2 Stars
I hate it when I have not much good to say about a book I was given by the publisher. This book is not a thriller, it is hardly woman fiction. It is more a romance, ménage-à-trois or chick-lit (thank god without love scenes). If I would have known that I wouldn’t have hit the request-button. So this was the absolutely wrong book for me. The thriller element comes in almost at the last page and honestly, it was almost ridiculous.
The story goes absolutely nowhere. After 8 years with no contact Jenny visits her best friend Kath who is married to Jenny’s ex-boyfriend Tom. The three are stuck in their past. They act as if the last eight years did not happen, as if they never grew into adults and had a life. They are just back to the times when they were 18. It is all a ridiculous back and forth between Kath and Jenny and Jenny and Tom. For me personally it is always a problem when the main character, here Jenny, is obviously someone who every other characters falls for when for me as a reader this person is so unbelievable boring and lacks any real personality. This is the case with Jenny. She is lifeless and without any charm but Tom and Kath are crazy about her. Jenny had a career as an Olympic swimmer and Tom and Kath have a business in France. But all they do is brood about the time when they were eighteen.
As I said, there is not much of a story or character development. There is just a love triangle and one of them is crazy. Surprise. It was written and developed poorly and reminded me of fan-fiction stories I’ve read years ago.