Him - blog tour

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Gripping and heart-breaking'

Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request

Dark and addictive’

Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things

‘Gripping and kept me guessing – and so emotionally true’

Sophie Kinsella

HIM

By Clare Empson

Published in paperback original by Orion Fiction on 4th April 2019, priced £7.99

BIG LITTLE LIES MEETS 13 REASONS WHY IN THIS DARK AND SUSPENSFUL DEBUT FROM A STUNNING NEW TALENT

‘You’re stuck there, aren’t you? Right at the end. And I wonder if it might help to go back to the beginning, to put everything in some kind of order?’

Catherine has witnessed something so traumatic that she can’t speak. Or won’t speak. The doctors say the only way forward is to look into her past.

Catherine needs to start with ‘HIM’.

Fifteen years ago, she met Lucian at university and fell into a passionate love affair. They were meant to be together forever. But something happened. Something that destroyed them.

Catherine then married someone else and had two children. She moved on – or so she thought. Now Lucian is back, showing her how different her life could have been.

But going back to the beginning won’t change the ending. In fact, it might be the thing that finally breaks her…

MY REVIEW

Well done to the author on her debut novel, a novel that will stay with people for quite a while. 

The story is told through two points of view. Catherine and Lucian. 

After a traumatic event Catherine has become mute. We don’t know what the event was until much later. While reading this I felt it was like one big puzzle... the more you read of it the more the pieces start coming together. 

After reading the blurb I couldn’t wait to read this. I did think it was dragged out but I still enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to reading more from this author in the future.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Clare Empson is a journalist with a background in national newspapers and has worked as a small business editor, finance correspondent and fashion at the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Express. Clare freelances for The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, the Evening Standard and Tatler amongst others. She currently works as editor/founder of experiential lifestyle website www.countrycalling.co.uk. Him is her debut novel.