Title: The Girl From The Sea by Shalini Boland
Date Published: 20th March 2019
Publisher: Bookouture
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Description:
'I can't remember anything. Not even my own name.'
When Mia James is washed up on a beautiful, sun-drenched beach she has no idea who she is or what happened to her. She doesn't even recognise her own face – until a man comes forward claiming to be her boyfriend and providing her with an identity.
As Mia tries to adjust to the perfect life she was living before her accident, she quickly realises that something is wrong. Why is everyone around her lying to her? What don't they want her to remember?
From the top ten bestselling author of The Secret Mother and The Perfect Family, this completely addictive psychological thriller will have you racing through the pages until the final jaw-dropping twist. If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Wife Between Us this book is for you.
Review:
I want to thank Bookouture for providing me with a copy of Girl from the sea in exchange for an honest review.
It's been a while since I've read a book with an unreliable narrator and I was in the mood for one so I thought I'd read Girl from the sea which has been sitting on my tbr for too long. I've read a few books by Shalini Boland so I knew I'd been in for an enjoyable read and I wasn't disappointed.
Mia James wakes up on a beach, with no idea who she is or how she got there. The police say she was in a boating accident. A man claiming that he's her boyfriend shows up at the hospital. She has no choice but to trust him. He shows off her perfect house and life, but things don't feel right to her. Fragments of her memory start to return and she feels there's more to what happened to her than meets the eye. It's up to her to put the pieces back together and find out what happened.
I know some people are tired of the amnesia trope but I still love it, especially when it's done right like in Girl from the sea.
This is one of those novels where it's like, who can I trust? Who's telling the truth? There were quite a few unlikeable characters thrown in there too, to keep it interesting.
Mia was an intriguing character. You see her struggling to find who she feels is the real her and balancing that with other people's memories and opinions of her.
I wasn't a huge fan of the ending, but it made sense in the overall story so I can't complain too much.
The girl from the sea is a fast-paced and suspense filled novel that is a must if you love unreliable narrators.
Also, this has just been released in audiobook recently so if there's any audiobook fans out there, you could check it out.
About the Author:
Shalini Boland is the USA-Today bestselling author of fifteen psychological thrillers. With over two million copies sold, her titles are published by Audible, Bookouture, Grand Central Publishing and Tantor.
Shalini lives by the sea in Dorset, England with her husband, two teens and their increasingly demanding dog, Queen Jess. Before kids, she was signed to Universal Music Publishing as a singer/songwriter, but now she spends her days writing (in between re-stocking the fridge and dealing with endless baskets of laundry).
She is also the author of two bestselling Sci Fi and Fantasy series as well as a WWII evacuee novel with a time-travel twist.
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http://www.shaliniboland.co.uk
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