Between Us by Mhairi McFarlaneMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Argh! I read this and forgot to write a review which is annoying because I really liked it.
Roisin is a teacher, she is dating Joe, a writer, who has recently found success with a hit TV show (sounds a bit like Game of Thrones) which has been green-lit (lighted?) for a second series and is about to have a completely different series air. After years of supporting Joe financially, Roisin can't quite get used to the change in their lifestyles.
Joe and Roisin got together when they worked together at Waterstones (a British bookstore chain) together with a group of other people that they have stayed friends with. It's a decade since they all worked together and they are all away for a swanky weekend to celebrate Roisin's birthday, Joe's new series, and the engagement of two friends. But tensions are riding high and Roisin worries that rather than being the start of another decade of friendship, this could be the end.
Then when Roisin watches the first episode of Joe's new series it seems as though she and their friends are being portrayed on screen, and not in a good way. Is Joe's series fiction, or is he really a cheating, lying chancer like his character on screen?
This was interesting and cleverly done, is Roisin allowing her imagination to run away with her, or has Joe been gaslighting her all these years? None of their friends can believe he has cheated on her, yet so many things in his TV show resonate with things that have happened between them ...
Some things I saw coming, others I was completely wrong about. This kept me intrigued all the way.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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