Today it is Rea's Book Reviews stop on the blog tour for The Perfect Life by Nuala Ellwood. This was my first book by this author so I had no preconception as to what to expect so check out my review to see what my thoughts were.
Vanessa has always found it easy to pretend to be somebody different, somebody better. When things get tough in her real life, all she has to do is throw on some nicer clothes, adopt a new accent and she can escape.
That's how it started: looking round houses she couldn't possibly afford. Harmless fun really. Until it wasn't.
Nuala Ellwood is a new author to me and after reading the
synopsis for her new release The Perfect Life I was instantly intrigued as I
have always loved viewing houses and seeing the lives that are lived behind
closed doors so I knew I had to read this book.
Our main character is Vanessa and she is a rather cold
character, not one that I would say I connected to or warmed to but none the
less she pulled me in and made me want to follow her story. Vanessa come across
as a lone ranger who has never quite found her place in the world and has never
quite fit in socially which gives off a vulnerable and somewhat naivety about
her so when she meets Connor she falls hook line and sinker for him as he seems
to be on the same page as her and she finally feels like she fits.
As cracks begin to show through the storyline my mind
started going into overdrive trying to figure out where the plot was heading
and who I should be on alert for and although I could say that elements
involving Connor were a little predictable the rest of the ending I don’t think
anyone could read this book and predict! I was a little dumbfounded at the
unexpected turn of events but even still I found myself eagerly turning the
pages to see what was going to happen next.
The novel does jump back and forth in time between Then and
Now which took a while for me to get into the swing of this but I soon fell in
sync with the flow of the book and became absorbed in the storyline. I loved
Vanessa’s sister Georgie she was a very supportive kind hearted rock to her and
I also loved her best friend Lottie who I was disappointed didn’t feature much
in the book although her lack of appearance was understandable.
This novel held my attention and was a great introduction to
this authors writing.
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