The Vow, is a very powerful, well written, well thought out process for a suspenseful book. It was not what I expected, at all, and it definitely did not disappoint! This book had many twists and corners, and once you thought you had it figured out, a whole new twist of secrets and lies are discovered! The author did a fantastic job, it was very thought provoking. I look forward to reading more books from this author!
Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher. I received this book as an ebook ARC, and any opinions are of my own and are honest.

Thank you for the arc of this book. As soon as I read the synopsis, I knew that this would be a book that I loved.....and I did.
This was one of those books that I found that I couldn’t put down and would read for hours.
The story is told from different viewpoints of 3 characters - Amy, Fiona and Jess (Amy’s daughter) and also a character from the past which occasionally pops up in the story.

Amy is due to get married in 2 weeks to Matt her fiancé, life seems pretty good for Amy, until she is mysteriously stopped in the street and told she is in danger, that very same evening Matt doesn’t come home and Amy after deliberating for a night calls in the police, she is very worried.
As it happens another woman Fiona has also called in a missing man, matching Matt’s description, who Fiona says was about to leave his fiancé that night but has left her home and vanished!

Something is amiss, Fiona refuses to believe that Matt could have another woman but evidence (photos) show what Matt really has done, he has been leading a double life. You really do at this point in the story feel sorry for Amy.
As the story continues, something isn’t right, it seems Amy is being framed and it appears that Amy and Fiona may actually have been friends in a previous life. Jess, Amy’s daughter refuses to believe her mother’s guilt and having seen first hand how Matt is with her mother, she is on a mission to prove her innocence.

Fantastic read - great thriller that keeps you guessing until the very end!

Matt and Amy are soon to be wed, the date is set, all the arrangements made, and then, poof! the groom disappears!

Amy is frantic, the wedding is coming up and her fiance is nowhere to be found. On a street she's warned by a stranger that she's in danger and that Matt is not who he says he is. As the story continues, the police begin to investigate and it seems as if Matt has led a secret life unbeknownst to Amy. The story is told from three opinions, Amy, Fiona and (Amy's college aged daughter).

The opera did a fantastic job with character development and a wonderful plot. There was no true Black or White in this book, all the major players had both good and bad sides to them. I highly recommend this book for lovers of psychological thrillers. I stayed up late reading it just because I couldn't put it down.

I would like to thank Debbie Howells, Avon Books UK and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book and exchange for a fair and honest review.

I got to 75% of this book and have finally called it quits. It is very dry, slow paced and unbelievably dull. None of the characters are likeable and Amy has bored me to tears. I don't know if she had anything to do with her older sister's death or not as I won't be finishing this book, but that one secret is what kept me reading for so long. Her issue with Matt was not the reason I persisted in reading this travesty. This is a DNF and I will not give it another try. The author's writing style is too bland for my taste. This was not one of those intriguing psychological thrillers that plays with the reader's mind... No, it was far from it.

A sincere thank you to the publisher, author and Netgalley for providing me with an ebook copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This is not my usual genre, I’m more into romance stories and girlie books therefore am extremely pleased and grateful to them for opening up my mind to something totally different.

I enjoyed this very much. 4 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This was a perfectly OK read, but I never really found myself immersed in it. I thought the plot was rather predictable and the characters dull and unlikeable, particularly Amy, who was a bit pathetic and self-obsessed.

That said, I did read it to the end as I wanted to know the ins and outs of what happened.

It was an average, run-of-the-mill psychological thriller - not bad, but not in any way memorable.

Enjoyed reading this book, kept me on the edge of my seat wondering if the main character was going to go down for the disappearance. Can’t wait to read more from this author

On the whole I really enjoyed The Vow. It grabbed my attention right from the very start and I was really intrigued with where it was going to go and if Matt really was the person he'd led Amy to believe. I found Debbie's writing style really comfortable and it was easy to just keep going and going with this. Unfortunately I did find there was just something missing towards the end. I found it quite easy to guess how it was going to end and it was just a little too predictable.

Two weeks before the wedding Amy’s fiancée disappears and from that moment her life will never be the same as a mountain of past and present secrets start to unravel and be revealed for all to see.

From the start of this story I was hooked, I instantly clicked with the characters and feeling the same emotions they were experiencing. The plot line is one of simplicity but elegance as you begin to read through the eyes of other characters other than Amy to get a full picture of the events happening. The sections of what happened in the past being left slightly vague allowing the reader to make their own conclusions whether right or wrong added to the sense of mystery and urgency to get answers.

I must admit within the last sections of the book my guesses of who, why and where were found to be correct and even though I managed to guess these I was not left disappointed as to how the book was overall executed and tied together.

I would recommend this book 100%. I can see this being a good pick for a book club or just for anyone who wants to dive into a mystery to keep you on your toes.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Avon books for the chance to read this ARC.

A thriller with lots of twists and turns, changing narrator and perspective, and little mysteries throughout! I did find the story predictable, but had enough doubt in my mind as to whether my predictions were correct that it kept me reading!

This was a pretty good read for me , I was hooked right from the start and even though I did work out what was happening it didn’t affect my enjoyment .Amy is engaged and her wedding to Matt is growing ever closer , she starts to panic when he fails to return from work one night , growing increasingly worried she calls the police who have some interesting news for her , another woman has also reported Matt missing , Fiona knows about Jess but is adamant that Matt was leaving her and never intending to go through with the wedding . A good fast paced read with some interesting characters and I liked the references included about herbs and flowers . Will definitely look out for more by Debbie Howells

The Vow by Debbie Howells was a nice, twisty read that I didn’t know I needed. Thanks to @netgalley and @avonbooks for an advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review. Amy is two weeks away from her wedding when her fiancé, Matthew, goes missing. She reports his disappearance to the police only to find out a woman named Fiona had also reported him missing and claimed that Matthew was supposed to be leaving Amy to be with her instead.

I loved this book because it was suspenseful from the start to the end. It’s told from Amy and Fiona’s alternating POVs. There is also an underlying backstory from years ago and we as readers could not be sure how it ties to the present until the end. I had my guesses, but the ending was surprising nonetheless. I thought the story was crafted creatively and the author knew how to build suspense. I also found the different POVs interesting and it was difficult to decide who was more reliable.

I quite enjoyed this but it is not as fast paced as I would normally read. The characters were believable and the story good - but it seemed to take a long time to get anywhere.

What a wild rollercoaster ride! Twisty-turny thriller, beautifully plotted, didn’t want it to end.
A few red herrings along the way, but the story comes to a very satisfying conclusion.
Highly recommended.

From the start this book had me gripped till the ending. You just want to carry on reading when you start! Look forward to more from this author.

A brilliant and engrossing read. I had to slow myself down as I was wooshing through it too fast.

Trying to second guess what will happen next, always getting it wrong.

Unreliable narrator? Maybe, there are many different points of view.

Well worth a read. I enjoyed it immensely.

A reasonable psychological thriller but I did feel that the story was a bit far fetched which was a shame.

This was a great thriller, felt very fresh and I liked the character voices, especially the daughter. Amy was a little too naive for my liking. I kind of anticipated the ending, but enjoyed the ride.

Thanks to NetGalley and Avon books for providing a review copy, all views are my own.

This fast-paced read tells the story of manipulation, revenge, and sorrow…

The suspense kept me turning the pages and along the way, I lost trust in all characters as their unreliability became quite palpable.

The last revelation was a bit of a let-down but the way everything came together, at the end, was rather satisfying.

All in all, I enjoyed the writing style, the characters, and the storyline and will definitely recommend!

I would like to thank the Publishers, NetGalley, and the Author for sending me an ARC of this book.

An easy read and quite exciting although I don't honestly think that there was much doubt as to the outcome. Good characterisation for the most part although I did feel that Amy was a tad wet and very naive. The time taken for the police to unravel the mystery of the relationships between the various characters did seem rather unlikely, as did their reliance on Jess for Facebook detective work!

Nonetheless I found the story engrossing and very readable.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Publishers Avon UK for this ARC.