The Day We Disappeared

I've been struggling with reading this past month or so, every time I seem to pick up a book my mind would wander and I'd lose momentum. This wonderful book captured my attention from the very outset.

The story is built around two different young women, Kate who has run away to a new job in an equestrian centre and Annie, somewhat of a free spirit who works as a masseuse in London. Both women have a secret that we are made aware of early in the book but not told specifically what they are.

The stories of both women are told in alternate chapters and as they both find themselves drawn to mysterious men and changes in their circumstances. Kate is attracted to her new boss Mark, an elite rider and married man whilst Annie is swept of her feet by entrepreneur Stephen.

The writing in this book was so very engaging. the weaving of both stories is so elegant that it leads it's readers down a path that we as readers fall into a sense of curiosity as to what is going to unfold and a false belief that we might be able to guess and then suddenly comes a twist do unexpected it changes the book so suddenly and skilfully I actually had to go back and re-read a page or so before I fully understood the full magnitude of the twist.

This book was precisely what I needed to salvage me from my reading slump (I'd thought an Outlander novel would do it but I had to stop half way). It was brilliant written. Well worth reading. I haven't read anything from this author before but I certainly will be again.