The Fiancé – Rona Halsall

He killed my husband. Now I’ve promised to be his wife. After my first husband died, I thought my heart was completely broken, and that I’d never feel happy again.

Until I met Theo. He’s a doctor. A man who seems good and caring and kind. Soon after we start dating, he says he wants to marry me. And even though his grown-up children are less sure about me, to everyone else it’s the second chance for love and happiness I deserve.

But the truth is maybe his children are right to be suspicious. Because I know something about Theo. That he was there in the operating theatre the day my first husband died. And I think it was his fault.

Am I in exactly the right place for revenge? Or am I living with a killer?

Review

Okay, so if I liked this book, why not give it at least four stars? Well, that is simple: this had the potential to be more dramatic.

I don’t know if this is a spoiler, but still, I’m going to put this on overline (I thought there was going to be a secretive motive behind Ollie’s death of some kind; I don’t know?, but I feel like it was a bit of a missed opportunity there).

Started off strong. We first meet Anna fresh from getting the awful news that her husband died after some completely preventable incidents that happened during surgery. I totally sided with Anna; if my husband died because a distracted surgeon left some medical instruments inside his body when he performed surgery AND THEN got another surgery without me being notified about it, I would be OUTRAGED. I loved the parts where Anna kicks off Project Theo and starts to better herself up and transform into a ~~(literal)~~ man killer.

I may be getting too spoiled or just getting more used to “going off the rails” story lines, but there was something missing in this book. It’s not a bad book; it’s not boring by any means, but there was just a little flare missing.

All in all, I honestly think that I’m going to be upping my rating on some platforms because I like Halsall as an author. I like her writing, and I like her ideas. This is only my second book, but hello?? I don’t like saying that I have autobuys or autoreads for certain authors, but you know… Honestly, yes, I’ve become what I’ve criticised in the past. If Rona Halsall is coming out with a new book, I am reading it, like, I don’t care, man.

The only thing left to say is that I need to up my game on her books and fill my library with her past works.