Bound to You - Carol Marinelli

I got this free in Amazon. When you look for it in Goodreads the title is What Goes Around with a different cover. This cover (kindle edition) i have though doesn't exactly match the story because when you look at it you immediately think it's somehow erotic. But it's not. There's not much hot scenes in this book, but the subject matter is quite heavy. I tried to read this when i was looking for something with not so much angst. When i read it i could not put it down. It captured my interest. I liked the characters though they have their quirks.

Told in alternating POV of the new wife (Lucy) and the ex-wife (Gloria)

The quote "what goes around comes around" is exactly what the book is all about. It's also about adultery, bitterness, anger, acceptance, forgiveness, passion and love. 

Lucy's mind is funny, crazy and superficial. I loved her character, she may be a bitch but she has her reasons. I understood her. I get her. Despite all what she did, she is a good mother to Charlotte. I couldn't understand her anger towards her mother at first, but eventually i did and that she redeemed herself. 

Gloria's mind is more mature and she is the epitome of an understanding wife and ex-wife. She has a kind heart.

Both weighed down by bitterness, guilt, anger and grief what happened to the ex-wife also happened to the new wife. From the other women, the journals, their grief, the slimming club and the situations that their husband subjected to them.

I cannot even begin to describe what kind of a kinky bastard their husband has become. His never ending string of mistresses. But the book has taught is that despite all his mistakes, he was also a good husband and a good father. Yes, the sexy old man is a kinky bastard but still forgivable.

I also couldn't believe Jess, her best friend. And Luke! I liked him, i didn't expect the ending. But i was rooting for them about halfway through because i felt that there could be something. His hatred is so strong and as they say there is a fine line between love and hate. 

This book is recommended to those who love reading about marriage. This is the first book I've read that told the alternating view of the new wife and the ex-wife. It's new and refreshing and surprisingly i really liked it. When i read the blurb i instantly got it.

“I’ve spent my life keeping my worlds apart and now they’ll all be coming together, in this very room. Everything that I’ve carefully separated will be curdling right here under this roof.”

What Goes Around…

Lucy thought she had firmly buried her past when she set eyes on and snared that sexy older guy at work. She gave no thought to the consequences when she swooped in and stole Gloria’s husband.

Twelve years on things couldn’t be better for Lucy. Well, his little problem in the bedroom department might need working on but surely it’s a small price to pay for a seemingly perfect life.

That is until karma wields its hammer and shatters Lucy’s fragile world…