The Girl Before

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Four Stars

The Girl Before

JP Delaney

If I had to describe this book, I would say pentimento.  It is a smart and sexiy. Complex, interesting, and downright scary!  It has the crazy, off kilter, smart, beautiful manipulative, Emma. Did I forget lair?  Emma is crazy with a capital C!  She is a hard act to follow and the fallout she leaves in her wake is mind boggling.   Jane is Emma without the crazy, but is a mild Emma enough for Edward?  Throw in murder, suicide, rape, crazy obsessed Simon, and a wealth, handsome, meticulous, dominate Edward and you have a bestseller.  Did I mention a creepy state of the art austere mansion for a home?

A great read and I can definitely see a future movie. Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book for a fair review.