You probably know someone like Shay Miller.
She wants to find love, but it eludes her.
She wants to be fulfilled, but her job is a dead end.
She wants to belong, but her life is so isolated.
You probably don’t know anyone like the Moore sisters.
They have an unbreakable circle of friends.
They live the most glamorous life.
They always get what they desire.
Shay thinks she wants their life.
But what they really want is hers.
My Review:
Rating: 4/5 stars.
Firstly, I'd like to thank Tandem Collective, Pan Macmillan and the two lovely authors for gifting me a copy for an honest review! Also, thanks to NetGalley for the eARC for an honest review! The paperback came out on the 20th August which is only £4.50 on Amazon! (TW: Suicide/Adult Grooming).
I'd like to address the topic of this book because it was very close to home. I found the middle of the book very hard to read because of how similar events happened in this book that have happened recently to someone I know. The main character is groomed by two other women until she feels like she owes them for how great her life has become with them in it. Adult grooming is a real thing. It happens all the time. The writing was definitely accurate and made me feel sick at times. This is the only reason that I didn't rate the book 5 stars. If I hadn't experienced something similar I wouldn't have anything negative to say.
The story followed Shay, who I really enjoyed as the MC. This book really helps you to understand 'be careful what you wish for' because sometimes the life you're bored of can get a lot worse. By the end of the book I was really hooked and needed to see what happened. I couldn't put it down at that point and finished it pretty quickly. I was satisfied with the ending which was realistic and not a 'happily ever after' kind of ending that makes thrillers fall a little flat. It's definitely a book I recommend. It felt like I was watching a really good thriller series on TV.
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