BLOG TOUR: Take My Husband by Ellen Meister

I'm excited to be a part of the Blog Tour for Take My Husband by Ellen Meister! I received a free electronic copy for honest review from the publisher. Thanks so much to MIRA and Ellen Meister for letting me be a part of this tour!

 

 

Title: Take My Husband

Author: Ellen Meister

Published by: MIRA

Released: August 30, 2022

Source: Electronic Review Copy Provided by Publisher

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Synopsis: Only one thing stands in the way of Laurel Applebaum's happiness…Doug Applebaum.

In this darkly comic novel about a wife whose rope is so frayed it's about to snap, Laurel gets a call that her husband has been in an accident. She imagines the worst. But as she is on the way to the ER, another emotion seizes her. Relief. Doug's death could solve all her problems. No more catering to his incessant demands. Then there's the insurance money. Laurel's dreams seem so close. There's just one problem: Doug is very much alive. Now Laurel has to decide if she is going to do something about it.

Subversive, irreverent and surprisingly poignant, Take My Husband probes the deep corners of a marriage and emerges to find the light. For anyone who's spent a little too much time with a significant other and thought, One of us has got to go. (Synopsis from Goodreads)

 

My Thoughts: That synopsis really grabbed me when I first heard about this book. It got me enough to want to read it. This was definitely a wild ride. It was a dark comedy. I couldn't look away from it. Laurel has some dark thoughts.

I enjoyed this one. Dark humor is something that I tend to enjoy. While I think Laurel definitely has some problems with her decisions, I still find her entertaining.

I think you have to know what you're getting into with this book. It's not a thriller. It actually feels like a true crime kind of thing. There are so many cases where someone murders their husband or wife for insurance money.

I liked this. It was shocking and fun.

 

Forthcoming from HarperCollins, Ellen Meister's newest novel, TAKE MY HUSBAND, is a darkly comic take on a modern suburban marriage. It follows her other critically acclaimed books, including THE ROOFTOP PARTY, which was called  "wickedly entertaining" by BookReporter and was selected by Long Island Woman Magazine as Summer Pick of the year, as well as LOVE SOLD SEPARATELY (Mira 2020), DOROTHY PARKER DRANK HERE (Putnam 2015), FAREWELL, DOROTHY PARKER (Putnam 2013), THE OTHER LIFE (Putnam 2011), THE SMART ONE (HarperCollins 2008) and SECRET CONFESSIONS OF THE APPLEWOOD PTA (HarperCollins 2006). She is also the author of SPARKS: 500 Writing Prompts to Ignite Your Imagination. In addition to being a novelist, Ellen is an editor, screenwriter, book coach, creative writing instructor, and ghostwriter. For more information visit ellenmeister.com.

Thanks so much for checking out my Blog Tour Stop for Take My Husband by Ellen Meister. Thank you to MIRA and Ellen Meister for letting me be a part of the tour. This is a fun one that I'd definitely recommend checking out.