Gabe and Pippa Gerard buy a house on the edge of an oceanside cliff in Melbourne. It becomes concerning when mentally unstable appear wanting to jump off the cliff. Gabe has taken it upon himself to act as savior to those he manages to "talk off the ledge". It continues until one day a woman walks up to the cliff and Gabe isn't able to help the woman before she is seen jumping off the cliff. As more information about the woman is revealed, the question arises of whether she jumped or if she was pushed. Gabe begins to take her death hard but suspicions rise when it is revealed that he knew the woman. There are fears about unfaithfulness and secrets being exposed. How does Gabe know this woman and why would she want to jump? Furthermore, why would Gabe want to push her? ( )

Enjoyably readable; mostly very engaging. Solid workmanship, though unimpressed with aspects of plot line & 'reveals'. The switches in time (now, then) were a bit distracting and took me out of the story. The narrative flow around compelling events was occasionally too drawn out and the prolonged drama at the ending flat-lined. Author Hepworth has shown in previous novels that she can write a strong psychological thriller with more finesse than one encounters here. ( )

Glad I chose this as my book of the month club pick and got to read it a month early. I look forward to reading more books by this author. ( )

It is an interesting story, but with a lot of meandering before you can get there. There are a lot of perfect façade as red herring to draw you in and make you wonder. It scratch the surface with mental illness and suicided. The complicated relationship between Gabe and Pippa as well as Max and Amanda made distinguishing lie and truth seems impossible. ( )

I really enjoyed this book because the plot kept changing gears. I enjoyed the writing style of the book, although there was a bit of a slow burn in the beginning. Overall, this story had me sitting at the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next! You could never have the "perfect soulmate" This was the perfect book to finish off my spooky reads for the month of October. Thank you so much for this ARC copy of The Soulmate.