Young woman is married to Seth. She has entered into a polygamous marriage, knowing that he has two other wives and she can only spend one night and day with him. She gets curious and seeks out his other wives.
This is where this book does a total turn-around and becomes frightening. ( )

The start of the book had me wondering if I was reading a different genre from what the book is listed as. Once the story got moving, I was hooked ... until the end! This would be a five star read for me if it weren’t for the end. The story played out so well and the end just felt rushed and like an after thought. ( )

THRILLING and the first book in a long time I "couldn't put down". But it was also sort of horrifying? Seriously, what the hell ... ( )

You are instantly pulled into the story of Thursday, the wife that Seth visits on Thursday nights. She is her husband's second wife, after he divorced his first wife, "Tuesday". He has a 3rd wife, "Monday" that is pregrant. They are polygamists, but it is their secret.
As the story continues, Thursday decides to find out more about the other wives, and begins to infiltrate their lives.
Be prepared to become lost in this story with fast changing stories. You will wonder what is true and what is not. The ending is a shocker! ( )

Thanks to NetGalley for this review copy!

This is the story of Seth and his three wives. The story is told in the voice of (legally married) wife #2; sometimes amorous, sometimes regretful. Seth explains his polygamy with the explanation that he grew up in Utah and with the sentence I love you all differently but equally. One day wife #2 discovers a piece of paper in Seth’s coat and discovers information about wife #3, named Hannah. Wife #2 snoops some more and tracks her down, eventually, ironically, becoming friends with her. They share breakfasts and family stories without discovering they have a husband in common. However, Hannah starts showing up to their meetings with visible bruises, and wife #2 has questions. Lots of them. Seth has never been violent with her before, and she starts wondering more about the man she married. She also continues to snoop, finding wife #1 on Facebook and other social media sites. It’s like she’s addicted to hurting herself with this information.

The author paints a perfect picture of a woman with a polygamous man; insecure one moment and in love the next. Wife #2’s internal monologues are spot-on, just another woman wondering about what her husband is thinking and what he’s doing when he is away from her. The twist here is that none of the narrators are reliable, and you don’t know what is going to happen next. I thought I had the story straight, then suddenly there was a plot twist and it changed EVERYTHING. After that some things made more sense, while others didn’t make sense at all. I was torn between feeling sorry for wife #2 or thinking about her scornfully. Seth is no gem either, despite the fact that wife #2 keeps hanging on to him even though she is crazy jealous of his other two wives.

This book lived up to all the hype – there is drama and psychological suspense galore. Towards the end, all the characters start to decompensate, which provides for an amazing and shocking ending. I literally spent the entire day reading this book, which is something that I don’t normally do. I’m eagerly awaiting Ms. Fisher’s next work. You can pick up your copy of THE WIVES here.



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