I loved reading The Other Couple! The book kept me at the edge of my seat the entire time. I enjoyed how it was told from different characters, each fully developed. The ending was surprising, but a bit rushed. Overall, I really liked it & can’t wait to read more from Cathryn Grant!

This was a twisty psychological thriller focused on 2 couples who meet at Lake Tahoe. Skye and Joe meet Maggie and Brad and hit it off immediately- Maggie and Brad invite the other couple to stay with them after the accommodations fall through and you begin to learn secrets and ulterior motives about all 4. The narration shifts between all 4 characters and they are all unreliable narrators, which made for an engaging read as you race to find out what is really going on,

I enjoyed the suspense between these 4 characters, and the secrets and intentions that were exposed throughout the book. I did think there were some details missing around some aspects of the story, though; and there were some cases where a character acted in a way that didn't seem like a normal thing to do, but we didn't have enough background on the characters to truly understand it. Brad was the character I understood the least, and wish I could have gotten more info around what made him tick as the story continued.

Overall, this was an enjoyable read where you are constantly guessing what each character is trying to hide or expose, and the ending caught me by surprise. I'd recommend this book for those who read domestic suspense and psychological thrillers. Thanks to Netgalley for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This story was INTENSE. I was on the edge of my seat as I was reading, and that feeling didn't stop until the final page! This thriller has not one, not two, but FOUR unreliable narrators; truly, until the end of the story you do not know who is in the right or in the wrong, or even what each character's motivation is. An absolute thrill ride, with what is best described as a "nerve-shredding climax" in the book blurb. Absolutely recommend!

I thoroughly enjoyed the other couple however I hated it ended so abruptly and open-ended. It is a story about a married couple (Maggie and Brad) who is going through a difficult time and another couple (Skye and Joe) who finesses their way into staying with them in their vacation home in Lake Tahoe. I wanted the author to flesh out the marriage of Maggie and Brad.
Thank you #NetGalley for allowing me to obtain a copy to read #TheOther Couple by #CathrynGrant for free.

This was an enjoyable read. It became a little predictable, and I figured out what the plot twist was going to be but I still enjoyed reading the book. It was a quick read, and the author did a good job developing the characters' personalities. I would definitely read more by this author. I received a free copy of this book from netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

Maggie and Brad have gone to Lake Tahoe for a vacation and some much-needed couple time. They meet Joe and Skye and invite them over for dinner. When Skye and Joe’s rental turns out to be a scam before you can say, that’s too bad, they have an invitation to stay with Brad and Maggie.
This chance meeting was anything but fate bringing new friends together. Joe and Skye chose them, and not because they thought they looked like a fun couple. Their game is blackmail, and the unfortunate Maggie has something to hide. There is little doubt that this idyllic vacation will not end well.
I can usually go with the flow when I read fiction. After all, if you didn’t have characters with closets full of skeletons, lots of coincidences, and villains who are always one step ahead, you wouldn’t get hard to put down mysteries and thrillers. Somehow though, I never could get past Maggie and Brad inviting these strangers to stay in their house. I mean, who does that? Maybe I am just a cynical New Yorker, but it kept niggling at the back of my brain and stopped me from becoming fully engaged in the story. That is just me though. There are quite a few good twists and turns, and when I thought everything was wrapped up, there was one more surprise. I liked it enough to want to read another book by this author.

This book draws you in and doesn't let go. Great read. Loved the ending did not see that coming at all. The characters were all fantastic as was the setting of the story.

Thanks to the Author, the publisher and NetGalley for an early release of this book

Great mystery and psychological thriller that involves a couple who meets another couple on vacation. I love reading about vacations right now especially since we can’t take any. The characters were realistic and it kept me going into last page.

Thank you to Net Galley and Cathryn Grant for the advanced copy in return for my honest review. The Other Couple is available December 6, 2020 - be sure to go get yourself a copy!

Maggie and Brad are on vacation at Lake Tahoe, where they meet another vacationing couple - Skye and Joe. The four quickly become friends and even end up housing together. But Skye and Joe are not who they claim to be and Maggie has a secret. The couple uses this information against Maggie and tries to blackmail her - but something goes very wrong.

I loved that this book was told from all four points of view. I feel like I got to know each and every character quite well. The multiple twists through the book had me unable to put it down! Especially towards the very end - I thought I knew the characters well but was shocked at the close of the book!

Oooooh so many twists in this story! It’s dark and delicious with enough action throughout. The twists had me reeling. Lots of unexpected events that as a reader I loved! The characters are unlike able but it adds another fantastic element to the story!
One of the best books I’ve read this month and I’ll be keeping an eye out for more from Cathryn Grant!

The only downside is the cover. I don’t think it draws the reader in? It’s not a book I would choose to read after only seeing the cover! (Don’t let it put you off though, this is a fabulous book!)

5/5

The Other Couple is set at Lake Tahoe, an idyllic location where you can relax and get away from it all with beautiful scenery and lovely clear water for sailing, no wonder Brad and Maggie keep returning year after year. We begin my meeting Skye and Joe, a couple who have devoted their lives to conning others and taking advantage where they can. Brad, a relationship counsellor, and Maggie, an interior designer, have been having some difficulties within their marriage. It feels like they are drifting a little and need to reconnect with each other. Their annual vacation to Lake Tahoe should give them the opportunity to do this away from the realities of day to day life. On their first night they meet Skye and Joe. One thing leads to another and they end up inviting them for dinner and suddenly to share their accommodation for the week. They seem like nice people and have the added advantage of providing a little bit of interference so Brad and Maggie can avoid their problems for a little longer. But things take an unexpected turn and suddenly a week in the sun has turned into something tragic and terrifying!

I think this is the first of Cathryn Grant’s books that I have read and I have really enjoyed it. I definitely enjoyed the setting, it has been so rainy and stormy in the North East lately that the idea of a sunny holiday is welcome, although I much prefer to have been reading about this particular one rather than living it!!! I mention time and time again how fond I am of multiple narrators so again The Other Couple ticked this box for me. I found the storyline kept me guessing, each time I thought I had it sussed something slightly different happened. It is very easy to get caught up and hard to find a space to set the book down because each chapter leaves you wanting more. I wasn’t overly keen on Maggie or Brad – they are not my sort of people really but I think they worked well together and definitely were the right characters to fall into the trap set by Skye and Joe. There are a few little bits here and there that I thought perhaps used a bit of artistic licence but to be fair I think this is totally acceptable – if I wanted 100% reality I would watch a documentary and not read a book!

I think The Other Couple will appeal to readers who want a bit of a thriller with some twists and turns but also a human interest side as well. I will be recommending this to friends and family when they are looking for their next read. Perhaps one to include in your Christmas wish list or for a secret Santa gift?

Thank you to Cathryn, Inkubator and Damppebbles for including me on this tour!

The Other Couple is out today (6th of December) and you can get your copy from https://amzn.to/3gcC5htT

A couple goes on vacation and by 'chance' befriends another couple.....they become immediate friends, and from there, everything goes downhill. You see, one couple is just out to con the other couple...make an easy buck and move on. The events that follow are anything but what either couple expected, and things quickly spiral out of control.

Based on previous novels from this author, I expected more. I foreshadowed some of the events happening...some were a bit unexpected, but there weren't any wild twists that left me with my jaw dropping.

It was well written, well paced, an easy read to escape with. I'd recommend it if you enjoy a pretty standard psychological thriller.

Thank you to #NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

So I don't really know what I thought about his book. I loved the premise of it and it kept me entertained but I just felt meh when I finished it. Too many unanswered questions and I just felt like I needed something more at the end. I never really loved any of the characters so I think that didn't help either. Great story idea just fell short to me.

The Other Couple is a psychological thriller following married couple Maggie and Brad Fromm who take their annual vacation in Lake Tahoe, nestled between the stunning Sierra Nevada Mountains, connecting the states of Nevada and California, travelling from their home in Silicon Valley, CA, to spend some quality time together. Skye Smith and Joe Marchant are con artists who present as a couple who have been together over a decade and are visiting the beauty spot looking for their next mark. They soon set their sights on the successful and attractive Fromm’s. The couples seemingly meet by chance, and the Fromm’s have no idea that they have been carefully chosen to be victims of a blackmail scheme, and hit it off so well that Maggie and Brad invite the couple back to their stunning lakeside rental for dinner. Skye and Joe arrive at the cabin in a charcoal grey Mercedes van with Florida licence plates. The Fromm’s give them a tour of the spacious, luxurious house complete with beautiful views.

Unfortunately, they know Maggie’s dark secret and plan on blackmailing her to keep quiet about it. But soon everything explodes into a mess of deaths, infidelity, secrets and that's just for starters... This is a compulsive, addictive and thoroughly original story in which Grant keeps you firmly on your toes. The engaging mix of engrossing plot, detestable characters and sinister undertones made this is a superb read and there are times when the tension was palpable. It felt like an exciting and fresh domestic-based thriller and stood out from many other similar books. The story is full of intrigue as you wonder what exactly Maggie is hiding from Brad and how devastating it would be if it was revealed. The plot is superbly planned and multilayered with so much action and enough intense drama and an all-encompassing, complex page-turner complete with a tricksy blackmail scheme and plenty of surprises. I'm looking forward to Grant’s next book. Highly recommended.

Thank you Netgalley and Inkubator for allowing me to read this ARC. First of all a little quibble. I live in the "Silicon Valley and have never used that to =talk about where I live. I have never heard anyone else do that either!
I liked the story. A conman and his girlfriend find the perfect marks, or has he? The things that happened surprised me, as did the end. I didn't like any of the characters, so it was not easy to keep reading. I need at least one person to root for. I found the writing kind of difficult also. I don't know how to explain it, but all four have POV chapters and most of them were filled with what I would call inner dialogue. I prefer conversation over someone telling me what someone said.
I will still look for this author's books because I really liked the story!

The Other Couple is a fantastic psychological thriller.

It tells the story of Maggie and Brad who are on their annual holiday and meet another couple, Skye and Joe, and become instant friends. If only it was that innocent. Skye and Joe are con artists who have carefully selected Maggie and Brad to blackmail but that's when the twists start. As I was reading it I thought I knew where the story was heading but every time I thought I had it sussed there was another twist that sent me off in a totally different direction.
I absolutely loved this book and would definitely recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley and Inkubator Books for my ARC.

The plot was too predictable and the characters not very likeable. The whole concept of making the kind of friends you invite to share your holiday h9me in less than a day was an anathma to me as holidays so predacious that the book got off to a bad start and never redeemed itself.

I read the synopsis for ‘The Other Couple’ and it certainly sounded like the sort of dark and twisty psychological thriller that I particularly enjoy. I had high hopes for this book and I wasn’t to be disappointed. Overall I did really enjoy reading ‘The Other Couple’ but more about that in a bit.
It took me next to no time to get into this book. In fact by the time I got to the end of the first book I knew that I was going to be in for a treat and that I would find it nigh on impossible to put the book down for any length of time. I can’t say that I especially liked any of the characters- in fact I disliked them all intensely- but that didn’t stop me from developing a need to know what happened to them. I thought that I had worked out what was going to happen to each character and although I wasn’t too far from the truth in some respects, in other respects I had the wrong end of the stick entirely. The pages turned increasingly quickly as I worked my way through the story. My desperation to find out how the story concluded grew and grew as I charged to the end of the story.
‘The Other Couple’ is well written. The author certainly knows how to grab your attention from the start and draw you into the story. Cathryn has one of those writing styles that is easy to get used to and easy to get along with. The chapters are voiced by the four main characters and tells the story from their perspective. The chapters interlink well and the story flows seamlessly. I found that I was so wrapped up in the story that I began to interact with the book as if the different characters could hear me. Yes, before anybody says anything I know this is fictional but I find if I enjoy a book as much as I enjoyed this one, I ‘live’ the story as if it were real. I did feel as though I was part of the story and that’s thanks to Cathryn’s very vivid and realistic storytelling. I found ‘The Other Couple’ to be a gripping read that kept my attention throughout.
In short, I really enjoyed reading ‘The Other Couple’ and I would recommend it to other readers. I will certainly be reading more of Cathryn’s work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 4* out of 5*.

Two couples meet in a restaurant at Lake Tahoe and instantly become friendly with each other. One couple do not know that they have fallen in a dangerous spider net and that their lives will change forever.

Brilliant thriller that you can't put down! Masterful manipulations with characters and readers.

Skye and Joe are sitting in an expensive Lake Tahoe restaurant, enjoying the view and their drinks and discreetly observing the other diners. They're looking for a husband and wife who will fall for their con. Maggie and Brad fit the bill perfectly and before the evening is over they've invited Skye and Joe to share their lakeside rental house. I was quickly hooked by the plot and enjoyed the way that chapters alternate between the four main characters, but it got very repetitive very quickly and the plot began to drag. Brad wants time alone with his wife to work on their marriage. Maggie is glad to have their new friends as a buffer. Skye and Joe are just in it for the free vacation and whatever they can steal....and then things go wrong. I appreciated that each character had a distinct voice but the plot started to lose its grip on me about halfway through and there was a twist I just couldn't make myself accept.