Helen Priest

Gang, I fucking loved this one.

Super quick read, I was hooked from the start, I love books that get straight into it and this one didn't disappoint.

The descriptions of the characters really made me picture them, without an overly long back story, there was still enough details - we all know people like them which made it really easy.

The ending was satisfying and there were some great kills.

There's so many things that I loved about this book.

Dual timelines
Multiple narrators
It got into the story really quickly
Believable
Satisfying outcome

I've been on a thriller kick recently and read it over two days.

It's the story of Merri and Dev who are struggling to make ends meet when, for their wedding anniversary, Dev buys Merri a ticket to a Dreamkey Prize draw, where the winning ticket wins a brand new luxury house in the Lake District and £250k - you know the sort of thing!

They win and their lives are uprooted from their rented house in Nottingham to a super modern glass mansion with views over Lake Windermere and the hills of the area.

They make some friends quickly, but not everyone is pleased to see the new arrivals that have had luxury handed to them when many in the village are struggling to live in an area being taken over by second homes and Air B&Bs.

When it appears that someone is less than happy for them, who is it? old friends? new friends? upset locals? or, another voice in the book, ‘The Watcher'. Someone from Merri's past who know the secret she's worked hard to keep from Dev.

This book doesn't stop the pacing is great, the characters are fleshed out as much as they need to and I can't wait to read more from KL Slater - there's so many to choose from!

I can see this book doing so well at a book club and really can't wait to read more about it

I should DNFd this. But I wanted to give it a go, it was a simple plot, simple setting and an easy read. this couple got together way too quickly - and that's coming from someone that met a guy, had him move in and got engaged within a month and got married within a year.

Any hint of drama or mystery was solved within a page or two. There was a group of supporting characters that I've heard the sequels are to do with, but I don't think I'm going to read them.

3.75 stars because I really liked the writing and style, would've been more, but one of the twists relied on a massive coincidence that immediately took me out of it.

I know a lot of these books do, but this one seemed a bit too out there.