Disappointing. Started off promising but rushed at the end with too many plot holes. If you’ve read Gone Girl, you could see this coming, but without the details that truly pulled it all together. Ending was disappointing. I was left feeling “that’s it?”

This book had an ending that was totally unearned, and simply didn’t fit. A character who is written in the first person feeling surprise, anger, etc. it turns out was faking those things. That simply doesn’t work as you are supposedly inside that characters head. To work it would have to be in the third person. Also, no understanding of how the legal system or criminal justice system works. Murder cases take years to get to trial, and I think death penalty cases are automatically appealed. I th...

Thank you so much for taking a chance on a new author! If you enjoyed The Perfect Marriage, I’d be super grateful if you’d leave a review as it helps so much. Head's up, there is a review two below this with a spoiler that I've been unsuccessful in getting Goodreads or the poster to hide. Please don't interact with it as that's why it's a top review because many readers have commented saying that it spoiled the book. You can report it as a spoiler though, and if you'd like to interact with other...

3.5 starsThis review was first posted on Mystery and Suspense. Check it out for features, interviews, and reviews. https://www.mysteryandsuspense.com/th...Sarah and Adam Morgan are very much in love, but their decade-long marriage is experiencing a bit of strife. Sarah is doing well as a top defense attorney in Washington DC, but Adam - who was once a best-selling author - hasn't finished a novel in years. To spur his career, Adam convinced Sarah to buy a vacation home in Virginia, where he coul...

The writing is so bad that I’m genuinely suspicious of the 5 star reviews.The characters are poorly written, between the lawyers and police officers, not one of them is professional and/or good at their job. The main character is supposed to be an outstanding defense attorney but just lets it slide when she gets attacked by a police officer while at a police station, and doesn’t make a scene when the rest of the policemen don’t act professionally during an interrogation? Yeah, okay- definitely b...

The writing in this book is horrifically bad. It sort of feels like a thesaurus threw up in the author's attempt to sound smart and it's quite painful to read. The dialogue was stunted and so odd to read and the narrative is not any better. None of the characters are likable and there's zero character development. The plot makes literally no sense and is extremely far-fetched. I don't think Miss Rose did even five minutes of research regarding police work or law. It was all just a big no from me...

As a lawyer who specializes in criminal work, I couldn’t stomach this book. The relationship between the sheriff and the female lead is ridiculous and unrealistic. For instance, a sheriff would never allow a defense attorney to sit in while questioning a potential witness. Then there is the representation of her husband. That is so wrong for so many reasons. No logical defense attorney would believe she could do a better job than an impartial attorney with no familial connections. Especially con...

**Spoilers**A first-person unreliable narrator for a story that made no sense. Lawyer wife sets up her cheating husband for the death of his pregnant mistress and the excuse is she didn't want to give him half in a divorce? Clearly, Rose did no research because the funny thing is Washington D.C. is not a community property state, so, really, the story is redundant. Moreover, the wife, Sarah Morgan, could have simply gotten a divorce but to take another's life because they dipped the quill in the...

Oh, honey, no. The writing is so bad and is trying so hard to be good that it's painful to read. The syntax is constructed so strangely that it's actively distracting. There's no character development. The plot doesn't make sense.I have so many questions, and none of them are good. Did this ever see an editor’s desk? Did anyone think to google the legality (or even the ethics???) of a spouse representing their partner in a murder trial? Did anyone suggest that maybe investing a little more time

2.5*Oh my! Almost at a loss for words...Almost!I was really looking forward to this audio, as domestic thrillers are one of my favorites to lose myself in. Well this one sadly did not live up to my expectations.Adam is having an affair. His wife Sarah is too busy at her law firm to have time for him so he looks elsewhere for his companionship. And the woman he falls for just happens to live in the town where Adam and Sarah have a vacation home. Well that’s convenient! Oh yeah, did I mention this...

1.0 stars— First the good about this novel — I finished it. I chose to read “The Perfect Marriage” after looking through the highest rated thrillers on Kindle Unlimited and discovering a very high number of 4 and 5 star reviews. This is how I discovered Colleen Hoover’s “Verity,”and I still consider it one of my favorites. “The Perfect Marriage” has a good framework as it begins with Adam being charged with murdering his lover. He “naturally” decides to let his jilted wife,Sarah, represent him o...

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What the hell did I just read? I hate this book. I loathe it. I want to burn it into ash. “Those are strong feelings” you might say to yourself. Well trust me when I tell you that this book is NOT WORTH IT. First of all, everything is so incredibly obvious, that the fact that they seriously titled it “a completely gripping psychological suspense” is so laughable. It was none of those things. It was sloppy and messy and the writing was so awkward that at times I found myself asking if I really ju...

This book is absolutely ridiculous. Everything that happens is completely outlandish and all over the place. The writing style didn't work for me at all, especially the first person perspectives, and it just felt very much like a first draft in a way.The cops, deputies, defense attorneys, lawyers, and any other legal person in this book didn't act professional in ANY way and this author clearly doesn't have enough knowledge on being in an investigation or working with the court and it shows. The...

Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney. She's married to a writer, who is struggling with his career. She's up to her eyebrows in work and he .. isn't. He gets frustrated because Sarah never seems to find time to be with him.It's their 10th anniversary and Adam wants Sarah to spend the time with him at their lakehouse. As usual, she begs off because of work.Adam goes by himself, but he's not lonely .. not lonely at all. He has had an ongoing affair with Kelly Summers. When he...

Q:Just how fucked am I at this point?I’m not sure I even want to know the answer. (c)The hubby huffs a lot and has nothing but time (Patek Philippe!) on his hands: he's a writer, one of those iffy word tinkerers who hunt the muse. He's a whining piece of immature shit, in a nutshell.The wifey works a high-power job with los of overtime (of course!) and pays the bills. This duo doesn't work: - For her, his mother's letter is garbage. For him, it merits place on refrigerator.- She disappoints him