Book Synopsis:
When Hannah and Ben meet at a friend’s party, he knows she’s The One. But Hannah’s in an intense relationship with Mark and planning to return to her native Sweden to embark on a teaching career.
Desperate to make Ben fall in love with her, rich spoilt heiress Vanessa sets in motion a devious string of events that ultimately changes the course of four people’s lives indefinitely.
Hannah is the love of Ben’s life, yet Vanessa will stop at nothing to claim the man she is convinced is her destiny.
Because of You is a dark, morally complex and cross-generational story of enduring love, fate and destiny.
Because Of You is available in ebook and paperback now. You can purchase a copy of both using the link below.
My Review:
Because Of You is a trilling, engaging and realistic love story that was hard to put down.
The thing that most stands out about this book is how realistic it seems. Life for Hannah isn’t all sugary sweet, there are lots of highs and lows, twists and turns like in real life which makes for very interesting reading. All the events in the book make the reader very sympathetic to the characters and I found myself falling in love with Hannah with all the things she goes through.
The story follows Hannah through the years starting at the age of eighteen when she’s leaving home. The reader experiences everything alongside Hannah which makes for very emotional reading at times. The author covers some quite hard subjects which often made me cry. Having had personal experience with one of the things that happens I found it quite hard reading at times and had to skip a few pages as I found it too hard to read.
The author has created some fabulous characters that are mixed into the story really well, coming in and out of the story at various points in her life. There are some characters I loved reading about but other nasty characters who I really hated. It was very interesting to watch them all interact together and I enjoyed reading about them.
Overall this was a gripping, intriguing read which covers some thought provoking topics. It’s the first book I’ve read from this author and I’d definitely like to read more from her in the future.
Huge thanks to the lovely Sarah from Books On The Bright side publicity for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Hélene Fermont writes character-driven psychological crime fiction with a Scandi Noir flavour.
Known for her explosive, pacy narrative and storylines, she has published three novels – Because of You, We Never Said Goodbye and His Guilty Secret – and two short story collections – The Love of Her Life and Who’s Sorry Now? Her fourth novel is due for release in the summer of 2019.
After 20 years in London, Hélene recently returned to her native Sweden where she finds the unspoiled scenery and tranquillity a therapeutic boost for creativity.
Enjoying a successful career as a Psychologist, when she’s not working her ‘day job’, Hélene spends her time writing, with friends and family, or playing with her beloved cat, Teddy.
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