Simply wonderful!

I don’t think I’ve had as much fun reading thrillers/mysteries as I have had reading The Woman From Bookclub. The plot twist was one I actually did not see coming! I find that with books of this genre, the plot twists are often stale and fall short of “shocking” due to predictability. But Carrie Hughes excelled with this!

It was so good to see characters who had it coming get what they had coming to them. I’m curious to see where this story goes next, and if this book gets a sequel I will 100% be purchasing it.

From the get go, Lydia is presented as she is. Conniving, greedy, sly, unhinged and desperate to make her dream come true; take someone else’s wealthy husband and insert her life into theirs.

But Emma is a bag of secrets. She’s presented as meek, as quiet, plain and lacking confidence. She displays strong character development towards the end of the book - but boy-oh-boy did she fool me, along with the rest of the girls at book club. I was shocked at the boldness of everyone!

Things are not as they seem, indeed.

As I delved into this story, my emotions were running high. I couldn’t believe the audacity of Lydia and the way she directed herself at another woman’s husband. I was angry and shocked! But as you read, you discover more about Emma, the wife of said husband. You see this story from both perspectives and they really draw you in with conflicting sides and insights.

I found it fascinating to read and suspenseful…waiting for the trouble to truly begin and for it all to fall apart in some fantastic karma! It did this and so much more- both women are tough, smart and have something to prove.

It is quite hard to write a review and not give away any spoilers, especially when there are plot twists and surprises throughout the story. What I can say is that this is a thrilling story and you may take sides- will you be team Emma or team Lydia?

It’s entirely fantastic!