I was hoping that this would be a deeply twisting and dark page turner that lived up to the "wickedly intriguing" comment on the back page. Unfortunately I did not feel as though this novel met my expectations once.

It was hard hitting because of the content and the suffocating grief that was encapsulated but it all just felt repetitive and dull. The 'twists' came so late in the novel that I had already lost interest, and I pegged the secret lover in the first part. I do not know how anybody could have seen the lover as a surprise. It was like a constant neon sign throughout and I just lost interest immediately.

I didn't really understand why Theo was given so many POV chapters. He was so boring. He had no passion or enthusiasm. He was there to hide secrets and to add some drama to the Anna/Jess relationship. But chapters about his own life just felt a little pointless and slowed and already slow plot down.

I don't think that I would pick up another novel by this author.