Published by Transworld Digital on March 14, 2019
Pages: 356
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'A captivating, suspenseful thriller that draws you in - with a twist that will take your breath away.' TM Logan, bestselling author of Lies
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'I THOUGHT SHE WAS OUR FRIEND. I THOUGHT SHE WAS TRYING TO HELP US.'
After the sudden death of her husband, Tess is drowning in grief. All she has left is her son, Jamie, and she'll do anything to protect him - but she's struggling to cope.
When grief counsellor Shelley knocks on their door, everything changes. Shelley is beautiful, confident and takes control when Tess can't bear to face the outside world.
But when questions arise over her husband's death and strange things start to happen, Tess begins to suspect that Shelley may have an ulterior motive. Tess knows she must do everything she can to keep Jamie safe - but who can she trust?
Today I am kicking off another tour and this time with Rachel at Rachel Read it, so please do be sure to see what she has to say about this book!!
✮ My Review ✮
I never thought I would say this about a twisty thriller like this but I am crying. My god the wealth of grief in this book is immense but at the same time, it is like a twisty and crazy story unlike any other I have read.
Unreliable narrator -check
Crazy going on – check
Dark and twisty – check
Guess the ending – No way!!
In my head, I had a feeling I knew where it was going, but I realised at the end I really did not. Looking back you see how something’s has been laid out for you, in your face but because of how things have been worded you ignore it and take it at face value instead of what is really being said. I was shocked!
Problem is I can not tell you anything about the story of The Perfect Betrayal just that you do need to pick it up, in fact, you must! Like I said it made me cry and my heart wrenched because of Tess, what other thriller have you read that can make you say that?
What North has done here is to create a story where nothing is what it seems. A story where you could see that if you were in that same situation that you may act the same way, and in all honesty, I probably would.
Tess, the main character draws you in from the beginning and this is her story. I am attached to her, her grief is real and raw. What you have is one real story with The Perfect Betrayal as even when the seemingly unrealistic happen, it makes perfect sense in the end and you realise nothing is unrealistic. This is the first time I have read a book by North but it is by no means the last! Her writing is just exquisite and she had me hooked from the opening pages and blew me away and made me cry on the closing pages.
It is totally riveting, and with the layout of the different chapters, I completely fell into the one more chapter trap! We have a countdown to an event, witness statements and a recorded conversation, which is all leading us to the finale, a finale where I have no words for apart from it was perfect. It was perfect because it wasn’t a Hollywood ending, it was perfect because it was life and however much you want someone to change you can’t. It was perfect because a part of me knew I would be the same.
This book has left me breathless and speechless and if a book can do that, then it means it has to be a contender for my book of the year for sure!!
Until next time xxx
Thank you so much to Anne at Random Things Tours for the tour invite and the author and publisher for a copy of this book in return for my honest and unbiased review
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annecater says
Thanks so much for supporting the Blog Tour Zoe x
Zoé says
Thank you so much for having me x
likeherdingcatsblog says
And I have this one on my TBR mountain – great review as usual. Have you been playing with your blog layout? It seems different. Either way – looks great.
Zoé says
Yeah I get bored easily so changed the fonts and colours lol ? aw thanks lovely! Glad It’s already on your list ?
likeherdingcatsblog says
I think all the books are on my list ??
Hayley at RatherTooFondofBooks says
Ooh this sounds like such a good read, I’m going to add it to my wish list now. I love ‘just one more chapter…’ thrillers 🙂 Fab review. x
Zoé says
Hope you enjoy it! I loved the different chapter views and it is so clever! Thanks lovely xx
debjani6ghosh says
I love thrillers, and this seems right up my alley. Great review. 🙂
Zoé says
Hope you get to try it out because it is a different kind of story then what I was expecting! Thanks for stopping by!