The Golden Couple – Book Review

The Golden Couple is the next electrifying novel from Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo behind You Are Not Alone, An Anonymous Girl, and The Wife Between Us.

If Avery Chambers can’t fix you in 10 sessions, she won’t take you on as a client. Her successes are phenomenal–she helps people overcome everything from domineering parents to assault–and almost absorb the emptiness she sometimes feels since her husband’s death.

Marissa and Mathew Bishop seem like the golden couple–until Marissa cheats. She wants to repair things, both because she loves her husband and for the sake of their 8-year-old son. After a friend forwards an article about Avery, Marissa takes a chance on this maverick therapist, who lost her license due to controversial methods.

When the Bishops glide through Avery’s door and Marissa reveals her infidelity, all three are set on a collision course. Because the biggest secrets in the room are still hidden, and it’s no longer simply a marriage that’s in danger.

This was one of my most anticipated books this year and so I was able to manage to get my hands on this book. This is the fourth book I have read from the authors and the duo had been my favorite as I enjoyed reading The Wife Between Us and An Anonymous Girl. So I was excited to get my hands on this book.

Avery Chambers is a therapist and if she can’t fix you after ten sessions then she wouldn’t take anyone as a client. She then takes the Bishops couple, Marissa and Matthew as her clients. Marissa and Matthew seem to be the perfect ‘Golden’ couple living in the DC area though Marissa is filled with guilt for cheating behind her husband, prompting her to seek therapy. Avery and the Bishops start working together but as Avery gets closer to the Bishops, she realizes that they are not perfect as they seem from outside…

This is a fast-paced thriller and there were some twists and turns. Avery uses unconventional methods such as stalking the couple and their friends and coworkers so she can get to know the couple better. Marissa seems to be the typical housewife who owns a boutique store named Coco and she has somewhat a misunderstanding relationship with her assistant, Polly. Then you have Matthew who is Marissa’s husband, Natalie, who is Matthew’s ex-girlfriend and Avery’s ex-boyfriend Skip who somehow has connection with the couple. This was actually a page turner and I actually couldn’t put the book down. You have both Avery and Marissa’s POV so you can get into each of the character’s head although you find that both can at times unreliable characters. The chapters were long but because it was fast paced, I didn’t mind the long chapters in this book.

I enjoyed the book, but why four stars? Because I actually predicted most of the twists and turns and also the ending, which lowered my rating to a four star. The writing however was really great and the authors know how to grip the reader from the beginning.

If you have still not tried any books written by this duo, my suggestion would b read The Wife Between Us which in my opinion was one of the best thrillers ever written by the duo before reading this one. Worth a whopping four stars!