Review: My Husband's Fiancee

My Husband's Fiancee by Wendy Owens
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Note: I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. 

Note 2: This is part of a duet. The first book is My Husband's Fiancee. The second is My Wife's Secrets. Please read in order. 

Trigger Warnings: fertility issues, infidelity, murder, death of an infant, mental health issues, marriage issues, emotional abuse, child abuse. 

This book was definitely on the dysfunctional side, as I started reading it. Captivating, thrilling and riveting, I was rooted to my spot for hours, trying to figure out how the story would go and end. 

Liz, or Elizabeth as she is known, has been recently sent to prison, following suspicions of murder regarding her husband's mistress, for a life sentence. 

She soon meets her husband's fiancee, despite the fact that they are not divorced yet, and tries to explain her side of the story to her. 

Secrets unravel, trauma bleeds into her everyday prison life moreso, confusion and disorientation enter her brain all the time - you would think she had a medical condition of sorts, and she is even more withdrawn as time passes and more parts of her side of the story fall through. 

But not everything is what it seems - especially when she has to deal with all the people from her past, who are also, begrudgingly part of her future as well. 

More clues follow, sudden alternative theories make up, and Liz may be on the track to getting her freedom. 

But someone close to her doesn't want to let that happen - will Liz make it out or not - only time and the next book will tell.

 As I said, this book was riveting, captivating, and a rollercoaster ride for me, as I experienced the settings of daily prison life, various inmates' stories and strange happenings inside the prison through Liz's eyes. 

As well as her piecing clues together to figure out who did kill the mistress and why - it's truly a fun, thrilling, and cannot stop reading rush that continues well past the last page. 

Thanks to Wendy Owen and her brilliant writing, for helping me get back to the psychological thriller world. 

Truly, I feel as if I can breathe again with such an excellent read in my hands. 

I loved, loved this book and cannot wait for the next book: My Wife's Secrets coming February 24th 2022, to finally figure out if Liz will make it out of her life sentence and catch the real killer too.

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