Thank you to Edelweiss and Atria Books for providing me with an egalley of this book to read and give an honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I don't read a lot of thrillers/mysteries. But I always find it fun to insert them in between my typical romance or fantasy books to break up my reads. I loved the idea of this one. Girl who receives a heart transplant connects with the donor's husband and forms a bond. What could possibly go wrong, right? Oh so much! This was my first Collins book and I enjoyed the ride.
Rosie Lachlan is set on finding the one, now that she is healthier than before with her new heart in place. She definitely has rose colored glasses when she connects with Morgan Thomas, a famous writer whose wife's heart Rosie believes she received. From the start there is something off about Rosie. She gave me creepy vibes, if I'm being honest. Almost a bit stalkerish in her interest in the author and her voiced admission she has a thing for him.
There are a lot of twists and turns in this story. Things I was not expecting and things I totally saw coming. I won't get into those things, as they will kill the mystery if I do, but just know the twists are going to leave you wondering just exactly what happened.
I loved how the author used the emails for the reader to connect to Morgan, since the story is told from Rosie's point of view. These emails are really what hooked me to the story. I will say they confused me a bit when things started to reveal themselves about 60-70% into the book, but I am sure that was intentional. Collins used those emails well to throw the reader off the trail of who actually committed the crimes you see. They also pain an unusual picture of Morgan. I absolutely got creeper vibes from him for the majority of the story.
There were so many ways this story could have turned and I honestly wasn't sure how it would go until I got to that second crime and realized who the stalker was. Before that, I was convinced there was some kind of psychotic break happening that I must have missed. Collins made all the characters suspect with how unlikeable and unhinged they were.
I will say the start of the story was better than the last 50%, finding out who the murderer was aside. It slowed down a lot at that point and I had to push myself a bit to care about what happened at the end. I lost interest though did push to finish it since I already felt invested.
Overall, I enjoyed the story but it is not my favorite of the mysteries/thrillers I have read. I do think fans of Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware will enjoy this title.