My review: 4 ‘it started with a watch’ stars
Okay, so I totally had every little twist figured out ~ you can even ask my family because I yelled it out to them. It’s making me think I am reading too many thrillers, BUT I still very much enjoyed it. Totally gave me HS mean girl vibes a few times, even though these ladies are in their 30’s. Holy drama drama drama!
The prologue pulls you right in!
Told from multiple pov by Jane and Frankie.
Jane, Sophie, Hils and Kath have been buddies for years until Sophie brings a 5th woman to the group, Lexie. Right from the start Jane and Lexie butt heads and have she said/she said shenanigans going on. This puts Jane and Sophie’s BFFness on the rocks.
Jane and her husband, Frankie, are unable to have children, so when Sophie and Lexie announce they’re pregnant, Jane can’t help to feel a wee bit sad. Bring on the baby shower and tensions rise and secrets and lies are revealed.
Cheers, Mate, to the bloody brilliant British lingo.
It was a fast paced, psychological thrilling ride and I’ll be sure to read her work again.
*Thank you Netgalley, Bookouture and S.E. Lynes for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
Book blurb: Release date ~ March 1, 2022
She doesnât know Iâm there, watching her in the mirror. She slides her hand under her blouse. And then I see something impossible. She isnât pregnantâŚ
She bursts into my life like a storm, and nothing is the same again. She seems so perfect, with her lilting laugh and her beautiful face. One by one, I watch as my friends fall under her spell.
Only I seem to suspect something. Only I see that her smiles donât reach her cold, furious eyes. And when Iâm accused of things I didnât do, when my home is vandalized, I know sheâs behind it. But she only lets her mask slip when no one is looking, so if I say anything, Iâll look crazy.
So when the baby shower comes around Iâm there, sitting on a velvet sofa in a posh hotel room, surrounded by balloons. We share gifts, we pour small glasses of champagne, and she beams, her bump just visible under her bright red shirt.
But that afternoon, I finally learn the unbelievable truth.
There is no babyâŚ
