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enjoyed this one it's got quite a bit of hype around it at present so I was a bit wary but actually found it quite gripping! Towards the end I had figured out what was going to happen, for the most part, but trying to work out why or how it would all come together kept me very interested.
It's been a while since a psychological thriller had me as hooked, I'll definitely look up this author's debut novel too, Wow! What was that Ive been in a thriller slump for a while so I hesitated to read another to add to the pile, but this one almost makes me wanna use the head exploding emoji! I went into it blindly and figured it was gonna be just another “who done it” but I was way off! It was engrossing, twisted and I read it in less thanhours because I could.
Not. Stop. Reading!
Gemma comes home from work one day to find her husband missing, She thinks hes just working late or something but doesnt think too much of it until she still hasnt heard from him days later.
She goes to report him missing to the police and she discovers that the police are investigating the murder of two local men that look like her husband.
Clues start to point to Gemma, especially since none of the neighbors in their new house have ever seen him.
She starts to realize as she tries to prove her innocence that their all relationships arent perfect, but hers even more so.
I dont want to give away much more of the plot, but dang the oh my moments just kept coming! My only complaint, if you could call it that, is that Gemma was a journalist but she comes across as kind of naive and flustered.
I guess if I was in her situation I wouldnt think straight either, I was definitely invested in the story and will recommend this one!!
Thanks to the One More Chapter and Netgalley for this eArc in exchange for my review.
The Perfect Couple was a very twisty and quick read that I read in an evening,

Gemma and her husband Danny have moved to Bristol for a new start, When Gemma returns home from a work trip and Danny is not there she is annoyed, Afterdays when he still hasnt returned home she isnt worried, The police get involved when it turns out that Danny is the spitting image ofmen in the area who have been murdered recently.
As they start looking into Danny and Gemma a lot of things do not add up, Mostly the story was enjoyable, but the ending really lost me, It was a bit over the top and too out there for me,

Thanks to Harper Impulse and Killer Reads and NetGalley for my advanced copy of this book to read.
All opinions are my own and are in no way biased The start of the book was pretty good, as in engaging and it kept me curious.
Unfortunately, to my taste, the story line just lost the plot, pun intended, The fun of reading started to ebb after Quin went to see the police, that was the turning point for me.


The story became predictable, unbelievable and far fetched, Due to the loss of interest the story became longwinded, a drag, I really wanted to speedread the last few chapters, but I gave up and abandoned the book.
Well this was a massive disappointment, I was officially tricked by an exciting premise, which reminded me a lot of sitelinkThe Hand That Feeds You.
Sadly, what I received was a cheap knockoff of sitelinkGone Girl reversed, Let's get into the things I didn't like about this book,

There was absolutely no mystery, I had guessed the outcome from the very beginning, so it was a very boring therestpages.
Even if you don't guess every single detail, there is still no suspense,

The characters were really dumb and bland, especially the police officers, even by the end I could hardly tell them apart.
And never in any crime novel before had I seen police work written in such odd way.
Countless times I was forced to read them saying something like: "Oh I don't know, this is probably just a stupid idea, just a shot in the dark, an outofnowhere theory, a big pile of nonsense, I'm most likely wrong" about some minor or obvious detail, which was just annoying.
And I really didn't see a point in including several police officers' perspectives if they just blend into one anyway.
All characters, even the main ones, were boring and onedimensional,

There was another small thing that was problematic and rubbed me the wrong way but it's a bit spoilery.
By the end when the main character found out she was pregnant and after thinking about it she decided against abortion, because, I quote, "there had been enough killing", which is some antichoice stuff I don't enjoy seeing, especially from contemporary writers.


Usually even if I guess the mystery in crime novels, I definitely don't mind it if it's done well and I can still enjoy the plot, characters or SOMETHING, which was not my experience with this book.
It was just bland through and through,

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest

review, Gemma returns home after working away for a few days and finds that her husband Danny is missing.

She calls the police to report this and finds that they are already investigating the murder of two young men who bear a striking resemblance to Danny.

This is a slow moving psychological thriller,
Thank you Netgalley and Harper Impulse and Killer Reads for my ecopy in exchange for an honest review.
Ugh.

Dumb police force,
Dumb protagonist.
Dumb antagonist.
Dumb choices.
Dumb conclusion.

just dumb

Definitely not a winner for me, and though the reviews are mixed, there are a few which are positive.
Please check those out.

Available now in the United States,

Many thanks to the publisher for my review copy, A perfect coupleor a perfect lie

When Gemma reports her "perfect husband" Danny missing, police and readers! need to determine if Gemma is telling the truth.
   Complicating matters is the fact that there is a serial killer on the loose and all of the victims look just like Danny.
   Is Danny's case related to these serial killings, or is the fact that Danny strongly resembles two men who were recently murdered a bizarre coincidence

This compelling read is told from the points of view of Gemma and Helena, SIO.
  Overall, the book was very fastpaced with many twists and turns with an unusual twist/turn at the end that made me gasp out loud.
  

Although the book featured some pretty messy policework and a few minor plot holes, the The Perfect Couple's character development was strong and its flow was excellent, making the book impossible to put down.
 

I listened to the The Perfect Couple's audio version,    I always love audiobooks with multiple narrators and this book had two superb narrators,

This was my first Jackie Kabler book and I look forward to reading future titles by this author.
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