Review: Trust Me by T.M Logan

This was a solid thriller that I really enjoyed. I loved the premise and there were enough twists and turns to keep it interesting. 

On the train home, Ellen agrees to watch a baby while her mother makes a phone call, only to see the woman disappear off the train and into the crowd moments later, leaving her with the child. The message is clear: don’t trust anyone. But what will she do? Take the child and run? Or do the right thing and turn her in?

I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 because the reveal came slightly too slowly for my liking, and I did guess who the culprit was about 15 pages before it was revealed. I would also say that I didn’t completely understand the motivations of all of the characters; at least two could have been cut completely. But other than that, this was a solid book, with a solid plot and interesting characters. Would definitely highly recommend! 

Review: The Favour by Laura Vaughan

Wow, this book is so boring! I’ve had to DNF at just over 100 pages because it’s just a group of privileged, spoiled students wandering around Italy talking about Art. For 100 pages. 

The main character is horrendous - an entitled child who looks down on everyone around her and makes up stories in order to fit in with the other entitled children, who spend much of the time whining about the problems they have. I was willing to accept the Italian Art trip as the beginning of the story, but I’m almost halfway through and they’re still there, wandering around, talking nonsense and whining.

Whatever the big twist was going to be, it needed to happen way sooner because I just don’t care enough about Art or paintings or museums or day drinking to keep reading. The tutors of this trip are also quite dodgy - sleeping with their students?! That’s crossing a line.