Review: The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh

 

The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh

Publication Date: March 1st 2022 by Pamela Dorman Books

Pages: 384

Source: Publisher 

Rating: ★★★★

Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Goodreads

My Thoughts:

Emma and Leo have been married for ten years, have precious little girl, and are still gloriously in love. However, Emma went through cancer and so their lives have been up and down not knowing if she’d be alright. With the cancer scare behind them the future seems bright ahead. Leo, a newspaper obituary writer, feels more at ease coming up with a stock obituary write up on Emma, a norm to have on hand for famous people. I had no idea this was a thing, but apparently it is, and I can understand why as it was expounded on here. It was interesting to learn about.

Emma isn’t super famous, but she did garner a lot of attention when she filmed a TV series on marine biology for two seasons, and she still gets attention and fan messaging from it. However, when Leo starts to list her accomplishments and history, he realizes that there’s a lot about Emma he’s fuzzy about. As he digs, he finds a lot of inconsistencies, and things don’t add up and it's jarring!

Emma’s past is coming back to haunt her. Can she keep the family she loves so dearly when all is revealed? I really liked Emma, so I certainly hoped so!

It’s difficult to write a review without spoiling things here. It’s a story I wholeheartedly recommend, though.  When all was revealed my heart broke! I was infuriated with a certain character! How could he/she?!!  I hope some there was some kind of punishment or reckoning for that person. I guess so many years later what can you do? I was happy with how it all turned out which isn’t always the case for me with mystery/thrillers.

The Love of My Life is a Good Morning America Book Club Pick, which isn’t surprising as it was captivating and hard to put down!

4 Stars

Book Description:

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

“Rosie Walsh’s The Love of My Life is my favorite kind of thriller—gripping, heartbreaking and impossible to put down.”—Laura Dave

From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosted comes a love story wrapped in a mystery: an up-all-night page-turner with a dark secret at its core

I have held you at night for ten years and I didn't even know your name. We have a child together. A dog, a house.

Who are you?

Emma loves her husband Leo and their young daughter Ruby: she’d do anything for them. But almost everything she's told them about herself is a lie.

And she might just have got away with it, if it weren’t for her husband’s job. Leo is an obituary writer; Emma a well-known marine biologist. When she suffers a serious illness, Leo copes by doing what he knows best – researching and writing about his wife’s life. But as he starts to unravel the truth, he discovers the woman he loves doesn’t really exist. Even her name isn’t real.

When the very darkest moments of Emma’s past finally emerge, she must somehow prove to Leo that she really is the woman he always thought she was . . .

But first, she must tell him about the other love of her life.

ABOUT ROSIE WALSH

Rosie Walsh lived and traveled all over the world, working as a documentary producer and writer. Ghosted, her American debut, was a New York Times bestseller and has sold more than a million copies worldwide. The Love of My Life is her second novel. She lives in Devon, UK with her partner and two children.

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