Trigger warnings: (from the author) Self-harm, Suicide,Violent rape, Sexual assault, Murder,Massacres, Brutalization, Mutilation, Torture, Substance abuse, Abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Relationship abuse, Human experimentation, Chemical warfare, Genocide

I was nervous to pick this up. Seeing so many people love this made me nervous. Also seeing the tweets about chapter 21 got me scared, more on that later.
Sometimes long chapters annoy me. It can affect my mood which is stupid. But as I own the audiobook I decided to listen along. Which definitely made me get through it much quicker.

Soon as I started the audiobook I was captivated. I couldn't put it down. I found myself listening for over an hour before even noticing I had been listening for that long. Which never happens to me. I just wanted to carry on the story. See where it went.

Chapter 21. This was dark. Extremely dark. From beginning to end. I have no words to describe how this made me feel. I only know my anxiety did not like it. I had to put the book down for the night after finishing it. Listening to the audiobook probably made it harder to digest. This is probably the most graphic chapter I've ever read. If I've read worse I've forgotten it.

This book was dark. I know people said it was. But you never know until you actually pick it up. The graphic detail was something else. It never ends once it starts. The writing really brought the world to life. The atmosphere was intense.

This feels more an Adult than YA book. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is sold as YA.

Let's end of a lighter note. Some characters that I enjoyed.
Kitay. I loved his personality. He made me laugh at times. He needs protecting. I'm scared for him in book two.
Jiang. Again I loved his personality while at the school. He was childish but knew when to be serious.
Ramsa. A legit child who needs protecting at all costs.
Altan. I wanted to like him but he gave me bad vibes at first. But everything is explained later on.
Rin. I liked her but she also annoyed me throughout the book. The way she wants power I want to mean some longterm growth in her character. Her anger and need for revenge will make for an intruding book two.

I feel like I need a little break from this world before picking up the next book. But I'm excited and nervous.

This took a couple of chapters to get into. Probably because the prologue and first chapter were two completely different crimes. But that made me more intrigued to find out how they connected.

But by halfway that crime in the first chapters were barely mentioned again. I don’t even remember if we find out who did it. If we do it clearly didn’t mean much.

I had no problem staying interested in this. Although this is the type of book that feels like it takes forever to get through. Even though it only took me two days to read. It could just be me but it felt slow.

I knew early on this was going to be an average read. I’ve read better and I’ve read worse.

One issue I had, which is just personal preference, is I don’t care about the detectives personal lives. I’m reading the book for the crime. To figure out who did it, why they did it. How it happened and was solved. The detective lives aren’t important to me. Especially since a lot of the time is just pointless relationship drama.

I was surprised that my one theory ended up being correct. At first it was just a guess but as I got through the book it made more and more sense. The character knowledge fit the injuries of the victims.

I’m still unsure why the book is called The Silent Wife. Did I miss where that was explained?

*received a copy from Net Galley for an honest review*