Four girls are born within six months of each other on the same street. Four girls destined to be friends for life. Four girls who share all their secrets – except maybe secrets are being kept about them...
Chantelle has twins and has just found out
her husband, Andrew, is having an affair. When she prepares to deal with the situation,
her husband is found dead. Jess wants a baby and possibly a job, but her
husband, Mike, wants her at home as his career comes first. Mel is a paralegal
but has fallen out of love with her job and is having an issue with a coworker.
Erin loves her job working with books but feels something is missing in her
life. And it’s not the guy who buys the first editions and constantly flirts
with her.
Now having to deal with Andrew’s funeral,
the four friends all have a turn in their lives where more deaths occur and life-changing
decisions must be made.
This was a very quick read, but didn’t come
across as a psychological thriller at all. In fact, the thriller part, or even
the psychological reasons behind it, didn’t make much sense. When a confession
is made, the reason behind the decision to make sure the girls are safe seems
trite. And the twist? Well... it was accepted rather easily.
If it had been advertised as a friendship drama,
it would have made more sense. In the prologue, you are told that a murder will
be linked to one of the girls so the thriller part is not unexpected. The
repetition of only “one glass of wine” or about tea/coffee became a bit
tiresome. I did feel, however, that the emotions brought across by the
characters in having to deal with grief and love or loss thereof, plus the friendship
was done well. The editing was good and the story easy to read, but in one
section Pam is Mel’s secretary and then for three lines after that Mel is
referred to as Erin. A definite mistake in there.
Not a bad story but it didn’t engage me in
the way I’d hoped. Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to review the book.
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