 |
Publication date 22nd March 2018
Wildfire
368 pages
|
A frightening depiction of unbridled obsession, where love and pure hatred grapple on a knife edge.
Juliette loves Nate. The fact that he’s broken up with her doesn’t change that.
She has a plan to win him back, starting with training as a flight attendant for the airline where he works as a pilot, so she can keep a closer eye on him. Twisting the self-help books she’s read, she takes the mantra ‘in charge of you own destiny’ to new extremes.
She is the perfect girlfriend. And she'll make sure no one stops her from getting exactly what she wants - the perfect boyfriend, the perfect life, the perfect ending.
An utterly compelling voice that hooks you into Juliette’s world, a unique insight into the face behind the air hostess uniform from an author with first hand experience, and ultimately a completely page-turning experience make THE PERFECT GIRLFRIEND one to watch in 2018.
My thoughts:
We know right from the start that Juliette has had a rather tragic start to her life. What we don't realise is quite how deep that event runs and how it affects her outlook on life.
Sadly Juliette and Nate have separated, far from a mutual decision. She still loves Nate and is convinced that she is the perfect girlfriend for him. She will go to any lengths to prove this. And I mean ANY lengths. At first I felt quite sorry for Juliette and thought that maybe once she got into her new role at the airline she would become distracted, maybe fall for someone new and she would get her happy ever after just not with the person she thought. Then I began to become rather uncomfortable with some of the exploits she was prepared to undertake to find out how to keep track of Nate's whereabouts, the invasion of his privacy really was on another level. Also, how she used so-called friends and her manipulation of circumstances I found totally unacceptable.
The decisions she ultimately makes - and manages to convince herself to be logical and not completely delusional (as everyone else would interpret them)- to try and win Nate back really will shock you to the core. Blackmail, manipulation, and long held resentments all feature strongly in this brilliant tale of the ultimate "bunny boiler" - even more shocking than the legendary film of this genre Fatal Attraction in my opinion.
I found it extremely impressive that this is Karen Hamilton's debut novel and am excited to hear that she has further work in the pipeline. Definitely a talent to watch out for.
My thanks to Becky Hunter at Headline for the advance copy of this book and Anne Cater of Random Things Through My Letterbox for the opportunity to be part of the blog tour for this brilliant debut novel.
About the Author:
Karen Hamilton spent her childhood in Angola, Zimbabwe, Belgium and Italy, and developed a love of travel through moving around so much. This led her to a career as a flight attendant, and it was in the air that she thought of the idea for her debut thirller THE PERFECT GIRLFRIEND, which aims to explore not only obsession, but also the true faces behind those who go to work in uniform.
Karen is a recent graduate of the Faber Academy, and has now put down roots in Hampshire to raise her young family with her husband.
Karen is a recent graduate of the Faber Academy, and has now put down roots in Hampshire to raise her young family with her husband.
Thanks so much for the Blog Tour support x
ReplyDelete