Best Friends by Carys JonesMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I was drawn to this book by the synopsis and the tag lines on the cover,they brought to mind the brilliant thriller Shallow Grave starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Eccleston.Maybe I just had high expectations but when I started this book I was anticipating a gripping tale of violence,backstabbing and betrayals.By the end I was just left feeling bitterly disappointed.
Four broke flatmates,Franklin,Jasper,Aaron and Grace are on their way home from a night out,they can't afford to pay their rent in three days time but they can afford to go out drinking.....very responsible....NOT.Anyway Franklin decides to do a bit of drunken dumpster diving during which he discovers a briefcase which he decides that he is going to keep.After the quartet get home he manages to open the briefcase and finds that it contains cash,a lot of cash,as in twenty thousand pounds worth of case.After a bit of a discussion and arguing they decide to do what everyone else would probably do,they spend the money.Only a couple of days later,a rather large thug arrives at their door and demands that they return his money plus a added two thousand you stole my money tax.Now they have seven days to raise a lot of money or something nasty is going to happen to them.Now this is where the story could have become dark and sinister,the friends being stalked,strange occurrences in their flat,one of them being kidnapped,the friends turning on each other,ect,ect,ect.It could have been a intense,gripping thriller,instead there was constant preferences to Aaron getting aggressive with everyone and everything and Grace constantly whinging and whining about everything,her constant self pity got really irritating at times.
Grace is the main protagonist of this tale and at times we go back into her past and learn about her childhood and the terrible secret that she is so desperate to keep hidden.For a while this part of the story was quite intriguing but once it became obvious what had happened all Grace`s paranoia and anxiety of this so called terrible secret all seemed a bit pointless and blown out of proportion.
The friends where a realistic group of colourful individuals,each one had their own unique personality but I found three out of the four very irritating,the one character I did like was hardly featured in the story.There was a glimpse into the seedier side of night life in London and a couple possible danger scenes but some elements of the story where never explained and it was all wrapped up to neatly and happily ever afterish for my liking.I struggled to finish this book,I eventually ended up reading another book before returning to finish this one.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carys Jones loves nothing more than to write and create stories which ignite the reader's imagination. Based in Shropshire, England, Carys lives with her husband and her adored canine companion, Rollo.
When she's not writing, Carys likes to indulge her inner geek by watching science- fiction films or playing video games.
She lists John Green, Jodi Picoult and Virginia Andrews as her favorite authors and draws inspiration for her own work from anything and everything.
To Carys, there is no greater feeling than when you lose yourself in a great story and it is that feeling of ultimate escapism which she tries to bring to her books.
Twitter@CarysJAuthor
PUBLICATION DATE : 1st February 2018
PUBLISHER : Aria
GENRE : Crime,Thriller & Mystery
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