The Couple’s Revenge

“Revenge is a dish best served cold,” – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Daniel Hurst has delivered another gripping, hard to put down, book that sucked me in from the very beginning. Completely addicting! I didn’t want to put it down as I was fully invested in the story. This is an addictive tale of bullying and revenge.

Sara knows something is wrong when her fifteen-year-old son Jacob comes home after school and is not acting as he normally does. She and her husband, Guy soon learn that their son is being bullied by another boy at his school. How far will they go to protect their son. Why is bullying so rampant? So scary that anyone has to deal with this in their lives.

Daniel Hurst takes on a very serious subject- Bullying. I thought he did a great job showing how bullying affects an individual. The many physical and emotional scars that bullying leaves. In this book, Jacob experiences shame, guilt, fear, anxiety, embarrassment, and anger because of being bullied. His parents also experience many emotions because of what happens to him.

I was drawn to the characters; I could feel their emotions jumping off the pages. How far will parents go to protect their child/children? I felt for them the entire time even as they did some concerning things. When emotions are high, sometimes judgement goes a little awry.

I found this book to be thought provoking and evoking emotion. What would I have done as a parent in this situation? How could this have been better resolved? There were two questions that went thought my mind while reading. I believe some of the magic in Hurst’s books is that he takes real life issues/situations that readers can relate to and has his characters approaching them in some OTT ways.

This was a nicely paced book that kept me turning the pages. The ending was a shocker. I did not see that coming at all.

Does Daniel Hurst ever take a day off? I doubt it as he pumps out books at warp speed! I’m already looking forward to reading another one of his books.

Addictive, hard to put down, thought provoking and well written.