The Surrogate by Louise Jensen

The Surrogate by Louise Jensen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Kat and her husband Nick have been trying to start a family for several years now with no luck. When it was found that Kat couldn’t conceive they had turned their attention to adoption thinking they would be able to begin the family they both wanted that way. After a couple of failed attempts when the child goes to someone else at the last minute Kat is devastated and losing hope.

While out one day Kat runs into her childhood friend Lisa with whom she hadn’t spoken to in years and didn’t think would want to speak to her after having left each other on bad terms. However Lisa welcomes the encounter with open arms and is actually quite excited to see Kat again. With the two reconnecting Kat’s dilemma is brought up and Lisa gives Kat a glimmer of hope that she will become a mother that is unless their shared past come back to haunt them.

The Surrogate by Louise Jensen is one of those nicely paced psychological thrillers that kept me guessing from the get go on where the author would take this story. I did start off reading this one thinking I was going to get to the end and find that I just knew it all but boy oh boy was I in for a few surprises. The book was pleasantly full of twists and turns that when I would think I was in the know on where the story headed I would find myself having to guess yet again.

I would say though that for me this was one of those books that the characters are not ones that I immediately connected with and rooted for and perhaps even more disliked while reading. That however was not a bad thing as the story was quite intriguing and instead of falling in love with the characters I more became suspicious of each and every one at one point or another and just had to wait until that final shoe to drop to find out all the details and boy what an ending. I think most psychological thriller fans should enjoy this one as it was certainly not what I had expected in the end.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.