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My Darling

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This is a book about nasty people doing nasty things
This has a twisty storyline. None of the characters are likeable
You do have to suspend disbelief at times but it’s a good read

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Recommend to people who love unlikeable characters.

Personally, I do not and maybe that is why I had such a hard time connecting to this book. I didn’t find it thrilling, but it does read really fast which is always a great pro for me.

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My Darling is a quick page turner of a thriller, with short chapters full of suspense.

It's a novel full of mistrust, suspicion, lies and secrets.

How well do you know your neighbours?

Let's be honest, beyond a polite 'hello' most of us don't really get to know our neighbours that well do we?

The couples in this novel are different...

When new neighbours move in they get to know each other almost immediately, hosting dinner parties and the like.

And then suspicion and mistrust set in, and everyone's lives are in danger.

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Thank you for providing me with an advance review copy of this book. Enjoyed reading, would recommend....

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Sinister read! I really enjoyed the twists and turns of the plot, it was fun to read with a somewhat satisfying ending.
The story is well executed and written and I can understand why it is written in the style it is. An excellent read.

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This was truly a book I couldn't put down. It was so gripping! But after this I won't be making any friends with my neighbors (no spoiler I promise). I really think Jade has a screw loose.... Recommended for anyone who loves a thriller where everything is upside down!

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Absolutely loved this! A crazy ride from start to finish and didn't know where it would end until the very final page! My kind of plot!

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This is my first time reading Amanda Robson and it was an intriguing delight! You have two couples; Jade and Tomas and then there is Emma and Alastair. Jade and Tomas move in next door and immediately Jade is already cooking up a whole relationship in her mind between Tomas and Emma that is taking Jade to nowhere good with her lavish mental state and thoughts in the driver's seat! This read was like indulging in a guilty pleasure of craziness combined! Jade is as I like to say "off her rocker" and really who knows anyone at all?!?! The vileness and despicable behavior of these characters allows one to step into this darkness and out of the light to partake in an indulgent enjoyable change to a creative domestic thriller! This was a fun "who let the crazy out" insanity type read! Some parts could at times be a little hard to follow switching between character POVs, and it was a lot coming at you chapter to chapter but also it had that have to find out what happens next pull to keep you in! Thank you NetGalley for the copy and I am looking forward to reading more from Amanda Robson and the ideas she creates!

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Wow, what a twisty plot! Complex characters that keep you guessing all the way through. My jaw dropped a few times while reading. Clever!

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If a book needs to be compared to "YOU" this is the book that would be compared to it. OMG I loved this and it fulfilled my terror that YOU gave me

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Emma is a successful dentist with her own practice. Emma is dating Alastair whim she met on a Tinder date. Alastair lives with his mother and young son and an ex wife to support.
Jade and her husband Tomas move into the house next to Emma and soon acquaint themselves with Emma, despite Emma not much for socialising Jade soon persuades her and Alastair to join her and Tomas for the evening. Jade warns Emma that her husband, Tomas has a roving eye and will undoubtedly be interested in Emma.
Tomas has need to visit Emma's dental practice for treatment. Is the start of his roving eye or is he innocent? What follows is the twisted story of the four people involved in this story.

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This was a brilliant read and is being featured on my blog for my quick star reviews feature, which I have created on my blog so I can catch up with all the books I have read and therefore review.
See www.chellsandbooks.wordpress.com.

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A creepy thriller, i liked the different perspectives and how the story unfolded. i also liked the twist at the end. would read more by the author.

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Having read previous books by Amanda Robson, I had high hopes for this book, but I was disappointed as this particular book, in my opinion, was not up to her usual standard.

It was very much an unbelievable storyline and I could not like or relate to any of the characters. I ended up wishing for the book to hurry up and end, just so that I could move on. Disappointing.

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Two couples, secrets, lies, and all sorts of bad things combine in this thriller. It sometimes becomes a tad implausible but that doesn't mean I didn't keep reading!

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What a book – fast paced, loads of twists and turns. Couldn’t wait to turn the page!

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

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I would like to thank Avon Publishing and the Netgalley website for allowing me to read this book.

It all starts when a couple, Jade and Thomas, move in next door to Alastair and Emma's house, except that after that it will never be the same again. Jade thinks Thomas is having an affair with Emma. And Jade has a plan to make them pay.

A book read in one sitting so I was immediately hooked on the story so gripping, addictive, captivating, full of suspense and twists with endearing characters.

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Holy heck that was a lot of crazy!! Lies upon lies, misdirections, revenge, manipulation, and just plain Cra-zeeeee!!! I was engrossed by the characters and the turns the story took. You definitely have to suspend a bit of belief. I mean, what are the chances that all these wackadoodles were smart enough to figure out what the others were doing and to plot the things as expertly as they did. I understand maybe one of the bunch was that intelligent...but not all three. Or maybe I just need to hang out with smarter people...then again, maybe not!!! The very short chapters (usually just a page or two, or sometimes even just a paragraph) added to the frenetic feel of the story itself. All in all, I found this to be a thrilling thriller.

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This book was a really quick read which was good and would be a great beach read for some but unfortunately wasn't for me.

It is quite similar to alot of other books and none of the twists surprised me at all...and the element of surprise is needed to make it work.

I also don't think Jade's mental health issues were explored or dealt with sensitively enough.

Having 4 character view points immediately at the start of the book made it hard to get an understanding of anyone. I also didn't always know who the "you" they were talking about was. If these initial character chapters had been longer and more in depth, then this would have worked better and at least given us a basis for these characters later on.

I never got the individual voices of the characters...they all blurred into one. Each character should have a distinctive voice..should be able to recognise who the character is without the header but I literally had no clue.

As I didn't understand any motivation or the characters themselves certain questions such as Why did Emma stay in that relationship? Made absolutely no sense to me at all and I found that frustrating.

I hated ALL the characters too...and I think in this type of book you needed some affinity with at least one....I needed that to enjoy the book at all.

The story often felt very patchy and more intent at shock value than character development which was a shame and the character development was sorely needed.

Overall a quick easy read but not for me.

Thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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I always enjoy books from this author and this one is no exception. It hooks you in from the start and keeps you gripped all the way through. I can't wait to read more from them in the future - great book.

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