Christmas came really early for me this year thanks to the wonderful people at Michael Joseph who sent me an ARC of Gillian McAllisters upcoming book, Famous Last Words. Its not officially due out til the end of January but its a book you want to add to you TBR list immediately.
This is the story of what should be the perfect couple, but when Camilla (Cam) goes back to work after maternity leave it all goes wrong. Her husband, and baby daddy Luke is caught holding people hostage which to Cam feels out of character but with the evidence stacking up how can she argue?
I really like that although its small steps into the story I felt like I was thrown into Cams world. Appriciating her empathy at times even though it didnt always come accross how she really felt was a great way to help the reader feel like they knew the character, and connect.
After spending some time during and immediately after the incident we jump seven years forwards. Luke is still blamed for the situation and Cam hasnt really moved on. Her daughter is none the wiser to who her dad really was and theres the usual single parent hurdles to navigate.
Rather than show the other side of the story we get a view from Niall, the hostage negotiator. He’s confident in what he does and from the start was clear that he didnt think Luke really wanted to kill anybody. As we follow his side of the story, we see him fail both in his work and personal life but still like him as a person because he just wants things to be right.
The other character to talk about is Libby. I really felt for her with multiple rounds of IVF and miscarriages. It did make me wonder how much she supposedly earns though – That many rounds isnt cheap and we dont really know much about her husband. Personally I didnt like the way Libbys story ended – I felt like as a supporting character the writier was trying not to ‘punish’ her too much but I would have preffered for her story to turn out differently, a little bit more real.
This is one of those books to really settle down with and enjoy whilst you’re mind whirrs in the background looking at every possible clue to work out what really happened
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