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So many thoughts about this book, even days after I finished it. Overall, I did enjoy the book and it was certainly a page turner. However, I wasn't entirely happy with the second half of the story. It was one of those instances in which you still feel invested but yet you are also feeling a bit disappointed in the direction the story is headed. So I am left with some conflicted feelings and I wasn't quite sure what rating I wanted to give the book. 3.5 stars might actually be a better rating.

You really don't need a detailed synopsis for this book. Basically it's about a woman named Thursday who is married to a man named Seth. Thursday doesn't get to spend as much time with Seth as she would like because he has two other wives. Say what? Yes, this is a story about a woman that shares her husband with two other women. It's a thriller, that's really all you need to know ahead of time.

I never knew how much I needed a polygamy thriller in my life until I started reading this book. The whole idea of sharing a spouse (and isn't it amazing how it's always a man with multiple wives, and not a female with more than one husband?) is just fascinating to me. Like I don't understand why anyone would want to have this arrangement but hey, if it's between consenting adults, it's not my problem. And that's why I'm glad the author chose to explore some of the issues with plural marriages including what it might be like to love your spouse but also realize the situation is less than ideal.

So I loved the first half of the book and it was easy to see why this book is so popular. I did struggle with the second half though. On one hand, I can appreciate how the author did something different and caught me off guard. But on the other hand, I felt like my bubble was burst after the halfway mark and what had been a fun and exciting story up until that point just turned into a different reading experience. If someone took a photo of me while reading I would have a cheesy, popcorn eating grin on my face for the first half of the book, and then it would be replaced with more of a somber face. However at least the ending wasn't dull and I did have a smirk on my face when I finished reading.

Overall, not a perfect book but one that I do recommend especially as a book club read as there's plenty to discuss here.