In his thirties, a virgin, and living in his aunt’s spare bedroom, he has just been suspended from his job as a geography teacher after accusations of sexual misconduct, which he strongly denies. Searching for professional advice online, he is inadvertently sucked into the dark world of incel—involuntary celibate—forums, where he meets the charismatic, mysterious, and sinister Bryn.
Across the street from Owen lives the Fours family, headed by mom Cate, a physiotherapist, and dad Roan, a child psychologist. But the Fours family have a bad feeling about their neighbor Owen. He’s a bit creepy and their teenaged daughter swears he followed her home from the train station one night.
Meanwhile, young Saffyre Maddox spent three years as a patient of Roan Fours. Feeling abandoned when their therapy ends, she searches for other ways to maintain her connection with him, following him in the shadows and learning more than she wanted to know about Roan and his family. Then, on Valentine’s night, Saffyre Maddox disappears—and the last person to see her alive is Owen Pick.
I really enjoyed this thriller for its dark plot and brilliant characters. I had really high expectations for this book after reading The Family Upstairs last year and loving it.
However, there were not as many really interesting twists as I thought there would be. Don’t get me wrong there were twists but some of them were just…expected
What stood out for me in this book though was the characters, especially Owen’s character arc and development because he seriously changed and became a better person despite everything that had happened to him, as well as Cate who she also changed in a good way towards the end . I liked reading about the Fours family dynamic and shows how you just don’t know what’s happening in other people’s lives.
Also the fox was cute.
Rating: 8/10
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