A review by southernbibliomom
An Inconvenient Wife by Karen E. Olson

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was … odd. It is a modern retelling of Henry VIII. Hank Tudor is a billionaire business man who needs absolute control over his wives, both past and current. He has the help of attorney Cromwell to do it. However, when a woman is found dead at one of his houses exactly the same way another woman had been killed years ago at another of his houses, it causes everyone (including current wife Kate) to begin to question just how far Hank would go to control it all. It was trying to be kind of a cozy mystery, but the focus was more on the relationship with the wives. Honestly, there wasn’t much mystery as pretty quickly the person behind it is revealed to the reader if not the characters. *****SPOILER - SORT OF******






It’s also strange to me that it never occurs to ANYONE that it could possibly be this person. 

**** QUASI-SPOLIER OVER ****


I hope there is a book the continues this story coming. There surely must be as NOTHING is solved. There are SO MANY loose ends that it bumps right up to cliffhanger status. There is no resolution for any of the storylines. It just sort of ends. Plus, I want to know if the author plans to follow history with wife #6 or if she plans to change it. As it is, I can’t tell fully on one part of it. Hopefully this is at minimum a duology. If so, I am almost sad I didn’t read this one after the second comes out - if there is one.