The Young Widows by S.J. Short

Publisher's Synopsis

Meet the young widows. Together, they’ve shared their grief and emotional healing in the wake of losing their husbands. But whilst these meetings are the only places, they feel they can open up, all is not as it seems . . .

The hot mess

Kylie is done with commitment. Her trust in men died with her husband. Now she trawls bars looking for fun – no strings, no promises, no second night. That is until she meets a man who seems to want more, but is it a mistake to trust again?

The new member

Hannah’s grief is fresh and reminds the other widows how raw their pain once was, do they want to let that back into their lives?

The wallflower

Isabel is used to hiding in the shadows, her past still haunts her. Only her late husband knew what happened the night that ruined her life. Will she be able to keep her secrets buried?

The fiancée

Adriana is moving on. But as her wedding draws closer, she’s starting to question how well she truly knows her fiancé. Then she receives an anonymous note that reads: Get out while you still can.

Each woman is hiding something, but one is not who she says she is. In fact, she’s never even been married . .

Reviews From Elsewhere

GoodReads

I found this to be a very entertaining read about four women who have been widowed by their husbands and are trying to deal with life after these major events. They form a group together and meet regularly to support each other. But each of these women have secrets, secrets that they do not even divulge to each other as they do not know how they will then be received. Read All Reviews

Amazon

The young widows was definitely addictive. I have given it 4 stars however, not 5, because I would have preferred a more believable plot and the characters of each young woman developed more. The book was about the the story, not the people. If the name of each woman had not been put at the start of each chapter there was no way but the narrative to say who the chapter was about. Having said that,it was a good well thought out story. Read All Reviews

For Books Sake

The Young Widows begins with an unknown man, in the midst of a fight with an unnamed woman on a balcony. When the woman pushes him over the edge, we witness potentially the last moments of his life. The story then continues by going back in time. First, we meet Kylie, who after waking in a hotel room with no recollection of how she got there, proceeds with her day by heading to meet her friends. This is where we first meet the rest of the Young Widows group, and our story really begins. Read Full Review