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Title: The CbaletAuthor: Catherine CooperFormat reviewed: EbookSource: NetgalleyPublisher: Harper CollinsPublication Date: 31st October 2020Rating: 5 Stars
French Alps, 1998
Two young men ski into a blizzard… but only one returns.
20 years later
Four people connected to the missing man find themselves in that same resort. Each has a secret. Two may have blood on their hands. One is a killer-in-waiting.
Someone knows what really happened that day.
And somebody will pay.
Woah! How on earth is this a debut, and more importantly how long do we need to wait for another book, by this clear up and coming talent.
From the first few pages I was hooked, and I was making excuses to read this book at any opportunity I could over the past 24 hours.
There are many different view points, two timelines but because everything is labelled so well, at no point did I feel lost, plus all sections in the past were in italics which helped separate things in the mind.
There is the story from 1998, of the blizzard and just what happened on the mountain that day. And then the current day story which you wonder how it must connect (as after all multiple timelines with different characters to the present in books always connect to the present day story somehow).. and well things are drip fed to you at just the right pace to keep you hooked.
I felt as though I was this ski resort alongside all the characters, the descriptions were that vivid, and I really felt for some of the characters. Although I'm not sure how much I liked most of them, there was just something about them, that kept me reading, as I wanted to know what would happen, and they weren't horrible on the whole, just hard to like!
Although strictly speaking that isn't true, there was one voice that I really did connect with and I could understand their motivations as various revelations were made including as to just who they were!
Fairly quick paced, and ultimately very gripping, this is one impressive book that I am incredibly happy crossed my path. Just wow!
Thank you to Harper and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Huge thanks for the blog tour support Rachel x
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