Book review: The perfect life - Valerie Keogh


🌸Title: The Perfect Life
🌸Author: Valerie Keogh
🌸My rating:⭐⭐⭐

🌸Description:

Molly Chatwell has a beautiful house, a handsome husband, two children and a job she likes. It all seems so perfect but when her two children leave for university, she realises her life has become dull and empty. When her husband refuses to go away with her, Molly decides to go alone. But what should have been a relaxing break turns into a nightmare.
Back at home in London, Molly tries to put it all behind her but when the police arrive at her door and tell her that a body has been found with connections to her, Molly realises that her perfect life is under threat…

🌸My opinion:

This was my first book by Valerie Keogh. The first half of the book was dragging, I was tempted to put it away. I took instant dislike to the main character, Molly. She seems to make one bad choice after another. She notices that her husband, whom she claims to love so much looks troubled and behaves in a strange way yet she decides to leave him behind and go for a relaxing spa break with her friend.
While she's away her husband's behaviour raises a bit of concern but she decides to get it out of her head my making yet another silly decision causing her a lot of embarrassment.
She cuts her stay short, rushes home and tries to put behind what happened while she was away.
Unfortunately it's not as easy as it seems. That's where the books gets interesting.

I can honestly say I was glued to my Kindle for couple of hours. I was unable to put it down until I got to the end of the story.

It was so twisted and unpredictable. I was really surprised with the final.
I'm sure I'll explore more of Valerie Keogh books.
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