had been created as a companion robot for her husband Tim or empathise with her relationship with her disabled son.
There were too many impossible and unlikely sceneries in this story for me to suspend belief and dive into the magic of the storytelling.

The Perfect Wife is a perfect book!

A great mix of suspense thriller and Westworld style sci-fi. Not going to lie when I started reading I found it difficult to get into and did debate not finishing...I’m so glad I continued! You need to read it!

I don’t read that many sci-fi books but was intrigued by the description for this one.
Whilst I didn’t care much for the two main (human) characters, particularly Tim, the book raises interesting questions about the future of robotics and how far we can take it. I can quite believe that In years to come the appearance of robots and their functionality can be improved to such an extent that they will look, move and even ‘think’ like humans.
This will probably raise all kinds of ethical issues and it will be interesting to see how it develops.
My thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for this copy.

When I first started reading this book I was unsure whether I would enjoy it because of the sci-fi element. I did enjoy the majority of this book. It was mostly well written and I connected with the character of Abbie. It was generally easy to read, but the ending left me wanting more. The fact that the book was written in second person meant that it was difficult at times to know whose views you were reading. I found the ending unclear and am still a bit confused about how everything came together.

I was hooked from the start. I loved the idea of an artificial Abbie trying to work out what had happened to the real one. Very well written and full of suspense. This thriller is full of surprises and twists.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

I loved this book . If you are looking for something a bit different -then this is your man !
Set in a Silicon Valley type community - Tim has created the ultimate companion -a"Cobot". An artificial replica of his late wife -Abbie . However" new "Abbie is no Stepford wife and sets about unravelling the mystery of "old " Abbie's disappearance . I was hooked on page 1 -a great read -highly recommend

An intriguing concept along the lines of the tv drama Humans, The Perfect Wife is set around the world of Artificial Intelligence. Within the story is also a strong theme of childhood autism, which the author has personal experience of, and it pulls at the heartstrings as well and being a good page-turning thriller.

I have read all of JP Delaney’s novels to date and enjoyed every single one. This perhaps tops the list for the subject matter and sheer originality of the story theme. Definitely recommended!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for this honest review.

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This was a very strange book in some ways, one of the main plot twists which is not really mentioned in the synopsis is given away in the first few pages, I was intrigued and haven’t read anything like it before.
I didnt hate this book but I didnt love it, I read it quickly as I wanted to know the ending which I didnt guess and probably should have.
So if you want something a little futuristic, this book may be for you. I cant say much more without mentioning spoilers I am afraid.

Rated 3/5

Thanks to Net Galley for an advanced copy of this book in return for an honest review

This was a fascinating psychological thriller with a sci-fi theme. It also touched on so many topics such as autism, marriage issues etc. The many twists in the plot were great and kept me guessing what was going to happen next. I also like the retelling from the different perspectives. Well worth a read.

Well, am not sure what to say about this, it certainly was interesting and nothing like I've ever read before. The storyline was fab as were the real characters.. I'm just not convinced about robots! I've a feeling this will be a 'marmite' book

The Perfect Wife.
by JP Delaney

2 stars

What started out as an interesting drama slowly fizzled, with two interesting twists right at the end.

Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. The man by her side explains that he's her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative startups. He tells Abbie she's a gifted artist, a doting mother to their young son, and the perfect wife.

The further you read, the harder read it becomes.

#ThePerfectWife #NetGalley

Abbie wakes in a hospital bed to discover everything she thinks she knows to be true is wrong. She’s an AI who’s been created by her tech genius husband using memories of the real Abbie, who died five years before. As she struggles to come to terms with her life, Abbie starts to question everything she’s been told. But when she has no rights, who can she trust? Suspense, twists and moral quandaries abound in this skilful thriller.

WOW. What an incredible book....very hard to define it - psychological thriller, domestic thriller, scifi...it could come under any of those genres.. Either way it made for compulsive reading. Exciting, different, clever, sensitive , entertaining, gripping - I could go on and on but to truly appreciate it you have to read it - and read it I did, in ONE sitting. I've always enjoyed JP Delaney's writing and his stories but with THE PERFECT WIFE he has surpassed himself and then some. It will stay with me a long time and has given me many things on which to ponder. Highly recommended. My brain is still fizzing! Thanks go to NetGalley for the ARC.

Abbie wakes in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there. The man by her side explains that he's her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative startups. He tells Abbie she's a gifted artist, a doting mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. Five years ago, she suffered a terrible accident. Her return from the abyss is a miracle of science, a breakthrough in artificial intelligence that has taken him half a decade to achieve. As Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins questioning her husband's motives - and his version of events.

So, this kind of book is not normally my thing, I do not read much about artificial intelligence, but seeing as this was written by Delaney, of course I wanted to read it. Oh my goodness am I glad I did. This is essentially a thriller, a really twisting, creepy thriller, but has a side note of artificial intelligence, quite a big side note mind you, but you will see what I mean by reading this.

I promise that you can absolutely suspend disbelief and just enjoy the thriller that Delaney has written. I adored getting to know Abbie and her family and following her as she fights for the truth is incredibly absorbing. Of course, if nothing else, Delaney has written an incredibly unique thriller which ensures for refreshing reading. As a side note to the above, I have recently read 'Machines Like Me' by Ian McEwan showing artificial intelligence is moving into mainstream books.

'The Perfect Wife' is full of tension throughout, I was on the edge of my seat trying to figure out the truth and Delaney just keeps throwing in the twists, some are more obvious than others and the ones that took me by surprise, really took my breath away. Autism is another essential theme to this book that runs throughout and I loved how Delaney uses this against artificial intelligence to draw on any similarities or differences, I will not be more specific as I do not want to ruin the read, but it is very clever and thought-provoking and I really enjoyed these two themes together.

Character wise, I really hooked onto Abbie, I was a bit surprised by this, but Delaney has really captured the difficulties she faces and the way she navigates her way through her new life. Tim is another strong character, and one just brimming with surprises, it was intriguing to follow him and try and figure out what is going on inside his head.

'The Perfect Wife' is a thriller with a difference and I urge you to give this a go if you are unsure. Delaney has written a refreshing thriller that will get you thinking as well as having you guessing the truth the whole way through this twisting, chilling thriller.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quercus Books for an advance copy.

This is an extraordinary book that is truly deserving of the psychological thriller description. It is thought-provoking and intelligent as well as being hugely entertaining.

Abbie wakes from a coma with no memory of how she came to be in a hospital bed. Her husband greets her and she quickly learns the shocking truth; that she is a cobot, designed to replace his much-loved wife who dies in a tragic accident. This means that she looks like his first wife, talks like his first wife and is expected to think like his first wife. Her husband is Tim, the hugely successful Silicon Valley techie who has created her and just wants his perfect wife back where she belongs. She returns with him to their house and autistic child Danny, and gradually she realises that the perfect life is simply a facade.
The fact that their son is autistic was far more than a plot device. His condition and Abbie's ability to communicate with him opened up ideas about emotions and cognitive abilities and whether AI can be humane. The book raises some really interesting ideas about what it means to be human and to have a soul. The idea that cobots could replace certain roles in society is not so farfetched that I didn't shiver at the ethical and moral implications of this.
The book has a slower pace than other psychological thrillers I have read recently. This really works to create a creeping sense that nothing and no-one is as it appears as Abbie begins to realise that her predecessor was as trapped as she is. The pace does pick up towards the close of the book where there are some fantastic reveals that I was not expecting.

It's an amazing read and my thanks go to the publishers and Net Galley for the advanced copy in return for an honest review.