Hannah is on a first date with Alex who seems too good to be true. She’s been waiting her whole life to find Mr. Perfect, and Alex appears to hit all the buttons she’s looking for - attractive, well-dressed, good job, wants three kids, a Labrador, enjoys a glass of Merlot, and even wants to vacation in the same town she does. When red flags start appearing will Hannah realize her perfect man isn’t as he seems or will their first date last forever?

Let me start by saying, that ending, WOW! I honestly did not see it coming. The second to last chapter blew me away! The problem was getting to that chapter. I’ve read slow burns, but this was excruciating slow. There was hardly any action leading up to the last few chapters, and this book really needed something to happen.

Hannah was so naive to the point that I just kept saying to myself, “get a clue, girlfriend!”. How could she not see how creepy and controlling Alex actually was. Love is blind and all, but Hannah needed to open her eyes and stop being so trusting. It was hard to like her as the protagonist especially when her best friend kept trying to make her see how toxic the relationship was and she just wouldn’t listen.

I’ve read one other book by Sue Watson which I liked better than this one. I look forward to reading more by her though since she has a way of making the reader want to know what will happen. Even though this was a slow burn for me, I still needed to see how it would end.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy in exchange for me honest review.