The Perfect Wife

 The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney   412 pages

Love is eternal . . . especially if there's AI.

Abbie wakes up with no memory of who she is and can't figure out why she feels so strange. The man in the room with her claims to be her husband. A titan of the tech industry and the founder of an innovative start-up, he tells Abbie she is a gifted artist, mother to their young son and his perfect wife. And that five years ago, she had a terrible accident. Now, with an amazing technological breakthrough, she's back.  Or is she?

What she is is a miracle of science, an amalgamation of brain waves and memories in a synthetic body. Horrified at first, Abbie is then curious to learn more about her accident, and then why she can't access any of those memories. As the story continues, and we get her perspective and the perspective of an unknown character, it becomes clear that her husband isn't telling her everything. Definitely not the whole truth. And just who is it that keeps contacting Abbie and telling her not to trust him?

I found this book to be a slow starter and almost put it down and then it was like something clicked, because I started reading it quickly to see what was going to happen next. Having the different points of view, especially from an outside person, as the story becomes revealed layer by layer made for an intriguing story and it was difficult to predict what would happen next.