"When young lawyer Lily marries Ed, she’s determined to make a fresh start and leave the secrets of the past behind. But then she takes on her first murder case and meets Joe, a convicted murderer to whom Lily is strangely drawn—and for whom she will soon be willing to risk almost anything.
But Lily is not the only one with secrets. Her next-door neighbor Carla may be only nine, but she has already learned that secrets are powerful things. That they can get her whatever she wants.
When Lily finds Carla on her doorstep twelve years later, a chain of events is set in motion that can end only one way." summary courtesy of Goodreads
“If you loved Gone Girl and The Talented Mr. Ripley, you’ll love My Husband’s Wife. It’s got every thriller’s trifecta: love, marriage, and murder.” —Parade
So, if you read the summary and that blurb, this sounds like a pretty exciting book, yes? I found it to be, in one word, "meh." The plot is well thought-out, but I found the characters to be mostly predictable and, once in a while, annoying and unsympathetic. The most interesting character for me was Carla when she was a child because I had some sympathy for her but also found her deviousness (and what came off as a lack of morals or empathy on her part) to be interesting. However, Lily bored me most of the time and Ed? Ed's pretty meh -- I couldn't figure out why Lily married him. I also found the plot to drag at times --- with better editing, this could have moved along much better. Not a memorable read for me.
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