Although domestic abuse is a disturbing and unsettling subject, this* is a masterfully written and compelling debut novel about the evil of the kind of domestic abuse that shows no physical scars: coercive control. (See About the Book below.)
I was sucked into the story the minute I turned the first page. It's powerful, heartbreaking, tense, emotional. Ciara—the abused—is brave and quietly determined. You root for her from the beginning, and at every point you sense a moment of weakness and she might be taking the return path to the very misery she's trying to leave behind, you will her on and shout, no, no, don't do that!
O'Donnell pulls you in and immerses you into an emotionally supercharged novel with an Irish backdrop, and portrays a determination of a courageous victim of domestic abuse to fight for her and her children's safety and future.
I shall most definitely be reading more by this author.
*Provided by NetGalley
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