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A review by adw7984
Cold Light by Jenn Ashworth
4.0
I don’t know how to write about this book, and it frustrates me. I’ll start here: I was so excited to see that Jenn Ashworth had a new book coming out. I loved A Kind of Intimacy, and I was so eager for this new book. The cover looked amazing, and the description sounded dark and twisted - just like her previous book. However, as I began to read I soon realized that this one would be a little difficult to get in to.
This book starts out slowly, and the read has no idea what is going on at first. Also, the timeline is so wonky. Seriously, I had no idea what was happening and when it was happening. Perhaps chapter titles might have made this more clear.
The main story line revolves around two questions: 1.) What happened to Wilson? 2.) What happened to Chloe? Through a series of flashbacks, flash forwards and general random time jumping, Lola tells the story of a fateful Boxing Day night and how the events of that night affected those around them.
Then at the end of the book, a dark little twist popped out of nowhere. I can’t even say what happened, but my mouth just dropped and I thought “now that is f***ed up*…page 325-326 for reference. Finally, that dark twist made me appreciate the rest of the story. Also, Jenn Ashworth is really a fan of the dark,twisted lady character, is she not?
Overall, this book was very well written and very dark. It started out a little slow for me, but once I could kind of figure out the time jumps, I really enjoyed it!
*This book was provided for review on Confessions of a Bookaholic. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This book starts out slowly, and the read has no idea what is going on at first. Also, the timeline is so wonky. Seriously, I had no idea what was happening and when it was happening. Perhaps chapter titles might have made this more clear.
The main story line revolves around two questions: 1.) What happened to Wilson? 2.) What happened to Chloe? Through a series of flashbacks, flash forwards and general random time jumping, Lola tells the story of a fateful Boxing Day night and how the events of that night affected those around them.
Then at the end of the book, a dark little twist popped out of nowhere. I can’t even say what happened, but my mouth just dropped and I thought “now that is f***ed up*…page 325-326 for reference. Finally, that dark twist made me appreciate the rest of the story. Also, Jenn Ashworth is really a fan of the dark,twisted lady character, is she not?
Overall, this book was very well written and very dark. It started out a little slow for me, but once I could kind of figure out the time jumps, I really enjoyed it!
*This book was provided for review on Confessions of a Bookaholic. All thoughts and opinions are my own.