DNF 45%
The writing of this book is excellent, however it failed for me on the execution. Imagine being a fly on the wall during a marriage counseling session of two people you do not know and there is nothing exciting to learn about them.

This is a quick read that is very compulsive and I found myself grabbing every spare minute to read as I wanted to know just where this story was going. Told from the different points of view of Karen, Lydia and Josh it had me trying to guess who was the reliable one and actually just what the hell was going on because as the book progressed it became clear that all is not as it seems !! It’s such a well written story and my first by Victoria Jenkins and I was really impressed by quality of the writing and enjoyability I got from reading this. So a solid 3+ star read for me that kept my attention throughout.
My thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for giving me the chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

A young couple visit Karen, a marriage counsellor, hoping to resolve their issues. Soon Karen is faced with a problem she has tackled before; should she be honest to Lydia about how she sees Josh, or should she continue to try to help them through their problems?

Hmm. My initial reaction to this is only ok. It’s a really slow burn. For the first third of the book I was just plodding along. I didn’t feel anything for any of the characters; I didn’t like any but I also didn’t hate any of them, which I think I was supposed to considering how one of them is painted for the reader and the other characters pretty early on. Instead I just kind of didn’t care.

By halfway through I was pretty certain I knew what was going on. I didn’t trust any of the characters. But I still didn’t care. I really think I was supposed to be bothered by incidents, but I just couldn’t care less.

I was happy to reach the end, just because I wanted it to be over. I was hoping it would redeem itself by the end, that something would happen to shock and astound me. Nothing did. It posted out almost exactly as I thought it would, no shocks or surprises.

The positives for me was the language used. Ok, so it was slow and that style of writing bothered me in this book. But the descriptions, the language, the metaphors and similes. I loved this part of the book. I actually highlighted a lot of sentences because did me that part of the book was great. I enjoyed individual sentences more than the storyline.

Because of the writing, I won’t let this stop me from reading more from this author - this was my first book by her - and I’m happy to give her another chance. It wasn’t unredeemable!

I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. My opinions have been in no way influenced by this.

This was a hard to put down kind of a book. A quick easy read. It engages you quickly and keeps you hooked since it doesn’t have too many characters and the plot is very focused. It’s succinctly written. You know right from the start that something is off about the couple but the reveal and the games they play make it very interesting to read.
Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for providing me with an ARC for review.

Drawn in from first pages a book I read late into the night.The characters the marriage the therapy scenes get ready for a wonderful ride of a read.#netgalley #bookouture