![]() When I started Keep Your Friends Close, I was unnerved from the start. *My thanks to HarperCollins for providing me with a copy of this book* Taylor got things spot-on when she penned this novel, and if you’re a fan of psychological thrillers clouded in dark secrets, this may just be the novel for you. Would I recommend this novel? Absolutely! I flew through it in two-sittings the pacing is perfect, there was never any point when I wished the plot would hurry up and move along. She wishes she’d handled things differently told the truth from the beginning because now it’s too late – now she’s no longer living, but surviving, as the past is closing in! You get a real sense of desperation from Karin, this need to do all that she can to keep her secret. ![]() I think it brings something different, with regards to the secret that’s being kept, Karin’s past in particular, and her passion for her cause, were real highlights for me. I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t a few moments where things got a tad dramatic, but on the whole, I really enjoyed this novel. Keep Your Friends Close is told in alternating perspectives, and has very short chapters – this all works to build the tension throughout the novel. ![]() If you’re anything like me, you’re wary of psychological thrillers these days, you know that fear of ‘too much of the same’ – well you don’t have to worry about that here, I found this novel to be thrilling, the plot was particularly interesting and it had just enough emotion to make me care! The background of Karin was particularly interesting, and it, for me, made her a really interesting protagonist. You all know the classic ‘Janel line’ by now: everything done in the dark will come to light! At the same time, you’re fed Karin’s secret in dribs and drabs, so there’s the additional intrigue of wanting to know the full details of this dark secret. We’ve all heard that phrase: ‘keep your friends close and your enemies closer’ – but just how close should you keep your enemies, how close is too close? For much of this novel, that was the intrigue, who should Karin trust? As the reader, you’re trying to analyse all the characters you meet, wondering if they’re genuine, if Karin should trust them.
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