An outstanding author who delivered another 5 star book! I didn't want to go to work but stay home and soak every word up, but reality had me put it aside. It will hold you in suspense as you watch marriages unravel with their deceptions and lies. With a house only feet away from a cliff designated as "the drop" for suicide missions, it left an eerie feel by the ocean. The cover is a beautiful deception of their final fleeting moments of life faced before their demise.

We’ll put a fence up. And if they have questions about the people who come to The Drop, we just answer them in an age-appropriate way.”

Sally Hepworth

Two interesting POVs and the Then and Now format give readers the full story. I enjoy this for the most part but the reveal and ending were sort of eh for me. I know most friends love this one so I'm definitely an outlier. I mostly enjoy this so I think you should try it to find out for yourself. Then a woman shows up on the cliff, Gage tries talk her down and she goes over the cliff. At least that is what Pippa hopes really happened but she's not sure. Something is not right with what she saw and Gabe is acting strange. Hopefully the police will rule the woman's death a suicide, it was a suicide wasn't it? I loved how the book is told through the POV of Pippa and Amanda (the dead woman). Through each POV we get to learn more about the women, their marriages, and their secrets. Juicy, juicy, juicy. Gabe had been so calm, so pragmatic, that it was hard to argue. And to his credit, he practiced what he preached. The day we moved in, he had a fence erected around the perimeter of our land and warned the girls they couldn’t go beyond it unless they had a grown-up with them. And in the year we’ve been here, they’ve never gone beyond the fence, and they’ve certainly never seen anyone jump. They couldn’t have, because out of the seven souls who have come to the cliff since we moved in, seven have walked away. Gabe has saved them all.

Sally Hepworth has been a consistent author for me and I always look forward to listening to her new releases. Gabe and Pippa live in a cottage at the top of a cliff where people often come to jump to their deaths. Gabe talks them down, until one night he lets the person jump. Who is this mysterious person, and why didn't Gabe stop her? Hepworth's follow-up to The Mother-In-Law and The Younger Wife will have you up past your bedtime." --Country Living Gabe takes a step towards the woman, which is also against the rules. 'Don't advance on them,' he always says. 'Persuade them to come towards you, towards safety.' The Soulmate surprisingly is my first Sally Hepworth novel, and it definitely won't be my last! This was a gripping popcorn thriller that is entertaining from beginning to end with a substantial discussion around those who struggle with mental illness and how their illness affects the people who care for them.I glance briefly towards the street to see if the police are near. They won't have sirens or lights on. Like Gabe, they prefer a more subtle approach, not wanting to surprise or crowd anyone. Hepworth has continued to release a novel every year, including The Things We Keep in 2016, [10] The Mother's Promise in 2017 [11] and The Family Next Door in 2018. [12] The Family Next Door was Hepworth's first novel set in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia, a trend she has continued in her 2019 novel The Mother-in-Law. [13] Bibliography [ edit ] Publication year Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really appreciated the epilogue. This might be a bit of a spoiler, so proceed with caution. It was nice to see a woman make a difficult decision that was for her own benefit. Remember: No matter what you may do for someone else, you don’t owe anyone anything (except for maybe money if you’ve borrowed it). Coincidentally, this is a theme in another book I’m reading at the moment, The Girls Who Disappeared. Unfortunately, the prose with all of its very short sentences set a tone of hysteria. And the journey through this book wasn't enjoyable as the characters were so underdeveloped. As I say in my Review of the Soulmate, I feel like this book is plotted like a thriller, but at the end, turns into more of women’s fiction.

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Sally Hepworth's novels usually have great twists and turns that keep me guessing. The Soulmate was no different. The story had clever twists that took me by surprise. I thought the characters were well developed and the story flowed very well. I really liked the alternating points of view. They didn’t realize their house is located so close to the cliff which is a POPULAR SUICIDE POINT to jump off! One day Gabe sees a person close to the cliff and he approaches to talk with him. After nearly seven hours later, the man walks away! Gabe saves his life! And he convinces six other people not to jump, too! He becomes a local hero, giving an interview to the newspaper! This is an amazing setup that will have you pondering all the ways that this could go, but none of them prepared me for that final ending. Outstanding! This is the third Sally Hepworth I've read, and now that I have my expectations set correctly, I've really come to enjoy her stories and writing style. Whenever I want a family drama with a dash of suspense mixed in, she's definitely an author I reach for. But, it has also become a popular place for people to come to end their lives. Ragged cliffs above the ocean, 30 meters below- You DON’T survive the fall.