Friend Request, Laura Marshall, Jonathan Ball Publishers, ISBN: 9781 4789 48513
RECENTLY divorced Louise Williams is working hard at keeping her life together – running a small business, raising her four-year-old son and maintaining her one and only real friendship.
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But when she receives a ‘friend request’ from an old former school mate, Maria Westson, her life and years of lies and secrets slowly begin to unravel.
You see, Maria is presumed to have died and Louise had a hand to play in her death. Is Maria alive? And has she come back for revenge after all these years?
Laura Marshall’s debut novel, Friend Request is a definite page-tuner.
While the book starts out slow the ending is completely worth it.
Marshall brilliantly hides the truth behind Maria’s disappearance up until the very end, and with cunning skill, diverts your attention to several seemingly guilty individuals.
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The characters in the novel are so raw and vulnerable, it’s easy to become entangled in their emotions and experiences.
You will experience a definite blast-from-the-past as the characters are forced to dig up and face the demons of a time they thought had long been forgotten.
A time of confusion, insecurities, self discovery, bad decisions and a desperate attempts to fit in.
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