Thanks to RandomHouse/Ballantine and NetGalley for a copy of The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney in exchange for an honest review. I’m very fond of woman-in-danger psychological thrillers, so I was eager to read this book. For some reason, I kept having trouble getting into it, but it turned out to be a fun read. A woman named Abbie wakes up and has no idea who she is or how she got to be in her current condition, totally without any memory of – well, anything.
As if that isn’t unsettling enough, there is a man claiming to be her husband. He’s a big wheel in the tech industry, having founded one of Silicon Valley’s most innovative start-ups (think something on the scale of Twitter). He tells Abbie she’s an artist, a loving mother to their son, a surfer, and the perfect wife. According to him, the accident she had five years ago left her in a terrible state, but thanks to technology, she is back! A miracle!
As she starts to put together memories, she starts to wonder about her husband’s motives—and his version of her story.
Very entertaining. Four stars.