About the Book
Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise–she’s just been given her first murder case to defend. But all is never as it seems…
Just one more night. Then I’ll end it.
Alison drinks too much. She’s neglecting her family. And she’s having an affair with a colleague whose taste for pushing boundaries may be more than she can handle.
I did it. I killed him. I should be locked up.
Alison’s client doesn’t deny that she stabbed her husband – she wants to plead guilty. And yet something about her story is deeply amiss. Saving this woman may be the first step to Alison saving herself.
I’m watching you. I know what you’re doing.
But someone knows Alison’s secrets. Someone who wants to make her pay for what she’s done, and who won’t stop until she’s lost everything….
My Review
I closed Blood Orange trying to think of how I was going to write this review. There were parts of the book I really liked, really disliked … parts of the book that were so intense I didn’t want to put it down and parts that I felt I could skip over. I did like the majority of the book and the ending was really quite shocking to me, but the main character was a bit hard to get a read on. I sincerely wanted to like Alison, but at times I also wanted to give her a shake. The legal battle also ensuing within the pages was a bit of an afterthought to everything else going on with Alison’s home life and work affair, but it was an interesting storyline, also with a bit of a surprise twist to it. I saw a review describe this as an erotic thriller and there are a lot of sex scenes in here including quite a few graphic ones, so if that is not your taste I wouldn’t recommend this to you. But overall I found it to be an interesting and thought-provoking read, just not quite a favorite.
4 stars
Great review. I’m adding to my TBR list.