Review: Beneath the Skin

Beneath the Skin by Caroline England
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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First of all, I want to say that I won this book in one of Goodreads giveaways a while back and finally got around to reading it.

I have a few things that I like and dislike about the book really, but in a whole, the book was well written, each character thought out and described quite well, each of their stories were also well written as well and very thought out about.

But one thing I do dislike is how the blurb makes the book sound like it's going to be all about Antonia, of course, she is the main character, but with the way the author switches between all the characters, that main character kind of gets lost in amongest it and I felt like the Sophie had more time within the book than Antonia. Of course, at the end, Antonia's story does come out with everything which had happened and closes her chapter.

Another thing I found hard to swallow was the few endings which was left more as a cliff hanger than anything else. One was David, why did he kill himself? Two, whose baby was it really, Mike's or Sami's? And three, did Sophie ever tell Sami the truth about not being able to have a child?

But honestly, other than those couple of things, I rather enjoyed reading the novel. It was full of suspense and page turners, there was a few times when I couldn't even put the book down because I needed to know what had happened next.
It's a book I will be happy to keep on my bookshelves and to recommend to others if I was to ask for a recommendation. I give the author, Caroline England may kudos for creating a wonderful piece of work and I thank Harper Collins Publishers for sending me a copy and goodreads for picking me as a winner.

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