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A review by all_bookedup19
Nobody But Us by Laure Van Rensburg
4.0
**Slight Spoiler**
Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and Laure VanRensburg for this physical copy in exchange for an honest review.
Let me start with, I can usually figure out what is going to happen within the first couple of chapters, but with this book, I couldn't do that. At one point I thought I had it all figured out but I was wrong. There are parts of the book where a character says something and I should have picked up on it but I didn't. Later in the book, the other character replays what the other said earlier, and then I am like oh duh, I should have picked up on it as well.
Ellie is a strong female main character that has been through a lot. Steven is a wealthy professor with daddy issues, maybe more like his father than he cares to admit. This book hits on some rather tough topics. But topics that need to be discussed. The details the author uses when describing the surrounding, allows you to feel like you are standing inside the boo watching this all play out. I love that about the book. The dual POV allows you to get both character's points of view. The flashbacks are an added bonus.
One thing I did not like is that I feel like this book could have been shorter. For the first 82 pages, I felt like it was dragging, but once we got to the action I was hooked. Though even some of that could have been left out. Also, there were a couple of times when things should have been done differently and they weren't. Like when Steven left the house, TWICE, Ellie should have locked him out. But I guess in the heat of the moment that could have been overlooked.
But once again, I did enjoy this book and I will recommend this to those that love Thriller books.
Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and Laure VanRensburg for this physical copy in exchange for an honest review.
Let me start with, I can usually figure out what is going to happen within the first couple of chapters, but with this book, I couldn't do that. At one point I thought I had it all figured out but I was wrong. There are parts of the book where a character says something and I should have picked up on it but I didn't. Later in the book, the other character replays what the other said earlier, and then I am like oh duh, I should have picked up on it as well.
Ellie is a strong female main character that has been through a lot. Steven is a wealthy professor with daddy issues, maybe more like his father than he cares to admit. This book hits on some rather tough topics. But topics that need to be discussed. The details the author uses when describing the surrounding, allows you to feel like you are standing inside the boo watching this all play out. I love that about the book. The dual POV allows you to get both character's points of view. The flashbacks are an added bonus.
One thing I did not like is that I feel like this book could have been shorter. For the first 82 pages, I felt like it was dragging, but once we got to the action I was hooked. Though even some of that could have been left out. Also, there were a couple of times when things should have been done differently and they weren't. Like when Steven left the house, TWICE, Ellie should have locked him out. But I guess in the heat of the moment that could have been overlooked.
But once again, I did enjoy this book and I will recommend this to those that love Thriller books.