Pretty Little Wife audiobook

This is such a brilliant, mind crushing, moving, surprising debut! Characters are flawed, inaccurate, complex, realistically portrayed and eventually you may find a way to connect with them. Especially the quirky, unique but also stone-faced, tough, determined heroine Lila Ridgefield. She seems like small college town resident, ex lawyer, a brand new, competitive real estate agent, always stylish, looking good, happily married with her charming teacher husband Aaron. But as you may guess, nothing as it seems. In the beginning of the story, she finds her husband’s secret stashes including another phone( he didn’t even think hard to use another pin, what a moron!) and he is also idiot enough to keep the intimate videos he shot with the girls as he was “playing doctor”! Yes, ewww! The year of the husband tries to convince his wifey that was just a prank! And later we learn this husband dearest is missing and an investigation team tries to find out what happened to him. Lila is also shocked because she is the last one who saw him. And she might have done something to her husband the pervert! But the real problem if there is no dead body found, that means she couldn’t accomplish her mission and her husband the jackass may be out somewhere to plan his revenge. Aaron’s brother Jared and Lila’s lawyer/ ex colleague Tobias are her side as the investigation team targets her and brings out the skeletons she perfectly hid in her closet. Yes, she has changed her name for a really important reason. But can the reason to make a fresh start be connected with her husband’s disappearance? And there’s also a popular crime podcast informs people there are also three missing girls out there and there may be a slightest chance those cases may be also connected with Aaron’s disappearance! Unfortunately all eyes on Lila: she may be lynched or shunned by small town residents who truly believe the purity and sweetness of Aaron the perfectly punchable face! I stop right here but I have to tell you: there are so many jaw dropping twists, unexpected, riveting turns and WTH moments of the book so keep on reading! I know you’re gonna love it so much just like I did! Lila was smart, badass, empowered, unique, logical character. She seems like a victim of her own choices but she’s strong enough to survive and choose another path. I don’t think she reminds me of Jane Doe- another badass, dangerous character- because firstly she’s not sociopath and she can feel deeply but she knows how to control her feelings and never let them cloud her judgment. Overall: Connectable heroine, balanced and intriguing pace and twisty finale earned 4.5 stars from me and I’m happily rounding them up to 5 blazing, mysterious stars! Special thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins Publishers/ William Morrow Paperbacks for sharing this incredible Arc with me in exchange my honest review.bloginstagramfacebooktwitter

10/10 Storytelling....Wow! What a debut novel!Lila discovers what a swine her husband really is, but never fear. Lila has an in-depth plan to get rid of her husband, Aaron. Only nothing is going to plan. Why isn't Aaron where she left him? Pretty Little Wife was quite a page turner, and it was told across various short chapters with flashbacks to prior time periods. This format was flawlessly executed to the extent that I was shocked to discover that this is Darby Kane's debut novel. If this is Kane's first try, I can't wait to see what the future has in store! Overall, pick up this book if you loved Gone Girl. PS The audiobook was amazing!2023 Reading ScheduleJan Alice in WonderlandFeb Notes from a Small IslandMar Cloud AtlasApr On the RoadMay The Color PurpleJun Bleak HouseJul Bridget Jones’s DiaryAug Anna KareninaSep The Secret HistoryOct Brave New WorldNov A Confederacy of DuncesDec The Count of Monte CristoConnect With Me!Blog Twitter BookTube Facebook Insta

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to one of my favorite books of 2020!! 5 stars for this perfectly-plotted, unputdownable thriller! Lila Ridgefield seems to have it all. She’s married to Aaron, a high school teacher, works whenever she wants as a real estate agent, and is always impeccably dressed. Things are definitely not always as they seem. Beneath the facade of a perfect life, Lila learns something very disturbing about Aaron. Things take a turn for the worse when he goes missing...but how is that possible? Lila left his body where she knew it would be found...With detectives on the case, a local podcast discussing missing women that eventually starts discussing Aaron, threatening messages being left for Lila...she really needs to get to the bottom of what is going on and figure out what happened to Aaron’s body. I am shooketh...totally surprised by how much I loved this tale. It has everything you need in a mysteriously suspenseful thriller: possibly unreliable narrator, perfect pace, questionable characters that are WAY more than meets the eye. There is not one thing I’d change about this one. While I suspected one of the twists, I didn’t see the rest coming. I was completely engrossed all the way to the ending, which had more than one “Holy Shit” moment! And don’t get me started on the fantastically written character, Lila. She’s so complex and awesome! Totally fleshed out. Darby Kane is a pseudonym for a romantic suspense author. This is her first foray into different territory. If I have my say, we will all know her name and know this book by the time it comes out 12/29/20. Thank you to William Morrow, Darby Kane, and Edelweiss for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Everyone in the small town of Ithaca, New York is worried about the whereabouts of beloved high school teacher, Aaron Payne.For most people, it's because Nia Simms podcast, Gone Missing, has speculated that his disappearance could be linked to the three students who had “gone missing”from the area, in recent years-Karen Blue-Julie Levin-and Lara James. But, for his wife, Lila Ridgefield, it's because she killed him and left him for dead in his car, in the school parking lot, and both have vanished without a trace. (gulp) It isn't possible that she didn't finish the job, is it? She thought everything had been meticulously planned...So, begins a battle of wits between Lila, and the lead investigator in the case, Ginny.Lila is one cool customer. But, Ginny is whip smart.Who will prevail?This story had everything that I look for in domestic suspense-intelligent characterssurprise twistsred herrings and misdirectionand, for a bonus...a murderer (?) I could root for! Because Aaron's public persona was not the same as his private one.Thank You to William Morrow for my gifted copy. it was my pleasure to provide a candid review.NOW AVAILABLE!

Happy publication day Darby Kane! Now available (29/12/20)A dark, twisty, addictive thriller, where nothing is as it seems!Lila is confused because her husband has gone missing, but she's sure that she definitely killed him, and left him somewhere where he could easily be found! So where on earth is his body?!Wow! I really enjoyed Pretty Little Wife, and couldn't stop reading so that I could find out what happened! Did Lila really kill Aaron, or did she not manage to finish the job? I was sucked fully into Lila's world, and grabbed every spare snippet of time to read this over the busy Christmas period!Lila was such an interesting character! A pretty little wife, who seemed to have it all, but behind the façade of a happy marriage to an upstanding school teacher, and a perfect life, what was really going on? Lila was so deeply flawed, with a horrific past, and could come across as very cold, almost indifferent, but I still liked her, and rooted for her (most of the time!). I also really liked Ginny, the lead detective, who was so smart, hardworking and likeable!Between intelligent, driven detectives, local podcasts, missing women and threatening messages, I didn't know which way to turn or what to think! The plot was fab, characters so well written, and the pace was fast, I was impressed! Even though I did have one part figured out, the rest of the twists and red herrings totally threw me! The why really shocked me!Pretty Little Wife was a wild ride of a book, and I enjoyed every second of it! Despite unlikeable and unreliable characters, I flew through this, and felt pretty satisfied at the end.I definitely recommend this book by Darby Kane if you like a twisted domestic thriller! 😱 😱 😱 😱 1/2 Stars (4.5)Many thanks to Edelweiss, William Morrow and HarperCollins for my DRC, in exchange for an honest review!------------------------------------------------------------------------------Well that was sick, twisted and I loved it! Rtc

Marriage. It’s so idyllic isn’t it? Then again, I guess that depends on who your spouse is. When Lila Ridgefield’s husband Aaron goes missing she is the prime suspect. Of course, she’s guilty as charged. The problem is that she thought she planned the perfect murder until his body disappears from where she dumped it and now she’s up a creek without a paddle. That, of course, is not the only problem. Oh boy. Lila is in deep doo doo! Luckily for her, she’s not the only one! Hang tight my friends, “Pretty Little Wife” is a roller coaster of a ride that will not let you off until the very end. The writing in this novel started off a little choppy - which admittedly made it hard for me to connect to at first and then all of a sudden it smoothed out around 25 - 30%. Once the writing settled down, I was hanging on for dear life. A fun, crazy, wild read that had me totally engrossed even though you have to suspend disbelief.A fun buddy read with Ms. Kaceey!Thank you to NetGalley, Harper Collins Publishers - William Morrow and Darby Kane for the arc.Published on Goodreads on 10.19.20.

I breezed through this book!Pretty Little Wife had two excellent female characters. The cool aloof Lila Ridgefield and perseverant Ginny, the detective investigating her.Lila becomes the center of an investigation when her husband goes missing. Lila learned something terrible about Aaron, her husband, just a few weeks before he disappeared. Did she kill him and if she did, why?In addition, through a popular podcast, a total of three women have disappeared in the area. Are the cases connected?Really loved reading Pretty Little Wife. From the first chapter, I could tell, I was going to enjoy it. I rooted for Lila from the getgo. From the outside, she was a mixture of a trophy wife and a Stepford wife. She was beautiful, always dressed well, she seemed untouchable. Yet, on the inside, she was a mess. She suffered from anxiety and possible PTSD. Ginny was great too. She could read Lila when no one else could. She knew Lila was hiding something and she wanted to know what it was. I also like Tobias, Lila's only friend and also a lawyer.The ending is wrapped a little too well but no harm done. Pretty Little Wife is one I can recommend.Cliffhanger: No4/5 FangsMrsLeif's Two Fangs About It | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

"My taste in men sucks." Yes, Lila, it really, really does. Pretty Little Wife is chock full of excellent writing, believable characters, effective dialogue, and pulse-pounding pacing. The one thing that prevented me from giving this book five stars was that I'd mostly figured it out by the 17% mark, and had completely figured it out by the time I'd reached 30%. Thankfully, the fairly obvious red herrings didn't detract from my enjoyment of this story. And, oddly enough, I actually quite loved Lila. Darby Kane just became my latest must-read author. I'm definitely recommending this one! Available December 29, 2020.Enthusiastic thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins Publishers for my review copy.

Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane is a twisted domestic thriller.Pretty Little Wife had so many twists, I could not figure out what actually happened. All of the characters are very complex. Ginny is the lead detective on the case and Lila’s only concern. Lila thinks she knows what happened to Aaron. Is she wrong? The story is told from the perspective of Lila and Ginny. There is also a True Crime Podcast featuring Aaron’s disappearance. Lila’s point of view switches between past and present.I listened to the audiobook narrated by Xe Sands. Her narration was great and added to a great story. I loved how much emotion she used. I really felt like I was listening to Lila talking.I highly recommend Pretty Little Wife to domestic thriller fans especially if you like twisted stories with unlikeable characters.I highly recommend Pretty Little Wife to domestic thriller fans.Thank you NetGalley, Edelweiss, William Morrow Paperbacks, Harper Collins, and Harper Audio for Pretty Little Wife. Full Review: https://justreadingjess.wordpress.com...

Geez this was so intense and a lot more dark than I was expecting! Here’s the reading vlog where I read it: https://youtu.be/IqiMeVjpQfA

4.0 stars— When I saw that this was Darby Kane’s debut novel and it received numerous positive reviews, I decided to read “Pretty Little Wife”. “Wife” tells the story of Lila who is married to a popular local school teacher and coach, Aaron. When Lila finds numerous sexually explicit videos of Aaron and his students on his phone, she decides to take matters into her own hands and comes up with a plan to make Aaron disappear... for good. When Lila’s plan goes wrong and Aaron disappears after she thought she killed him, the story begins and the mystery starts to unfold. The author introduces several characters into the novel that might know something about this as the pressure builds in the community for the police to find the beloved missing coach. The lead investigator, Ginnie, is introduced into the situation and she is a welcome addition to the story. Ginnie is very intelligent and the cat and mouse game between her and Lila is enjoyable to read. Luckily the story focuses on this dynamic for most of the novel. This book was very fast paced and never boring so even though the ending was contrived and predictable I still give it a very high recommendation.

Writing: 4/5 | Plot: 4/5 | Ending: 3.5/5 THE PLOTLila is pretending to be a trophy wife when her husband goes missing. Because she made him disappear. She's been planning it for MONTHS. But something in her plan goes wrong, and suddenly she's facing off with the police and the mysterious saboteur. MY OPINION I was surprised by this one. I honestly can't remember what drew me to it—I think it was one of the few available reads at my local e-library. Anyways. I'm not a big fan of these kind of set ups: controlled trophy wife and unhinged, narcissist husband who are masquerading as couple of the year. BUT, the reveal at the beginning that Lila was responsible for her husband's disappearance, locked my ass in. Ok, go off Lila.I liked the writing and the storyline. Lila is a tough ass woman, and I appreciated a housewife lead that wasn't poppin pills like they're Pez candies. Darby Kane did a great job taking a traditional (frankly overused) psychological thriller trope and taking it to a new level. This book does require you to look past reality, but it was tolerable. PROS AND CONS Pros: Great take on a traditional domestic thriller, good writing, likable lead character that doesn't just shrivel up and wallow in pityCons: Ending was like... a smidge doing too much.