First off, thank you Readers First for sending me a copy of this to read!
‘The Holiday’ has everything: enough plot twists to make you feel car sick; a cobweb of back stories, motives, histories and storylines; and descriptions of rural France that might make you alter your holiday plans last minute. Plus, it’s really well written. Logan has a clear writing style that makes it easy to follow this winding, twisting tale without losing you in detail and heavy prose.
This thriller follows four women from university: Izzy, Rowan, Jennifer, and narrator Kate. As their 40th birthdays approach, they plan a huge holiday with all their families. On arrival, Kate sees messages on her husband’s phone that prove he’s having the affair she thinks he is. Except it looks like the other woman is on holiday with them - meaning it’s one of her best friends. As Kate tries to gather evidence, she realises that everyone is a suspect. And the person behind it all has a secret worth killing for.
THIS BOOK. This book is the reason that I cannot trust myself to read thrillers. I finished it in about four hours, and I challenge anyone who reads this to put it down for more than three minutes. The twists, revelations and backstories are brilliant. I’m usually quite good at guessing plots, but this had me floored at the end - and also quite teary.
Logan is a master of deception - but not in a lazy, ‘red herring’ way. He ties together themes of loyalty and trust, but not just around marital affairs. Mother-daughter, best friends, old friends, ex-lovers, business partners and alpha males: all these relationships get thrown out in the open, ready for readers to examine and analyse.
The characters were good too: Logan writes well-rounded, fallible characters that are easy to like (and dislike). Daniel melted my heart, I wanted to cry for Lucy, and yeah I probably fancied Sean a bit. It might’ve been good to expand on some of the more shocking backstories, but it would’ve been a bloody long book to include that too!
If you’re looking for a well-written, fast-paced thriller that’ll keep you hooked to the last page - you won’t regret reading ‘The Holiday’. And while we’re here: that LAST PAGE. Whaaaaat.
3.5*
‘The Holiday’ has everything: enough plot twists to make you feel car sick; a cobweb of back stories, motives, histories and storylines; and descriptions of rural France that might make you alter your holiday plans last minute. Plus, it’s really well written. Logan has a clear writing style that makes it easy to follow this winding, twisting tale without losing you in detail and heavy prose.
This thriller follows four women from university: Izzy, Rowan, Jennifer, and narrator Kate. As their 40th birthdays approach, they plan a huge holiday with all their families. On arrival, Kate sees messages on her husband’s phone that prove he’s having the affair she thinks he is. Except it looks like the other woman is on holiday with them - meaning it’s one of her best friends. As Kate tries to gather evidence, she realises that everyone is a suspect. And the person behind it all has a secret worth killing for.
THIS BOOK. This book is the reason that I cannot trust myself to read thrillers. I finished it in about four hours, and I challenge anyone who reads this to put it down for more than three minutes. The twists, revelations and backstories are brilliant. I’m usually quite good at guessing plots, but this had me floored at the end - and also quite teary.
Logan is a master of deception - but not in a lazy, ‘red herring’ way. He ties together themes of loyalty and trust, but not just around marital affairs. Mother-daughter, best friends, old friends, ex-lovers, business partners and alpha males: all these relationships get thrown out in the open, ready for readers to examine and analyse.
The characters were good too: Logan writes well-rounded, fallible characters that are easy to like (and dislike). Daniel melted my heart, I wanted to cry for Lucy, and yeah I probably fancied Sean a bit. It might’ve been good to expand on some of the more shocking backstories, but it would’ve been a bloody long book to include that too!
If you’re looking for a well-written, fast-paced thriller that’ll keep you hooked to the last page - you won’t regret reading ‘The Holiday’. And while we’re here: that LAST PAGE. Whaaaaat.
3.5*