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monikasbookblog 's review for:
The Swap
by Robyn Harding
The Swap was my first Robyn Harding book and I was honestly amazed by the writing and the pace of the novel. This is a story of deceit, manipulation, debauchery and resentment between two couples and an outlier teenager.
Freya & Max - popular, until a freak accident destroyed Max’s Hockey career and forced them to move to an island in the middle of nowhere.
Jamie & Brian - need a change in environment after there hopes of adopting a child was shattered by a scam and Brian needed to calm his mind so that he can work on his book deal.
Low - an abnormal teenager who finds hard to make friends, for which she blames on her polyamorous family.
Freya and Low click when Low takes Freya’s pottery class, and all is well until Jamie comes along and Low is left alone again. Low feels betrayed by Freya and deliberately wants to split them up, because Low has this unexplainable attraction towards Freya. One night after an innocent Magic mushroom party, the couples swap their partners which paves a way for Low to create a wedge between them.
This may sound like a normal rural setting story, but this a complex story of backstabbing, manipulations and what an innocent magic mushroom night can do!! This is definitely not a unique story, but it kept my attention and even though I guessed the ending, I didn’t stop reading. Its that good!
The characters were well suit the story. I hated Freya from the beginning I could see right through her shiny beautiful facade. I felt sad for Jaime and Low because they felt the need to impress Freya!! Why though?! Its justified that Jaime and Low had Freya as their only friend in the whole Hawking Island, but why didn’t they realise Freya was a b***h sooner?! I never understood that..
I felt that the author should have added more backgrounds to the husbands and I felt it weird to not mention any small town talks about these people. Small towns love their gossips and they love to talk.. if that part were included, this would’ve been a 5⭐️ read. The ending although was a but predictable had a small twist which actually made me feel bad for the husbands.
4.25/5 ⭐️
Thank you Netgalley, Robyn Harding and Gallery for the ARC. This review is my own and not influenced in anyway!
Freya & Max - popular, until a freak accident destroyed Max’s Hockey career and forced them to move to an island in the middle of nowhere.
Jamie & Brian - need a change in environment after there hopes of adopting a child was shattered by a scam and Brian needed to calm his mind so that he can work on his book deal.
Low - an abnormal teenager who finds hard to make friends, for which she blames on her polyamorous family.
Freya and Low click when Low takes Freya’s pottery class, and all is well until Jamie comes along and Low is left alone again. Low feels betrayed by Freya and deliberately wants to split them up, because Low has this unexplainable attraction towards Freya. One night after an innocent Magic mushroom party, the couples swap their partners which paves a way for Low to create a wedge between them.
This may sound like a normal rural setting story, but this a complex story of backstabbing, manipulations and what an innocent magic mushroom night can do!! This is definitely not a unique story, but it kept my attention and even though I guessed the ending, I didn’t stop reading. Its that good!
The characters were well suit the story. I hated Freya from the beginning I could see right through her shiny beautiful facade. I felt sad for Jaime and Low because they felt the need to impress Freya!! Why though?! Its justified that Jaime and Low had Freya as their only friend in the whole Hawking Island, but why didn’t they realise Freya was a b***h sooner?! I never understood that..
I felt that the author should have added more backgrounds to the husbands and I felt it weird to not mention any small town talks about these people. Small towns love their gossips and they love to talk.. if that part were included, this would’ve been a 5⭐️ read. The ending although was a but predictable had a small twist which actually made me feel bad for the husbands.
4.25/5 ⭐️
Thank you Netgalley, Robyn Harding and Gallery for the ARC. This review is my own and not influenced in anyway!