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Happy Wife

Meredith Lavender, Meredith Lavender, Kendall Shores

3.55 AVERAGE

rachael_alees's review against another edition

3.25

mysterious tense

girliebooknerd4eva's review against another edition

4.0

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jovlne's review against another edition

3.0

emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jules1104's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I wasn’t sure I would finish this, but I hung in there. I did want to get to the end and see if I correctly figured it out. A pretty quick listen. (I upped the speed to get through it.) It was a bit slow paced for my liking and predictable.

mainereads's review against another edition

2.5

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

ebosco's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

booklistqueen's review against another edition

3.0

Determined to win over the social elite in Winter Park, Florida, Nora Davies throws a birthday bash for her husband. Nora was a swim instructor at the local country club when she met the newly divorced Will Somerset, a hotshot lawyer twenty years her senior. When Will disappears after the birthday party, Nora must prove her innocence and figure out what happened to Will.

If you want a quick beach read about the scandals of the rich, Happy Wife will be an enjoyable read as long as you don't expect much depth. Lavender and Shores aren't subtle about laying on the social commentary about wealth and class. Though the story has plenty of twists, none of the characters are particularly gripping with many characters poorly developed and extremely cliché. With a fast pace and decent premise, Happy Wife is a read it and forget it summer thriller.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Random House Publishing Group through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.