I really enjoyed the story, it’s only a short book but it’s pretty ramped with each character’s thoughts and feelings. The ending was unexpected and brutal.

Emma is over paranoid, her friend is fuelling the fire and her husband is a mess because of his past.

Rather interesting though the author made it aware she had used AI to assist with the writing, the dialogue, I’m not sure how I feel about that, but great that it’s been acknowledged.

Overall, I enjoyed the story, it was suspenseful.

I was excited to read this book as it seemed to show promise. However, it was forced and formulaic. It really did not read or flow well. It had a automatic, almost robotic feel to it. I did finish it and basically skim read from about half way through to the end. I did not like the abruptness of the ending and did not feel it rang true. It was as if it was for show and just to shock. In the acknowledgements at the end, the author indicated that AI was used to develop characters and other elements of the book. I now understood where the stilted and false feeling of the book came from. Personally, I didn't like the use of AI in this book.