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Her Name Was Rose by Claire Allan 

Paperback Edition - 336 Pages 

Publishers - Avon 

Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Purchase Links - 

Amazon UK   /   Book Depository /   Waterstones 

Synopsis

Her name was Rose. You watched her die. And her death has created a vacancy. When Emily lets a stranger step out in front of her, she never imagines that split second will change her life. But after Emily watches a car plough into the young mother – killing her instantly – she finds herself unable to move on. And then she makes a decision she can never take back. Because Rose had everything Emily had ever dreamed of. A beautiful, loving family, a great job and a stunning home. And now Rose’s husband misses his wife, and their son needs a mother. Why couldn’t Emily fill that space? But as Emily is about to discover, no one’s life is perfect … and not everything is as it seems.

Review

Her Name Was Rose was one hell of a completely engrossing read that I flew through in one sitting, I just had to know how it would all turn out. We follow Emily who becomes slightly obsessed with a woman's life after she witnesses her death. Thinking that the dead woman had a perfect life Emily goes out of her way to try and claim some of that life for herself which ultimately gets her in quite a bit of trouble.

I mostly liked Emily - not all the time, she's quite naive so sometimes she drove me crazy. I loved the little chapters that we got of Rose, loved getting to see how her life really was with Cian and for the most part I could guess what was coming, guess who was to be trusted and who not to trust, but not that ending - that was fantastic!

I loved all the themes explored in this - abusive behaviour, mental health, loneliness and I loved all the characters too really got behind Emily in the end. Fantastic psychological thriller that kept me thoroughly entertained and gripped to the final page.

My first Claire Allan book and it is highly recommended, will definitely be picking up more from this author!

Thank you so much to the publishers who sent me a copy for being part of the blog tour

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