A “twisted page-turner that should appeal to fans of You”.—Entertainment Weekly.com“Funny, creepy, surprising, scary, and exhilarating.”—Publishers WeeklyAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNAMED A TOP 10 DEBUT AUTHOR TO WATCH BY POPSUGARA PARADE.COM DEBUT NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE READINGYOU’VE NEVER READ A LOVE STORY AS TWISTED AS THIS.Juliette has everything going for her: she’s young, pretty, and driven, … NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE READING
YOU’VE NEVER READ A LOVE STORY AS TWISTED AS THIS.
Juliette has everything going for her: she’s young, pretty, and driven, and she’s training for an exciting new career as a flight attendant.
The darkness in her past doesn’t matter, because she’s moved beyond all that, and she’s building a great new life for herself—one that will impress her ex-boyfriend, Nate, who left her in a foolish moment of commitment-phobia, one that he surely regrets now. But he’ll be so proud of her once he sees how much she’s grown. And he will see her. After all, he’s a pilot at the very same airline where Juliette is training.
What kind of man wouldn’t appreciate the effort Juliette has taken to win Nate back? She cleans his apartment when he’s not there and makes sure to leave all his favorite foods in the fridge. It’s only a matter of time before he leaves his airheaded new girlfriend and realizes Juliette is the only one for him.
He will realize it. Juliette will make sure of it. After all, she is the perfect girlfriend.
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I would like to thank Netgalley,Harlequin for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this fun thriller in exchange for an honest review.
4.75 Stars
Juliette knows that she and Nate were truly meant to be. She also knows that she is the absolutely the most perfect girlfriend to ever exist. The only problem? Nate broke up with Juliette a while ago. Juliette is a go getter though. The way she sees it there is no reason for her to just give up on the most perfect relationship ever. Why should she let a little thing like a break up stand in the way of true love? So Juliette sets out to get Nate back. She goes as far as to train to become an airline attendant at the same airline that Nate is a pilot.
Juliette is your worse nightmare, she is smart, sneaky and able to change persona at the drop of a hat. Let’s just say that Juliette definitely would give Dan from “You” a run for his money. I would definitely have given this 5 stars if it had not taken so long to get things going. Once things do start though this is a fantastic thriller filled with some plot twists.
Juliette is the type of character you know you shouldn’t like but once again like Dan in “You” you just can’t help but like her. She has been damaged and there is a deep backstory for her. I really enjoyed this and will totally reread this another time. Just be prepared that it will take a bit for the story to get off the ground. Once it does though, it is totally worth it!
ending was disappointing. a bit predictable but a decent read
Slow burning, guileful, and chilling!
The Perfect Girlfriend is a complex, compelling, psychological thriller that takes you into the life of the determined, consumed Juliette as she embarks on a relentless journey to win back the heart of her ex-boyfriend at any cost.
The prose is tight and intense. The characters are self-absorbed, crafty, and deliciously unlikable. And the plot, using flashbacks to the past and told through a first-person, unreliable narrator, builds steadily and is full of unforeseen twists, well-timed surprises, mind games, fixation, vengeance, cunning manipulation, and life in the airlines.
Overall, The Perfect Girlfriend is a unique, sharp, disturbingly addictive tale that is a fantastic debut for Hamilton and a scary reminder just how quickly life can spiral out of control when driven by obsession and revenge.
I so wanted to love this book. I did and I thought it would be a perfect read for me. Unfortunately it wasn’t.
That said, I think the author did a good job and I will certainly check out her future work. She did a great job of making Juliette the full on crazy stalker girl that is everyone’s nightmare (and if not, it should be!) But…there were too many things that made me roll my eyes like the access to internal documents in the airline’s computers after such a short time as a flight attendant as well as the insta-promotion after the difficult landing. I just couldn’t see it.
I did love the look at the life of a flight attendant and figured most of it was based in reality since this author was previously cabin crew. I enjoyed the quick glimpses of life in the foreign countries Juliette visited also.
This is a good psychological thriller, but sadly the market is very saturated with them just now and this was just not a book that stuck out to me as one that was better than the rest. The ending made me wonder where the rest of the book was also…..or if my copy was missing a few pages. So all in all, an okay read that is worth checking out and I will definitely be watching for this author’s next book.
Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley for allowing me an ARC at my request. My thoughts in this review are my own.
Usually when I read a scary stalker he’s male, Juliette was crazy.
I had to start this book over after putting it down a little freaked out.
If you’re looking for a unique psycho thriller with a female lead that you may like or at least feel sorry for then this is your read. I think I’m still shocked but I look forward to seeing what else this author writes.
The Perfect Girlfriend is the perfect book about obsession, deceit, relationships and revenge.
Juliette is not only controlling (that is being nice), she is also sociopathic but there is something behind her story that makes you want to know what happened to her and what will happen as plots and plots and plots.
And yet she is a compelling character.
The pages fly by, you dont want the book to end but you do.
Get your copy today and sit back and enjoy
I was a little afraid of her in the book, definitely an amazing anti- hero
Can you say obsessed? Juliette is absolutely obsessed with her ex-boyfriend Nate. She visits his apartment when she knows he isn’t home to straighten up and leave his favorite foods. Nate is a pilot so Juliette becomes a flight attendant to prove to Nate they are perfect for each other. Everything she does with her life is for the ultimate payoff of getting back together with Nate. This book only took me 2 days to read as I could not put it down. The last night I stayed up late into the night thinking I would only read one more chapter but my oh my the twists and turns!!! I thoroughly enjoyed this thriller of a book and can not wait for more books by this amazing debut author! I received an advanced readers copy from NetGalley and Harlequin Graydon House. All opinions are my own.
If you’re looking for a happily ever after ending this is the book for you. Of course, it depends on whose side you take in this book. Juliette has loved her boyfriend for years and wants nothing more than to be with him. Or does she have another motive? You’ll have to read this book to find out. Don’t believe in innocent until proven guilty until you’ve found out exactly what motivates the characters in this twisted romance/thriller.