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It's Your Turn Now by Theo Baxter, Theo Baxter

whatyoutolkienabout's review

5.0

It’s Your Turn Now is a pacy, edge of your seat psychological thriller that deals with some heavy topics including domestic violence. Baxter’s writing is perfectly suited to the genre and themes. You quickly feel the claustrophobic pressure put on Daisy by her husband Bruce. The pace and build is well executed with interesting, dangerous and truly unhinged characters. I personal had a bit of a tough time with Daisy, on the one hand I obviously felt for her plight and wanted her to find a way out. On the other I found that she seemed to cause, later on, more problems for herself. Turning from the victim to a sort of accomplice by keeping secrets from not only the police but Daniel as well. Of course in a way this is realistic especially when she has had to lie to keep Bruce somewhat happy for years but it seemed to go against the original portal of Daisy as someone who is utterly controlled to a bit of the a controller by keeping those in the dark. It just was something that irked me a tad but it didn’t take from the story.

I found the tension kept me hooked and towards the end I was really wondering who would survive. I particularly like the last quarter in terms of ramping up the suspense and worry. I think this was built perfectly by the characterisation and writing of the novel. If you enjoy a good, twisty psychological thriller you will love this one.

kaz_loves_books's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

Here’s my review of It’s Your Turn Now by Theo Baxter

This was a fantastic psychological thriller which I got into straight away and couldn’t put down. I read it in one sitting and loved it. It was full of twists and turns and a real page turner. The plot was well thought out and expressed well throughout the book where the author has a way with words that is shown in the book in a descriptive writing style. This covers an abusive husband who is physically and mentally harming his wife, he is controlling her and doesn’t allow her to have a life of her own. Daisy is trying to fight back and finding ways to have some time to herself, although there is still the mobile phone! She does her best not to antagonize him but he doesn’t need a reason to attack her as he nearly always seems in a bad mood and that spells bad news for Daisy.  

Can Daisy get away from him?

Blurb : 

Daisy is desperate to escape her husband. But has she made a deal with the devil?

Daisy Costigan is desperate to leave her violent, controlling husband, Bruce. But she knows he’ll never let her go. And if she tries to escape, he’s promised he’ll do whatever it takes to track her down and have his revenge. She’s trapped.

One day Daisy meets a charming stranger in a bookstore. His name is Marco and he overhears Daisy’s terrified phone conversation with controller Bruce.

Marco makes Daisy an offer. He’ll take care of Bruce if she’ll help him with a little problem - his wife.

Daisy doesn’t really think he’s serious, but two days later Bruce is dead. And now Marco wants her to hold up her end of the deal. If she doesn’t, he says he’ll kill someone she loves.

Stalked by the unhinged Marco, Daisy finds herself in an impossible situation. Can she find a way to escape this terrifying man? Or will she be forced to do the unthinkable?

It’s Your Turn Now – the terrifying psychological thriller perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Daniel Hurst, Kiersten Modglin.