anouk♡ semi-hiatus's Reviews > The Wife Upstairs

❝𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐. 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐. 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈.❞

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❥𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚:
Sylvia's down bad.. with no rent money, she’s facing homelessness. that’s when she meets Adam at a diner. . Adam's looking for someone to watch over his wife, Victoria, who got hurt really bad in an accident.

Sylvia's hesitant, Adam’s place is in the middle of nowhere, she doesn’t know how to feel about Victoria and she's not exactly a healthcare pro.

❝ 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴. 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦. 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘵.❞

however, does she really have a choice?
with no other options, she accepts his offer that comes with free housing and an amazing salary.

when Sylvia first meets Victoria, she seems lost in her own world. but as Sylvia spends time with Victoria, she notices Victoria is more aware than she first appeared. the more they interact, the more it seems clear Victoria wants to tell her something. when Victoria leads Sylvia to her dairy, hidden away in a drawer, she starts reading.. what she finds inside flips everything upside down.

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❥𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏:
this one might be a little to close for comfort..
like basically every other review says, it’s very very similar to verity.
full disclosure: i don’t really like colleen hoover, so for me this felt like i was experiencing verity, written by a good author.
anyway, i still enjoyed it! the twists and turns kept coming and it kept me highly entertained from beginning to end.