The Affair: The BRAND NEW gripping psychological thriller from the USA TODAY BESTSELLER Claire Allan for 2024

I've already read books by this author and enjoyed them a great deal so when this one dropped in price I snapped it up PDQ ! Again, she hasn't disappointed and I was hooked. As usual I had no idea who was going to turn out to be the baddie and guessed at a few differing people as she dropped clues here and there, knowing we'd usually get it wrong !!I usually have to give up if I'm really not keen on or liking the protagonist very much but in this case with Tina it wasn't a problem. I was onside till she crossed a line for me I wasn't too happy about and I wiped my hands of her, then. There's only so far my empathy with her was going to take me !! I liked Sorcha yet found my feelings on her turned the other way. At first I thought she was a self-satisfied, vacuous dope but I ended up greatly warming to her.There are some very funny lines throughout this which made me giggle to myself. No doubt some readers will find the odd bit of language unacceptable but I always like bad language being used as people talk like that, so for me it rings way truer than the odd "goodness gracious" !! Though, since I mentioned language, this sentence reads just wrong to me altogether, "When I look in the mirror, I'm disappointed to see I don't look quite as good as I hoped it might"......I couldn't find the definition of "hanging like a bat".....I took it to mean smelly but Google or even the Urban Dictionary were of no help here. We got to hear too often, as an aside, Christina was feeling hot or sweaty, too !!There were the odd words dropped from sentences, drug taking I'd personally hyphenate, "Its uncomfortable" when it ought to be "It's" and I'd write speciality not specialty, as that's usually an Americanised version. Then THIS line baffled me but then I realised all it needed was a comma to make the sense it was supposed to-"Joan had left a large pot of home-made soup, which would be easier for me to eat on the stove......." Read it back to yourself and you'll get what I'm meaning.These errors aside, I'll definitely read more by this author. Oh, I'm with her regarding Twitter vs X as well.....I mean, we send a Tweet.....so what do we do on X ? Just post, I suppose ? There was no need to change its name in the least...a dumb move as everyone knows what I mean when I say Twitter and never correct me on it so they probably still call it that themselves !!

It started off Slow but once it got going I was hooked and could put it down . ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Claire Allen isn't as well known as other writers but I love her books far more than those written by more famous authors . I've read all her excellent books and just loved this on especially. It would make a great TV drama .Can't wait for the next one

If publishers advertise a book as GRIPPING, then it needs to deliver. This one didn't. At times it plodded along and you could skip page after page as nothing of note happened.

Well done, Ms Allan and Boldwood Books for publishing this gripping, pacy psychological thriller! I was drawn in from the first page and held in thrall throughout the story. The characters were flawed and complicated and kept me guessing from the start and the twists just kept coming! The Affair is definitely a 5 star read and I thoroughly recommend it!

Enjoyed this book but I felt it went on and on I just couldn’t keep reading itI usually finish books in a day this one took a weekNot the best from Claire but still worth buying

Extremely well written slow burn psychological thriller. It keeps you guessing and wondering all the way through. Has a great twist to complete the story too. Another belter from Claire Allan, can't wait for her next book.

Claire Allan’s The Affair is a fast-paced, unpredictable and jaw-dropping chiller that kept me reading all through the night.Sorcha Hannon is the woman Christina would love to be. While Christina is an introvert who keeps other people at bay, Sorcha had all of her dirty laundry aired on social media and lived to tell the tale. The survivor of a devastating affair, Sorcha had found the healing and peace of mind that Christina desperately needs for herself. When the two become friends, Christina finally finds the port in a storm that had been missing from her life for so long. She has somebody who will listen to her and give her advice and a shoulder to cry on. Yet, little does Sorcha realise that Christina is not all that she seems…Sorcha thought that Christina was a total stranger, but that is far from the truth. Christina knew everything about Sorcha before the two of them became friends. There wasn’t a single minute detail of Sorcha’s life that Christina did not know. But if Sorcha discovers the truth, Christina’s life wouldn’t be worth living. However, Sorcha is far from perfect herself – and she isn’t the only one in this friendship keeping a deadly secret…Claire Allan is on superb form with her latest thriller, The Affair. A creepy, complex and compulsively readable tale about friendship, deception and the twisted bonds that connect people together, The Affair is a propulsive page-turner full of tension, foreboding and suspense readers will wants to devour in one breathless sitting.I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was very very good, I was gripped.

This is a very good book. I would've given 5 stars, but it was slow for a little over a quarter of the first part for me. I could easily get a feel for each character and personality. Well developed. I didn't guess who the culprit was until the very end of book when I was supposed to know. This book had a different theme from all other books I've read and I enjoyed it very much. Lot of excitement. Page Turner. First time reading this author, but will read more of her. Great job. Read this book!!

This book was slow in the beginning (first 100 or so pages) but being one who doesn't like not finishing a book, I continued on. After that, it was a fast read and I def didn't see the end coming! Glad I finished however I feel like there almost too much detail in the beginning describing the person Christina was. It was clear within a cpl chapters she was a lonely person who suffered from severe anxiety and lack of confidence. The book would've been better had they just gone on to the main story sooner.