The Woman Upstairs by Ruth Heald

☆☆
Kindle Edition, 359 pages
Published September 10th 2019 by Bookouture
About the Book: You’d be lost without her. She’s the shoulder you cry on when the father of your children disappears. She’s the person you turn to when he comes back, begging for forgiveness. She’s by your side when you discover his guilty secrets. She helps rock your babies to sleep when they cry. She’s your friend when you have no one else. She’s the woman upstairs, whose feet you hear treading around as you drift off at night, thankful you aren’t alone. But what if you’re about to lose everything because of her?

Oh, I so dislike being in this position. I didn't like this book. The short explanation: The story is implausible and the main characters' behavior is ridiculous. Also I couldn't believe how meek Katie was, she continued to whine about not be able to look after her twins alone, yet having a nuts-o help out is okay? I did not like one character in this book, sometimes that it ok but a book like this should have you cheering for someone and I really couldn't care less.

I'd really like to know what Katie saw in Ian that made him even remotely appealing. Honestly, he's a whiny, greedy, selfish, arrogant, narcissistic womanizer. Yet Katie delves right into this sociopaths world without first doing the sane thing of fact-checking. And then events happen that had me shaking my head, sputtering words like, "Seriously?" I mean, I know this is fiction, but I have to believe it could even remotely happen.

All that being said, this is a fast read. The writing itself is good and I did want to know what happened and why. So, if you can suspend belief and go where this story leads the same way Katie did, without hesitation, then you might enjoy it.

Thank you NetGalley, Ruth Heald and Bookouture for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an impartial review; all opinions are my own.

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