Book Review : The Last Mrs.Parrish by Liv Constantine

 The Last Mrs.Parrish

 by Liv Constantine 

(Mrs.Parrish #1)

National Best Seller

Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick. 

Published Year : 2017 

Page Count: 395 pages 

Medium Used: Kindle PW 

Genre: Suspense, Drama, Young Adult, 2024-read. 

Rating : 4/5 👍👍👍👍

Some part of the story is narrated by a third person. Some of it is first person narrative of the last Mrs. Parrish, Daphne. It puts the reader on the edge. The writing is gripping and also the mind/thought process of Amber is so villainous and cut throat like that it made me not feel sympathy for her predicament towards the end.

This book is well written, well thought through. It hit me how similar this story is to The Housemaid by Freida McFadden but checking up on the dates of publishing cleared ny suspicions a bit. While this book came out first in 2017, the Housemaid was out in 2022, so there was no way the authors might have snatched a bit of storyline from the other book! 

A very powerful and super rich couple, the Parrishes. They have everything they want. The wife, Daphne Parrish, is super sexy, super good to her two children and very obedient and faithful to her husband. The husband, Jackson Parrish, super rich, super handsome and very hot, has eyes only for his wife, a very committed husband and loving father. They are super enticing for a young woman, gold digger Amber who is fake throughout - including her name which is assumed. She enters the scene, desperately trying to become Daphne's friend so that she could become the next Mrs.Parrish. the next wife who would have everything and will no longer be treated like trash that she has been used to all her life. Will her plans work ? Does she have some secret help from the outside to make her plans a reality ? How long will her paradise last when she gets it? 

I think the characters of the women leads are very well developed. The husband, Jackson is a bit off - he treats his wife so abominable and doesn't take it well when she confides it to her only possible friend in a long time. He falls for the friend to his wife, who is yapping all the secrets his wife is sharing with her in solidarity, which felt like a complete joke and a convenience to the plot's progress than reality! 

I am eager to read the next book. This story has no murder or death, no investigation, yet the thrill and suspense is present high time!