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Nearest Thing To Crazy - Elizabeth Forbes

 


So pleased to be on the Blog Tour today.

Description

Cassandra and a group of her friends enjoy Sunday lunch together on a perfect summer’s day. They’re pleased to welcome their glamorous new neighbour and novelist, Ellie, who has rented a house in the village to work on her book. She likes to place herself in the centre of her plots, she says, although it’s hard to see what she’ll find to write about in this quiet country backwater. As Ellie slots effortlessly into the village social scene, Cass begins to feel increasingly alienated from her friends and isolated from her family but, for the life of her, she can’t fathom out why . . .

Review

Scary doesn't really cover it...

The book begins with Cassandra and her friends from the village enjoying a Sunday lunch. Ellie arrives as the new person of interest in the village. Immediately drawing everyone in, from the way she dresses to the car she drives, she's no country bumpkin. Should the wives be worried she's after their husbands? Especially if they've strayed before.

What follows is the events that unfold told from the viewpoint of Ellie and Cassandra and also through the pages of Ellie's novel. All three are so believable, that how do you know what to believe? There is a saying that there are three versions of the truth.  Being mine, yours and the actual truth or in this case Cassandra, Ellie and the book Ellie is writing. The reader gets treated to all three concurrently within this book, and boy does it mess with your thinking.

My opinion of what was going on changed continually throughout the book. Cassandra is so down to earth and has a lovely house with a side line in gardening, but she holds a secret. Is Ellie her new friend? Or does Ellie want to take Cassandras place in the village life she loves? As we begin to see Ellie ingratiate herself with all her friends and take over her village roles? Is Cassandra dispensable to everyone she thought held her dear? I just had to get to the end to find out the truth, I hoped...

I'm giving this book 5 out of 5 stars. My thanks to the author and to Random Things Tours for the copy of the book to review.

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