The One

By: John Marrs

Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Vicki Hall, Simon Bubb, Jot Davies, Sophie Aldred

Length: 11 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

Now on Netflix!

A Wall Street Journal Best Science Fiction Book of 2018

“Just try to put this gripping thriller down once you pick it up.”—AARP

“A shock on every other page.”—Wall Street Journal

How far would you go to find The One?

A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner—the one you’re genetically made for.

That’s the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced that they had found the gene that pairs each of us with our soul mate. Since then, millions of people around the world have been matched. But the discovery has its downsides: test results have led to the breakup of countless relationships and upended the traditional ideas of dating, romance and love.

Now five very different people have received the notification that they’ve been “Matched.” They’re each about to meet their one true love. But “happily ever after” isn’t guaranteed for everyone. Because even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking than others…

A word-of-mouth hit in the United Kingdom, The One is a fascinating novel that shows how even the simplest discoveries can have complicated consequences.

©2018 John Marrs (P)2018 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

Unexpected but fantastic!

I am very picky about books as the Outlander series is my favorite. This is not even remotely the same genre but the thought to story telling and detail is fantastic. Story has a great pace and narration was really quite good. Not a 'all tied prettily in a bow' type ending, but some happy, some not. My only complaint is although author leaves out politics altogether in the story, the 'psychopath ' killer had novels and true stories of serial killers on his bookshelf along with one addition, The Life of Donald Trump. 🙄 Really? Unnecessary and childish. But I can get past that to enjoy the book. Well written, well paced, suspenseful and good character development.

Intense and suspenseful!

Kept me guessing the entire time! Full of twists and turns, superb storytelling and performances!

I Want More.

This story was truly captivating.

I LOVE the premise and the exploration of it. I kind of wish it wasn't over. I want even more of this world where love is found through DNA matches.

I am so glad there were so many perspectives. If there were less then this book wouldn't have felt as well rounded.

Perfect Audio Book

If you are like me you read books for the story, well this is like 5 different books in one... every story is engaging and ends EVERY chapter wanting more... even tho a couple of the story endings I predicted correctly , but how they got there was soooo satisfying...

I usually only listen to books on my way back and forth to work (an hour drive both ways) but I could stop listening I had to know what happened next at all times...

Only bad thing about this book is that it has to end, can’t wait to see it on Netflix soon... must read***

Listen to this audiobook now

Absolutely loved this thriller. Do yourself a favor and have a listen! You won’t regret it.

Love the twists and turns!

He’s becoming one of my favorite authors!! I’m looking forward to the next read! Plot twist!

Interesting Read. Book vs Netflix?

Out of honesty, I only looked up this book after watching season one on Netflix. I will happily report they are absolutely different plots and only share the concept of DNA matching. The characters are all different.

I will have to say, the book hooked me immediately. It was always hard to stop. I would give myself just a “little longer” and then delayed dinner for an hour with my whole family upset. Ha, so it was definitely engaging enough to keep me from wanting to stop and get back to real tasks in my life.

That being said, I am disappointed in the portrayal of the women’s characters, and didn’t pay attention to the author’s gender until the one part where one female character gets pregnant and the men complain about the lack of sex due to it — I thought what??? This MUST be a man! Women KNOW that during pregnancy the hormones have your libido and sex drive in overdrive - I have never enjoyed or wanted sex more in my life than when I was pregnant, and honestly asked my OBGYN if there was a hormonal pill that could also produce the same libido and sex drive effect. So, that’s when I looked back and saw the author was a man. No, I’m not familiar with his work but will look into it after, simply for how engaging the book was.

However predictable, it still had you wanting to hear what would happen next. It wasn’t a surprise for me, but I wanted to see how the characters would handle the next “surprise.” I agree with another reviewer that interestingly the most developed character was the psychopathic killer, with Alex following right behind. I was very disappointed in the desperation in Mandy, a very stereotypical misperception of single, childless women in their 30s or close to the end of childbearing age. Jade’s character was also disappointing. Her character had no depth, and so her actions and story line just very surface & I would forget about it often until the author went back to it to continue the story. The most engaging storylines again were that of Christopher, our psychopath, and Alex. Yet again, the women that accompanied them were disappointingly portrayed and it’s evident that the author is a man as he misses the mark on developing realistic women that aren’t created from misperceived stereotypes.

Still, it is an enjoyable read simply to see how it all pans out for them all. I don’t feel you’ll be surprised, it’s all very predictable before it happens, but the voices/performances of the readers kept me engaged as well as wanting to see how the characters would react to the next “surprise” coming at them. I would recommend this book to those who aren’t heavy readers, but not within my close circle of friends that I know read often out of mild embarrassment of the women’s portrayals in the book.

Hooked me from the very beginning

Not my usual genre, but this one grabbed me right off the bat and wouldn't let go. Every time I thought I had a handle on what was going on, another twist would get thrown into the story. Fantastic narrators, and wonderful plot.

Imaginative beyond words

I enjoyed this book immensely. I love mysteries and this one was one of the best I’ve read in a long time.
Mystery isn’t really the correct genre title but I couldn’t think of a better category
The characters were interesting and fully fleshed out, so much so that I feel as if I’ll miss them😌

Very entertaining.

This book started strong, learning the characters & their stories. The middle started to get a lil slow, then would peak my interest again. I gasped a few times at the ending & even cried at a few places. Overall it’s a good book & I would definitely recommend. This author seems to be really good. All of his books that I’ve read has kept me interested, guessing, and completely surprised by the outcomes. Definitely going to buy another one of his books.