My husband loves this series. He says this one didn’t disappoint. Suspenseful and full of twists even he didn’t expect. He loves the character of Jack. Will definitely read more by this author, especially this series.

Want you gone is an excellent thriller that had me on the edge of my seat at times. This is a book I highly recommend.

Not my usual kind of book but I’m glad I gave it a whirl. I liked the interaction between the characters Sam and Jack. With blackmail, technology, goodies and baddies, this skips along at a nice pace and is an easy read for when I step out of my comfort zone.

I first met Chris Brookmyre twelve months ago at Chiplitfest, when I am unsure if his worried and vacant look was relating to my questions about his social media presence and use of blog tours t promote his latest book or if he was still looking for the answers to Saturday nights main event of Chipping Norton Literary Festival, Mark Billingham's Saturday Chiplit Quiz where the infamous picture and music rounds always leave people dumbfounded as they try and decide just who that famous author is or which author also has a secret profession as a song writer or singer. Chris was unsure what a blog tour was or how to organise one so I was really pleased when Grace Vincent, Little, Brown Book Group's Publicity Manager invited me to take part to celebrate the publication of Want You Gone, Chris' latest release.

Want You Gone is from the popular Jack Parlabane series, although if this is the first book you have read by Chris, it is a great introduction to Jack and his world. However if you have read and enjoyed the previous two novels I believe that you will enjoy this book as Chris grows in confidence and his writing style matures as he reintroduces characters from earlier novels back into his story.
I was filling out a survey earlier today which was about another crime writer and one of the questions was about if the writing, plot line, characters and story were relateble and as I was thinking about it I realised that that perfectly describes Chris Brookmyre's books. There are many moments within the book that could happen to the reader or to their friends and family - one moment that springs to mind is after a burglary, during which a television is stolen and within the family, a little girl with additional needs has a moment because she can't watch her DVD's during her daytime routine - how many writers would include such a well thought out detail in their books? Chris Brookmyre has and it describes the situation perfectly and I really felt for the little girl and her family, victims of crime have to deal with so much and this is one of those effects that no one thinks about, unless they have a child with additional needs.
There are computer hackers and financial fraud but also, on the other side, the benefits system and how it can go wrong as the reality of living within this system hits those hardest. I really liked the partnership and interaction between Jack and Samantha and the rollercoaster that they ride throughout this book is one that I wouldn't like to try but they are fantastic characters and I loved following them as the twists and turns are throughout and leave you on tenterhooks to the very last page.
I really did enjoy this book and I hope that my blog readers will give Chris Brookmyre a try. I hope that Chris enjoyed visiting my blog today and has enjoyed the blog tour experience.

Thank you to the publishers, for inviting me to take part in the blog tour in return for an honest review of the book.

Another cracking good thriller from Chris Brookmyre. The action follows journalist Jack Parlabane as he teams up with hacker Sam Morpeth, in order to fight a common blackmailing enemy. Full of great twists and turns, which you come to expect from Brookmyre, with interesting insight into how technology can be misused.

Hi Karen,
My Next review is:-

“I Want You Gone (Jack Parlabane 8)”, written by Chris Brookmyre and published in hardcover by Little, Brown on 20 April 2017. 432 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1408707173

Computer hacking is not a subject I’d normally even consider as anything IT related is a big turn-off as far as I’m concerned, but as I’d heard that this author has a good reputation and having no hope of catching up on the previous seven books in the series, I Want You Gone was where I started, and I was totally drawn into the world of internet chat rooms with anonymous men ‘there are no women on the internet’ conspiring to all sorts of three-letter acronyms.

Samantha Morpeth is a teenage girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders. Her Mother is in prison, leaving her to care for her younger sister with learning difficulties, and dealing with bullies at school. As if this isn't enough, she's being blackmailed by a stranger, threatening to publish all her secrets online for the world to see

Jack Parlabane is kicking off the traces to whatever trouble he’d been in which something to do with the hacking scandal, and he’s found employment as a journalist on a new paper, He’s determined not to mess up again especially as he’s enjoying the opportunity to do more in-depth reporting and his links to a hacker give him an in on a recent security breach by the hackers at a major bank. With the police looking for the perpetrators and the bank severely embarrassed will Jack be able to uncover the truth?

There is masses of action in Want You Gone and despite the technical aspects of this book, it never felt burdensome and everything was clearly explained in words that this technophobe could understand. I liked the interaction between Sam and Jack, there comes a point where despite neither trusting, nor liking, the other, they had to work together for a common aim. A tough piece of character conflict to pull off at the best of times, but in the midst of a fast and furious storyline where believability becomes crucial, on reflection I realised the importance of this outstanding piece of writing.

A very fast-paced gripping thriller, equally as compelling whether one is seeing it through the eyes of Sam , or Jack, and it takes us deep into the strange world of cyber-criminals, world class hackers, and industrial espionage. If you don't already have a healthy fear of whom or what lurks online, then you shall after reading this. The to-and-fro between Sam and Jack makes for a great pair of leading characters, and Chris Brookmyre does a terrific job of wracking up the tension, as we're dragged from a real world cliff-hanger, to online hack-gone-wrong and back again.

This is the first in the Parlabane series that I've read, but I'm already looking through the back catalogue to read another, which hopefully will be as exciting as this one. Recommended.
Best wishes,

Terry
(TO be published on eurocrime.co.uk in due course)

I love Brookmyre and always have done. The pace of this was brilliant, the story exciting and the characters well drawn. I always feel like I've walked away after a Brookmyre knowing something new or seeing the world differently. This was no exception.

Want you gone is Book 3 in Brookmyre's Jack Parlabane series. It delves into the world of online blackmail and raises a whole lot of questions. Want You Gone is all about pushing the characters to the limits and seeing how they react. 'When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose' on the other hand when you've just regained your life and your career you've got everything to lose. As ever, Brookmyre delights and entertainswith strong characters and a relevant storyline. Well recommended!

Want You Gone is a pitch-perfect thriller from Chris Broomyre (review copy from Little Brown).  In this latest instalment of Brookmyre's Parlabane novels, Jack is forced to address the twin challenges of cyber crime and online journalism, teaming up with a teenage hacker to uncover a plot to steal a new invention from a major biotechnology company.  Parlabane, increasingly feeling like a dinosaur in the digital age, is under pressure to deliver a big scoop for his new employers, but finds himself an unwitting victim when his hacker collaborator blackmails him into assisting them to break into that company and steal a prototype and plans for an unknown person.
The first thing to say is that this is an impeccably researched novel  Brookmyre really knows his stuff - or has some great research contacts - when it comes to writing about the threat and opportunity posed by the online world.  This is not a Stross or Doctorow style polemic.  It's an authentic depiction of what is possible and the opportunities created by human folly and social engineering. 
There is something wonderful about the odd couple team of Parlabane and Sam Morpeth coming together to solve the case.  Different generations, but both operating on the margins of the law.  Parlabane is more used to physically breaking into buildings to search for evidence for his stories, but Sam is a whizz at breaking into systems to achieve the same thing, without ever needing to pick a lock.  She is an incredibly convincing character: the shy, bullied teenager who escapes from a life of poverty into an online world where her alter ego is a renowned and super-confident hacker.  There are some lovely moments of humour in the novel where one has a solution to a problem the other has been wrestling with for ages. 
The plot is full of twists and turns that will completely blindside you, and there are moments of real page-turning peril.  Want You Gone is one of Brookmyre's best recent works.
Goodreads rating: 4*

Book 8 in the Jack Parablane series but can be read as a stand alone. It is an insight into cybercrime and hacking making one think about online security. The book starts off gently but the tension mounts as the story progresses. Jack secures a job and develops cyber links in his research. Sam is a young women left to fend for herself and her Down's syndrome younger sister while the mother is imprisoned. As, is a hacker but is being blackmailed online. She seeks Jacks help and the two follow up a banking hack that leads them into a great deal of trouble which even threatens their lives. The story is told by both main characters. Jack in the third person present and Sam in the first person present. The story starts off gently but escalates as it progresses. An exciting I'd disconcerting read. One cannot help but like the character of Sam as she is well crafted.

As usual this talented author has produced a fast faced entertaining read. Unlike previous offerings the humour has been considerably dialled down which is something of a disappointment, but nevertheless Brookmyre remains a formidable author who is always worth reading.

I would like to thank Little Brown Book Group and NetGalley for my ARC and being invited to be part of the blog Tour.

I Want You Gone

What if all your secrets were put online?
Sam Morpeth is growing up way too fast, left to fend for a younger sister with learning difficulties when their mother goes to prison and watching her dreams of university evaporate. But Sam learns what it is to be truly powerless when a stranger begins to blackmail her online, drawing her into a trap she may not escape alive.

Who would you turn to?
Meanwhile, reporter Jack Parlabane has finally got his career back on track, but his success has left him indebted to a volatile source on the wrong side of the law. Now that debt is being called in, and it could cost him everything.

What would you be capable of?
Thrown together by a common enemy, Sam and Jack about to discover they have...

My Thoughts

Having not read a Chris Brookmyre before I had no idea what was instore...

What I found was a captivating book that I was not able to put down. The characters are introduced and well developed, along with a story with so much tension and twists and and ending I didn't quite expect.

I've not read a thriller before involving technology and hacking, but the reality is it's something we're all at risk of. It opened my eyes to the possibility that this could be more than fiction.

Would recommend to others and I'm definitely off to try and read the rest of the rest of Chris Brookmyre's books.

Chris Brookmyre cannot write books fast enough for me, Jack Parablane rides again

This is the second book that I have read by Chris Brookmyre. The first one was Black Widow which I reviewed here. I loved Black Widow so I had really high expectations with Want You Gone. In addition, I was curious about how the author would handle the cyber-crime angle mentioned in the blurb. I have to admit, this book totally impressed me. It surpassed all my expectations. Let me try and explain why.

The story begins with Chris trying to get a new job. He has made a few mistakes in the past but as usual, he is determined to rise above it and re-invent himself. On the other hand, there is something dark going down online. A group of hackers are committing an industrial espionage. We don’t know who these hackers are since they work with code names but I couldn’t help but admire how flawlessly they executed the first crime. Everything comes together and I was left wondering about the people behind the online masks. Two seemingly separate stories, right? However, the two become tangled at some point.

Sam is a young woman in a tough situation. Struggling to make ends meet and taking care of her little sister while her mother is in jail is a lot to handle for a nineteen year old. As Sam tries to survive, Chris seems to have found a way back into journalism. Opposite worlds collide when Sam is blackmailed online. I can’t say more about the plot because I don’t want to ruin it for those who haven’t read the book yet but I let me just say this, it was quite a crazy ride.

The action is non-stop. A very unlikely team is forced to work together and do what seems like the impossible. What is worse, they don’t have a choice in the matter. The story is told through Jack and Sam’s perspectives. There were so many tense moments in the book. I didn’t even know that I was holding my breath at some point until things worked out for the MCs. The twists are many and unpredictable. The anonymity of the internet means that it is even harder to guess the people behind the online identities.

Want You Gone by Chris Brookymre had me at the edge of my seat turning pages up to the end. Hackers, cyber crimes, industrial espionage and high tension, this was a fantastic read. It made me think about all the risks that we take when we share our personal information online. How safe are those photos backed up online? The idea of hackers is scary though a bit intriguing (in books only… I don’t want to meet hackers in real life lol) and in this book, it made this quite a page-turner. I like how the author went into detail explaining how hacking takes place. It’s crazy. For instance, if you found a flash-disk on your desk, would you be tempted to plug it in to check what it contains? Is your facebook profile visible to people outside your friends’ list? This book had me thinking about my online safety. It was realistic in portraying current situations especially surrounding cyber security and this added to its appeal.

Although this is the 8th book in the series, it can be read as a standalone. I have read two books in the series so far and the each one tackles different issues hence it is easy to follow the stories. Highly recommended.

Jack’s back!!! I was so excited to receive a copy of this book from NetGalley. Chris Brookmyre has been one of my favourite authors for many years so I knew I would love it before I’d read anything about it and I wasn’t wrong.

This is the 8th book in the Jack Parlabane series but could easily be read as a standalone if you haven’t picked up any of the previous books. Each book tends to have a different theme and this time it’s venturing into the world of cyber crime, hacking and industrial espionage.

The story begins with Jack finally starting to get his life back on track after the mistakes of his past with the opportunity for a new start in a new job as an investigative reporter for an online news site. This is the chance he needs to restore his reputation but to get it he has to reach out to a shady contact from his past who can give him an exclusive insight into the attack on a major bank by a group of hackers. However, while “friends don’t keep score” this old contact is definitely looking for something in return.

Meanwhile in a story that seems initially unrelated, teenager Sam Morpeth is struggling. Her mum is in jail and she has been left to look after her younger sister who has learning difficulties. Her benefits have been cut, so she’s forced to drop out of school and get a job to make ends meet which seems bad enough but then someone begins blackmailing her online. Having heard of Jack through his article on the bank attack she contacts him and uses her knowledge of his relationship with the hackers to coerce him into helping her meet the demands of her blackmailer and track him down.

The story is told in more or less alternating chapters from both Sam and Jack’s point of view and it was great to see the different perspectives. It was particularly fantastic to have Jack take on a more significant role this time. I kind of felt like in the previous book in the series, Black Widow, he took a little bit of a back seat but this time he’s definitely front and centre which I loved as he’s such a brilliant character. He’s a cynical (disappointed idealist?), slightly jaded but witty and quick thinking investigative journalist who’s trying to put the past behind him and make a new start. He’s a lot more mature than in previous books but still struggles to ignore that little voice that takes him down dangerous and risky paths which do not always work out for him but certainly make the story more interesting.

Sam brought a fresh new perspective to the story and was a fascinating character to read. She’s almost two different people. She’s a downtrodden, self conscious, victim in real life but online she’s confident, persuasive and able to get almost anything she wants. I felt sorry and frustrated on her behalf at times and at others she completely shocked me.

I absolutely loved the dynamic between Sam and Jack. He thinks of himself as quite a modern man but Sam definitely surprises him and makes him realise he may have more preconceptions and more to learn than he thought (I clearly do too). They come from such different places that at first their partnership is forced, awkward and full of distrust but eventually they begin to realise they may have more in common than they first thought. Some of the best scenes in the books are when they are working together and discover just how much they have in common and how much they can learn from the other.

The story is not as fast paced as some of the others I have read, particularly in the beginning but it builds nicely so that by the mid point I struggled to put it down. As always Brookmyre’s writing is brilliant. You can always tell that his stories are well thought out and there’s a lot of detail in them that shows he’s really done his homework and knows what he’s talking about. It’s a complicated plot with lots of twists, deceptions and a fantastic heist storyline but, while it does get a bit techie around IT systems and hacking in places, the writing is such that it doesn’t feel that way. I have a tendency to switch off or start to skim when books get a little too descriptive or technical but that never happened once.

The author also manages to weave in his usual social and political commentary which makes the story feel very current. There’s the odd pop at the banks, large corporations, the benefit system and the government but for me this book felt very much about the perceived disconnect between the online world (and social media) and real life. People seem to post all kinds of information about themselves online for anyone to see and it’s frightening at times to think what the wrong person could do with that kind of knowledge. The story also illustrated just how different an online persona can be from someone in real life, “there are no girls on the internet”, and that while the online world may not feel real, what you do there can have very real consequences. Something those who troll should really think about.

Overall, this is a first rate thriller. It’s a compelling and well thought out read with lots of twists. I’d definitely recommend particularly if you’re looking for an Ocean’s Eleven style heist story.

Thanks to the publisher Little Brown Book Group and NetGalley for providing me with an advance copy. As always all views are my own.

Well. My word. Who knew that cyber-geekery could be so nerve wrackingly tense? I certainly didn't expect it but then again I'm used to the normal i-tech obsessed IT geeks who work in my company and they aren't exactly mixing in the world of hacking and cyber-espionage. At least not as far as they have been admitting on Facebook...

Now I won't lie - there is a lot of techno-babble in this book. Not enough to push you out of the story but get ready for acronyms and geekisms galore, some of which, like me you'll probably be able to decipher, some of which, like me, you may not. But for me that didn't matter because beyond all the tech-talk lies a very clever, very intriguing story and some wonderful characters to boot. Of course you have central protagonist Jack Parlabane, this time trying desperately to resurrect his career by tapping into a new hi-tech digitally driven magazine, Broadwave. They are hoping that Jack can bring them scoops, and he is largely gambling on his past successes in this area to bag him the opportunity. When a major bank is hacked on the day they are set to launch their new corporate identity, his connection to Buzzkill, a computer hacker with the inside intel on the hack, allows him an in with Broadwave, and also sets him on a very dangerous path that could cost him dearly.

Now this isn't all about Jack's struggles to find meaningful employment. The rest of the story belongs to young Samantha (Sam) Morpeth. Left to look after her young sister when their mother is sent to prison, Sam will do anything it takes to prevent her sister being taken into care, even giving up college in order to make sandwiches in a local cafe. Bullied at school, there is only one thing Sam excels in, a side of her character which she keeps well hidden from everyone and for very good reason. Because when this secret is exposed she is well and truly dragged into a situation far larger than anything she could have imagined possible. If she is going to get out of trouble she is going to need help. And for that she needs Jack.

Now when I first read 'Black Widow' I struggled a little to find any empathy towards the central character, the eponymous widow whose life was under threat. When it came to Sam I was exactly the opposite. From the very start, when we are witness to her struggles to get the simplest level of support from the local council as her sister's carer, I was invested in her fate. She was a truly empathetic character to me - a victim of bullying, completely devoted to her sister and determined to do right by her - and what we started to learn about her really took me by surprise. But it also made me smile. Because this is a book where any assumptions you may have ever made will be truly challenged, tipped on their heads, right royally jiggled about and then dumped in a heap at your feet for you to try and make sense of how in the heck you ever made that conclusion in the first place. We always like to think we won't pre-judge a situation, that we won't make assertions based on race, gender, age etc about what we believe to be true, but fluffing heck, the realisation hit me in the face like a mallet and from then on I was doubly hooked.

I love the way, in these books, the point of view switches from first person in the case of the secondary protagonist, in this case Sam, and the omniscient narrator who follows Jack's actions, gives voice to his thoughts. Although you might think it could be confusing, in this case it really works. I think to switch between the interior monologue of two different characters would be not only confusing but also extremely limiting in a story such as this. The move between what Sam sees and feels and what we see of Jack's situation really does add to the tension which builds throughout. Perhaps it is because a third person narrator can call Parlabane out on his quirks in a way only a very self aware man could of themselves, and with his many foibles even Jack would struggle to be that honest with himself.

And this is a tense read. I know cyber-crime may sound perhaps a little hi-tech and glamorous but perhaps not quite so edgy or dangerous but believe me when I say that Chris Brookmyre has made this a tale in which the fates of the central characters, both Sam and Jack are balanced somewhat precariously on a very fine and very sharp knife edge. They have to succeed in their quest. Their freedom may well depend on it, if not their lives. Certainly for Sam the potential consequences of failure are unthinkable but Mr Brookmyre has the odds stack so high against them that it seems almost impossible that they can find any chance of success. So can Jack really tap into his inner Ethan Hunt and pull off a 'Mission Impossible'? Well... lets face it. He's not your archetypal action hero know is he, so I'm afraid you're going to have to read this for yourself to find out.

I thoroughly enjoyed this, savoured every last page. The transition of the traditional print journalism to a knew digital era and they way in which Brookmyre explores the impact of technology upon our lives, and the ease with which those who truly understand code can control us certainly rang true. And after spending the past couple of days hearing about the impact of digital disruption upon the company that I work for, it seems even more so now. Data is the new oil as they say and anyone who can channel, control and own all data, be it by fair means or foul, will surely be king. And hackers? Well they have the keys to the castle now don't they?

A brilliantly tense, cyber-geekish 5 stars from me.

This book was brilliant, pure and simple! I really enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it

Jack’s back in a techno, cyber-crime thriller that is like nothing I’ve ever read before. The book starts with what seems like two different stories, when we meet teenager Sam Morpeth, left caring for her younger sister with learning difficulties when their mum goes to prison for drug offences. Sam is being bullied at school and being harassed by her mother’s drug dealers for an outstanding debt, and is struggling to cope. Sam’s only escape is online chat rooms and fantasy role-playing games where she feels she can really be herself. Jack Parlabane is in London thanks to a new job that could put his career right back on track and show him as a credible journalist. When one of the countries biggest banks RSGN falls victim to a cyber-attack Jack gets a scoop with an exclusive interview with one of the most notorious hackers known only as “Buzzkill”. Jack and Sam’s lives are about to collide when Sam falls victim to a blackmailing hacker and she contacts Jack for help having read his story on the bank, feeling there is no one else she can turn to. The unlikely duo are thrown into a world of the dark web, hacking and corporate espionage.

This is a fast paced and compelling thriller and the eighth in the Jack Parlabane series. Where no online transaction is truly safe and cyber hacking can lead to the destruction of entire corporations, Christopher Brookmyre has created a brilliantly plotted nightmare scenario. If you don’t already have a fear of who or what lurks online, then you soon will after reading this. As the main theme is hacking, the book contains a lot about the techniques and the circumventing of security systems, and a lot of technical terms are used, and at times I felt bogged down with it. I like to think of myself as quite tech-savvy, but this book took things to a whole new level.

The story is narrated from both Jack’s and Sam’s point of view, two interesting characters with a very different background and set of actions. There are some thrilling and nail-biting chapters, a genuine sense of threat and layer upon layer of mystery and deceit. Brookmyre also cleverly plays with stereotypes and assumptions for some neat but very plausible surprises. There are a few twists and turns along the way to keep you guessing where the story is going, and the tension mounts up into a shocking climax.

Tense, twisty and very edgy, Want You Gone combines Brookmyre’s best loved character with a new partner to create a racy and compelling must-read thriller.

Thanks to Chris Brookmyre, Little Brown UK, and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy.

Computer hacking isn’t a subject I’d normally be drawn to as anything IT related is a turn-off as far as I’m concerned, but as I’d heard such good things about this author and having no hope of catching up on the previous seven books in the series, Want You Gone was where I started, and I was totally drawn into the world of internet chat rooms with anonymous men ‘there are no women on the internet’ conspiring to all sorts of three-letter acronyms.
Sam Morpeth is struggling, she’s at college but in charge of her disabled younger sister, Lily, as her mother is in prison. Sam is a loner, she doesn’t fit in at school, and she’s struggling to pay the bills. Sam decides she has no option but to take a part-time job in a sandwich shop, but then she attracts the wrong kind of attention. Added to all of that she’s sure that her mother is keeping secrets from her.
Jack Parlabane is kicking off the traces to whatever trouble he’d been in which something to do with the hacking scandal, and he’s found employment as a journalist on a new paper, Broadwave. He’s determined not to mess up again especially as he’s enjoying the opportunity to do more in-depth reporting and his links to a hacker give him an in on a recent security breach by the hackers at a major bank. With the police looking for the perpetrators and the bank severely embarrassed will Jack be able to uncover the truth?
If I’m reading contemporary crime fiction, I like the themes to be current and thought-provoking and Chris Brookmyre carries off this brief off with alacrity. Obviously the internet has been part of our lives for long enough for it to be hard to remember what life was like before it, but the telephone hacking scandal is recent enough for the repercussions still making their mark and I suspect most journalists work in a more circumspect way then they did before the Leveson inquiry. All of this is well-reflected in the storyline without the reader feeling hammered over the head, there simply isn’t time as the plot moves along at a fair old pace, with twists and turns, all aided and abetted by the shadowy nature of the characters. In another novel all the cloak and dagger might seem all too convenient whereas it fits perfectly with the themes that underpin this compelling read.
There is masses of action in Want You Gone and despite the technical aspects of this book, it never felt burdensome and everything was clearly explained in words that this technophobe could understand. I liked the interaction between Sam and Jack, there comes a point where despite neither trusting, nor liking, the other, they had to work together for a common aim. A tough piece of character conflict to pull off at the best of times, but in the midst of a fast and furious storyline where believability becomes crucial, on reflection I realised the importance of this outstanding piece of writing.
I started this review by stating that I’d become aware of this author through other bloggers and decided that I couldn’t possibly catch up on the series which is why I took the plunge at book eight. I now revise that opinion, I will be seeking out the previous books and whilst it is unrealistic to imagine that I will read them all before the publication of book nine, I need to know more about Jack’s life before it became entangled with Sam’s.
I'd like to say a huge thank you to Little Brown Books who allowed me to read an ARC of Want You Gone. This unbiased review is my thanks to them and the talented author, Chris Brookmyre.

This was as twisty as it gets, first book I've read by this author but they certainly know how to spin a good tale,it was full of misdirection and the writing was very clever .I didn't know what was going to happen and that is what I like.I can't give anything away, I don't want to spoil it for other readers, but this book is well worth a read.Thanks to the publishers and netgalley for an ARC in return for an honest review.