The Wife Before: A Spellbinding Psychological Thriller with a Shocking Twist

Great book with a serious shocking twist!! Couldn’t put the book down! Read it in 2 days.

Whew! This one was absolutely crazy to me. It REALLY took me on a ride. I have been knocking these thrillers out. I can vividly see the scenes / events in my mind. This one … again… it took me through it! I am a person who wants to guess who did the crime in my thrillers or what I call them …. A who done it? I guessed the whole book lls. Samira Wilder is our main character, and she is a … free spirit. She has an older brother,Kelvin b.k.a Kel, who is opposite of her and really helps her out when she needs. He is for better or worse, like her “father” and she really depends on him. They are very close. However, his life is moving along, as well as his family, and he has to slowly but surely make her grow up. With that in her mind, though she is annoyed by having to “grow up” she is making moves and gets herself a gig. While in that gig, being a waitress at a fancy event, being a little clumsy ran her right into pro golfer, Roland Graham. Roland Graham is known for being an amazing pro golfer. A regular ole, Tiger Woods, however, right now he’s know for being a suspect in the murder of his ex wife, Melanie. Now, Samira doesn’t know any of this, and sees him as just a man she met. He loves that so much, because the world sees him as a murderer. Because he has met someone who sees him in a positive light, and their attraction to each other, their relationship takes off. He has money so the dates are extravagant and fancy. They enjoy each other’s company and the relationship progresses very fast. Scary fast. With her and her brother, Kel, in constant contact and communication she quickly tells him about her new exciting relationship. But he knows all about Roland Graham and what he is being suspected of. Of course, he let Samira know all about it as well as his personal feelings on the relationship. 😑😩 He basically tries to forbid her from seeing him and Samira does try hard to shake Roland. However, it only happens for a little bit ….. and next thing you know they are married, and moving to his mansion in Colorado. The mansion he shared with his ex wife Melanie. I would NEVER, but again, Samira is different. She does all that, mind you without telling anyone. Not her best friend, Sheila, that she used to live with, or her brother, Kel the only family she has left. No one at all. Soooooo….. this move to Colorado is where the story really starts. I reiterate, Samira is living in the mansion that his ex-wife, that was murdered, lived in with him. Very weird. Right away, Samira is meeting new people and family, Dylan, his cousin, who gives her more insight on Roland. (Because they are still getting to know each other essentially) when they first move in the mansion Roland and Dylan take Samira on a tour of the mansion. While Roland and Dylan are showing her the mansion and property, Samira, comes across an old tattered looking shed. Immediately, it intrigues her because it looks out of place. When she finds out it belonged to Melanie, her interest piques even more! Eventually she ends up letting Roland know she wants to make the shed her own and that she can “clean it out” for herself. As she is completing the task she runs across Melanie’s personal journals. Baybeeeee now the story gets deeper, crazier and my mouth dropped from here on out. She starts to read the journals. Though she is being nosey one hundred percent, however, she is also trying to find out if there is any information that could lead to changing the narrative around her husband’s name. *** side note the author lives for a good letter or journal entry lol*** Reading the journals leads to more questions and starts to shape the way she sees Roland as well as the people in his, well, now their lives. She also starts to paint a picture of the real Melanie. She has never met Melanie, but these journals are so personal, I’m sure she can write a book about her now. She is in awe about the things she find out about Melanie, one being she’s has a twin, Miley! The more she reads and learns the more Samira sees, Melanie was not a sweet innocent girl at all! The more Samira learns the more she wants to know and learn. Which means, the deeper down the rabbit hole she goes and actually becomes a little detective. She learns about the past Melanie hides from Roland and is SHOCKED to find out who she confides in about her past instead. 🕵🏾‍♀️ Eventually, people in her life start to learn that not only did she marry Roland, but that she moved her ass to Colorado. Her best friend, Sheila, isn’t excited because the whole “Roland situation” is sketchy. No one really knows who killed Melanie and everyone thinks he did it, except Samira… and truth be told… after reading the journals… it is INDEED a sketchy situation. However, Sheila, can’t make her leave the relationship and mansion, but she does let her know how she feels, and of course goes along with her shenanigans. Yes, our little detective found out people from Melanie’s past a tried to meet up with some, but not alone. Which is where Sheila’s tail comes into play. Eventually, the journal’s information becomes overwhelming, with questions that she has but can’t ask because Roland knows nothing about the journals. However, the journals got to her so much, that Roland could tell something was wrong. Just by the way she would act around him. My girl was scared for a minute and sent her lifeline, Kel, her brother, a frantic text! Now when he finds out,and sees the panicked text,not only is he confused as well as livid, but he is ready to beat some ass. He had to make his way to Colorado, to make sure all is okay with his baby sister. Samira was finding out too much about Melanie and Roland’s life together and how different their relationships are, how Dylan, Roland’s cousin, intertwines with Melanie, and it’s all so much, she breaks. She tells Roland about the journals, most of what she learned about Melanie and her suspicions. Roland is of course, upset when she lets him in on the journals. But, to my surprise, they become detectives together! Now this last part, I’m not sure how to write about this without telling it all. It gets, dark, chaotic and gives a great twist. To be honest to me the book had a couple good twists and turns. You gonna have to read to find those twists and turns. There is SO much more that goes on before, in between and after what I wrote. Would I recommend??? HELL yeah! It was so good, I don’t think I’ll forget the details for a while. Sucks you right in! So if you want to forget everything unless it’s this book; putting your TV shows and conversations to the side, then, this book is for you!

This was a great read. Fast-paced and an ending I never saw coming.

I really enjoyed this book. Talk about plot twist. This should definitely be made into a movie.

The plot was interesting but the actual storytelling was lack luster imo. All the major twist came at the very end so the pacing was off. There were unanswered questions. It was just okay to me.