THAT ending!! Talk about thrilling - I couldn’t turn the pages quickly enough with this one!
This is a brilliant story of a toxic female friendship which ends in devastating consequences, with a dual timeline between their present college reunion, and ten years ago when the incident happened.
When Ambrosia (Amb) meets her college roommate Flora, she seems too good to be true - surely no girl is actually that nice?! Amb tries to put as much distance between her and this girl whose kindness makes her uncomfortable by falling in with Sloane (Sully) - a total rebel who doesn’t care what anyone thinks and loves to play games with people.
Only one of their games eventually goes too far, and ten years later someone is out for revenge...
This is such a compelling story - the dynamics of teenage girls and their friendships always fascinate me, and these are exceptionally dark and uncomfortable to read. The way Sully so clearly plays on Amb’s worst fears and insecurities means that they never feel like they’re on the same playing level - and yet there’s also a hint of possessiveness and jealousy in Sully’s behaviour towards Amb.
The girls together get into a lot of heavy stuff - drinking, drugs, casual sex - and none of it in a healthy way. The story also features sexual assault so please be aware.
There’s a certain inevitability to the tragic incident which is the turning point of the novel - I won’t give too much away, but you may already guess quite early on what is coming. Not that it makes it any less intriguing as we try to piece everything together!
For me, the real wow factor came from the ending - I was kind of left with my mouth hanging open in shock!
This was a brilliant and addictive psychological thriller with the kind of characters I love to hate - the definition of a page turner!
This is a brilliant story of a toxic female friendship which ends in devastating consequences, with a dual timeline between their present college reunion, and ten years ago when the incident happened.
When Ambrosia (Amb) meets her college roommate Flora, she seems too good to be true - surely no girl is actually that nice?! Amb tries to put as much distance between her and this girl whose kindness makes her uncomfortable by falling in with Sloane (Sully) - a total rebel who doesn’t care what anyone thinks and loves to play games with people.
Only one of their games eventually goes too far, and ten years later someone is out for revenge...
This is such a compelling story - the dynamics of teenage girls and their friendships always fascinate me, and these are exceptionally dark and uncomfortable to read. The way Sully so clearly plays on Amb’s worst fears and insecurities means that they never feel like they’re on the same playing level - and yet there’s also a hint of possessiveness and jealousy in Sully’s behaviour towards Amb.
The girls together get into a lot of heavy stuff - drinking, drugs, casual sex - and none of it in a healthy way. The story also features sexual assault so please be aware.
There’s a certain inevitability to the tragic incident which is the turning point of the novel - I won’t give too much away, but you may already guess quite early on what is coming. Not that it makes it any less intriguing as we try to piece everything together!
For me, the real wow factor came from the ending - I was kind of left with my mouth hanging open in shock!
This was a brilliant and addictive psychological thriller with the kind of characters I love to hate - the definition of a page turner!