Something You Should Know by Melissa Hill
Posted by Karen on March 1, 2008
Synopsis (from back page)
Her mouth went dry and for a second Jenny didn’t think she would be able to breath – it couldn’t be him, could it?
Just when everything was going so well for Jenny and Mike, Roan Williams had to come back into their lives. Four years earlier, while her friends Tessa, Gerry, Karen and Shane were falling in love and heading for happy ever after, love-rat Roan had broken Jenny’s heart and completely shattered her life. Harbouring a terrible lie, Jenny had struggled to pick up the pieces of her life, but if Roan was going to be around, the truth would have to come out.
It would ruin everything but Mike had a right to know…
Review
Something You Should Know is the debut novel by Irish author Melissa Hill and a book that I was really looking forward to reading as I absolutely loved Never Say Never and Not What You Think both of which I found to be real page-turners and this one is no exception.
Admittedly the cover is very pink and very girly and yes without a doubt this is definitely more of a book for women readers but it’s certainly not your average frothy and predictable chick lit book which is what the cover may lead you to believe and which is the direction that even the synopsis tends to lean in. But don’t be fooled – it is in fact so much more than that.
From the very first page you’re drawn in to the lives of the two main characters, Jenny and Karen, but after setting the scene and giving you some insight in to their lives now, the book jumps back to four years previously and it’s from this point on that the story really gets going. As we follow their lives over the course of these four years we’re treated to a real roller-coaster ride of emotion which will have you laughing out loud one minute and then crying with pain the next.
Melissa Hill is a fantastic story teller who has a real talent for writing her books with the most amazing twists and turns which are so totally unexpected that just when you think you know where the storyline is going, it’ll suddenly shift and move in the completely opposite direction and it’s these twists and turns that make this book so special and that will leave you guessing the outcome right up until the very end.
Overall this is a fantastic and really moving read and I’m still amazed at just how good Melissa Hill is at deceiving her readers into believing one thing when in reality something completely different is actually happening.
A real gripping read.
Reviewed by Karen.
