Nicki`s Life of Crime : BLOG TOUR,BOOK REVIEW

BOOK DESCRIPTION

How far would you go to correct your worst mistake?

When Chloe goes to university and meets wild, carefree Zadie, she is utterly seduced by her and her lifestyle. It doesn't take long for Chloe to ditch her studies in favour of all-night parties at Zadie's huge house off campus.

But when something goes badly wrong one night and Zadie disappears in the aftermath, Chloe knows she should have done more to help her friend. It's something she'll always regret.

Fifteen years later, Chloe finally gets the chance to make it right. But in order to do so, she'll have to put everything at stake . . .

Friendships can be diverse, some are close and loyal,some can last for years and some can be short lived. You can believe that someone is your friend but in reality they are stabbing you in the back at every opportunity and then they are suddenly ghosting you. And then there are the toxic friendships and the type of friendships that mean more to one individual than they do to the other.

This captivating story is written in chapters that alternated between Now and Then and is voiced almost entirely from Chloe's perspective.Then chapters covered Chloe's arrival at university, the events leading up to,during and after the night of the party and Zadie's mysteriously disappearance. We witnessed how Chloe started off as quite a innocent individual and the changes to her character after she met beautiful,wild and carefree Zadie and her handsome boyfriend Max. How she fell under Zadie's enchanting spell and after being drawn deeper into their lavish,party hard lifestyle started neglecting her other friends and studies. Chloe had a lovely friend at university called Kissy and after witnessing some of the interactions between Chloe, Zadie and Max,I struggled to understand why she was so obsessed with Zadie or was it in reality the lavish lifestyle that she was addicted to?

In the Now chapters that were set fifteen years later Chloe is married to Rav who she met at one of Zadie and Max's parties back in their days at university. She is haunted by events from the past and feelings of guilt,but is that because Chloe feels that she should have been more supportive to her friend or because of her own actions on that night?. She is still obsessed with Zadie's disappearance and spends her time trawling social media sites trying in the vain hope that she will stumble over a small hint at what her friend has been doing since the night of the party. She has her suspicions about who hurt her friend on that fateful night and is prepared to do what it takes,however extreme to get that person to confess. Although I couldn't help admiring her determination to uncover the truth, I can't say that I thought Chloe was a very likeable character for various reasons.

Interspersed throughout the books was chapters that were written in italics and narrated from Zadie's perspective. We were given a insight into her thoughts and opinions on various aspects of her life including her relationships with Chloe and Max. In the surface Zadie appeared to have a perfect life but in reality she was a very troubled young lady who suffered from various issues. This caused me to have conflicting feelings about how I felt about her character. I found myself torn between disliking her and feeling empathy towards her.

This is a very well written,captivating tale of friendships, secrets, deception, manipulation, relationships and obsession that had me hooked in from the first page. The story had me glued to my kindle and kept me guessing about what happened on that fateful night and who was involved. The story was well paced,the characters were vivid and believable and had a realistic conclusion. I really really enjoyed this gripping thriller and look forward to reading more of this author's books in the future.

About Rebecca Reid

Rebecca is the digital editor of Grazia magazine. She is a columnist for the Telegraph Women’s section, and has written for Metro Online, Marie Claire, the Guardian, the Saturday Telegraph, the Independent, Stylist, Glamour, the iPaper, the Guardian, Indy100, LOOK and the New Statesmen amongst others. Rebecca is a regular contributor to Sky News and ITV’s Good Morning Britain as well as appearing on This Morning, Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, LBC, Channel Five News, The World At One and the BBC World Service to discuss her work.

She graduated from Royal Holloway’s Creative Writing MA in 2015, her debut novel Perfect Liars published in 2018 and Truth Hurts is her second.

Rebecca lives London with her husband.

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