Title : The Guilty One

Author : Sophie Littlefield

Series : N/A

Rating : 3 Stars

Blurb : A man stands on the Golden Gate Bridge, poised to jump…if a woman on the other end of the phone tells him to. Maris’s safe suburban world was shattered the day her daughter was found murdered, presumably at the hands of the young woman’s boyfriend. Her marriage crumbling, her routine shattered, Maris walks away from her pampered life as a Bay Area mom the day she receives a call from Ron, father of her daughter’s killer. Wracked with guilt over his son’s actions (and his own possible contribution to them), he asks Maris a single question: should he jump? With a man’s life in her hands, Maris must decide, perhaps for the first time, what she truly wants. Retribution? Forgiveness? Or something more? Having lost everything, she’s finally free to recreate herself without the confining labels of “wife,” “mother,” or “mourner.” But will this shocking offer free her, or destroy her?

Review : After reading the blurb of the book I was thrilled to read this book! Normally I wouldn’t have read this kind of book as it sounds, for me, too much like a “thriller”, some kind of book during which the characters have to find out what happened and who did what…. But I wanted to find out how Sophie Littlefield handled the plot, so I started reading. In general I enjoyed reading. I just didn’t expect what I at the end got compared with what is written in the blurb. I expected more kind of deeper characters as the general plot is about a woman who has lost her child. Confronted with the murderer, she just has to show all these different kind of emotional reactions. But that wasn’t the case in my opinion. Because of the characters which could be described in a deeper way, it was difficult to connect with the story at all-a story which definetly includes a very interesting and unique story line which could have been the basis for a fantastic book. Even then I liked the story because it was obvious what the author wanted to express- I guess, it just doesn’t become obvious the right way…. I will for sure try another book written by this author.

> > > I have received this book as an ARC from the publisher. < < < > > > In exchange, I promised an honest review .< < <