Book Review - They Had It Coming by Nikki Smith - #HolidayReading Tenerife

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Title: They Had It Coming

Author: Nikki Smith

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Penguin

Publication Date: 15th May 2025

Rating: 4 Stars

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer . . .

Nate and Layla, Jude and Sophie. They've been a four for as long as they can remember: fancy dinners, dancing 'til dawn . . . Even living and working together.

So when Nate and Layla suddenly quit their lives and move to Bali, with its white sands and exotic beach clubs, Jude and Sophie are their first visitors. Anything to escape their life in London.

But as the two couples reunite, cracks begin to show.

Which is hardly surprising; they've been lying to each other for years.

And now, it's time for revenge.

What an enjoyable book of deceptions.  It seems as though Layla, Nate, Jude and Sophie are all not being entirely truthful with each other. 

And many of the revelations I certainly didn't see coming. It was unpredictable to say the least. 

Set in Bali, amongst the digital nomad community, we see a slightly different side to Bali. But above all we saw many sides to our main characters and many of them not overly pleasant. 

I'm not sure I totally connected with any of them, I was still keen to discover what was going to happen, especially with a different storyline happening in a separate time line that is interspersed which definitely intrigued me. 

It may not be my new favourite from this author but its another solid thriller from her, and a perfect holiday read! 

Thank you to Penguin and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.