This book was provided to me compliments of #NetGalley for my honest opinion.

This was a well written book I throughly enjoyed.

Lately I have been in a reading slump that I just haven’t been able to get out of. Even at the best of times, it can usually take me a few chapters to get to the point where I can be bothered to read. So I was pleasantly surprised to find myself actually wanting to continue after the first chapter.

I had never read any of Louise’s books before but I will definitely be taking a look at some others. Her writing style works for me. The correct emotions were evoked by each character and I was able to empathise with both of the lead characters. It’s a style that doesn’t require too much concentration but I found that the more I read, the more I wanted to concentrate on what I was reading.

Her Last Hope tells the story of two women whose lives have been turned upside down. Abi lived a happy life. She had a husband that she loved, a son that they both adored, the ‘dream house’ they had built, and a comfortable job at a bank. Until she didn’t.
Her husband’s suicide is the catalyst to Abi losing everything. Her home, her job, her friends and her son. We follow Abi as she tries to make amends for the decisions of the man she thought she had known.

Lucinda decides that she and her four year old son, Max, need to flee when her abusive, career criminal husband is sent to prison. Paranoid and alone, she leaves her entire life and assumes a new identity in Melbourne. Lucinda and max start to settle in after a few months and Lucinda is grateful to have met so many generous people who she came to consider friends.

I was disappointed to find that my predictions early on came to fruition towards the end. I feel the ‘twist’ was extremely predictable. With that being said, somewhere between predicting the future events and them actually happening, I become hooked. So I think it would be fair to say that the predictability didn’t impact my reading experience too negatively.

Overall, I enjoyed it quite a lot. It’s not the best book I’ve read but it absolutely caught, and kept, my attention. An easy read with an enjoyable, if a little predictable, storyline.

Rating: 3.5

Thank you Netgalley and Amazon Publishing UK for the eARC.
Two women are starting new lives: one is hiding from her husband who she's terrified of, the other's husband has committed suicide after his spectacular business failure causes friends and family to lose millions of dollars. She's lost her home, her son, and is also hated by just about everybody in her life. They think she was in on the financial disaster.
The story was ok, I didn't really bond with any of the characters though, which is a problem for me. The whole book felt a little over the top and not very realistic, but I enjoyed it enough to keep reading till the end.

Thank You Netgalley, Amazon Publishing UK|Lake Union Publishing and Louise for this amazing advanced ebook copy of Her Last Hope!
I read Everyday Lies a while back and enjoyed the heck outta that novel!
But haven't read the ones after that so here we are with her latest novel!
Which now I have to go back and read them. 😊

Her Last Hope was spectacular!
This is only my second by this author, but I’ll be looking at her back titles now!
Well-written characters, she creates realistic complex characters and puts them in situations.
Her writing is wonderful. Absolutely loved the flow of things here. Outstanding, cleverly and masterfully written!

Again thank you sincerely for the opportunity to read this powerful book!
Now off to read her other two!