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A review by lizamy7
Stay by Jane Bailey
4.0
Caitlin is returning home to Cornwall from Europe. Her boyfriend Luke treated her badly and she's feeling angry, emotional and vulnerable. She excepts a lift from a family; Marcus, his wife Mimi and their daughters Henna and Daisy. They are friendly and caring and Caitlin takes to them immediately.
Marcus and Mimi suggest Caitlin come home with them, she can tutor the girls. Caitlin is in no hurry to go home and accepts. The family live in the Gloucestershire countryside; it's pretty remote and isolated. They appear to live a rather hippy lifestyle. Mimi helps vulnerable women and Marcus has polytunnels he's always busy with. On the surface life is idyllic but gradually the cracks begin to show, there is something quite off about Marcus and Mimi and Caitlin realises she may have made a huge mistake.
Set during the early part of the pandemic; Stay is deeply unsettling and covers some very sensitive issues. The first half of the book is a slow burner; the tension builds gradually. By the ending it's quite frantic. At times I wanted to shake Caitlin but I also rooted for her. I enjoyed it but not as much as "Sorry isn't good enough" which I absolutely adored.
Marcus and Mimi suggest Caitlin come home with them, she can tutor the girls. Caitlin is in no hurry to go home and accepts. The family live in the Gloucestershire countryside; it's pretty remote and isolated. They appear to live a rather hippy lifestyle. Mimi helps vulnerable women and Marcus has polytunnels he's always busy with. On the surface life is idyllic but gradually the cracks begin to show, there is something quite off about Marcus and Mimi and Caitlin realises she may have made a huge mistake.
Set during the early part of the pandemic; Stay is deeply unsettling and covers some very sensitive issues. The first half of the book is a slow burner; the tension builds gradually. By the ending it's quite frantic. At times I wanted to shake Caitlin but I also rooted for her. I enjoyed it but not as much as "Sorry isn't good enough" which I absolutely adored.