July 26, 2020

Holy twisted mind games!

This book started off a little on the slow side, and I thought I was in for a typical “why did the husband disappear” story. Which would have been fine with me.

I could not have been more wrong.

Little by little, the author started dropping hints that something more was at play than Faith’s husband Liam just disappearing. Then seemingly random events occurred that made Faith question what she thought she remembered. An email here found by a colleague there. Cryptic emails that indicate another person in the mix there.

As Faith tries to put all of the pieces together, she starts to uncover something much more sinister than a simple disappearance.

That’s all I’m going to say about the plot, because it would be too easy to give something away. And this book REALLY needs to be experienced without knowing too much.

The author did a fantastic job of scattering just enough information to keep the reader as off balance as Faith was. Being able to experience that feeling right along with her added to the tension of the story. Boy was there a lot of that! The good kind that makes you unable to wait for what happens next.

I would say that roughly halfway through the book it turned from a simple and interesting story into a “can’t-put-it-down-I’m-staying-up-until-3-am-to-finish” type of read. And the last quarter of the book was page-turning, psychological thriller at its finest.

I will also say that I am usually pretty good at figuring out at least part of “whodunit” in most books that I read. This one had me guessing right up to the 80% mark on my Kindle. I think that’s a record. But then the author pulled the rug out from underneath me that made me question what I thought. Just like Faith.

Honestly, I’m going to get myself in trouble if I keep going. Buy this book. The suspense will leave you breathless.

AUTHOR BIO

Seraphina Nova Glass is a professor and Playwright-in-Residence at the University of Texas-Arlington, where she teaches Film Studies and Playwriting. She holds an MFA in playwriting from Smith College, and has optioned multiple screenplays to Hallmark and Lifetime. Someone’s Listening is her first novel.

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Thanks for checking in on my stop on the Harlequin Trade Publishing 2020 Summer Reads Blog Tour. Come back on 7/28 for the review of Lies, Lies, Lies!