#BlogTour: Deep Water by Emma Bamford @emmavbamford @simonschusterUK @RandomTTours #DeepWater #EmmaBamford #RandomThingsTours

Book Synopsis:

Lies can be buried… Secrets always come to the surface

Amarante is paradise…
An uninhabited, unspoilt island somewhere in the Indian Ocean.
Only those who know it exists can find it.
 
But paradise comes with a price…
Virginie and Jake sail to Amarante for their honeymoon, but they are not alone.
They have to adjust to life on the island with five strangers.
 
And not everyone will live to tell the tale…
Dark secrets surface and their dream abruptly turns into a nightmare.
Removed from society, they find out what they’re truly capable of.

Deep Water is published in ebook and paperback on the 7th July 2022. You can pre-order your copy using the links below.

My Review:

Deep Water is a very intriguing and engrossing read. The story starts off very dramatically as a naval ship finds a boat giving off distress signals in the middle of the ocean which has an injured man and woman on board. From this we hear more about the couple’s interesting experiences on an deserted island which go from idyllic to scary quickly.

The island setting helped create a lock door scenario due to the isolated location and that, along with the reader knowing that something bad happens but not why or how, makes it very intriguing. I found I had to keep reading as I wanted to find out why everything went so wrong. The level of tension and anticipation slowly increase as the book continues until I found it hard to put down.

From the dramatic opening the story slows down and we get flashbacks into the characters past explaining how they came to be on the island. Everything seems a bit too perfect between them and this put me on alert to any hidden secrets the two might be hiding. I enjoyed getting to know the couple and learning more about their past. The author is a skilled sailor and I liked how she puts some of her sailing knowledge into the story as it makes the story seem more realistic.

Overall I really enjoyed this book and am excited to read more from this author. The pacing was good, the characters were very compelling and there were enough twists to keep me glued to the page. The ending was brilliant, very action packed and I felt all parts of the story were nicely tied up.

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Simon and Schuster for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Emma Bamford, a freelance journalist, is working on an MA in prose fiction at University of East Anglia, UK. She is the author of Deep Water and the memoirs Casting Off and Untie the Lines. Find out more at EmmaBamford.com.