A huge delight to be part of the Blog Tour this weekend for BROKEN FLOWERS by KATE MCQUAILE. My thanks to Katya for the copy of the book and putting everything together.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Your mother. The one person you trust. What if you’re wrong?
Widowed Nan is on her way to her beloved son’s wedding. She should be excited, but she is dreading her return to Paradise Place – a small area of Notting Hill that she hasn’t dared set foot on for decades. Nan had arrived there as a young girl in the late seventies, desperate for freedom and a career as an artist. But, drawn into a dark obsession that spun out of control, Nan was forced to flee.
And while the only thing seemingly connecting her son’s wedding and her old secret life is Paradise Place, Nan quickly gets the impression that someone is watching her every move . . . someone she thought was dead.
PURCHASE LINKS
Amazon Paperback £8.99
hive.co.uk £8.15
Blackwell’s £7.99
MY REVIEW
Dark. Twisted. Enthralling!! The perfect read for making time disappear fast!! The more you find yourself getting involved with these characters, the more you find yourself turning the pages to find out what happens next!! I loved it!
The character of Nan, is the centre of this book, and boy what a story she has to tell!! When she finds herself heading to London to see her estranged son ahead of his wedding, the more you find yourself wondering what has kept her away from London for so long, and why her relationship with her son is so strained…. nothing is going to prepare you for the truth!!
The story then flashes back to the 1970’s and Nan arrives in London as a young artist. On her own for the first time she finds herself drawn into a world of dark obsessive love – a far cry from her ‘normal’ life back home in Yorkshire. When things spiral out of control she is left suffering mentally and her life is never the same again despite her best efforts to live life the normal way.
Returning to London she finds herself back at places she tried very hard to put out of her mind, and those flashes from the past begin to take over her every moment again. Is her mind playing tricks on her, or is the past she thought she’d left behind finally catching up with her?
I loved the pace of this story! It felt really unsettling at times when things were happening to Nan and the shocking events of the past were brilliantly played out to keep the tension up! The fact that she hid so much of her past from those around her really seemed to mess her up and cloud her judgement and thought process in knowing how to move on. Sticking her head in the sand wasn’t going to work for the situation she found herself in! And now it’s come back to bite her big time!!
I really enjoyed the twists and turns and can’t wait to read more from this author in the future!
★★★★
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