Despite Louise Candlish having written many many books, I have only read last year’s books “Our House”, which I absolutely loved, so was eager to read this one.

I was promised that the book is full of ‘not very nice people’ and the was certainly a promise kept. Louise writes the characters so well, you can easily imagine as real life people.

The whole book was set on one street, which might sound limited but the multiple viewpoints helped make sure that this was not the case, the scene is beautifully set, and in a lot of ways, this sounded an idyllic neighbourhood, but then, as often can be the case, it’s the people that ruin it.

I’ve seen Best magazine describe the characters as “Marvellously Toxic”, and that is the absolutely perfect description.

The attitudes from some of them, you can picture perfectly, and while I agree the new neighbours were terrible, reading theses attitudes at certain points were funny and very cringe-worthy.

I don’t want to say too much about the plot, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s not a fast paced novel, but that adds to the overall atmosphere and effect.

Louise Candlish has done it again another outstanding book, cementing her place firmly as one of my must buy authors.

Published by: Simon & Schuster
Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

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