A review by sarahs_bookish_life
Sacrifice by Sharon Bolton

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

 

Nothing beats a secluded setting for this genre and they don’t come more secluded than the remote Scottish island that Tora finds herself living on. It adds to the eeriness as well as knowing that if anything bad happens, it could be hours before help can arrive.

Uncovering a dead woman’s body certainly wasn’t what poor Tora expected to find but this opens a can of worms that the more Tora discovers, the more danger she is in. It soon becomes a case of not knowing who to trust and I was suspicious of everyone. I was totally flabbergasted at the things that were going on and was every bit as intrigued as Tora is yet I was so glad I was reading it from the comfort of my home where I knew I was safe. I wanted to keep telling Tora to leave well alone as there could be no good outcome yet I was desperate to know more. It will definitely have you torn.

Sacrifice is a pulse soaring story that has you constantly on edge. You hardly have time to recover from one revelation before you are hit with another one. The twists and turns were superb and had me keep saying to myself that I would just read one more chapter before reading several every time I picked it up as it was so engrossing. The blurb doesn’t give much away at all which I loved as everything that happens was totally unexpected. Sharon Bolton is one of my favourite authors in psychological thrillers as her stories are incredibly dark and twisted. A real gut clencher!