A review by chloek608
The Holiday by T.M. Logan

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I recommend this book if you like:
-adult mystery
-following many different characters
-unforeseen twists and plot links

Four old uni friends reunite with their families in a French villa. Husbands may be straying, children may be up to no good but how is it all connected?
This book is all about a mother’s natural instinct to protect her own.

I thought that there were a lot of characters to keep track of and remember who was married to who but got there eventually. Karen suspected her husband of cheating with one of her uni friends who they were away on holiday with. She was determined to gather the evidence and deal with what was to follow.

I think this book could have been shorter / faster faced as really everything happens near the end. Although throughout the book it leaves breadcrumbs and builds a bigger picture of what is to come.
The shock of Izzy the friend falling down a gorge during a deliberate forest fire and dying and then finding out that there was no affair after all was shocking. I could not have predicted how the kids plotting and planning to do a hit and run on a child would lead to the adults texting and meeting in secret.


I would read more of T.M. Logan’s work and I am looking forward to watching the tv series now.

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