Book Review: The Last Mrs. Parrish

Synopsis (taken from Goodreads):

Amber Patterson is fed up. She’s tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more—a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted.

To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne—a socialite and philanthropist—and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale.

Amber’s envy could eat her alive . . . if she didn’t have a plan. Amber uses Daphne’s compassion and caring to insinuate herself into the family’s life—the first step in a meticulous scheme to undermine her. Before long, Amber is Daphne’s closest confidante, traveling to Europe with the Parrishes and their lovely young daughters, and growing closer to Jackson. But a skeleton from her past may undermine everything that Amber has worked towards, and if it is discovered, her well-laid plan may fall to pieces.

With shocking turns and dark secrets that will keep you guessing until the very end, The Last Mrs. Parrish is a fresh, juicy, and utterly addictive thriller from a diabolically imaginative talent.

The Last Mrs. Parrish (3/5) (Currently available on Kindle Unlimited!)

The Last Mrs. Parrish is a wild ride from the beginning. We are introduced to Amber, the narrator of Part 1. She befriends Daphne Parrish, wife of Jackson Parrish, described as incredibly wealthy and charming. 

Of course, not everything is how it appears on the surface, and Daphne and Jackson’s ‘perfect’ marriage isn’t anywhere close to it. We soon figure out the truth, and it’s full of twists and turns.

I literally had to keep checking that I wasn’t reading the same book of the review I posted immediately before this one, The Housemaid. It’s not that this book is poorly written, it’s actually pretty good. It’s just that it seems so un-original after reading The Housemaid, The Wife Between Us, Behind Closed Doors, etc.

The Wife Between Us proved my original plot guess wrong, but unfortunately The Last Mrs. Parrish didn’t. However, I truly think that if I didn’t just read The Housemaid before this, I would have felt differently about this one and probably would have given it 4 stars.

I’d recommend for a fast-paced beach/pool/vacay read, don’t skip if you’re a fan of thrillers/tales of secret identities.