Having loved Shari Low's previous novels (The Motherhood
Walk of Fame, Why Not and A Brand New Me), I couldn't wait to get my hands on her
latest offering, Temptation Street.
Suze and her husband Karl have always been inseperable, and so have Mel and Karl's brother, Joe. With Suze and Mel being best friends as well, life has always been particularly blissful, with the brothers working with the family business and the inseperable women running their own beauty companies near one another. However, when Karl starts to become quiet, displaying the typical traits of a cheating husband, Suze becomes suspicious. And rather than start snooping around like a regular wife in seach of the truth, she decides to take a step further - and hire a honey trap.
However, things take a turn for the worse when Suze discovers that the results are far more dire than she could have imagined. She wouldn't have expected such an outcome in a million years, and is now forced with an extremely tough decision. To keep quiet about the discovery would mean a lifetime of guilt, but to tell could possibly ruin a marriage...
Finally, Suze decides to come clean, but it's a price she has to pay. And what follows is a series of events that forces both women to take a look at their lives and decide who, and what, is the most important.
With Temptation Street being full of unexpected twists, it's hard to review this book fully without giving too much away. To go into more detail on this would force me to tell too much of the story, and with the first twist happening early on in the book, it's impossible to do this without spoiling it. And right from the start, the book provides a sense of mystery that I really don't wish to ruin for anyone!
The first chapter got me instantly hooked. The couples work well together and instantly you get a sense that something's wrong. Not only that, but someone among them is also up to no good, which will be revealed later on in the book. Suze and Mel are instantly likeable characters, Suze especially. Add to that their colleagues (including mad Josie!) and you have a fabulous cast of supporting characters that help the story flow wonderfully. The twists come together brilliantly at the end, and thestory is so addictive that putting the book down for more than five minutes is hard.
Temptation Street is a tale of suspicion, tried friendships and of course, the theme of relationships in a time of crisis. Shari's wit and humour shine through, which has made each of her books simply unputdownable - Temptation Street included. I can't wait for what she has to offer next!
Rating: 5/5
