The Favour

Makes me glad that I never fulfilled my dream of going on a cultural trip to Italy!

Beautiful descriptions of the ill fated trip where Ada, who is incredibly self absorbed and manipulative, attempts to cover up the death that she witnessed. Caring only about fitting in with her rich friends who often look down on her and realise that she's not quite their class. After the trip she continues to stalk them, continually believing that they owe her loyalty. The characters are for the most part pretty unpleasant with some twisted motives but I thought that this was a good thriller.

I really enjoyed reading this, although with a cast of terrible characters it was hard to feel any empathy for any of them apart from Mallory and Clemency. I really couldn't care what happened to the rest.

I loved the writing style and especially loved the descriptions of Italy. Even though I've never been, it managed to make me feel like I was there.

Thank you to Pigeonhole and author, Laura Vaughan for the chance to read this book.