I loved how it alternates from
Caroline and Aiden's POV. There are times where the same events are told from
both POV and the reader can clearly see how the same events can be lived and
seen very differently. The reader is kept guessing the whole time about who is
telling the truth and who is not.
The two main characters could not be
more different. Caroline appears to have it all while Aiden comes from the
other side of town and barely has anything. One has everything to lose from the
events and the other has nothing to lose. Who is responsible? Caroline, the
rich and older woman who is going through a rough divorce, or Aiden who is
viewed as trash and has a bad reputation?
I loved the dark mystery in this
book. I couldn't put it down and it is one of my favorites this year!
Thank you to St. Martin's
Press for my gifted copy.
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
There is a stranger
outside Caroline's house.
Her spectacular new beach house, built
for hosting expensive parties and vacationing with the family she thought she'd
have. But her husband is lying to her and everything in her life is upside
down, so when the stranger, Aiden, shows up as a bartender at the same party
where Caroline and her husband have a very public fight, it doesn't seem like
anything out of the ordinary.
As her marriage collapses around her and
the lavish lifestyle she's built for herself starts to crumble, Caroline turns
to Aiden for comfort...and revenge. After a brief and desperate fling that
means nothing to Caroline and everything to him, Aiden's obsession with
Caroline, her family, and her house grows more and more disturbing. And when
Caroline's husband goes missing, her life descends into a nightmare that leaves
her accused of her own husband's murder.
Happy reading,
I was
sucked-in in the very beginning! Caroline’s life changes when she meets Aidan,
the stranger on the beach…
The story
is told from both Caroline’s perspective and Aidan’s perspective, because of
this, the story does not pan out the same way depending on who tells the story;
therefore, you soon discover that he narration is very unreliable. My sympathy
kept switching as the chapters changed, as the different POVs changed.
Additionally, I really loved how the narration was told in the first person, it
made me feel like a friend was telling me this juicy story!
As the
story progressed though, I must admit I was getting a bit annoyed at the
unreliability of both sides of the stories. I couldn’t figure out what was true
and wasn’t but that’s the whole point of the story. This made me want to keep
reading and to find out what would happen next.
One thing
I did not enjoy quite as much, was that at some point the story was heavy in
legal talk, and courtroom drama, which I personally don’t enjoy that much. However,
as I passed those chapters the story kept getting better and better.
Overall,
this was an action-packed psychological thriller, with really atmospheric
scenes! I especially loved the ending! It was a great ending where all my
questions were answered. Highly recommend!
Thank
you to St. Martins Press for providing me with an ARC of this book. As usual,
my reviews are my honest and unbiased opinions.
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