I hate reading books that make me think. I like to switch
off, usually preferring ‘chick lit’ and crime novels, where there is a
conclusion, no matter how ridiculous. But this book made me think, it made me want
to know more, it’s left me thinking about Will and Harmony’s future and can’t
help but think it won’t be a happy one.
I read Sworn Secrets, Amanda’s 1st novel and you
can read the review here.
Judas Scar revisits the past, raking up memories of boarding
school that Will thought and hoped he had left firmly behind him. Combined with
problems in his marriage, the apparent accidental, meeting with Luke, his old
school friend, to his wife Harmony which appears to cause an irreparable rift
in his marriage.
Will never dealt with his past, his child hood, his
relationship with his Father, what he witnessed at boarding school and it has
damaged his present and his future. Believing he can live a normal life without
realizing how the past has shaped his present.
Cover ups, lies and deception weave through the plot with
each character justifying the decisions they made, both in the past and in the
present, leading to a death, an arrest, a cover up to prevent fraud coming to
light and a reconciliation that left me wanting to know more, pondering how
Will and Harmony’s marriage and future could possibly survive the decisions
they have made.
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