Book Synopsis:
What if you could take the life you’d always wanted?
Alvie has always been in the shadow of her glamorous sister Beth.
So when she’s invited to her identical twin’s luxurious Sicilian villa, Alvie accepts.
Who wouldn’t want seven days in the sun?
With Beth’s hot husband, the cute baby, the fast car and of course, the money.
The thing is it’s all too good to let go . . . and her sister Beth isn’t the golden girl she appears.
It’s Alvie’s chance to steal the life that she deserves.
If she can get away with it.
My Review:
Mad is definitely a book that lives up to its title, though whether it was referring to the main character or the plot I couldn’t tell you!
This book is fast paced and utterly addictive with the reader never sure what an earth would happen next. It has everything you need from a book sex, drugs and murder as well as the opportunity to discover what it’s like living someone else’s life. I think we’ve all wanted to do that at times.
Alvie is a very interesting main character. I wasn’t sure I liked her to begin with. She came across as very rude and uncaring of anyone else apart from herself. She is definitely down on her luck but I couldn’t feel a lot of sympathy for her as she seemed such a prickly character. My attitude towards her changed throughout the book as she starts her new assain like job. She starts to grow in confidence and is very good in her new role. She seems happy which made me warm to her, she definitely seemed to have found her niche in life.
I loved the beautiful descriptions of Sicily. They were very vivid and really made me able to imagine them, especially the gorgeous views. I’ve always wanted to go to Italy and having read this book really want to make it a reality, though maybe I’ll wait until the kids are older so I can relax fully!
This is the author’s debut book and the first in an exciting new trilogy. I’m very excited to read more and discover what happens next.
Huge thanks to Katie and Michael St Joseph publishers for my copy of this book and for inviting me onto the blog tour.
If you like hilarious, fast paced and, yep, mad books you’ll love this book. It’s definitely a great book for the beach though I would recommend putting lots of sun cream on before reading as it’s very absorbing and therefore the risk of being burnt to a crisp is quite high!
About The Author:
Chloé Esposito is from Cheltenham and now lives in London. She has a BA and MA in English from Oxford University, where her dissertation focused on 19th-century feminist writers. She has been a senior management consultant, an English teacher at two of the UK’s top private schools and a fashion stylist at Condé Nast. She is a graduate of the Faber Academy and is now writing full-time.
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This one sounds so good!
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It’s fantastic lovely def recommend xx
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