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3.58 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I couldn’t put this down. There’s a twist I didn’t see coming and I ended up re-reading the whole book to make sure I didn’t miss anything.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
As it appears on my FB page Moni's Reading Journey
The Wife Stalker
by Liv Constantin
In the beautiful town of Westport, Connecticut, we find Piper, who just relocated here from the West Coast, trying to escape her troubled past while reinventing herself. She is opening a wellness center that would focus on both body and mind, on improving all aspects of someone's life through yoga, mindfulness and physical exercises, affirmation, inner and emotional therapy. In this town, we also have the very successful (and married) lawyer, Leo, who is recently coming out of his severe depression, while Joanna, always at his side, is there all along, helping him get his life back on track, so they can have the peaceful house they once had prior to him sliding off into those dark places. Joanna doesn’t want to regret putting her career on hold to take care of Leo and the beautiful kids, Evie and Stelli, and she wants to make sure this perfect family picture would stay like that now that Leo is back to being his charming self again. So, she suggests Leo would try this new wellness center, convinced it could only help with his recovery. However, she can sense that her life starts to be shattered by the new interest Leo develops in the very sexy and successful Piper, the owner of this retreat center. Next thing you know, Joanna is out there fending for herself, sent to live with her crazy mother, while Leo falls head over heels for Piper, moving her into his house and family, as soon as Joanna has been removed. From here on, we have a whole snowball of events, one more shocking than the other, uncovering more and more layers of complicated events from each of these characters’ past lives.
Told from the dual point of view of both, Piper and Joanna, we are faced with a two-fold reality, not knowing who is the hunter, who’s the prey, as both approaches are rather unreliable and vary according to the narrator: is Joanna the victim wronged by the man she loved all her life, or is it Piper, who, so slyly, sneaks inside the family, trying to grasp the love and admiration of not only Leo, but the children as well?
Set in the lovely town of Westport, Connecticut (which was honestly the main feature enticing me to read this book), the story unfolds at a high speed, with characters and story well developed, with an intense dynamic not only between the old and the new couple, but also the relationship between parents and children, stepparents and caregivers. The beautiful writing, the smooth, yet energetic plot combined with the totally unexpected twist will make this book the perfect summer thriller!
The Wife Stalker
by Liv Constantin
In the beautiful town of Westport, Connecticut, we find Piper, who just relocated here from the West Coast, trying to escape her troubled past while reinventing herself. She is opening a wellness center that would focus on both body and mind, on improving all aspects of someone's life through yoga, mindfulness and physical exercises, affirmation, inner and emotional therapy. In this town, we also have the very successful (and married) lawyer, Leo, who is recently coming out of his severe depression, while Joanna, always at his side, is there all along, helping him get his life back on track, so they can have the peaceful house they once had prior to him sliding off into those dark places. Joanna doesn’t want to regret putting her career on hold to take care of Leo and the beautiful kids, Evie and Stelli, and she wants to make sure this perfect family picture would stay like that now that Leo is back to being his charming self again. So, she suggests Leo would try this new wellness center, convinced it could only help with his recovery. However, she can sense that her life starts to be shattered by the new interest Leo develops in the very sexy and successful Piper, the owner of this retreat center. Next thing you know, Joanna is out there fending for herself, sent to live with her crazy mother, while Leo falls head over heels for Piper, moving her into his house and family, as soon as Joanna has been removed. From here on, we have a whole snowball of events, one more shocking than the other, uncovering more and more layers of complicated events from each of these characters’ past lives.
Told from the dual point of view of both, Piper and Joanna, we are faced with a two-fold reality, not knowing who is the hunter, who’s the prey, as both approaches are rather unreliable and vary according to the narrator: is Joanna the victim wronged by the man she loved all her life, or is it Piper, who, so slyly, sneaks inside the family, trying to grasp the love and admiration of not only Leo, but the children as well?
Set in the lovely town of Westport, Connecticut (which was honestly the main feature enticing me to read this book), the story unfolds at a high speed, with characters and story well developed, with an intense dynamic not only between the old and the new couple, but also the relationship between parents and children, stepparents and caregivers. The beautiful writing, the smooth, yet energetic plot combined with the totally unexpected twist will make this book the perfect summer thriller!
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s like a lot happened and nothing at the same time..?
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Liv Constantine is officially responsible for a day of me being unproductive. Because I could not put this down. I couldn't get through this quick enough to find out what was going on and I wasn't disappointed.
I was a huge fan of The Last Mrs Parrish and in my opinion this stellar duo have smashed it again with The Wife Stalker. Piper Reynard breezes into Westport with a size 0 figure, a penchant for mindfulness and her sights set on Leo Drakos. (He does sound wonderfully handsome!) Joanna is committed to being a great wife to Leo and mother to Evie and Stelli. Needless to say things don't go smoothly when Piper charms her way into Leo's life. Joanna's senses are heightened as she learns more about Piper's shady background, her previous relationships and her discarded names. But will Joanna be able to protect Leo and the children before it's too late?
I'm a sucker for multiple points of view, so loved the fact this was written from the alternating perspectives of Joanna and Piper and the chapters were deliciously short and snappy. Stelli and Evie were wonderfully written, with some truly heartwarming scenes and others that made me laugh out loud. I guessed one of the more minor twists but the main one came as a s-h-o-c-k and made me immediately want to go back and start again from the beginning. Would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys a tense thriller but as well as being a master of the twist, Constantine sets scenes beautifully - I found myself googling lots of the places described as they sounded amazing! This being the second novel by Liv Constantine I have read, I have definitely learnt that I need to expect the unexpected.
I was a huge fan of The Last Mrs Parrish and in my opinion this stellar duo have smashed it again with The Wife Stalker. Piper Reynard breezes into Westport with a size 0 figure, a penchant for mindfulness and her sights set on Leo Drakos. (He does sound wonderfully handsome!) Joanna is committed to being a great wife to Leo and mother to Evie and Stelli. Needless to say things don't go smoothly when Piper charms her way into Leo's life. Joanna's senses are heightened as she learns more about Piper's shady background, her previous relationships and her discarded names. But will Joanna be able to protect Leo and the children before it's too late?
I'm a sucker for multiple points of view, so loved the fact this was written from the alternating perspectives of Joanna and Piper and the chapters were deliciously short and snappy. Stelli and Evie were wonderfully written, with some truly heartwarming scenes and others that made me laugh out loud. I guessed one of the more minor twists but the main one came as a s-h-o-c-k and made me immediately want to go back and start again from the beginning. Would highly recommend to anyone who enjoys a tense thriller but as well as being a master of the twist, Constantine sets scenes beautifully - I found myself googling lots of the places described as they sounded amazing! This being the second novel by Liv Constantine I have read, I have definitely learnt that I need to expect the unexpected.
Better than you think
The way you feel about this book at page 150 is not the way you’ll feel at the end. Good thriller, nice twist, worth the finish.
The way you feel about this book at page 150 is not the way you’ll feel at the end. Good thriller, nice twist, worth the finish.