A review by inliterarylove
Stories We Never Told by Sonja Yoerg
4.0
This was a pretty darn good suspense thriller! I'm a big fan of Sonja's books and was excited to dive in. I'll be honest, I had some trouble at the beginning, but the book is not to blame. It took me til this book to realize that maybe suspense thrillers are difficult for me to get into and focus on right now. However, I got sucked in with this one.
Jackie is a smart woman with an established career and a dutiful husband. She is even on good terms with her ex, whom her husband has also befriended. Things start to go awry when her ex brings Nasira, young and beautiful, to dinner with Jackie and her husband. Nasira also happens to be Jackie's post doc. How interesting, that her ex is doing so much more with Nasira than he did with Jackie. They were together for years before he would even go on a trip with her, yet with Nasira, it's only been a couple weeks.
Jackie cannot get over how quickly her ex is moving with this girl. You may say she becomes obsessed. Her husband starts traveling more, she's starting to look a little crazy, her test data has been compromised...why is her life derailing so quickly all of a sudden? How has she lost control?
I did figure out the ending, though I normally do. But there were twists I didn't see coming too. The psychological narcissism of this book kept me hooked til the end.
I received an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
Jackie is a smart woman with an established career and a dutiful husband. She is even on good terms with her ex, whom her husband has also befriended. Things start to go awry when her ex brings Nasira, young and beautiful, to dinner with Jackie and her husband. Nasira also happens to be Jackie's post doc. How interesting, that her ex is doing so much more with Nasira than he did with Jackie. They were together for years before he would even go on a trip with her, yet with Nasira, it's only been a couple weeks.
Jackie cannot get over how quickly her ex is moving with this girl. You may say she becomes obsessed. Her husband starts traveling more, she's starting to look a little crazy, her test data has been compromised...why is her life derailing so quickly all of a sudden? How has she lost control?
I did figure out the ending, though I normally do. But there were twists I didn't see coming too. The psychological narcissism of this book kept me hooked til the end.
I received an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own.