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The Red Room
A trusting wife, a perfect husband… a buried secret.
Jane likes the quiet life, living in a cottage on the edge of a small village in Yorkshire.
Her husband works in London during the week and comes home at the weekends.
Jane thinks she has the perfect life.
The one traumatic event of her life is safely buried and forgotten – until a letter arrives that makes her question everything she thinks she knows…
Should she risk destroying her idyllic life to find the truth?
The Red Room is a haunting psychological thriller about identity, memory and confronting our innermost fears. Can we ever really trust the ones we love?
Jane likes the quiet life, living in a cottage on the edge of a small village in Yorkshire.
Her husband works in London during the week and comes home at the weekends.
Jane thinks she has the perfect life.
The one traumatic event of her life is safely buried and forgotten – until a letter arrives that makes her question everything she thinks she knows…
Should she risk destroying her idyllic life to find the truth?
The Red Room is a haunting psychological thriller about identity, memory and confronting our innermost fears. Can we ever really trust the ones we love?
- GenresThriller
243 pages, Paperback
First published September 17, 2018
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M.S. Morris
22 books227 followersM S Morris is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of Margarita and Steve Morris. Together they write psychological thrillers and crime novels. The couple are married and live in Oxfordshire. They have two children.
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September 20, 2018
3.5 Stars
His name is Adam ... married to Jane ... living in a small village. Adam works in London during the week and spends weekends with his wife.
Jane thinks she has the perfect life. A man who loves her, takes care of her, controls every part of life. They've been there 7 years and she knows no one ... Adam doesn't want her talking to anyone because they might ask questions. She has no car, Adam doesn't think she needs one ... she can walk or take the bus when she needs to go grocery shopping. She doesn't have a cell phone .. Adam only allows a landline ... he calls every night at 9PM and she needs to make sure she is there to answer. Because Adam would worry if she isn't there.
Something happened to Jane, something traumatic. She just doesn't remember exactly what, She knows it was terrifying and traumatic, but her memory is gone. She doesn't remember anything prior to 7 years ago.
A letter arrives one day ... a letter that makes Jane question her entire life. Has Adam been lying to her? Can she trust anything he has told her? To get to the truth she's going to have to face her biggest fear ... what happened in the red room?
This is a highly suspenseful psychological thriller, well-written, with a few twists and turns along the way leading to a surprising ending. The first half of the book, my mind was all over the place. And then things started to make sense ... it became a little predictable at this point.
M S Morris is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of Margarita and Steve Morris. Together they write psychological thrillers and crime novels.
Many thanks to the authors / Netgalley for the advance digital copy of THE RED ROOM. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
His name is Adam ... married to Jane ... living in a small village. Adam works in London during the week and spends weekends with his wife.
Jane thinks she has the perfect life. A man who loves her, takes care of her, controls every part of life. They've been there 7 years and she knows no one ... Adam doesn't want her talking to anyone because they might ask questions. She has no car, Adam doesn't think she needs one ... she can walk or take the bus when she needs to go grocery shopping. She doesn't have a cell phone .. Adam only allows a landline ... he calls every night at 9PM and she needs to make sure she is there to answer. Because Adam would worry if she isn't there.
Something happened to Jane, something traumatic. She just doesn't remember exactly what, She knows it was terrifying and traumatic, but her memory is gone. She doesn't remember anything prior to 7 years ago.
A letter arrives one day ... a letter that makes Jane question her entire life. Has Adam been lying to her? Can she trust anything he has told her? To get to the truth she's going to have to face her biggest fear ... what happened in the red room?
This is a highly suspenseful psychological thriller, well-written, with a few twists and turns along the way leading to a surprising ending. The first half of the book, my mind was all over the place. And then things started to make sense ... it became a little predictable at this point.
M S Morris is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of Margarita and Steve Morris. Together they write psychological thrillers and crime novels.
Many thanks to the authors / Netgalley for the advance digital copy of THE RED ROOM. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
January 31, 2019
Absolutely Amazing Story
I started this book late one night and I could not put it down. It engaged me from the beginning sentence until the very last page. It's a mystery of course, I knew that going in and it was a good one. Yes there was an obvious premonition with her connection to 'Jane Eyre' and I just loved it. I pretty much guessed after the fourth chapter where the story was headed but I needed to know why. It's told in first person and her voice is compelling and I could not for the life of me put it down. The Red Room is the age old story of a woman trying to understand who she is but her life is filled with secrets but who is keeping them? Her or her husband. I am not going to spoil this because the journey is worth the read. I am glad I didn't skip ahead of read spoilers either which is what I normally do because I wanted to enjoy this story. This is my first great read of 2019. I read this in KU too so that was a bonus. Free and wonderful. At the heart of the story it is a romance but with a twist. I definitely loved this book. One star deducted for the quick wrap up at the end because I wanted to understand why he did what he did, because it just didn't make sense, but it still was a great read. I am so glad I read it.
I started this book late one night and I could not put it down. It engaged me from the beginning sentence until the very last page. It's a mystery of course, I knew that going in and it was a good one. Yes there was an obvious premonition with her connection to 'Jane Eyre' and I just loved it. I pretty much guessed after the fourth chapter where the story was headed but I needed to know why. It's told in first person and her voice is compelling and I could not for the life of me put it down. The Red Room is the age old story of a woman trying to understand who she is but her life is filled with secrets but who is keeping them? Her or her husband. I am not going to spoil this because the journey is worth the read. I am glad I didn't skip ahead of read spoilers either which is what I normally do because I wanted to enjoy this story. This is my first great read of 2019. I read this in KU too so that was a bonus. Free and wonderful. At the heart of the story it is a romance but with a twist. I definitely loved this book. One star deducted for the quick wrap up at the end because I wanted to understand why he did what he did, because it just didn't make sense, but it still was a great read. I am so glad I read it.
December 10, 2023
The title will become important late in this book when things become more clear regarding the mental state of the young married woman featured in this book. Up until the closing events there is a heavy secret looming throughout the telling of this story. Nicely done, M.S. Morris!
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September 30, 2018
I kept on reading this as I wanted to know the mystery behind the Red Room. Also I was confused as how Jane has forgotten her past just like that.
Then Adam going off every weekdays living Jane alone in the house was strange. Didn’t he ever thought that her memories might come back and cause her harm? After all she was living alone in a secluded house with no neighbours nearby.
The outcome was not convincing. The ending felt rushed.
Then Adam going off every weekdays living Jane alone in the house was strange. Didn’t he ever thought that her memories might come back and cause her harm? After all she was living alone in a secluded house with no neighbours nearby.
The outcome was not convincing. The ending felt rushed.
October 18, 2018
Because the end of this book made me so angry, I’m not going to worry about spoilers. I was actually quite enjoying it until the last few pages, at which point I lost my temper and darn nearly threw my tablet in the swimming pool while watching my kids swim.
The book is told from the PoV of Jane, a woman living a very quiet life in the country. Her husband Adam works in London during the week and is home only on weekends; they appear to have an idyllic marriage. Jane knows, though, that not all is right with her past. There’s something terrible which happened to her in a red room, and before that… there’s nothing.
Tension builds through the story as small discoveries lead to Jane finding out more and more about her husband and her past. She makes a few friends among local women, of which her husband disapproves. When she finds a life insurance policy paid out on his dead wife, a woman named Victoria who Jane has never heard of, Jane realises she doesn’t know nearly as much about Adam as she things.
(This is where things get spoilery). It turns out Jane IS Victoria. Victoria was a high-flying ad executive in London who apparently disappeared rowing on the Thames seven years earlier. But Adam is insistent Jane has never even been to London. In the end, she screws up her courage and takes the train in with her friends, who are going to a theatre performance. In Adam’s London house, she finds the red room - and Adam catches her there. With her anxious friends there too, he finally tells her the truth. Seven years earlier, she got a big promotion at work and told him, on the way home, that she was pregnant. They fought because he thought she should be a stay at home mother. At home, he locked her in the red room (her private study area) because she was trying to hit him. She had some sort of manic episode and apparently caused her own miscarriage.
At this point, he picked her up, put her in the car and drove her, not to the hospital, but their holiday cottage in Yorkshire. In shock, she was completely amnesiac. No memory whatsoever. So he gave her a completely new one. She was now Jane, a stay at home wife who hated crowds, had never been to London and was perfectly happy doing nothing at home alone all week while he worked. Oh, and he also faked her death and claimed the insurance money.
My eyes were in rapid-blink mode by then, because it’s clear Adam is a complete psycho. He wants a Stepford wife, not one with any agency of her own. How the hell much do the authors hate executive level women anyway, to make a professional woman the target of this kind of horrific story?
The ending is so unbelievably awful my can’t even can’t even. Instead of getting Adam locked up as a dangerous, fraudulent criminal and possibly the biggest gaslighter ever to walk the earth, all Jane’s friends decide to support her decision to go back to her nice simple Yorkshire cottage life where she’s perfectly happy doing absolutely nothing and sees Adam only on weekends.
So… everything’s just hunky dory, then? Being a Stepford wife is all an intelligent woman could possibly want as a happy ending?
What. The. Hell. Did. I. Just. Read?
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review through NetGalley.
The book is told from the PoV of Jane, a woman living a very quiet life in the country. Her husband Adam works in London during the week and is home only on weekends; they appear to have an idyllic marriage. Jane knows, though, that not all is right with her past. There’s something terrible which happened to her in a red room, and before that… there’s nothing.
Tension builds through the story as small discoveries lead to Jane finding out more and more about her husband and her past. She makes a few friends among local women, of which her husband disapproves. When she finds a life insurance policy paid out on his dead wife, a woman named Victoria who Jane has never heard of, Jane realises she doesn’t know nearly as much about Adam as she things.
(This is where things get spoilery). It turns out Jane IS Victoria. Victoria was a high-flying ad executive in London who apparently disappeared rowing on the Thames seven years earlier. But Adam is insistent Jane has never even been to London. In the end, she screws up her courage and takes the train in with her friends, who are going to a theatre performance. In Adam’s London house, she finds the red room - and Adam catches her there. With her anxious friends there too, he finally tells her the truth. Seven years earlier, she got a big promotion at work and told him, on the way home, that she was pregnant. They fought because he thought she should be a stay at home mother. At home, he locked her in the red room (her private study area) because she was trying to hit him. She had some sort of manic episode and apparently caused her own miscarriage.
At this point, he picked her up, put her in the car and drove her, not to the hospital, but their holiday cottage in Yorkshire. In shock, she was completely amnesiac. No memory whatsoever. So he gave her a completely new one. She was now Jane, a stay at home wife who hated crowds, had never been to London and was perfectly happy doing nothing at home alone all week while he worked. Oh, and he also faked her death and claimed the insurance money.
My eyes were in rapid-blink mode by then, because it’s clear Adam is a complete psycho. He wants a Stepford wife, not one with any agency of her own. How the hell much do the authors hate executive level women anyway, to make a professional woman the target of this kind of horrific story?
The ending is so unbelievably awful my can’t even can’t even. Instead of getting Adam locked up as a dangerous, fraudulent criminal and possibly the biggest gaslighter ever to walk the earth, all Jane’s friends decide to support her decision to go back to her nice simple Yorkshire cottage life where she’s perfectly happy doing absolutely nothing and sees Adam only on weekends.
So… everything’s just hunky dory, then? Being a Stepford wife is all an intelligent woman could possibly want as a happy ending?
What. The. Hell. Did. I. Just. Read?
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review through NetGalley.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 27, 2018
The Red Room by author M.S. Morris is an intense and gripping read! Packed with character and dark twist at so many corners! I really enjoyed this dark thriller by Morris!
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of The Red Room in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of The Red Room in exchange for an honest review.
October 18, 2018
This book had everything a good suspense novel needs. Lots of suspicion, and a character that doesn't know when to stop digging. Our main character Jane lives in a small cabin with her husband Adam. Jane doesn't leave the cabin very often and when she does for short periods of time she is always accompanied by her husband who gets home from his job on the weekends. I hated the way that he controlled her every move however I hated the fact that she left him treat her that way always staying put and never asking questions. She knows none of her neighbors even though shes been in the same place for seven years, she only has a landline and has to be home every evening to wait for her husband to call, and she can't talk to anyone because then they would ask questions that she never thought about the answers to. While Jane talks about her husband with love and devotion and you can see some of the love he has it is clouded by the abuse and manipulation that he places on Jane. Even though things look weird on the outside Jane has never felt the need to question anything and quite enjoys her life until she suddenly receives a letter in the mail that changes everything. I really enjoyed this book because of the mystery behind it. I had to find out why Jane was in that cabin and what her husband was hiding, and why she kept having dreams about this red room. There was just enough detail to keep you guessing but not enough to ruin the surprise. I found the characters very enjoyable and even the ones I didn't like, I liked how they were written just not their actual characters. Fantastic book and I'm very glad I got the chance to read it, it was everything a good thriller needs to be. Kept you guessing through the whole book and the characters were amazing flawed but not over the top and annoying. I really liked the ending how everything started to make sense. Great job of keeping the reader on their toes.
December 26, 2018
4 stars!
I had this book for three months before picking it up. It sounded good but it wasn’t really peaking my interest.
Well I am so glad I read it because this book not only pulled me in but it it had me so intrigued that when I had to put it down, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I needed to know what in the hell was going on.
The author did an amazing job of creating a picture with her words.
Definitely full of intrigue, twists and times that make you say “what in the what?!”
I do recommend.
Thank you #NetGalley, the author and publisher for my free arc in exchange for my honest review. Posting on goodreads and Amazon.
I had this book for three months before picking it up. It sounded good but it wasn’t really peaking my interest.
Well I am so glad I read it because this book not only pulled me in but it it had me so intrigued that when I had to put it down, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I needed to know what in the hell was going on.
The author did an amazing job of creating a picture with her words.
Definitely full of intrigue, twists and times that make you say “what in the what?!”
I do recommend.
Thank you #NetGalley, the author and publisher for my free arc in exchange for my honest review. Posting on goodreads and Amazon.
October 11, 2018
Thank you Netgalley and the Xpresso for an arc copy of The Red Room in exchange for an honest review.
Lately, I’ve been reading more Mystery, Suspense and Thriller novels, and The Red Room did not disappoint. Margarita and Steve Morris have made me a little detective throughout the entire book.
I found myself second guessing on what would happened throughout the book. I’ve had plenty of ideas on where it could go but I found out I was wrong. Dead wrong. I was quite shocked at how it all played out since my earlier ideas/thought process of where I thought it would go was not what I expected. That’s a good thing though since I think it would be quite boring if I knew how it was going to end. I also loved how they added in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë into Jane’s book club. So for those of you who like classics I know you will love M.S Morris’ way of referencing it in the book.
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Lately, I’ve been reading more Mystery, Suspense and Thriller novels, and The Red Room did not disappoint. Margarita and Steve Morris have made me a little detective throughout the entire book.
I found myself second guessing on what would happened throughout the book. I’ve had plenty of ideas on where it could go but I found out I was wrong. Dead wrong. I was quite shocked at how it all played out since my earlier ideas/thought process of where I thought it would go was not what I expected. That’s a good thing though since I think it would be quite boring if I knew how it was going to end. I also loved how they added in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë into Jane’s book club. So for those of you who like classics I know you will love M.S Morris’ way of referencing it in the book.
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December 27, 2018
Good read
I read this book in one sitting. I truly was drawn into the storyline right from the start. If I have one complaint it would be my own confusion. Without giving the ending away, I was left wondering why. I will look for other books by this author.
I read this book in one sitting. I truly was drawn into the storyline right from the start. If I have one complaint it would be my own confusion. Without giving the ending away, I was left wondering why. I will look for other books by this author.
October 15, 2018
I received an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review
Fun little domestic thriller-intriguing twist, strong characters, unexpected ending. A solid four stars- perfect for a cold day in
Fun little domestic thriller-intriguing twist, strong characters, unexpected ending. A solid four stars- perfect for a cold day in
December 12, 2018
I received a copy of the red room from netgalley after reading the plot synopsis and believing it would be my cup of tea, I’ve read somewhat mixed reviews and started the book not knowing what to expect- I actually really enjoyed it. We meet Jane who is quiet, timid and happy with her own company, she lives just outside Leeds in a quiet and isolated cottage not far from a small village with her husband Adam who commutes to London every Monday until Friday for work which leaves Jane alone in their cottage Monday to Friday, they relocated here after living in London as something terrible happened to Jane at their previous house in London which she can’t recall but remembers the room it happened in as the red room. she strikes up a friendship with three other women from the village nearby who are Diane a retired teacher, Cath who owns the villages small shop and Bridget the vicars wife, they soon firm a good friendship and start a weekly book club which Jane keeps a secret from her husband Adam as strangely he dosen’t like or want Jane to mix with or get to know the locals, therefor Jane meets her new friends during the week while Adam is working in London, one morning a mysterious letter arrives and Jane opens it without realising it’s actually a letter for Adam, she is obviously quite shocked to see the letter states Adam has been left a large sum of money from a Victoria? Jane is confused as they don’t know a Victoria... soon curiosity gets the better and she decides to investigate who this Victoria is and why she left a large sum of money to James husband. Curiosity definitely killed the cat in this one, I don’t think Jane was quite prepared for the secrets that Adam has been keeping from her. I surprisingly enjoyed this book and eagerly raced through desperate to find out who Victoria is and what secrets Adam is hiding from Jane, I rated four stars as I did find the ending a bit unrealistic and the ending was unexpected, however I still thoroughly enjoyed the story non the less.
October 20, 2018
Jane and Adam Harvey have received an invitation to a New Year’s Eve party at their neighbor’s, Diana and Michael Potts. Adam wants to decline the invitation saying Jane gets nervous in crowds. But Jane insists that they go. Adam works in London during the week and Jane is at home alone. They have lived here for seven years and they don’t know anyone. Jane feels she needs some friends.
Just at midnight at the party, Jane has a flash back where all she sees is red blood. It’s the Red Room again and she passes out. Solicitous of Jane, Adam asks her if she remembers anything before she fainted. She just remembered the smell of blood, being covered in blood, and someone saying, “you can’t do that.” This evidently occurred in their home in Oxford in what was a room with red walls that they called the Red Room. When Adam found her in this state, and not knowing what happened, they moved to this home out in the country. Here, it is a small town and they live just on the outskirts.
Everyone was so kind to Jane at the New Year’s Eve party so when some of the ladies asked her to join a book club, she accepts. They decide to read Jane Eyre. In the book, the “other” Jane is locked in a red room where she also passes out. This scares Jane. Being with the other ladies is good for her and they are nice to her.
But when Jane accidentally opens some mail meant for Adam, she is shocked and begins to think that her husband is not the man she thought he was. Sneaking into his desk and on his computer turns up some shocking things and she is determined to get to the bottom of it.
This is a quick read and I was surprised at the ending. But to read about this helpless, pitiful woman was simply frustrating. The story is interesting though so I’m sure readers will enjoy it.
Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Just at midnight at the party, Jane has a flash back where all she sees is red blood. It’s the Red Room again and she passes out. Solicitous of Jane, Adam asks her if she remembers anything before she fainted. She just remembered the smell of blood, being covered in blood, and someone saying, “you can’t do that.” This evidently occurred in their home in Oxford in what was a room with red walls that they called the Red Room. When Adam found her in this state, and not knowing what happened, they moved to this home out in the country. Here, it is a small town and they live just on the outskirts.
Everyone was so kind to Jane at the New Year’s Eve party so when some of the ladies asked her to join a book club, she accepts. They decide to read Jane Eyre. In the book, the “other” Jane is locked in a red room where she also passes out. This scares Jane. Being with the other ladies is good for her and they are nice to her.
But when Jane accidentally opens some mail meant for Adam, she is shocked and begins to think that her husband is not the man she thought he was. Sneaking into his desk and on his computer turns up some shocking things and she is determined to get to the bottom of it.
This is a quick read and I was surprised at the ending. But to read about this helpless, pitiful woman was simply frustrating. The story is interesting though so I’m sure readers will enjoy it.
Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
October 5, 2018
2.5
This was ok, some good and some bad. It did stall in places. When I first started reading and I came across lines like:
“No one has ever written me before...My first letter”
“I have never been to a party before”
“I don’t like crowds. Or at least, I don’t think I do.”
I think immediately child, abused wife, or nitwit. None of them being a draw to keep the pages flying. But this is not the case as it is amnesia which may actually be even worse. I read somewhere that amnesia (especially where you cannot recall anything from your past vs. just blocking out a specific timeframe) is pretty rare. You wouldn’t know it by the amount of times I’ve come across it as a plot device lately. Moving on...
The characters could have been fleshed out a bit more. The overall plot was intriguing. The writing was quite good. There were some twists and surprises. The conclusion wasn’t all that satisfying. By that, I mean that it doesn’t seem plausible regardless of how remote you are or sheltered... If you need a thriller that is based on a realistic reveal this may not be for you. Overall, it was a decent way to occupy my free day.
Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and Xpresso Book Tours for a copy in exchange for a review.
This was ok, some good and some bad. It did stall in places. When I first started reading and I came across lines like:
“No one has ever written me before...My first letter”
“I have never been to a party before”
“I don’t like crowds. Or at least, I don’t think I do.”
I think immediately child, abused wife, or nitwit. None of them being a draw to keep the pages flying. But this is not the case as it is amnesia which may actually be even worse. I read somewhere that amnesia (especially where you cannot recall anything from your past vs. just blocking out a specific timeframe) is pretty rare. You wouldn’t know it by the amount of times I’ve come across it as a plot device lately. Moving on...
The characters could have been fleshed out a bit more. The overall plot was intriguing. The writing was quite good. There were some twists and surprises. The conclusion wasn’t all that satisfying. By that, I mean that it doesn’t seem plausible regardless of how remote you are or sheltered... If you need a thriller that is based on a realistic reveal this may not be for you. Overall, it was a decent way to occupy my free day.
Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and Xpresso Book Tours for a copy in exchange for a review.
March 25, 2021
Whilst Adam works in the City during the week, wife Jane, alone in their cottage in the Yorkshire countryside, busies herself every day with the mundane tasks of cleaning, cooking, shopping - she has no friends, she barely talks to the lady at the local village shop a mile away, though they've lived there for seven years.
She's totally stunned when one day she receives an envelope addressed to her as she never receives any post. It's an invitation to a New Year's Eve party.
Straight away I had so many questions - why do they live so far from London, why has she no friends, why does she not have a job and why does she not receive any mail?
At the Party Jane has a flashback of another party and in another room - a Red Room - this starts her on a journey to discover why and where.
There is a lot to enjoy in this story as Jane changes from being a shy, indecisive young woman who doesn't talk to anyone but her husband, to someone who starts to make new friends and new interests, and the tension and her confidence builds as her need to find out about the Red Room intensifies.
The Red Room is a well-paced thriller that kept me turning the pages and kept me guessing till the end.
She's totally stunned when one day she receives an envelope addressed to her as she never receives any post. It's an invitation to a New Year's Eve party.
Straight away I had so many questions - why do they live so far from London, why has she no friends, why does she not have a job and why does she not receive any mail?
At the Party Jane has a flashback of another party and in another room - a Red Room - this starts her on a journey to discover why and where.
There is a lot to enjoy in this story as Jane changes from being a shy, indecisive young woman who doesn't talk to anyone but her husband, to someone who starts to make new friends and new interests, and the tension and her confidence builds as her need to find out about the Red Room intensifies.
The Red Room is a well-paced thriller that kept me turning the pages and kept me guessing till the end.
October 10, 2018
I received this book, in exchange for an honest review.
First off I want to start by saying although I have only given this book 4 stars, I would still recommend it as a read.
Firstly I must say that how Jane was acting in the first part of the book drove me insane and how Adam seemed to treat her. I almost felt like I wanted to shout at her and tell her have more sense and not be so compliant.
As the book went on it had me gripped as I really wanted to find out what happened in the red room.
This story had it's up and downs and made me want to keep turning the pages. So in my opinion that's what makes a great book. As then I know it has me gripped.
As the story went on I did get more of a feel for the characters.
I will definitely read more books from these authors in the future.
First off I want to start by saying although I have only given this book 4 stars, I would still recommend it as a read.
Firstly I must say that how Jane was acting in the first part of the book drove me insane and how Adam seemed to treat her. I almost felt like I wanted to shout at her and tell her have more sense and not be so compliant.
As the book went on it had me gripped as I really wanted to find out what happened in the red room.
This story had it's up and downs and made me want to keep turning the pages. So in my opinion that's what makes a great book. As then I know it has me gripped.
As the story went on I did get more of a feel for the characters.
I will definitely read more books from these authors in the future.
July 29, 2025
"Jane likes the quiet life, living in a cottage on the edge of a small village in Yorkshire.
Her husband works in London during the week and comes home at the weekends.
Jane thinks she has the perfect life."
A book that feels almost mundane during the first few chapters of Jane's life until you and her question what happened in The Red Room 7 years ago, why is she hiding in Yorkshire scared of everything and everyone. And although her husband Adam tells her stories of her life before the move why cannot she remember anything?!
Then Jane meets a few new friends and memories start coming back.....
Oh my goodness I raced through this book in 2 days, I just could not wait to re-enter the Red Room with her and face her fears and begin to live again.
Beautifully written and told with a sympathetic view of Jane, rather than painting her as a victim and a brilliant ending too.
Her husband works in London during the week and comes home at the weekends.
Jane thinks she has the perfect life."
A book that feels almost mundane during the first few chapters of Jane's life until you and her question what happened in The Red Room 7 years ago, why is she hiding in Yorkshire scared of everything and everyone. And although her husband Adam tells her stories of her life before the move why cannot she remember anything?!
Then Jane meets a few new friends and memories start coming back.....
Oh my goodness I raced through this book in 2 days, I just could not wait to re-enter the Red Room with her and face her fears and begin to live again.
Beautifully written and told with a sympathetic view of Jane, rather than painting her as a victim and a brilliant ending too.
November 6, 2018
I thoroughly enjoyed the premise and really think this novel could have been elevated just a bit with a more creep factor. There was some creepiness, but not enough for my tastes and what I expected from the synopsis. I want stories like this to haunt me after the fact and that didn’t really happen here.
With that being said, I think that on all other aspects the writing duo of M S Morris really delivered. Their writing seemed effectively controlled and you couldn’t tell you were reading two peoples words.
This is a ride in which you will have many different guesses as to what is happening and you probably won’t guess what is actually happening at all. Not a huge crazy surprise, but just not predictable either.
With that being said, I think that on all other aspects the writing duo of M S Morris really delivered. Their writing seemed effectively controlled and you couldn’t tell you were reading two peoples words.
This is a ride in which you will have many different guesses as to what is happening and you probably won’t guess what is actually happening at all. Not a huge crazy surprise, but just not predictable either.
December 9, 2021
This was impossible to put down. From the start I was intrigued on Jane's story, written in the first person, which made it all the more personal and powerful, and the more I read the more I wanted to read. A highly recommended read!
November 5, 2018
Sometimes I get to a point where I feel bogged down in a certain genre and need a change. That is when a Mystery/Suspense/Thriller is always my go-to. I feel like they make me think and help get my mind off of things more than any other genre.
There is a great balance between the storyline and characters and the actual psychological element. I found myself on the edge of my seat anticipating the next surprise.
I liked that it was a bit darker, but not too dark and not a gory creepy thriller in that aspect.
There is a great balance between the storyline and characters and the actual psychological element. I found myself on the edge of my seat anticipating the next surprise.
I liked that it was a bit darker, but not too dark and not a gory creepy thriller in that aspect.
October 18, 2018
Something is awakening inside me, something is struggling to break free. I do not know if I am ready to allow it.
Terrible.
Terrible.
May 23, 2021
As a huge fan of Jane Eyre, I loved how M.S. Morris wove elements of the novel into The area Room.
Readers follow Jane, a seemingly frail and timid woman and wife of Adam as she realizes that her husband is keeping secrets from her. With newfound strength thanks to her new book club friends, Jane courageously decides to find out what Adam has been hiding.
Overall, a quick and fun read!
Readers follow Jane, a seemingly frail and timid woman and wife of Adam as she realizes that her husband is keeping secrets from her. With newfound strength thanks to her new book club friends, Jane courageously decides to find out what Adam has been hiding.
Overall, a quick and fun read!
April 25, 2023
Compelling
I enjoyed this book but I didn’t like the ending! I found myself almost desperate to get to the end to find out why Jane had no memory of her life before the move to Yorkshire but I felt that the ending was rushed almost and too simplistic- there’s no way that it could have really happened but I suppose it’s fiction! Well worth a read though
I enjoyed this book but I didn’t like the ending! I found myself almost desperate to get to the end to find out why Jane had no memory of her life before the move to Yorkshire but I felt that the ending was rushed almost and too simplistic- there’s no way that it could have really happened but I suppose it’s fiction! Well worth a read though
October 18, 2018
This psychological thriller, with its well drawn and believable characters, will draw you into the intriguing plot. It is a real page turner and will keep you wondering and I never could have guessed the ending.
April 7, 2019
A psychological thriller with an obedient wife and a seemingly perfect husband. Their perfect life in a small village completely changes due to one letter in the mail. I wish the ending was different, but overall I really enjoyed this book.
July 22, 2025
Heartwarming, eventually.
The red room had me initially confused, but very quickly turned into a page turner. With twists and turns that leave the main character Jane searching for answers. A good read with a heartwarming ending.
The red room had me initially confused, but very quickly turned into a page turner. With twists and turns that leave the main character Jane searching for answers. A good read with a heartwarming ending.
October 26, 2018
This was different for sure! Kind of slow moving until about 1/3rd of the way in. However there was great character building in the beginning. I was not expecting the outcome. WOW!
January 15, 2021
A compelling read
I enjoyed this book very much,very intriguing at times ,but flat in others .Much prefer the Oxford police thrillers looking forward to the next one
I enjoyed this book very much,very intriguing at times ,but flat in others .Much prefer the Oxford police thrillers looking forward to the next one
February 20, 2021
A Standalone by The Team of M.S.Morris...Taken Back/Puzzled/A Great Addition to my Collection of Their Books...I gifted a few..;)
May 21, 2021
Far fetched
Jane is a silly airhead and to think she ends up staying with her psychopathic husband is ridiculous. Avoid this book at all costs.
Jane is a silly airhead and to think she ends up staying with her psychopathic husband is ridiculous. Avoid this book at all costs.
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