A review by ravensandlace
The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton

4.0

Title: The Perfect Girlfriend

Author: Karen Hamilton

Genre: Adult Thriller

Format: eARC from Netgalley

Series: NA

Star Rating: 4 stars

tw: child death, stalking, parental death, alcoholism, drug use, home invasion (violent and nonviolent), drugging, bullying, murder, infidelity

A special thank you goes to Netgalley and Wildfire for providing me with a copy of this book. Please know that this does not influence my rating or thoughts on the book itself.

I’m on that never-ending quest to get my Netgalley ratio up to an acceptable level. One night, I couldn’t find anything to read so I just randomly picked this one out, and holy cow, what a ride this book was. I stayed up way past my bedtime to read this book because it was just so enthralling! I haven’t read a good thriller in ages, since my last Greer Hendricks book, so I was in dire need of a thriller. 

Juliette was one of the most wild main characters I have ever read about. The book was in first person so we were fully in her mind and boy, her mind was dark. She was so manipulative and convincing that for a while there, I bought into everything she was saying. Like why wouldn’t Nate, her ex, not love her? She tries so hard to be perfect, he should love her. Slowly, I was able to tear myself out of her manipulation but damn, she was good. That is what made the book so good for me. When a main character, who you know isn’t good, manages to convince you that they were perfectly normal and their thought process is perfectly acceptable. I can see why people join cults now.   

As you all know, with thrillers, I struggle to write reviews. I don’t want to give too much away but I also want to convince y'all to read it. You all are just going to have to trust me when I say you need to read this book. I have a feeling that y'all will be very interested in Juliette and all she brings to the table. And you will live for the ending. It was one I certainly did not see coming.