The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
Would you defend your husband if he was accused of killing his mistress?
Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. At 33 years old, she is a named partner at her firm and life is going exactly how she planned.
The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He is a struggling writer who has had little success in his career. He begins to tire of his and Sarah’s relationship as she is constantly working.
Out in the secluded woods, at Adam and Sarah’s second home, Adam engages in a passionate affair with Kelly Summers.
Then, one morning everything changes. Adam is arrested for Kelly’s murder. She had been found stabbed to death in Adam and Sarah’s second home.
Sarah soon finds herself playing the defender for her own husband, a man accused of murdering his mistress.
But is Adam guilty or is he innocent?
For the Reading Challenge(s):
2026 52 Book Club Reading Challenge (Prompt #7: Title starts with the letter “P”)
The Reason
I was looking for books starting with the letter “P” for the prompt above and had been curious about Jeneva Rose for a while. This one was immediately available on Libby so I decided to try it.
The Quotes
“Even when you have nothing left in your life, hope is the one thing that can never be taken away.”
“That’s the thing about relationships, you never really know what’s going on in them, unless you’re a part of them.”
“Two women trying to make it in a man’s world. We work twice as hard as our male counterparts to make it just an inch ahead of them.”
“I’ve learned that everyone has skeletons in their closet and that the people who appear to be good are usually the worst of them all.”
The Narrator(s)
Andrew Eiden. Mozhan Navabi. Both the narrators were fine.
My Thoughts
The first thing I’d note is that this is not a legal thriller. I thought we’d see more courtroom scenes based on the book’s description but there’s almost none, which is fine. I hoped for a better story though, because from the beginning I felt like there was a big plot hole that wouldn’t fly in real life, but I let it go for the sake of suspension of belief. When it turned out to be the actual plot point of the story though… I don’t know, it felt almost comical.
The characters were all so unlikeable too, I wanted to like Sarah but I didn’t connect to her at all. Her husband, Adam, was an idiot through and through. The writing itself wasn’t bad though and although I’m not happy with this book, I may consider giving the author’s books another chance some time down the road.
My Rating
⭐⭐/5 stars.
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