This book packs a wallop! I can’t usually get into books where I’ve taken an immediate dislike to the protagonist but this unlikeable protagonist was also magnetic and unfathomable, thus rendering this book unputdownable.
Iris is at a bereavement sufferers meeting when she notices a new member to the group, an extremely handsome man named Jack. Iris and Jack discover that, coincidentally, their partners, Freddie and Alice, both died on the same day, six months previously.
Iris is dealing with a lot of issues. She creates suitable attitudes in response to whichever situation she is facing at that moment. Throughout the book Iris is detailing her interactions with her family and others up to the present point, as she pursues a relationship with Jack. While feeling sympathy for her, it is hard to like her, or to know how truthful she is in her recollections.
Jack, on the other hand, is equally enigmatic yet unlikeable. They are both quite creepy, really, and as the story progresses, goosebump-inducing. They both kept me guessing, right up to the end.
I love a good psychological thriller packed with surprising twists and Georgia McVeigh has written a beauty.
Published by Penguin Random House
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