Once I started reading THE OTHER HALF by Sarah Rayner I just couldn't
stop. I read it in two sittings and that's only because my kids wanted
something for dinner. Can you imagine? Seriously though, THE OTHER
HALF is a heart wrenching tale of a married couple and what happens
when infidelity comes into the relationship. Jamie and Maggie Slater have
been married for seven years. Jamie is a handsome magazine publisher.
Maggie is a beautiful talented writer, and stay at home mom. They have a
six-year old little boy and a lovely house in the quaint little village of Shere.
Lately their happy marriage has been a little strained. Maggie wants
another child and Jamie is not on board with this at all.
Chloe is young beautiful and single. She works as a feature writer in
London for the magazine Babe, but feels that there is a gap in the market
and has an idea for a hip and trendy new magazine that would appeal to
women just like her. When she pitches the concept to her potential new
boss, Jamie, she feels an instant attraction and thinks the feelings may be
mutual. After a lunch meeting between the two that turns into a dinner
meeting...and then drinks, the pair soon find themselves mixing business
with pleasure on a weekly basis. Cheating on a spouse is never a good
thing and the betrayal left behind along with some big trust issues that
never go away is a relationship killer. It isn't pretty and it never ends well.
Jamie and Maggie are going through all of that and while Jamie knows he
is hurting his wife Maggie, he still can't stay away.
THE OTHER HALF will probably make you laugh; will make you cry; may
even make you want to throw the book. Most importantly however, it will
definitely make you think. The story of Jamie and Maggie's relationship
and how it deteriorates is so much more than blaming the "other
woman/mistress" typical scenario. This love story has depth and meaning--
told from the man, mistress, and wife (mother)'s point of view, as well as a
few of the secondary characters, makes you sympathetic to each of them
at times.
I was completely prepared not to like THE OTHER HALF, I mean it is all
about having an affair which I've always been very against. But the story is
so real and you can't help but feel badly for everyone involved. Some how
the characters in this book found a way to make me love them. I've never
read Sarah Rayner before but I am now going to go back and read her
earlier novels. I truly loved how some of the characters evolved and grew
stronger and right from the beginning I was emotionally invested in their
story.
In the internationally bestselling author Sarah Rayner's
The Other Half, Chloe, bright, hip and single, is a
feature writer with ambitions to launch a magazine of her
own. When she meets James, her potential new boss, she knows
she shouldn't mix business with pleasure, but finds it
impossible to resist...
Maggie appears to have it all. She's beautiful, a talented
writer, and has a gorgeous husband. But something's not
quite right: his job as a magazine publisher is keeping him
in the city until late most evenings, and some nights he
doesn't come home at all...
Told in the alternating voices of the mistress and the wife,
this story of an affair is a sharp, seductive take on modern
love.
Who, if anyone, comes out unscathed?
In writing that is lively, sexy and sharp, the international
bestselling author Sarah Rayner explores modern-day
relationships and age-old moral dilemmas.
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