The Burning Air

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Some happiness exists though: Tara and partner Matt are deeply in love and Felix is bringing his first serious girlfriend to the gathering. Her name's Kerry and, by the end of the weekend, she'll have kidnapped Sophie's baby revealing darkest secrets that refuse to remain buried. Neither of Erin Kelly's previous novels had prepared me for this. It begins deceptively as a superior kitchen sink drama teaching us about the Macbrides.

The book blurb makes it sound like a kidnap novel. However it's so much more than either of these things. In fact, if you don't like family dramas and kidnap stories leave you cold, I would still implore you to read it. Firstly I apologise for what I'm about to do: The full impact of the story is so deep and shocking that I'd like you to start it with as few preconceptions as I did and experience the full belt. The best way to achieve that is not to tell you too much, so even discussion about the structure or characters is out apart from saying it's all extremely clever.

So what can I say? The writing is exemplary. We start at almost 'soap opera' level and are then dragged in deeper and deeper till all our emotions are engaged. The revelations gradually start, weaving a complex but always understandable web of history and hurt. The more you read the more you realise this book was probably written backwards in order to provide so many 'Aaah! The twists are scattered throughout, not finishing till the story does and ranging in intensity from 'Oh!

Review: The Burning Air by Erin Kelly

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