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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
The Wife You Know by Chad Zunker
What would you do for love? Luke Driskell has some hard decisions to make as he travels state to state hoping to learn something that will lead him to Ashely and his stepdaughter. They have only been married a few months, but he knows he needs to find the people he has grown to love so dearly.
What I liked:
* Luke Driskell: tech guru, wealthy, widowed a year before meeting Ashley, orphaned when young, raised by his grandfather, tenacious, intelligent, deeply in love
* Ashley Driskell: loving single parent, artist, raised in foster care, has secrets, seems fearful at times, will do anything for her daughter, religious, caring, kind Luke
* Joy: three years old, happy, loves her mother and Luke, has never known her birth father
* Nick Cantley: ex-CIA agent, works as an independent operator and consultant, good friend, plays a big part in this story
* The plot, pacing, and writing
* The way the hints were found slowly and how they gave depth to Ashley’s backstory
* The ending – although I would have liked to have had an epilogue
What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Thinking about how expendable others can be to those with political, financial, or other power
Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more by this author? Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC – This is my honest review.
4-5 Stars
What would you do for love? Luke Driskell has some hard decisions to make as he travels state to state hoping to learn something that will lead him to Ashely and his stepdaughter. They have only been married a few months, but he knows he needs to find the people he has grown to love so dearly.
What I liked:
* Luke Driskell: tech guru, wealthy, widowed a year before meeting Ashley, orphaned when young, raised by his grandfather, tenacious, intelligent, deeply in love
* Ashley Driskell: loving single parent, artist, raised in foster care, has secrets, seems fearful at times, will do anything for her daughter, religious, caring, kind Luke
* Joy: three years old, happy, loves her mother and Luke, has never known her birth father
* Nick Cantley: ex-CIA agent, works as an independent operator and consultant, good friend, plays a big part in this story
* The plot, pacing, and writing
* The way the hints were found slowly and how they gave depth to Ashley’s backstory
* The ending – although I would have liked to have had an epilogue
What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Thinking about how expendable others can be to those with political, financial, or other power
Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more by this author? Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC – This is my honest review.
4-5 Stars
After saving multiple children from a burning daycare center, Ashley is a local hero and media sensation. But the next day, not only has she fled the hospital, but her husband Luke finds his stepdaughter missing from her bed as well.
Ashley never wanted attention, and is not on any social media, for good reason. But Luke promised to always be there for her and to protect her. And she’s not stopping until he finds his family.
The obvious assumption is she’s running from a past relationship. And while you’re not wrong, it goes so much deeper than that.
Ashley never wanted attention, and is not on any social media, for good reason. But Luke promised to always be there for her and to protect her. And she’s not stopping until he finds his family.
The obvious assumption is she’s running from a past relationship. And while you’re not wrong, it goes so much deeper than that.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
For 50% of the book literally nothing happens. The wife goes missing and then he runs around looking for her. His love for her saved the story. But yea. Again just a quick mindless thriller nothing special. I’ll forget this by the end of the year
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
A good read. Was not a flat story which I was afraid of at the beginning. A quick and memorable read.