Mel and Natasha, two very different people at very different stages in their lifes.
Mel, a single mother of a hormonal teenage boy, a successful Barrister working out of a top London Firm.
Natasha, a young woman who lives beyond her means, shop lifts for fun, and strings her boyfriend along whilst carrying on affairs as her alter ego Lola.
Natasha has just become Mels trainee, on her second six months of training, and is hoping to be selected for a full time job, but can she curb her self destructive personality.
Meanwhile Mel is on a downward spiral, she’s struggling at work, making mistakes in court, and Natasha’s watching, not getting on with her son, and Natasha notices.
Using her alter ego, Lola, Natasha starts to flirt on line with Mels son, and at every opportunity undermines her at work.
And so it starts, a twisting turning plot of a psychological thriller.
I have to admit for the first third of the book I couldn’t make up my mind who to sympathise, or empathise with, which was really clever writing; because when the plot starts to unfold I was torn between which of the two characters I was rooting for, even though it was fairly obvious who was the good guy, and who was the victim.
I really enjoyed this book. It turned me upside down and inside out with my conscience being pulled like a tug of war rope. I love books that make me reach for google to research something. This was was different. It had me looking into my own mind. Clever, very clever.
Pages: 312
Publishers: Canelo
Publishing date: 6th August 2020
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