Book review of The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

In The Soulmate, New York Times bestselling writer Sally Hepworth follows two girls who every thought she’d discovered once-in-a-lifetime love. One depends on recollections to reconcile the companion she thought she knew—who’s now suspected of homicide—whereas the opposite speaks from past the grave, bereft of her beloved. As you’d anticipate, the ladies’s tales are extra intertwined than is straight away obvious.

Pippa has all of it: a profitable profession, two beautiful little women, an adoring husband, Gabe, and a beautiful new waterfront home located on a cliff. There’s only one macabre disadvantage: The cliff is a frequent location for suicides. Shortly after they transfer in, Gabe turns into one thing of a guardian angel and talks a number of folks out of killing themselves. But one fateful night time, a lady approaches the cliff and, regardless of Gabe’s entreaties, jumps to her loss of life. At least, that’s what Gabe claims, although the native authorities suppose in any other case. As Pippa displays on her relationship together with her soulmate—a dramatic saga full of misplaced jobs and sudden strikes—so does Amanda, the girl on the cliff. Past and current collide as the explanations for Amanda’s journey to the cliff, and the extent to which Pippa has labored to guard the person she loves, grow to be clear.

Hepworth is a grasp of suspense, teasing out an advanced and lethal story in addition to she teases out the sophisticated and infrequently lethal people behind it. None of the 4 “soulmates”—Pippa, Gabe, Amanda and Amanda’s husband—are all good or dangerous. The actuality is way extra attention-grabbing and intense, rife with skilled ambition, struggles for energy within the boardroom and bed room and, for Pippa and Amanda, a unending quest to know the lads to whom they’re devoted. One character offers with extreme psychological sickness, which Hepworth reveals and analyzes in methods each delicate and true to life, and one other holds onto a household secret with disturbing penalties. From its inciting incident to its last surprising twist, The Soulmate will maintain readers in its thrall, making them surprise how effectively somebody can actually know their companion.