Book Review: The Other Woman by Sandie Jones

The Other Woman by Sandie Jones
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date: August 21, 2018
My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars

Publisher’s Description:

HE LOVES YOU: Adam adores Emily. Emily thinks Adam’s perfect, the man she thought she’d never meet.
BUT SHE LOVES YOU NOT: Lurking in the shadows is a rival, a woman who shares a deep bond with the man she loves.
AND SHE’LL STOP AT NOTHING: Emily chose Adam, but she didn’t choose his mother Pammie. There’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her son, and now Emily is about to find out just how far Pammie will go to get what she wants: Emily gone forever.

I read this book about a year ago but never got around to review it because I wasn’t that excited about it. Since I can’t remember all the little details, this review will be short and sweet.

Emily is dating Adam, who seems perfect in every way. The only thing that’s not perfect is his mother Pammie. For some reason, Pammie has it out for Emily and is going to extreme lengths to keep Adam and Emily apart. The Other Woman bills itself as a psychological thriller with a BIG TWIST at the end, as most of them do. However, I found the twist to be one that is a common trope in these types of thrillers. Emily is the kind of character that has the reader yelling, “Hey dummy, can’t you see what’s really going on here??” That got a little frustrating. I kept reading until the end because even though I thought it was just meh, becauseI had to find out for sure what the twist was. When I did find out, it seemed like the author didn’t do a very good job building up to it. If I reread it, it wouldn’t be one of those books where you see the little things leading to the twist now that you know what it is, which makes it feel inauthentic.

Considering the abundance of psychological thrillers out there these days, this is one you can skip.

(I received a complimentary copy of this book for review.)