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A review by moohnshine
The Invitation by Jodi Ellen Malpas
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
OMG!!!! I am a wreck. An absolute mess. This book has turned me inside out and I am floored with the ending. I need more. It can't end like this.
Amelia is a financial guru who is struggling to prove herself in a mans world. She is smart, beautiful and ahead of the game with her clients and on track to become partner at her firm. But the constant badgering from her father and boyfriend weighs on her heavily. It on worsens when she breaks up with her boyfriend. Her dad undermines her at every turn and her ex harasses her constantly. Everything in her life changings the day she meets a pair of green bluish grey eyes across a bar.
This was the most intense book I have read lately. Jude is a twisted man. He is dominating, stalkerish and insanely hot. He doesn't take no for an answer. Amelia is turned inside out by this man. Over and over again. It is a battle of the wills and can be devastating to her world. The twist at the end will throw readers over the edge. It was not what I thought was going on, even though there are hints here and there that something isn't quite right and adding up.
The emotion is this book is explosive. I felt the angst and devastation. I felt the love and the heat. I felt the anger and sadness. It was a lot of emotion to handle. I am not sure that Amelia is going to survive. Jude has this hold on her and her trying to push him away doesn't work.
I love her best friends Anna and Charley. They are the best. ying and yang friends, whom have her back no matter what. They are the comedy club of friends who will fight for you one minute and have you laughing and forgetting your worries the next. I don't know how they pick up Amelia's pieces over and over as she navigates the people who constantly tear her down.
I am looking forward to another book in this series. Because it cannot end like this. It just can't. Also I need to throat punch that bitch Katherine. Can I pleaseeeeee????
Amelia is a financial guru who is struggling to prove herself in a mans world. She is smart, beautiful and ahead of the game with her clients and on track to become partner at her firm. But the constant badgering from her father and boyfriend weighs on her heavily. It on worsens when she breaks up with her boyfriend. Her dad undermines her at every turn and her ex harasses her constantly. Everything in her life changings the day she meets a pair of green bluish grey eyes across a bar.
This was the most intense book I have read lately. Jude is a twisted man. He is dominating, stalkerish and insanely hot. He doesn't take no for an answer. Amelia is turned inside out by this man. Over and over again. It is a battle of the wills and can be devastating to her world. The twist at the end will throw readers over the edge. It was not what I thought was going on, even though there are hints here and there that something isn't quite right and adding up.
The emotion is this book is explosive. I felt the angst and devastation. I felt the love and the heat. I felt the anger and sadness. It was a lot of emotion to handle. I am not sure that Amelia is going to survive. Jude has this hold on her and her trying to push him away doesn't work.
I love her best friends Anna and Charley. They are the best. ying and yang friends, whom have her back no matter what. They are the comedy club of friends who will fight for you one minute and have you laughing and forgetting your worries the next. I don't know how they pick up Amelia's pieces over and over as she navigates the people who constantly tear her down.
I am looking forward to another book in this series. Because it cannot end like this. It just can't. Also I need to throat punch that bitch Katherine. Can I pleaseeeeee????
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Alcohol
Minor: Death of parent