Bria Lou Reviews

  I've had this book on my TBR for such a long time. It's funny, I actually mentioned this book in two blog posts back in 2015 - one in a Book Haul , and one in my 2015 Summer Reading List - and yet it took me until 2021 to read it. 6 years later! But either way, I'm glad that I've finally read it.    When Grace's husband, Ted, hires a new assistant, Beth walks in and turns their lives around for the better. But soon, Grace begins to feel like an intruder in her own life. Is Grace paranoid, or is Beth too good to be true?  I liked this book a lot. At first I thought it would be a unique take on this tried and tested plotline, but it wasn't as unique as I wanted it to be. At first I couldn't work out what this book would be, either a drama or a thriller, and that was mainly because of the character of Ted. I won't give anything away, but he is not at all who I thought he would be. The book isn't particularly long, but it feels long because a lot of t...

I am a huge fan of Jane Green. There's a difference between being a fan of a book itself and being a fan of an author, and there are only a few authors that I can honestly say I am a fan of. I don't know what it is about Jane Green that makes me such a huge fan of hers, but I think it has a lot to do with the way that she writes. As someone who is between the stages of teenager and adult, her books appeal to me because, although I've only read two of them so far (this and 'The Patchwork Marriage') they are about adults, going through adult situations, but I can still read them and I am able to emphasise with the characters, which means that while reading them, I don't feel like I am reading an 'adult' book. 'Tempting Fate' is about a married couple, Gabby and Elliott, and their two daughters who are basically teenagers. Gabby wants to have another child before she loses her youth, but Elliott is happy with what they have. Then Gabby makes a...