This was a very good story. It’s got some parts that will drive you crazy and the beginning did drag on a bit. But it does pick up and then things get wild and the truth is finally revealed and it’s heartbreaking.

I had a hard time connecting with this book for the most part. The word 'Remember' is said so many times that I searched the book, and it's in there 288 times. It's a constant loop of 20 questions and is so repetitive that it was annoying. But by the time you get to the end and understand what is happening, it makes more sense, and I felt my heart hurt for all that this character has endured. 

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this eARC.

Loved the plot in this one but unfortunately it was just too predictable. I also found it hard to connect to the main character. Which affected my rating.

The Other Wife by Danielle Ramsay was a dark and twisty psychological thriller. It was slow at the beginning but once you got into it it ended up to be an excellent read. Sadly it did not grip me at first, but stay with it, it does get better. You start to watch and live through someone else’s nightmare, then it becomes a page turner!

The wife is always the last to know.............

What if everything you believed was a lie?

Your life...your marriage…your very existence.

What if the person lying to you is your husband, the man who claims to love you more than anything in the world?

WoW.....Bang......my finger could not turn the pages on my kindle quick enough.

Big Thank you to Netgalley and Boldwood Books for my ARC.

This book was both creepy and claustrophobic. 90% of the plot takes place in an old Scottish castle and you have no idea what year it’s supposed to be.

A woman wakes up in a locked white room with no memories, a housekeeper feeding her eyes and dressing her in white, and an elusive husband. She starts to believe that the husband and housekeeper got rid of the woman whose portraits hang throughout the house - and are planning to do the same to her shortly.

Being inside Mrs Langdon’s mind was the claustrophobic part. Because she knows nothing, you find yourself going over the same information over and over again and not really furthering the plot.

Once the twist was revealed, I was disappointed in some of the language used by the husband earlier in the book. I understand it was to keep the mystery but it didn’t warm me to his character.

Also, the child at the end came out of nowhere and was unnecessary for the plot in my opinion. Though nice to know there was some light in this otherwise very dark set of circumstances.

The Other Wife is a psychological thriller that's dark and twisty, this is a little disturbing in places but I absolutely loved this from beginning to end. It’s hard to reveal much about the plot without giving away spoilers but it’s a cleverly written narrative that keeps you guessing about the motives of the different characters and I found myself constantly speculating as I read.

The Other Wife is a psychological thriller that's dark and really twisty. Even the blurb had me. I couldn't wait to sit down and dive into this book.

What do you do when you can't remember who you are or where you are? Waking in a place she doesn't recognise and a woman telling her who she is every day, while writing information on a whiteboard for her to be reminded constantly. She starts to explore her surroundings and doesnt like what she overhears. Why is she here and how can she escape?

A great psychological thriller that is written in such a way that it really keeps you hanging on for the next chapter. The characters are fully rounded and make you want to know what will happen to them. With twists that are perfectly placed to add to the tension. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and sped through it way too fast for my liking!

Another success for Danielle Ramsay and Boldwood Books. I do love this publisher and The Other Wife is another psychological thriller to be proud of. I definitely recommend this if you love a psychological thriller on the darker side.

Thanks to Boldwood Books, Rachel's Random Resources and NetGalley for the gifted widget.

The title and the blurb are very misleading, so understand that going in. It's not to say you won't enjoy it, but it will not be what you are expecting. I figured out what was going on pretty early, because I read a lot and what else could it have been. That probably lessened my enjoyment and made things drag for me. It was exhausting living inside our main character's brain as she tended to go over the same thing ad nauseum. The setting of the story was very claustropobic, which added to the overall mystery. I think the treatment of the main character and being able to figure out the plot twists early on sort of ruined things for me. If you are one of those readers who can just plod along and spend your time enjoying the read rather than trying to figure stuff out, then I think you will enjoy this one more than I did.

This book was a really good read! Danielle Ramsay is a very good storyteller. Of course this story is built around the fact that the wife is the last to know. We all know that this is very true. But what if everything you think you knew is a lie? You will not want to put this book down once you start!

This starts off as a slow burn . It takes a whike to see where tge story is gping . Ypu eake up in a locked room with a housekeeper you dont recognise in a castle in the wikderness of scotland. The man who says hes your husband means nothing to you and you font kniw anything. Occasionally snippets of the past pull at your thoughts.
As a reader i was compelled to read on as tge pace quicken. I did gueese tge twist cirrectky but found it a worthwhile read. The oace was a tad off and tge final reveal seemed to be a quick ending. I enjoyed this but the first sct sermed too long and although some of it was designed to reflect gge characters reality i found it quite repetitive and in places unrealistic.
This waz a cracking 4 star read that did end up hooking me in and compelled me to find put who are you teally. Thank you netgallery and publisher and author.

Danielle Ramsay’s The Other Wife is the story of Mrs. Langdon married to Laird James Buchanan Langdon. Mrs. Langdon is being kept in a Scottish castle, medicated and away from others. What is real and what isn’t is so hard to distinguish in this book. Who is Mrs. Langdon? What has she been through? What role did her husband play? I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary copy of this intriguing book about the past, secrets, family, and mystery.

Dunstrafne Castle - Scotland

Laird James Buchanan Langdon was once married to a woman named Isabelle who disappeared without a trace. Now, he is married to another woman and he plans to make her disappear as well.

She wakes feeling groggy and cannot remember where she is. A woman named Mrs. Taylor, the housekeeper, watches over her and calls her Mrs. Langdon. Mrs. Taylor tells her that she suffers from migraines and is taking a cocktail of drugs for her pain. She does not want to take the medicine because she wants to know what is going on but Mrs. Taylor always insists. She finds the she is covered in bruises and the food she is forced to eat is disgusting. Each time she wakes, Mrs. Taylor is there ready to repeat the food and drugs. When she asks the housekeeper questions, she points to a whiteboard that answers questions she has posed before.

Oh, dear. This book was so disturbing. Seeing the perceived mistreatment of this woman was irritating as it was repeated over and over. It made me angry and I kept asking myself why I was pushing myself to finish it. I think it’s because I gave a book of this author just one star before. I felt that if I did a DNF, that would be unfair so I pushed through to the end. As it is, again I say disturbing is the only word I can say about this. No. Not for me.

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Image waking up in an all white room you don’t recognize and thinking you could be getting drugged. I enjoyed the book. There were a few long chapters but most were a decent length. There were times I found the story to be slow and repetitive but I did not guess the ending.

Danielle Ramsay is an author who I have adored since the debut and this hasn’t disappointed. I absolutely loved this book from beginning to end.

This is every bit as gripping and addictive as I’ve come to love from this author. This is a little disturbing in places but I absolutely loved this from beginning to end.

Imagine waking up with no memories each day. The thought alone is terrifying. I was pulled in and completely addicted. This was unpredictable and unputdownable.

I love how the author is able to pull you into this gem and make you feel as though you are watching the events play out. I love a Ramsay read because I know I’m in for a gripping ride.

This is well paced and high quality read. This is a great read and one that I absolutely recommend. Ramsay is a brilliant author and one who should be on everyone’s TBR.

This book is a brilliant read and very unpredictable.

A woman wakes, confused and disorientated. She doesn't now her name or recognise her surroundings. She is cared for by a housekeeper but has no mempory of her husband or home or even the last few years of her life. She believes she is being kept prisoner and finds evidence that her husband's first wife may have been murdered...
The Other Wife is an intense and uncomfortable psychological thriller.
The opening chapter had me intrigued but was difficult to comprehend. The timeline then goes back 5 days to show the events immediately before the crisis. Again, there was a lot of confusion due to the narrator's own mental state.
Initially I didn't like this book. The woman's overwhelming fear and confusion was quite unpleasant. The big twist was easy to guess but I couldn't put the book down and liked it much more once I'd finished it and could see the concept as a whole.
The writing style is vivid and I was utterly absorbed in the lives of the characters. It is written in the first person from a perspective that is very unreliable. There are strong echoes of 'mad wife' tropes from Rebecca and Jane Eyre but the book is very modern.
The Other Wife is vividly written but often uncomfortable, powerfully emotional but almost overwhelmingly so.

This is billed as a psychological suspense rather than a thriller and it’s an apt description. Told through the thoughts of the main character, Mrs Langdon, this is a claustrophobic account of her experiences as she struggles to unravel what is happening to her.

It’s hard to reveal much about the plot without giving away spoilers but it’s a cleverly written narrative that keeps you guessing about the motives of the different characters and I found myself constantly speculating as I read.

An intriguing read despite the difficult subject matter.

With thanks to the author, Rachel at Random Resources and Boldwood Books for the opportunity to participate in the tour.

Great book! I was hooked from the start.
I wasn't sure who to believe and that goes to show how good the writing was. Absolutely brilliant.

The other wife was my first book by the author Danielle Ramsay and I really enjoyed the book. Full of twists and turns. Highly recommend!

I found this book a little bit slow and challenging to get into especially in the beginning. The storyline didn't fully capture my interest unfortunately.

New fear unlocked! 

A woman wakes up in a stark white bedroom - everything is white down to the very clothes she wears, she has no idea who or where she is. A whiteboard in the corner of the room is the only thing that gives her any information. Another woman spoon feeds her soggy eggs and piles her with medication. Who is she why does she need all these pills? Who is the woman who is making her eat?

Being locked in her own mind she has no recollection that she is Mrs Langdon and the woman feeding her is Mrs Taylor the housekeeper. Every morning it is the same routine, frustratingly so for Mrs Langdon, and she fears she is being held in her room against her will, and she tries to escape on several occasions only to end up walking back up in her room the next day.


This was a brilliant read, I had an inkling what was truly happening to her, but still reading it all unfold you could really feel the panic and tension radiating from the pages.


4 stars