Saturday, July 4, 2020

Review: THE DECEPTION by Carla Howatt

Julia was married with a so-called perfect life, but she often felt bored and restless. Perhaps she could take ballroom dance lessons, which was really an excuse to get out of “a deep hold of depression brought on by the knowledge she could not get pregnant.”

Julia just seemed to think that everyone’s life was better than hers. Ordinarily she wouldn’t mind that her husband’s work often took him away on business trips (that was just the way it was) until doubt settles in and she begins to wonder what he actually does when he’s away. That compiled with the odd behavior she’s been noticing lately. At it would seem that someone’s been watching her.

Story had an easy narrative. The whole thing is written in a diary format as Julia relays Derek’s odd and distant tendencies. She spends most of her time trying to figure what’s wrong with him. I thought this was interesting, but it seemed slow and uneventful.

An okay read.

My rating: 3 stars

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