🎧 Book Review: Mother of the Bride by Samantha Hayes

3.5⭐
Genre ~ domestic thriller
Setting ~ England
Publication date ~ March 26, 2024
Page Count ~ 382 (p+ 58 chapters +e)
Audio length ~ 9 hours 51 minutes
Narrator ~ Tamsin Kennard
POV ~ single 1st
Featuring ~ family drama, controlling parent, secrets, references to suicide

My review:

Lizzy and Owen are in a tough spot financially, so they’ve temporarily moved in with her mother, which she is adamantly against. She’s already suspicious of her and living with her sounds like it’s a nightmare with her sneaky and controlling ways. But mom is paying for the wedding, so she’ll just have to deal with it for a few weeks.

It’s not all about the wedding, though. There’s still talk about sister, Shelley’s, husband, Rafe, dying on their wedding day last year. Her father being in a care facility gives us another side plot. Lastly, Lizzy’s old crush from school has started coming around to help move the story along.

Overall, a solid, fast paced read with some repetition. I totally called the big zinger, but there was a nice one at the end that I wasn’t expecting and I think it’ll take you by surprise, too.

Narration notes:
Tamsin did a wonderful job.

*Thanks to the author, Bookouture Audio & Netgally for the audio. I’m voluntarily leaving my honest review*

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Book blurb:

My mother is obsessed with every detail of my wedding – controlling my dress, my ring, my happiness. But when the day finally comes, will she really let me go? Last year, my sister’s fiancé was murdered on his wedding day. And I found my mother’s corsage next to his body…

I’m beaming as I walk down the aisle, but my smile masks a prickling fear, even though this is supposed to be the happiest day of my life.

My husband-to-be, Owen, is everything to me, with his sandy hair and sparkling blue eyes. He keeps telling me it will all be fine. I pray he’s right as I slip a gold band onto his finger with trembling hands.

Please let me be wrong about what my mother did. Please let Owen be safe.

But when the priest asks if anyone objects, I turn to look at my mother. Her eyes are icy beneath the brim of her hat, and she’s staring right at me.

Is my husband’s life in danger? Or is it mine…?

A page-turning, addictive psychological thriller from an Amazon no. 1 bestseller with twists that will have your head spinning until the very end. Fans of The Housemaid, The Family Upstairs and The Perfect Marriage will be absolutely gripped!

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