Amy is approaching her 30th birthday. Whilst she is a highly independent woman with a high-flying career and her own flat, the one thing she doesn’t have -which her mum in particular doesn’t let her forget – is a romantic relationship.
Amy is due to go away with her mum and best friends to her auntie’s chalet in Val D’lsere to celebrate her birthday when she suffers a serious fall. Whilst the doctor’s allow Amy to go ahead with her travel plans the impact of the fall means she cannot remember anything from the last six months, including meeting her current boyfriend Dr. Jack Stewart, who also joins them on the trip.
Everyone is smitten with Jack, but as Amy begins to get her memory back, is he really as perfect as he seems?
The Boyfriend is one of the best psychological thrillers I have read in a long time! I was hooked the whole way through. The storyline is well crafted, and I have not come across anything quite like it before. I have seen some people say it is a little too far-fetched but isn’t that the point of fiction?
Michelle Frances’s descriptions of the characters led me to really emphasise with them. There is a point where Amy has a different belief to all the other characters, and I could really feel myself feeling the anxiety and desperation she was facing in the situation and almost felt like I was there with her.
The story is left on a cliff-hanger which makes me really hope there is a sequel. I also think it would make a thrilling Netflix series.
Overall, The Boyfriend is chilling and suspenseful; a rollercoaster of a thriller. 5 stars.
Thanks to NetGalley and Pan Macmillan for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. The Boyfriend is out TODAY (3rd February 2022).
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