My rating: 6/10 (3 Goodreads stars)
I inititally picked this up with the intention of filling in the V spot on my A-Z Reading challenge. It was much more than a filler-in book however, I actually enjoyed the journey and the deep characterisation quite a lot.
The central character of the book is Margot, a slightly overweight, self-conscious and fairly shy woman, who we follow as she develops a relationship with a shady character by the name of Leon. When we first meet Leon, his partner is dead, having bled to death in his own bathtub.
Now, if this seems like a romance book. never fear, it isn't! I did wonder if I'd picked something up from the wrong section when I started reading it, because I usually only read crime books, and it is true that after the first chapter the 'action' slows down considerably to a slow-burning development of their relationship. But the shocks keep coming, just at a slower pace, and the ending was superb.
This wasn't a book I'd likely read again, because once you've read the ending you've had your pay-off, and any subsequent reading would be marred by the knowledge you have from the end, but I did enjoy it a lot. The deep characterisation was my favourite thing, I felt like I truly got to know Margot, and some of the side characters too, and it was really well plotted - I didn't work out the ending at all on this one, and usually I've got them by half way through, which is a disappointment. But this surprised me, which is something I always enjoy in a book!