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304 reviews for:

First Wife's Shadow

Adele Parks

3.74 AVERAGE


A twisty domestic thriller. The twist wasn’t mind blowing but was still a decent read. 

challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Great book with some great twists and turns. Only one I saw coming!

I have conflicting feelings about this book. There were things I liked and things I hated. 

I hated Emma's POV, so the first half of the book was hard to get through. 

Things got better by the halfway point and I found the book hard to put down. The writing style is a bit convulted and there were too many unnecessary passages.

I also disliked the ending. I don't understand why these thriller authors feel the need to wrap up everything in a nice and happy (and unrealistic) little ending. 
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

The book begins with a fun “will they, won’t they” series of chapters. (They do otherwise there’s no book lol)

I liked Emma’s chapters, her life, and her friends. They felt so real and that’s something I really love about Miss Park’s writing.

I did not care for Becky’s chapters. She was just tiresome and monologuing. I can’t stand monologuing.
However, when the twists started unraveling though, it got wild and crazy. Loved it!

What I found to be the main shock factor, is this type of thing could happen to anyone and that definitely brought extra chills.

#netgalley #arc

My first Adele Parks book and it won’t be my last.

This came highly recommended by a few people and I’m so pleased I chose this one.

Fantastic characters - some you love, some you hate and some you will come to change your opinion of!!

I loved that there was a big reveal about 60% into the book but that there were still some lovely shocks and surprises to come in the remaining 40%.

For someone who reads a lot of thrillers I had my suspicions and theories 👀 and I loved that there were moments that kept me guessing! 

There are some multi POV’s in the latter half of the book and this gave a greater insight and understanding to things.

Don’t hesitate to pick up this book for a tense and thrilling read!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated