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Three women. Three smouldering secrets. Who will make it out alive?

It’s 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in – she’s moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this?

Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship, but each harbours her own deadly secret – and newcomer Liv senses something is terribly wrong beneath the polished exteriors.

As cracks widen in the veneer of perfection and lies escalate out of control, tension ignites. Bonfire Night is approaching and someone is set to burn…But who will it be?

I fell into a reading slump. Im hoping to get to this soon.

Finally starting this.

Prologue (view spoiler)[ Well thats one way to start a book! What happened at that bonfire? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ I was under the impression that Margot and Anna were friends. Maybe not? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ I wonder who it is in this therapy session. It seems like Liv. Thats my best guess right now anyways. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 14 (view spoiler)[ Gosh Margot is so annoying! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 20 (view spoiler)[ The Zain chapters are creepy as heck. (hide spoiler)]

May be such a basic mystery prologue, nothing special.

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(view spoiler)[So now we just get introduced to these three women and how 'dull' their lives are, ok (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[MURDERER, splashed with red paint...i swear ive seen that too mnay times (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[Sooo,. Just random interactions between their husband and boyfriends, the Drews and the Brandons, its not really hardcore mystery (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[This is a romance book or what where is the mystery 😭, its just slice of life husbands problems with an occasional "Jenny" chapter (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[I...uhhh this is a romance book 😐😐😐 (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[Hey I think I kind of get why you would be in a reading slump while reading this, this is kinda shallow uneventful story only inserted with small bits of what seems to be "horrific mystery". It also makes me want to be in a reading slump 😭😭😭 BUT I'LL PERSEVERE. Cuz its so kinda boringg (hide spoiler)]

Courtney wrote: "Finally starting this.

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(view spoiler)[ think all of them are like frenemiess (hide spoiler)]

Courtney wrote: "Chapter 14 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Margot?????? Nahhhh, LIV is even worsee (hide spoiler)]

Gohnar23 wrote: "14%

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Yeah. Definitely basic with that one lol

Gohnar23 wrote: "Courtney wrote: "Chapter 14 [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ They all are getting annoying, but so far I can handle Liv. Im excited to see where the story goes. (hide spoiler)]

Gohnar23 wrote: "22%

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Not yet. His first book I read took a minute to get to the thriller part as well.

Chapter 30 (view spoiler)[ I wonder if the victims are people Margot's girl group killed. She did say she knows where the bodies are. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 43 (view spoiler)[ Well I was not expecting that. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 47 (view spoiler)[ Margot is the killer (Anna's) final name on the list. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 56 (view spoiler)[ Now Margot might have killed Liv. I wonder if this is all in one of their heads. Anna's maybe. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 61 (view spoiler)[ I was starting to think Drew was Anna's brother. It makes so much more since then him being her husband. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 77 (view spoiler)[ Margot is pregnant with Drew's baby. (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ I definitely did not think that Anna and Margot were going to be the end game villians. Anna did get the last laugh though. It seems like it is going to catch up to her soon. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ohh?? OHHHHHHHHHH?!!?! FLASHBACKKKKK?????? NAD ITS ACTUALLY GETTING A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING NOWW (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[OH HELL YEAH ITS GETTING INTENSEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, SURPRISE SURPRISE (but i still hated the first part tho, its like ~~slice of life romance) (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[OMG im so overwhelmed 😭😭😭😭, There so many twists and turns everywhere! This is the part where everything is so eventful and where all expectations came crashing down.

Liv is getting a bit forgotten with the story tho :(((( Its now focusing in Anna and Margot (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[oh noooo what about Ellisssssss and (hide spoiler)]

Finished :DDD

(view spoiler)[gag....GAGGGINGGGGGGGG,. STARING AT THE CEILING SHOCKED OF SHOCKNESS, THAT EPILOGUE IS OFFENSSIVEEEEEEEEE, THE PERFECT VILLAIN SPEECH, THE VICIOUSNESS THAT ONLY A SNAKE CAN CLAIM, HER BLAZING FIRE ONWARDS TO MURDER I LOVE ITTTTTTTTT (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[Omg you predicted that???????? I thought it was so random lol, but still shocking (hide spoiler)]

Courtney wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I know rightttt???? That epilog was so intense (hide spoiler)]

Gohnar23 wrote: "68%

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The first part was rough.

Gohnar23 wrote: "Courtney wrote: "Chapter 61 [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ I have readquite a few psychological thrillers and a few did this. Also Anna and Drew were not screaming married couple to me. (hide spoiler)]

Gohnar23 wrote: "Courtney wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ I was expecting them to kill Liv togather, and ran away so they can both be there for the baby. I feel like I should have know Margot was going to die, but I didnt. I bought their mutual alliance against Liv. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ I am wondering who is in the therapy session too. (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ so annoying and so pretentious. I can't believe she would be like that to Anna, so degrading. (hide spoiler)]

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She bugged me so much.

Chapter 17 (view spoiler)[ what did Anna do that she is hiding her bedsheets and from drew? (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[Oh you're going to see the reason...veeeeerrry veeeeryyyy soonnn (hide spoiler)]

Gohnar23 wrote: "Shae wrote: "Chapter 17 [spoilers removed]"

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Eeek I can’t wait

Courtney wrote: "Chapter 30 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ yes and is the person talking the killer and a victim like they have a split personality. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 37 (view spoiler)[ I’m so confused! It seems like the guy in this chapter actually in an accident with someone's parents and so the child has tricked him and then caused the accident with the eye socket. Then it seems as though he pushes Iona off the balcony, but she actually doesn’t fall off and then he is pushed off. Are they mistaking Nico’s ex as being dead and it’s this guy? I am confused!! (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[Oh is it the "Warren, The fourth"? Chapter? I just thought of those little side shocker chapters as additional thriller content 😅, i don't really know if they have THAAAAAT much BIGGGGGG of an impact to the gist of everything its just,.,..,,let the things that doesn't make sense, doesn't make sense ha..haaha (this book is a bit overwritten) (hide spoiler)]

Gohnar23 wrote: "Shae wrote: "Chapter 37 [spoilers removed]"

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Ok good, I feel like I’m missing key things 🤪

Courtney wrote: "Finished [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ yes I did not see them teaming up together and getting Liv.
Also Anna’s voices are creepy, it’s like she gets possessed by her last kill and it consumes her (hide spoiler)]