Alice Feeney has been a bit of a hit or miss author for me as of late. After Rock Paper Scissors, she just hasn’t blown me away. Let me tell you that I could not stop reading My Husband’s Wife.

The Story

The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists is back with a psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity, and revenge.

Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an enchanting old house in Hope Falls, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn’t fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife.

One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying.

Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner called Birdy, reeling from a life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a long-lost grandmother brings her to the pretty seaside village of Hope Falls. But then Birdy stumbles upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict a person’s date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel, and as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs.

My Husband’s Wife is a tangled web of deception, obsession, and mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page. Prepare yourself for the ultimate mind-bending marriage thriller and step inside Spyglass – if you dare – to experience a story where nothing is as it seems.

My Thoughts

You may be thinking, “Wait, I read a book called My Husband’s Wife a few years ago.” You wouldn’t be wrong. Jane Corry came out with My Husband’s Wife in 2017. I thought it was a pretty successful book, so I’m surprised we’d get this kind of title overlap so close together.

ANYWAY.

The twists just kept coming in this book. Sure, there are enough bread crumbs that you can put a few things together along the way, but I just could not stop reading.

It’s one of those books where this is probably the most useless review ever because I just don’t want to give anything away. You wonder how the characters fit together (and may want to punch one or two in the face), so you just keep reading. You have a mixture of “WTF just happened” with “Well, what would I do with a terminal diagnosis?” It’s both thought-provoking and a big ole mindf*ck.

It feels like Alice Feeney is getting back into her stride with My Husband’s Wife. Though it came out in January, I’m imagining I’m going to see quite a few copies poolside this summer.

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