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The Scandal

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The Scandal is a hell of a crazy book!

I thought I had the plot figured out quite a few times but this story twists and turns at a rapid pace and I loved it!

5/5

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I had a hard time giving a rating to this book. The first 80% of it was a complete 5 star book for me, but I was pretty disappointed with the last portion. First of all, this story is INCREDIBLE! I loved the friend group, the different perspectives, the setting, the writing style, it all worked so well. At first I was horrified that I figured out the "twist" right away but that was the beauty of it. Marsh introduces the hidden secret but hides whose husband is responsible throughout the book. BRILLIANT. It was so fun going back and forth and I was convinced multiple times that I had it figured out when I never actually did.

I was sucked into this world immediately and felt I was part of the friend group. I loved how real they all were and their flaws were highlighted despite their picture perfect lives. I think the character of Elly fell apart at the end but Marisa will forever be one of my favorite characters. She was saw raw and real, I just loved her.

The ending however, it almost felt like it was written by someone else? The writing became rushed and everything was just sort of revealed in a spit out at the reader kind of way. The perpetrators went from scummy to straight up evil and I wasn't buying it. I feel like the magic was lost and there was so much repetition. Between "the lover', the date rape drug, and the three girls backgrounds stories I feel like someone had to reach a word count quota and kept repeating the same thing.

Despite the ending, I truly did enjoy this book. It will stick with me for a while afterwards and I don't think I've ever read a thriller quite like this one before. Would definitely recommend!

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This was a really good read for me and a perfect beach read !!! Marissa , Claire and Elly are best friends . each one is hiding something from the others . When a young pregnant girl Jodie turns up on their doorstep with her own secrets and agenda they take her under their wing and try and help her , setting off a dramatic chain of events that will end in bloodshed and murder . An entertaining read and I liked all the women

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I wasn’t sure from the blurb how believable this was going to be. However it is incredibly well crafted,- twisty and thrilling, I read it in less than 24 hours.

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The Scandal was a highly enjoyable and thrilling novel. I raced through this book, unable to put it down. Highly recommend, you won’t be disappointed.

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Probably not my time for this story, altough writing is very good. I will reach for this book soon again, but it was not the right timing and I kinda haved a clue, what is going to happen, because I read a lot of mystery and psychological books. But I'm giving it a 3 stars, because its a great read for someone who changes genres often, I just stick with the thrillers and it starts to bother me.

Thank you so much NetGalley for this ARC.

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Marissa has a serious case of empty nest syndrome, with her twin daughters out on their own, she finds little in life that interests her. It seems like fate when Jodi, a young pregnant woman shows up on Marissa’a doorstep and the lonely mother invites her in, eager to have someone to take care of. But Jodi wants more than a substitute mother and soon her presence will open up a hornets nest of nasty secrets that Marissa and her daughters have been keeping from each other. Twisted and treacherous.

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