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The Arrangement by Kiersten Modglin
4.0

This was a book that my wife and I chose to read because it was a quick, 6-hour listen via audiobook. (We drive to work together every other week and often try to pick books we can finish/listen to in a week.)

I went into it not knowing anything about it, other than reading the blurb on Libby. Boy! Was I in for a surprise!! 

This follows a couple that finds their marriage in a time of turmoil and therefore they make an "arrangement". This arrangement basically says that they each get one night a week where they get a free pass to date others people (read: sleep with). No strings attached, no feelings or anything long terms. If they follow the rules, it should be easy and no one will get hurt and ultimately the goal is to make them come back together and value each other...until the rules are broken and people do get hurt. 

I'm just gonna go out on a limb and say that I was pleasantly surprised by this one! There were a lot of plot twists that I did not see coming..at all! After reading a lot of thrillers, sometimes it's easier to pick out where a book might be headed or what you think might certain characters may or may not be guilty of. With this one, I was wrong almost every single time! 

It's told from both the husband and the wife's perspectives, alternating with each chapter so it's easy to follow. I wasn't a fan of the narrators, however; I didn't let that sway my review and rating of the book - just a heads up for anyone else that might be checking it out on Audio. 

The only reason that this didn't receive 5-stars from me is because there were sections that felt a bit slow/choppy and really just unnecessary to the story - but they were few and far enough between that it was easy to overlook leaving this a 4..maybe 4.5 star read.