The Pledge by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett - Thriller Book Review

This was a gripping thriller that had me on the edge of my seat at times and anxious to come to the conclusion.

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Thea is celebrating a huge career win when she receives a coded invitation to a private island. Intrigued, she hops on a private jet to find herself surrounded by the rich and famous – a pop singer, a model, 4 of the richest people in the world, a journalist, a prince and…her husband. The owner of the island, Olga not-so-subtly threatens them into taking “the pledge” – an agreement to invest half their amassed fortunes for the good of the planet, but at the sake of their own companies. Then the next morning she turns up dead. With all the staff on the island sent away, their phones sealed away, and the harbour gates shut, they have no way off the island. And which one of them is the killer?

The characters are brilliantly written, especially the most despicable ones – my skin was crawling at the descriptions of the prince, he’s such an unredeemable character!

The little cliques that develop are so interesting. It’s something of a study into human nature – who will side with whom and why?

The book was well-paced. As Thea investigates, just when things start to slow down, something new drops – such as a chandelier…on a person. The only thing that bothered me a little about the book was that there were parts that you had to suspend your disbelief for – such as why no one ever really seems to catch Thea for her snooping, despite being on a tiny private island, and why the characters’ entourages agree to let them go alone, and let them be left alone. It seems unlikely, but it makes the book even more isolating.

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In the end, it was a good conclusion and a story I really enjoyed.

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publishers for an ARC of this book.