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The Honeymoon: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller by [Rona Halsall]

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‘I’m your husband, Chloe. We’re a partnership now and we do what’s best for us as a couple.’

Chloe finally feels like she’s got her life together. After a difficult childhood and losing both parents, she worked hard for the life she loves in lively Brighton, helping people as a physiotherapist. And then she meets the perfect man.

It’s a whirlwind romance, but Dan is handsome, funny, and simply the kindest man she’s ever met. When she sees him standing by the altar, tears glistening in his eyes, she knows this will be for always.

As they sunbathe on their honeymoon island, laughing over drinks, planning their future with their feet in the sand, Dan jokes that he’d like them to stay there forever.

At first, Chloe couldn’t agree more. It’s tempting to imagine truly leaving her troubled past behind. But as the honeymoon goes on, he becomes increasingly adamant. They shouldn’t leave. In fact, he won’t let her…

An utterly gripping psychological thriller for fans of Gillian Flynn, Clare Mackintosh, and The Wife Between Us.

Readers are loving The Honeymoon:
‘I devoured this book in one night—it definitely kept me on the edge of my seat! There were many unexpected twists, right up to the very end! Highly engaging book, I definitely recommend!’ Goodreads reviewer

‘I absolutely 100% loved this book! A 5 star read… The Honeymoon had it all...twists, turns, a beautiful setting, characters we want to hate and ones we want to love, paranoia, and a sense of something bad about to happen… CRAZY AND TWISTED!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

‘Five big shiny well deserved stars!… A story full of secrets, twists and unexpected wow moments! This thriller will keep you hanging on the edge of your seat until the very last page. I highly recommend.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

‘So many twists and turns; right when you think you know what is going on, the author throws another twist at you to prove how wrong you are. Wow the ending was amazing, I never saw it coming and it hits you like a ton of bricks. I wish could read this story again for the first time just to get that huge shock. Great read, I loved it.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

‘A 5 star book for me! It had that ball of mixed feelings, adrenaline, twists!... I absolutely loved The Honeymoonand cannot recommend the book enough! Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

‘A twisty book, full of surprises… I couldn't put down even if I tried, I was reading practically open mouthed at the way the finale picked up pace (well what I thought was the finale!). And still the shocks kept on coming, all the way to the last page.’

‘A story full of secrets, twists and unexpected wow moments! This thriller will keep you hanging on the edge of your seat until the very last page. I highly recommend.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

‘I loved how many twists there were… It made it so exciting to read and the whole book I was dying to know what was going to happen next… And I could never have guessed… Such a rollercoaster ride!... Exciting and twisty.’ Goodreads reviewer

‘An enthralling read packed full of secrets and lies. It’s one of those books that draws you straight in from picking it up and making it very hard to put back down again. Will certainly keep you on your toes and have you on the edge of your seat.’ By the Letter Book Reviews, 5 stars

‘Kept me guessing the whole way through… I absolutely loved this book, it was a real page turner… Bursting with mystery and deeply buried secrets.’ Ramblings of a Book Addict

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07PJK9CY9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bookouture (June 7, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 7, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2096 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 298 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #125,591 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,641 in Psychological Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #2,350 in Psychological Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #2,782 in Psychological Fiction (Books)

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Rona is the author of Best Selling psychological thrillers published by Bookouture. She loves a puzzle to solve, so now she writes them... her challenge is to find domestic storylines with twists that keep her readers guessing right to the end.

She has been a bit of a nomad during her adult life, moving around the north of England. Then she settled in Snowdonia, North Wales where she brought up her family while working as a business mentor. She now lives on the Isle of Man with her husband and two dogs.

She is an outdoorsy person and loves stomping up a mountain, walking the coastal paths and exploring the wonderful glens and beaches on the Island while she's plotting her next book. She has three children and two step-children who are all grown up and leading varied and interesting lives, which provides plenty of ideas for new stories.

To find out more about Rona and her novels, visit her website: https://ronahalsall.com/

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Totally unrealistic and illogical

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2019

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I have read Halsall's two prior mysteries and thoroughly enjoyed them. I was looking forward to another suspense novel, but the characters are so unlikeable and the plot so ridiculous that I had to finish this book in one sitting because I kept hoping that the story would improve. On the positive side, this story is extremely easy to read and the descriptions of the Menorca landscape are great. However, I found it impossible to root for the heroine Chloe because she made such stupid decisions for a supposedly well-educated woman of 30 who holds a very responsbile position as a physiotherapist. Who would become engaged to a man after only one month and then let him steamroller you into a quickie marriage 30 days later without knowing if he had a job, his own apartment, any money, any prior marriages, or other vitally important facts?? After deceiving Chloe regarding their honeymoon destination and basically being held prisoner in a Menorcan villa, she keeps waffling between deciding to leave him due to his lies vs. admitting she loves him so much and she must be to blame for all of his actions. The story is so implausible and just keeps getting crazier, although the author finally gives Chloe a backbone towards the end. I just can't tolerate female characters being so submissive, naive, and lovestruck with zero common sense.

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When will the stupidity end?

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2019

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I feel as though I keep writing the same review, for the same book. Is there a ghost writer somewhere, secretly writing Not-Quite-the-Same-but-Similar plots for psychological thrillers, using the same tired, cardboard heroine as the protagonist? I have to meet this author! I want to get in on this game! Does it make money?

"The Honeymoon" is at least readable. It appears to be edited (although I noticed a few grammatical errors), and the writing was smooth , the narration crisp. Here we have Chloe, our tepid heroine, drabbing it up as a physiotherapist by day, whipping-boy by night (this is metaphorical. She goes home to a snarly displeased grandmother. Chloe is not a prostitute), complicated family dynamics perfunctorily added to dump in usual baggage. In swoops Dan--cue dramatic entrance theme--who sweeps Chloe off her feet by being incredibly tall and big, and I mean really, REALLY big, because Halsall mentions Dan's size (now, now; I meant his HEIGHT) about a hundred times in the novel.

Apparently height is an enthralling feature, because Chloe is SMITTEN. She agrees to Dan's proposal, and is hastily married within a month, despite knowing nothing about him. Actually, Chloe and Dan know nothing about each other. At ALL. The only thing that Dan knows about Chloe, apparently, is that she wants to honeymoon in the Maldives. That's the ONLY thing she has ever dreamed about in her life. That will bring to life her every wish and fantasy.

When she and Dan race to board the plane after their quick and small wedding, she suddenly realizes that the honeymoon location that Dan has arranged is not the Maldives, but...Menorca? Certainly Dan wouldn't rearrange the one thing that he knows would crush her happiness during their first days together as a married couple...would he?

Strangely enough, Dan did. And that's only the first of some very strange things that Chloe is about to find out.

*Minor spoilers*

Now while this seems like the beginning of a very enticing thriller novel, I could not recommend it wholeheartedly. First of all, the characters are laughably stereotyped and lukewarm. Chloe herself makes such searingly idiotic decisions, that I found myself wanting to pat her absentmindedly on the head, offer her some tea, and allow her to pick up where she left off, just to see what awful decision she would make next, merely to keep the trainwreck going. Chloe flutters through each horrible revelation about her situation with the decision-making capabilities of a backward twelve-year-old. When Dan's darker motivations become clearer, she still hangs on with dim hope, eagerly cradling her youthful lust and love for him, absurdly assuming some pristine reasoning on his part. Halfway through the novel, she allows some of her family members, who have NEVER had her best interests at heart, to give her advice(!).

Chloe has no backbone, and she becomes tiresome after several chapters. She remains a static character; she is caught in a horrifying web of events that would make another, more interesting protagonist howl and break chains, question circumstances, grow up. But Chloe? No.

As for the enigmatic Dan, is he a perpetrator himself, or a victim of his own circumstances? You have to read the novel to find out. I only recommend this novel as extremely light reading, if you read quickly, and if it's inexpensive. It's well-written, and the style won't drive you crazy, but the characters will. There are no surprises. If there are, they are awkward, deus ex machina-type of arrivals, suitable only for bailing out Chloe and her low-thrills adventure.

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Tabby2018

Three stars

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2019

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Plot twist — Review is my own, as an independent buyer, not in exchange for a free book.

I’ve read all of Rona’s books and this one is definitely my least favorite. It did keep me wanting to see what happened, so three stars for that. But that was more out of a kind of tepid curiosity, not because it was gripping and compelling.

It was a frustrating read for most of the book — the main character’s questions/thoughts/anxieties on a continuous and very annoying loop. Steady streams of neurotic consciousness. If anyone as massively clueless and naive — at her age — really exist, I’ve been lucky enough not to have met them. I mean, who would marry a jobless man they knew absolutely nothing about, and had no real plans beyond the wedding day ... including not even talking about where they were going to live after the honeymoon? And who would just keep going along with all of the weirdness and constant unanswered questions? Lust can cause a lot of trouble sometimes, sure, but this was too over-the-top. And even with a few descriptions of their supposed attraction towards each other, I never got a sense of any real chemistry there. Certainly not enough to blow everyone’s worlds up.

It’s hard to share more without major spoilers, so I’ll just say: the twist was ridiculous to me, as well as events afterwards. Nothing flowed well, was one bit believable, or made much sense .... although, since I felt no connection to any of the characters, I really didn’t care how it ended. Janelle was the only character that I liked, and she wasn’t really a big part of most of the story.

This just felt like way too amateur of a book for an author as talented as Rona. She has and can do so much better. But I’m grateful it wasn’t another missing kid book, or book about 3-4 childhood friends with a huge secret that comes back to haunt them later. At least it was somewhat of an original concept.

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Valerie D

Excellent thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2019

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I absolutely loved this cover so I was looking forward to reading the story and thankfully wasn't let down. Ms Halsall's style of writing is sneakily simplistic, it sucks you in slowly and then suddenly 'bam' you're hooked. I wanted to scream at Chloe at times, how could such an intelligent woman be such a ditz, but then we discover her history, her desperate need to be loved - and more importantly, forgiven - and we understand. There are twists and turns aplenty - I really didn't know where the story was going at the end but it was a brilliantly satisfactory conclusion to a very clever psych thriller.

30 people found this helpful

Prelovedproducts

Ridiculous plot and unbelievable characters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2019

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Basically just as the heading says, some spoilers may follow, but they are so lame it's not really much of a give away.

Not worth reading whatsoever. The main character is very dull, even though she has this terrible, awful, dreadful secret hanging over her (nothing dramatic at all) which I think is supposed to make us really interested in her, but does not. As a result we really don't get to know her very much, so it's hard to root for her or even care about her at all. Less so her family and new husband. Yawn.

Her new husband does bizarre and cruel things, so she eventually does what any sane person would do and leaves her terrible honeymoon while he wants to stay. She arrives home to her weird gran, whose personality changes from page to page, and she for some reason tells the main character Chloe that she should go back to this awful honeymoon where she has been locked in to the house, her passport and phone taken away, her money taken, and she's been in fear of physical violence form Dan, the husband. But yeah, sure Granny, we've only been wed a week so I better go back and try again. Come on. I wanted to reach into the book and shake this stupid woman.

The rest of the story shambles along for a while with no unexpected twists and turns, and then it ends. That's the best thing about this book.

19 people found this helpful

Biba

Silly and unbelievable.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2019

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It's not gripping,it could have been.The female lead part is intelligent one minute but not the next.Spoiler!!!!!.If you found your bank account cleared no matter how tired you were you would deal with it as soon as possible.If you came home after a week away and your flat was emptied out you would have to go to the police,if someone resigned you from your job at a hospital and your manager refused to discuss it with you would you not speak to HR immediately or a union rep ??????. Beyond belief.Disappointing.

14 people found this helpful

Lavendyr

Not good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2019

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I read a lot of psychological thrillers. When I read a good one, I leave a review. When I read a naff one, I also leave a review. Sadly, this was on the naff end. The concept was interesting and I was excited to get started. Unfortunately it deteriorated very quickly. The protagonist female was quite irritating and indisposed to act. There was an attempt to explain this but it didn't feel believable. As for the actual "twists" and the situation in which the characters ended up - far from believable, introducing characters we didn't know or care about and pushing the boundaries of what the characters could believably do. Not all of the twists - but some of them, certainly. For me the key to a good psychological thriller is that it is a) surprising (yet, on reflection, makes sense) and b) believable. This book hit a) but stretched b) too far.

The writing style was great, very engaging and drew me in. I'm just disappointed that the actual story was so weak.

12 people found this helpful

squirkie

A book that draws you in so easily and is hard to put down!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2019

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This is the third book I have read by Rona and her writing style is so 'comfortable', drawing you in to meet her characters, enabling you to care about what happens to them - you may not always like them, but you want to know all about their lives and motivations. Suddenly - wham! You are in the middle of tense situation that makes you keep reading to know what happens. I found Chloe slightly naive - why would anyone rush head-first into marrying someone who is almost a stranger? I don't think this hit me fully until Chloe realises that she doesn't know many of Dan's favourite things. I loved the plot twists and turns that had me guessing up till the end. Another great holiday read... maybe don't read it if you are on honeymoon though!

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