The Pupil by Dawn Goodwin #bookreview #drama #suspense

Title: The Pupil

Author:Dawn Goodwin

Publisher: Aria

Publication Date: August 7, 2018

Page Count: 291

My rating: 3 stars

About the book:

One moment of carelessness. Four shattered lives.

Psychological suspense that explores a labyrinth of lies, manipulation and revenge. Perfect for fans of Louise Jenson and Katerina Diamond.

Literary agent Viola Matthews is sure she’s met Katherine Baxter before. So when her husband and bestselling novelist Samuel Morton introduces Viola to the quiet, unassuming woman he has offered to mentor, she knows their paths have crossed before. The question is where?

As their worlds collide and the bond between Samuel and Katherine deepens, Viola realises she must take control.

If Viola is right, then Katherine needs to pay for something that happened twelve years ago.

Alright, for those that follow me regularly I’m about to really begin repeating myself. I swear that The Pupil by Dawn Goodwin is a completely different book than what I read yesterday but in many ways it was much the same, even the covers are similar.

The Pupil centers around a lady names Katherine ‘Kathy’ Baxter who has wanted to be an author pretty much her whole life but no one has ever believed in her or thought she should pursue her dreams. Married now with children Kathy’s life is very much controlled by her husband down to what they eat or what she wears but finally Kathy has decided to do something for herself and she takes a writing class.

When the short class ends the teacher who is a published author and an idol pulls Kathy to the side and offers to continue to mentor her and work with her on publishing her novel. Of course her husband is completely against the whole thing but Kathy finds ways to hide her meetings from him and continues to work with the author and his wife on her novel.

Now for the part where I begin to repeat myself from what I just read yesterday. This book was one that was incredibly slow and mainly more drama than anything remotely thrilling. It really tried in spots to foreshadow more ominous things to come but what we get for the vast majority is about sneaking around writing the book. I got the general idea in about a quarter of the time if not less than that and had to keep reading until 95% for the boom, bang, final wrap up. So if an incredibly slow burn dramatic suspense is something you love then this may be for you but for me I enjoyed the author’s first book more.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

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About the author:

Dawn Goodwin’s twenty-year career has spanned PR, advertising and publishing, both in London and Johannesburg. A graduate of the Curtis Brown creative writing school, she loves to write about the personalities hiding behind the masks we wear every day, whether beautiful or ugly. Now a company director, what spare time she has is spent chasing good intentions, contemplating how to get away with various crimes and misdemeanours, and immersing herself in fictitious worlds. She lives in London with her husband, two daughters and a British bulldog called Geoffrey.