More of 3.5 stars to be honest. 
It's my second book by the author and although i enjoyed the writing and the story overall, there are many things that i couldn't get over while reading it.
Like any teenagers, Olivia is having a hard time to speak her mind to her family especially her mother and decides to stop talking with them at all. Things escalate pretty soon as expected and the story is more about how a family can through and over these moments. The support and understanding from her mother fail in my opinion and i think it's a common occurrence nowadays unfortunately and maybe that's what the author tried to show us with this story.

When Hannah's 15-year-old daughter Olivia defies her parents and sneaks out to a party, I thought, ok, not great behavior, but how many teenagers have done the same thing. Olivia's response when caught isn't odd either, she tells her mother she hates her and will never speak to her again. Then some strange events start happening to Hannah, and she is sure she knows who is to blame. Not her younger daughter and certainly not her husband, which means Olivia must have an agenda and Hannah does like it, not one bit.
The Argument wasn't at all the book I thought it would be. Distraught parents, a rebellious teenager, and the perfect younger sister are all present and accounted for, but an unreliable narrator makes the things that occur appear obvious until the author turns everything upside down. All I can say without entering spoiler territory is nothing is as it seems. This was a quick read at just over 200 pages, and when I reached the end, I looked back and could see how skillfully the author had fooled me. My first book by Victoria Jenkins and not my last.

It starts off with daughter Olivia being told by mom Hannah that she cannot attend a party. Being 15 years old, she's doing what most teenagers do .... sneak out of the house and attend the party anyway. After all... what can happen ... right?

Hannah waits up, worrying about her daughter, especially since her husband is out of town working. When Olivia finally gets home, she's slightly tipsy, and the argument begins.

What parent has never heard ... I hate you ... I'm never going to speak to you again ... at least once?

Olivia is determined, if nothing else. She doesn't speak for a day ... she doesn't speak for a week... Hannah is almost enjoying the peace and quiet. But then ... she doesn't know what the future holds .... and a nightmare begins.

What starts out as a family drama, it soon turns into something much more deadly. There are twists and turns that rival a roller coaster ride. Surprise after surprise kept me riveted to the pages. And the ending was utterly unpredictable.

Many thanks to the author / Bookouture / Netgalley for the digital copy of this unputdownable psychological thriller. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

I enjoyed the book until I got to the end.  Disappointed in the ending.  It was too unbelievable to me..
Thought it should have had a better ending.
#NetGalley
#The Argument

The Argument by Victoria Jenkins ...... Publish date December 10...... In the beginning you think this is a typical family with a stay at home mom....a hard working dad....2 children ...... the 15 year old teenager being the typical teenager trying to test the boundaries of her parents..... you think she is being a brat and disrespectful..... until she isn’t.  

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for my advanced copy!!!!

 This was a very quick read and at first thought where is this going. There was drama but really not enough to be this huge psychological thriller.....then BOOM! And I mean SHOCK and BOOM!! Definitely the best part of the book was the last 40% and then I couldn’t put it down. 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 stars because I was totally blindsided by this twist!!

Having enjoyed Victoria’s first psychological thriller The Divorce, I was really excited to hear that she was releasing another book this year. The Argument is an intriguing read and packed with family drama in every sense of the word. The real surprise comes as a twist to end all twists that will have your head spinning!

Victoria has crafted a plot that from reading the blurb had me hooked. It is intense, gripping and very compelling. It is a slow burn to start with, but as the story progresses and the tension builds, it has you on the edge of your seat and makes you think and question the characters motives. Throw in chapters that are read from a diary where the author is unknown, just adds another layer of mystery to the story where it all comes together in a thrilling conclusion.

The characters in this story are very well developed. Olivia who is portrayed perfectly as the petulant teenager and black sheep of the family, is definitely the standout for me. Hannah I didn’t really connect with. I found her quite cold and distant but she has been written well. Michael (husband/father) was also one I couldn’t connect with and throughout there was something about him that didn’t sit well with me and made me question his character.

I enjoy Victoria’s writing style which is very engaging. She excels in getting the reader settled into the story only to pull out the rug from under you and take it in a different direction that you were not expecting at all. I really enjoy when this happens in a book. She also is really great with her characterisation and I like how not all of her characters are likeable.

The Argument is a solid and quick read that will pull you in to its drama and will leave you reeling with its shocking revelations. A must read that messes with your head and really sits very well in the psychological thriller genre. It was a pleasure to read and review The Argument which I recommend.

Thank-you to NetGalley, Bookouture and Victoria Jenkins for allowing me to read an advanced copy of The Argument which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

This is a great psychological thriller that took me by surprise. 
The book is about an argument between Olivia and her mum but there is so much more to it than that. After the argument Olivia refuses to speak to her parents and things spiral out of control from there. 
I can’t say much more about the story as I really don’t want to spoil it for you. 
I didn’t feel empathy for either Hannah or her daughter at first, and I think this was intentional.
This is a great story that has a shocking twist in store. 
Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I feel that I wasted my time reading this book. The synopsis made it sound a lot better than it was. It was slow and I could not connect to any of the characters. There were a few clues about the twist but I felt that the twist and the ending did not really gel with the rest of the book. 

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

First, I want to thank Victoria Jenkins, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with this book so I may bring you this review. 

The Argument by Victoria Jenkins is one of the best reads of 2019! I don’t know how Victoria came up with this story but keep writing like this. You are an incredible asset to this genre!  Victoria Jenkins brings you a book that started out relatable but then oh watch out it got seriously messed up and very twisted. To the point where I have never wanted to smack a character in the book all for not realizing what situation she was really in! 

This book tops my list of most twisted darkest psychological books Bookouture has put out-and I LOVED it!! The more I read this genre the more I love it! Victoria Jenkins you are one of the queens of this genre since writing this book! I wont beable to get that middle to ending of the book out of my head! 

No joke Victoria had me hooked at Dear Diary! Just that first page was incredibly and totally intense about how a daughter felt about her Mom. I was hooked since then. 

What was very relatable in the book were the fights between Mother and Daughter. The teenage rebellion and wanting to fit in like the others. I totally got that aspect of the story. I was once her to an extent. 

The raw deep bottled up emotions in this book, the secrets kept for many years, the exploding shocking twists that I never saw coming, the similarities between the characters that were revealed, WOW what a story! 

She also did an amazing job dragging out that storyline til BAM the story really exploded! Hold on to your seats because she is going to take you to no where any author has ever been before. 

When all that is said and done my heart truly went out to Olivia in this.

Suspense suspense suspense,  this book delivers.  I loved the  plot and recommended this to my local book club

If you are looking for a story where the reader is put on a wrong footing, you should try this one!

When you start reading, you are convinced that the author is going to take you from A to B, eventually with slight a detour via C but in fact she takes you from A to B via Z!

In the beginning you think it's quite clear who is behind everything, but there was always a little feeling that I had that somehting did not really add up. 

I was hoping that I was right on one of the secrets that I thought I had unravelled. On the one hand it filled me with disgust. On the other hand it would certainly be a brilliant move by the author. I was happy and sad at the same time that I was right.

It was so hideous, but perfect for a story in this genre.

She invented a totally disturbed baddie which leads to an amazing book. 5 stars

Thank you, Victoria Jenkins and Bookouture

In this psychological/domestic thriller we find a mother, Hannah at odds with her 15yo daughter Olivia. Told from the alternating POV's of these two it appears this is the typical "my parents are ruining my life" teenage angst family drama. What it evolves into is this but so much more. A well told, quick and easy read, I found my allegiances flip-flopping with each new twist and revelation. Is Hannah just trying to protect her daughter's? Is Olivia just trying to shield her younger sister? And What does the father gave to do with it all? There came a time when I thought I had it all figured out only to have a wrench thrown in to throw me off. Although there is nothing ground breaking or new here, I did enjoy the twisted journey into the depths of what a family will go to, to keep it all together. If you like family driven psychological thrillers I'm sure you'll enjoy this one.

Thank you Bookouture, NetGalley and the author for granting me an ARC to read, review and enjoy.

15-year-old Olivia goes off to a party, against her parents’ wishes and this causes an argument between her and her mother, Hannah, upon her return home.  During this argument, she tells her mother that she hates her and refuses to talk to her.  Hannah thinks this is just another teenage burst of emotion, but when Olivia is still not talking days later Hannah begins to worry that there is something else going on…

Told from both Hannah and Olivia’s points of view, this story takes you on a rollercoaster of a ride through the actions of a teenage girl and a mother seemingly taking the full brunt of her moods.  As the story is told from both characters, you get to know them pretty well separately, and as usual with books of this type, you just know that one of them is going to be more trustworthy than the other!  It was just a case of working out which one.  I didn’t particularly like Hannah’s character, although I did empathise with her, as those of us with teenage children all know how frustrating they can be.  She seemed a very strict mother, far more than was probably necessary, and I got the impression that she favoured her younger daughter more.  Olivia was the more likeable character out of the two, but pushing the boundaries set by her parents didn’t always make her easier to like!

The story went a completely different way to what I expected!  It began steady with the expected “argument”, but as it moved on and strange events began to happen in the household it took on a more sinister storyline.  Just when you thought it was all about teenage rebellion and a mother who couldn’t cope with it, it twisted and turned into a much more complex plot.  The last quarter of the book answered so many questions that cropped up through the rest of the book and suddenly…everything about Hannah and Olivia made sense!!

This wasn’t a fast paced, shoved right in your face psychological thriller.  What it had though was a slow and steady build up, laying down the path for when the story all of a sudden turns up the action and deals you that sucker punch with its ending!!  Full of drama, mistrust and lies, the story takes you on a fraught emotional journey with a climax you don’t see coming!!  Would definitely recommend.

This was a cracker of a book. 

You start of with a family, mum, dad, younger daughter and teenage daughter with teenage angst. So far so normal. 

Teenager Olivia is causing her mum and dad lots of issues and getting into trouble at school, her mum thinks she knows why Olivia acts up, but can't tell her. 

Then, just when you think you've worked it out... Bam, plot twist!

Thanks to Net galley for the opportunity to review this book, this is my honest opinion.

A Mother and A daughter.  Secrets, lies.  

Add in a father and a sister.  

One messed up family.  Or so one thinks.

Hannah the mom is not likeable but she plays off well against the daughters Olivia and Rose.

The story slowly reels you in.  I found myself thinking I am missing something here but what?

Then comes the big twist, I never saw coming.  

Great read,  makes you think about this very dysfunctional family.

THanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for a great read.

This was good!!!  It does start off slow........but once you see where it's going, that will seem like the right pace.  This is about an argument between a mother and daughter who wants to go to a party. Until it's not. The twist is greatness!! I like the diary entries and not being sure whose they were. I was not crazy about Hannah, as she was not a very likeable person, but that is what the story needed.  Overall, a very good read!

Thank you to #NetGalley, Victoria Jenkins and Bookouture for this ARC!!

This is a seriously twisted domestic drama that starts out slowly and shatters with a deviation that I really didn't expect. Sure, mothers and teenaged daughters don't always see eye to eye...

Whenever I see the words, psychological thriller, I get a bit blasé. I've read hundreds of them and pride myself on spotting those important clues that give away the direction long before the denouement. Since this novel is narrated by both mother and daughter, I figured one of them had to be unreliable. Is it Hannah, the overprotective mother who just wants to keep her daughters safe or is it 15-year-old Olivia who is doing everything she can to try the patience and love of her parents? Then there's Michael, the doting husband, who's given Hannah everything she ever dreamed of having after a pretty bad childhood. And, Rosie, the younger sister who just follows the rules and appears to be the daughter they love more. There's a lot going on and I'll say no more so that you can appreciate this disturbing tale WITHOUT SPOILERS.

I've decided to rate this 4 stars because of the ending. I did read this in a single sitting over a couple of hours because I just had to know before I slept. Some of it seemed very slow but that was what ended up making the startling climax and conclusions so "in your face." It sure brought out all the feels. I can't wait to read more reviews!

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read, review and recommend.

Whoa!! What a book!! It is twisted in darkness, wrapped in delusion, and shaded in hypnotism. A brainwashing of sorts. Victoria Jenkins best book to date. 

Mother and daughter can have a rocky relationship. This pair did too. Olivia sneaked out for a party, mom was angry. Mobile phone was taken as the punishment. Olivia stopped talking to mom. For many days. Then one day she did. And secrets popped up, crawling slithering worms which left devastation. 

Having read most of her books, I expected a suspenseful thriller from the author. But what I got was a story which explored the dark warped minds. You have to read it to believe it. The story laid down the right foundation till 60%. 8 loved how it lulled me deeper into their relationship giving me both their POV. I knew I had to read carefully as a sense of danger pinged my senses. 

And WHAM!! I was hit by a revelation so powerful that it changed all that I knew. I could see everything with different eyes. The author skilfully had laid rose tinted glasses on my kindle, and when that was removed with a snap, I was sent reeling into the stratosphere. 

Holly Fuck!! That was quite unexpected. Plop on my arse I went!! And I stayed there for the rest of the time long after the book was done!! Whoa! What a ride.

4 stars!
The first 75% is super slow, but I think that was exactly what it needed. You read from two points of view: Hannah and Olivia. It's hard to choose a side much of the book because you're getting the story from each perspective. There's a lot of inner dialogue that makes you question any guesses you have.

The twist happens at around the 75% mark and OH MY GOD is all I can say about it. I honestly didn't see it coming. 

4 emotional stars!!

Stayed reading and end up stopping up most of night because i was so gripped and now an hour after i've finished i still dont think i've calmed down emotionally enough to sleep.
That twist omg i was in tears.
 because your reading from both points of view you dont know whose side to take you can sorta see and understand where they are both coming from especially once you learn more.

Really thought provoking i fealt like the characters were real and i was watching it unfold infront of me i think thats what makes it extra emotional 5☆s and will defo be recommending to friends and looking out for more of victoria jenkins books.