The Ex Who Came Back – ARC Book Review

Your biggest mistake is your sister’s new boyfriend.

All the family are gathered to meet my sister’s new boyfriend, including my husband Seth, and it should be a happy occasion. But the moment I see him my stomach drops. It’s Mateo. My worst mistake. My biggest secret. I hoped I’d never see him again – why is he here now?

‘It’s nice to meet you,’ he says. As I look into Mateo’s cold green eyes, I know he’s playing a deadly game. My hands tremble. This man can’t be trusted. He’s pretending not to know me… and he knows I have to pretend, too.

I’m caught in a lie with no way out. Mateo is dangerous. I don’t want my sister to get hurt. But if I admit who Mateo really is – what really happened between us – I could lose everything. My gorgeous husband. My precious little boy.

Or even my life…

Corinne and her husband Seth and son Freddie were excited to meet her sister Georgia’s new boyfriend along with their parents. But when Corinne meets him, she realized and recognized who he was–he was Mateo and five years ago, when Corinne was questioning about her relationship with Seth, she had an affair with Mateo which didn’t last long. But now Mateo is back and he wants nothing but getting back with Corinne. But Corinne will make sure that no one will know about her secret affair with Matteo even if it involves killing Matteo.

This was a fast-paced thriller–the story is told in the POV of Corinne entirely. I just like how the atmosphere in this book is tense overall, with Corinne worried about her husband finding out about her secret affair and Matteo threatening to tell everyone about their affair so it was well written in my opinion. However, I actually have a problem with the main character, Corinne–I think she is flawed in my opinion. Also compared to other thrillers written by Daniel Hurst, this wasn’t really great. Not many twists or turns you would expect and I kind of predicted what the ending was going to be. Nonetheless, I would continue reading Daniel Hurst’s books even though this wasn’t great.

Overall this is worth 3 stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.