BLOG TOUR, BOOK REVIEW - Fake by Roz Kay

                                                                 BOOK DESCRIPTION

James Cowper-art dealer, gambler, thief-is going straight and on the brink of redeeming himself with his disillusioned wife, Imani. He's still broke, but all he needs to take care of that is a rare art find. Then trouble arrives in the shape of a scheming landlord and an unwelcome dinner party with his boss. As events spin out of his control it appears that nobody, including Imani, is what they pretend. And over everything looms one make-or-break question for James: can he get a grip on his exploding life?

This strangely enthralling story doesn't have a large cast of characters but, omg, the ones who do appear are a eclectic mix of mainly unlikable individuals. There was James and his long suffering wife Imani, Bruce and his wife Davorka and Nick and his forth pumpkin Stephanie. Three couples who fate decreed to draw together for a ill fated dinner party.There was more tension permeating some of the pages of this book than there was any chance of the smell of roast lamb permeating the rooms of the house Characters who were keeping secrets from each other, didn't care if their comments upset others or made the situation worse didn't a couple who didn't know when to back down and shut up. I was quite surprised when I found myself liking and feeling a lot of sympathy for Davorka for various reasons and I also felt some sympathy for Stephanie. I thought James's one and only redeemable quality was his witty and at times sarcastic sense of humour and don't get me started on what I thought about Bruce, talk about being seriously obnoxious.

Despite the art trade being a integral part of the plot,the author hasn't padded out the story by writing pages and pages of facts and information about paintings and artists. There was some fascinating facts and information included in the story but not so much that it caused me to beginning losing interest.

Every now and then I really enjoy reading a book but I honestly couldn't explain and for me,this was one of those books. This is a very well written character driven story and I found myself captivated by the drama that was unfolding before my eyes and by the uneasy sense of foreboding that permeated the pages. I thought this was a very entertaining read and I look forward to reading more of this author's books in the future.

                                                                    About Roz Kay:

Roz Kay is a writer and former journalist. Her debut children’s novel, The Keeper of the Stones, was published in March 2020 by Hayloft Publishing and she’s had literary short stories published under the name Roz DeKett. Roz, who now lives in Wiltshire, England, has lived in Ghana, Canada, Malaysia, Brunei, and the United States—including nearly six years in Philadelphia where Fake is set. Fake is her debut novel for adults. 

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PUBLICATION DATE 21st September 2020

Purchase Links:

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/39BNW1W

Waterstones: http://bit.ly/35QNpb4 

Bookshop.org: http://bit.ly/3sy5vbK 

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