Published by Avon Books Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, suspense
Format: ARC, eBook
How unsettling to have a stalker, someone who makes you feel uncomfortable and unsafe at every moment of the day. That is what Natalie, Alexandra, Lucy, Bridget & River discuss during their stalking support group. When Natalie is murdered, the group is reeling. Natalie’s murder is a frightening reminder of just how serious stalking can be and how much danger they are in. To make matters worse, when they receive a message that one of them will be dead in ten days’ time, their anxiety goes through the roof!
I loved how the author gave readers a countdown during the book i.e. 5 days to murder. This was a nice touch. Readers are also given the POV’s and WhatsApp messages of the group members. We also get to know the characters through their backstories. This book started strongly, and I was instantly engrossed in the story, feeling for the characters. Along the line, this book began to feel unnecessarily long and lost some of its mojo for me. Plus, there are quite a few characters and their stalkers which took this reader some time to wrap my head around who is stalking who.
This book was dramatic and did evoke emotion. How do you not feel for someone who is living in fear? I also wanted to yell “Just go to the police” many times throughout the book. While the middle of the book felt long to me, I did enjoy the twists and turns which occurred at warp speed toward the end of the book.
Thank you to Avon Books UK and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.