It’s a beautiful location, but with a downside - the cliff facing their home is known locally as The Drop, and it’s a spot that’s known for its number of suicides. Pippa lives with her gorgeous, wonderful husband Gabe in a cottage by a cliff’s edge. Oddly, one of these two women is already dead when we meet her as a narrator, and she tells her side of the story from her afterlife. In The Soulmate, two different women narrate a dramatic occurrence, what happened before, and what happens next. I would not recommend this book for readers for whom these topics might be triggering. Sadly, The Soulmate falls into the latter category.Ĭontent warning: Suicide is a recurring topic in this book, as are mental health concerns, diagnoses, and treatments. I’ve read all but one of Sally Hepworth’s novels by now, and when I look back at my ratings and reviews, I can see that her books are either big hits for me (especially The Good Sister and The Things We Keep) or so-so reads that I could have done without. When Pippa discovers Gabe knew the victim, the questions spiral…Did the victim jump? Was she pushed?Īnd would Gabe, the love of Pippa’s life, her soulmate…lie? As the perfect facade of their marriage begins to crack, the deepest and darkest secrets begin to unravel. Night after night Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the ledge.

The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. But their perfect house hides something sinister. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. Get ready for a thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge in Sally Hepworth’s The Soulmate.

The soulmate book review