I’m on the blog tour for Sticks And Stones by Jo Jakeman today and am excited to have a copy of this book to giveaway!
Sticks and Stones is available in ebook and hardcover now. You can purchase a copy of both here.
Before I share my review and details of how to win the giveaway, here is a little bit about the book.
Book Synopsis:
Imogen’s husband is a bad man. His ex-wife and his new mistress might have different perspectives but Imogen thinks she knows the truth. And now he’s given her an ultimatum: get out of the family home in the next fortnight or I’ll fight you for custody of our son.
In a moment of madness, Imogen does something unthinkable: she locks her husband in the cellar. Now she’s in control. But how far will she go to protect her son and punish her husband? And what will happen when his ex and his girlfriend get tangled up in her plans?
Sticks and Stones is a deliciously twisting psychological thriller from an unforgettable new voice.
My Review:
Ooh I do love a good revenge story and Sticks And Stones is definitely that and much more.
The ex husband is a nasty piece of work and well deserving of everything that happens to him in the book. His demanding, manipulative, controlling behaviour is quite hard to read about at times and made for some quite hard reading. It’s was amazing and chilling to me how he was able to hide his violent behaviour from other people who thought he was a lovely man. It really makes you wonder.
The story started off slightly slow for me but soon picks up pace as things take a surprising turn and then things get murkier and murkier. Through a series of flashbacks the reader becomes aware of exactly the sort of man Phil is, how manipulative he’s been and how much the women have suffered at his hands. The story slowly unravels to reveal lots of quite emotional incidences in the women’s lives and lots of secrets and lies in Phil’s as we discover exactly what is going on. I thought this was brilliantly done with the slow reveal ensuring I was unable to read fast enough as I hung onto every word, devouring the pages.
The relationship that develops between the women was quite touching to witness and I liked how they all came together to defeat a common enemy. I felt like I was along for the ride with them, feeling their fear and enjoying their elation as they continued to gain power over Phil. I seriously couldn’t have guessed how it was going to end as it was such a brilliant, wild ride but I felt it ended very satisfyingly.
This is Jo Jakeman’s debut novel and I can’t wait to read more from her. If you like psychological revenge thrillers then you’ll love this one, though if you do read it on that beach ensure you apply lots of sun cream first as you’ll definitely be gripped.
Huge thanks to Mia at Harvill Secker publishers for my copy of this book and for inviting me onto the blog tour.
UK & Ireland Giveaway:
I’m very excited to have a hardback copy of this fabulous book to giveaway! To enter just RT my pinned tweet and tag some friends who you think might also be interested.
Or on Facebook head to my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Over-The-Rainbow-Book-Blog-1699785863378672/ and comment on this post there.
Good luck everyone!
About The Author:
Jo was the winner of the Friday Night Live 2016 competition at the York Festival of Writing. Born in Cyprus, she worked for many years in the City of London before moving to Derbyshire with her husband and twin boys. Sticks and Stones is her debut thriller. Find out more at http://www.jojakeman.com
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Ah another one to add to my TBR list !!
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