Following my heart, one book at a time...
My Husband: A Novel <— Oooooh okay. This one was cool in its own, very unique way. It has that psych-thriller/domestic thriller feel the whole way through, an unreliable narrator (or is she?) and an interesting twist that I did not see coming, that made this one that much more memorable.
This one has it all (by way of domestic issues). Stalkerish obsession, toxic love, mistrust, cheating, trapping, marital strife, the works!
“My husband has no name; he is my husband, he belongs to me.”
Oooooh I love a good domestic thriller that involves a sociopathic heroine and I was captured by this one right from the very start! AND I love this author’s writing style. But even more fascinating was the creeeeepy thing that was happening to her, directly through her young daughter. And yep, creepy kids is my psych-thriller catnip too!! So I had BOTH!!! BLURB JOLT! YAY ME!!!
I learned sociopaths are not necessarily what we expect it to be (psycho-scary, or dangerous). I’m supposing that would be more along the lines of psychopaths. I’ve learned a ton about sociopaths from this book as the heroine learned about herself, through therapy. Fascinating!
YOU KNOW ME & psych-thrillers (and also domestic thrillers!!). I love twisty mind games (especially CLEVER mind games between the author and the reader). I love guessing the outcome (and even more, when I’m wrong!!), and I love unreliable narrators, and evil husbands… or is it the wives? You know what I mean. I love a book that has you on the edge of your seat, vacillating between fear and excitement, titillation, and dread. And then… culminating in a massive jaw-dropping twist that nobody (or at least… me 😉 ) saw coming.
The Mother-in-Law: A Novel <— 
And maybe it’s exactly that. Or maybe not… 🤷♀️ 😉 See? I’m an unreliable book blogger, now. 😂
There it was, randomly appearing on my Amazon feed, on super-sale, and I dunno… between skimming incredible editorial reviews, and the dark aura of the cover and tagline, I just knew it had to be mine. I was excited, anticipating chills, but what I experienced, surprisingly… was… warmth.
OMG BLURB JOLT ALERT!! THIS SERIES HAS BEEN ROCKING THE AMAZON CHARTS & IT SOUNDS RIGHT UP MY PSYCH-THRILLER ALLEY!!
When I asked what book got us out of a reading slump, so many responded this one!!
Katie: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden! Now I have read 6 of her books in about 6 weeks!
Tracy: I am halfway through,and hated having to things today, because all I want to do is see how this book plays out!!
Kim: I’ve been wanting to read it!! She’s had me in a chokehold for a few weeks.
Mo: Just starting The Housemaid. My first Freida McFadden book. A bit out of my normal genre but I’m excited!