by Laure Van Rensburg
SYNOPSIS
He's a well-respected college professor. She's a young and eager-to-please student.
He knows she would do anything for him. She knows his certainty is his weakness
He thinks he'll get what he wants. She thinks he'll get exactly what he needs.
Two liars.
One twisted path.
A game of cat and mouse.
BUT WHO IS THE HUNTER? AND WHO IS THE PREY?
REVIEW
Ellie Masterson is a young college student who is heading away from the city to an isolated retreat where she can finally enjoy spending time with her boyfriend Steven, away from prying eyes and gossip. The problem is that Stephen Harding is a college professor, considerable older than Ellie and theirs is a relationship that many would disapprove of. However, what should be a romantic and welcome getaway, soon begins to unravel. Neither Ellie nor Stephen have been completely honest with each other and the secrets that gradually begin to be uncovered lead to devastating consequences for them both.
I don't want to go into any more detail about the story because it is important to go into this book without any spoilers. What I can say is that the story, the setting and the cat-and-mouse style creates a terribly claustrophobic and tense atmosphere. Having two, possibly, unreliable narrators really keeps you guessing right until the last few chapters and made it impossible to put down.
Nobody But Us is a dark and compelling mash up of Misery and Fatal Attraction - a brutal, raw and contemporary tale of revenge, and a reminder to always be vigilant because you can never really know what another person is thinking. To find out after reading it that the story was inspired by an event in author Laure Van Rensburg's life made it all the more heartbreaking and important. Unfortunately the themes explored in the book are not fictional, they are all too real, but this is definitely a story that will stay with me for a long time.
Thanks to Sriya Varadharajan, @sriya__v - Michael J Books, @MichaelJBooks and Laure Van Rensburg @Laure0901 for the opportunity to read and review.
Fiction: Thriller / Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Michael J Books
ISBN: 978-1405949460
Pages: 400pp
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