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A review by chelsss_ann
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
5.0
𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.
Y'all, this book 🤯🤯 I just don't even know where to start this review. There was just so much I enjoyed about The Last Housewife.
I really enjoyed how the dual timeline was told in interview form. It allowed us to get answers to questions that came up while reading about the past, but with few actual interruptions during the storytelling. However, this did mean the past was told only from Shay's POV. So we don't get Clem and Laurel's POV of everything that happened to them. And oh the things that happened to them.
And while Shay and Laurel escaped, they didn't really. And after Shay finds out Laurel has committed suicide, from an old friend via his podcast no less, Shay finds herself back in her college town trying to find answers to learn if Laurel's death was really a suicide. The things Shay puts herself through to learn the truth - taking unknown drugs, participating in a cult, and more - kept me enthralled with this book.
And the ending - I loved it. It was so intense, with a twist I didn't necessarily see coming, that I'm still thinking about it a few days later. And I'll be honest...I was rooting Shay on in the end.
There are definitely some things to be aware of going into this book: sexual assault, suicide, a cult, torture, and honestly probably a lot more. So just be weary going in if you have triggers.
Y'all, this book 🤯🤯 I just don't even know where to start this review. There was just so much I enjoyed about The Last Housewife.
I really enjoyed how the dual timeline was told in interview form. It allowed us to get answers to questions that came up while reading about the past, but with few actual interruptions during the storytelling. However, this did mean the past was told only from Shay's POV. So we don't get Clem and Laurel's POV of everything that happened to them. And oh the things that happened to them.
And while Shay and Laurel escaped, they didn't really. And after Shay finds out Laurel has committed suicide, from an old friend via his podcast no less, Shay finds herself back in her college town trying to find answers to learn if Laurel's death was really a suicide. The things Shay puts herself through to learn the truth - taking unknown drugs, participating in a cult, and more - kept me enthralled with this book.
And the ending - I loved it. It was so intense, with a twist I didn't necessarily see coming, that I'm still thinking about it a few days later. And I'll be honest...I was rooting Shay on in the end.
There are definitely some things to be aware of going into this book: sexual assault, suicide, a cult, torture, and honestly probably a lot more. So just be weary going in if you have triggers.