Behind Her Eyes

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough was hyped up to have a sensational ending.  Dubbed as a WTF-That-Ending read.

Single mom Louise is out at a bar one night when she meets the very handsome David.  They click instantly and share a kiss at the end of the night which results in a hasty retreat from David.  Suspicious activity.  Next day, Louise shows up to work to find that not only is handsome David her new boss, but he is also married to the very beautiful Adele.  Wine please.

Louise and Adele bump into each other shortly after (coincidence?) and quickly become close friends.  Louise begins to see David through Adele's eyes which makes him look somewhat controlling and unloving.  Despite this, Louise and David manage to enter into a torrid affair.  Louise's guilt keeps building, but she keeps pursuing both relationships with David and Adele.  Adele has plans for Louise though.  Keep your friends close and enemies closer..

This is one heck of a genre jumping book.  Labeled as a mystery at my library, this book also dabbles in a bit of fantasy or maybe sci-fi? Even though there was so much hype about the twist ending, I was unfortunately not impressed.  I wanted to be!  I really did!  And the book kept me hooked to every sentence.  But by mid-way I already had my predictions about what all of the "mysterious planning" was for.  The author gave away those hints pretty clearly.  And maybe this was to cover up the major twist at the end, but really there wasn't enough given away to even take a stab at what that twist might be.  I wasn't all that surprised either when all was revealed.  -> Yes I know. Stop being such a snobby critic..<-

Goodreads link: Behind Her Eyes