thearieslibrary 's review for:

The New Wife by JP Delaney

4.0

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Finn Hensen gets a call from his sister to say their father Jimmy has died. Finn decides to go to Mallorca to take possession of their inheritance, the house from Jimmy’s widow and stepdaughter who are living there. However, the police believe that Jimmy’s death is suspicious…

This is such a fast paced thriller but the action didn’t happen until around the 70% mark. I really liked how it didn’t give you all of the action at once, it was spoon fed to you bit by bit which made me invested in seeing how the story would end. It definitely focussed more on the setting of the book rather than the characters but the descriptions were so vivid that I could picture it in my mind. Although, it goes give you information about the characters so you to get to know them, flaws included but I would have liked to get to know them more. Whilst what happened to some of the characters and how they were treated was awful, I really didn’t feel much for them. 

The ambiguity of the ending will definitely live in my head rent free for a while. Although, I do prefer when books answer all of my questions and this one didn’t due to the ambiguous ending. It’s a book where not everything is as it seems, which I love books like that. I do think that the last chapter wasn’t necessarily needed, although it did clear up some questions I had. 

⚠️ CWs: derogatory language and slur, grief, death, blood, death by suicide, prostitution, human trafficking, sexual coercion, child death, sexual abuse, vomiting, misogyny, toxic masculinity, profanity, mentions alcohol and drug use, gun use, animal hunting, person with substance use disorder, arranged marriage, harassment, stalking, overdose, rape, grooming ⚠️

Thank you to NetGalley and Quercus Books for the opportunity to read this book!