The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: The Hunting Wives
AUTHOR: May Cobb @may_cobb
Publisher: Berkley
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: May 18, 2021
The Review
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- There was a lot of early buzz about this book so I decided to pick it up from @bookofthemonth
💜 What I liked:
- I didn’t know what to expect from this book. It was un-put-down-able. That’s not to say I didn’t have any issues with it (see below). But what I will say is it’s salacious, dirty, and scandalous! These women are NOT hunting animals. It’s kinda like Mean Girls.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- For all the reasons I liked this book, I also didn’t. This is not the kind of book I usually read, nor do I condone the actions of these women (obviously). But I enjoyed the characters and the situations were so shocking I couldn’t help but enjoy this read.
💁♀️ The Characters:
- The Hunting Wives are Margot (the leader), Callie, Jill, and Tina. Sophie tries to join them in their little club.
🚦 The Ending:
- It was revealed very clearly, even though the motives were a tad questionable. But that’s all I am going to say about that.
💭 Consider if you like:
- Jaw dropping thriller.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
📘 Summary:
The Hunting Wives share more than target practice, martinis, and bad behavior in this novel of obsession, seduction, and murder.
Sophie O’Neill left behind an envy-inspiring career and the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. It seems like the perfect life with a beautiful home in an idyllic rural community. But Sophie soon realizes that life is now too quiet, and she’s feeling bored and restless.
Then she meets Margot Banks, an alluring socialite who is part of an elite clique secretly known as the Hunting Wives. Sophie finds herself completely drawn to Margot and swept into her mysterious world of late-night target practice and dangerous partying. As Sophie’s curiosity gives way to full-blown obsession, she slips farther away from the safety of her family and deeper into this nest of vipers.
When the body of a teenage girl is discovered in the woods where the Hunting Wives meet, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation and her life spiraling out of control.