A BED OF
KNIVES BY ELIZABETH JASPER
Published March 29th 2012
A Bed of Knives - contemporary romance with an edge.Friendship can get complicated when you start to fancy the guys you hang out with. When Eddie suggests a night out to celebrate the end of their final exams, four friends look forward to the evening with different expectations.Fast forward 5 years. Gina and Rose rescue Spider from living rough in Oxford. Is this enough to bring all four of them together again and will their friendship survive the revelations of the following days?
I really
enjoyed this book once I got over the initials chapters were everyone was
introduced and the first jump in time. It switches between the POVs of the four
main characters and jumps from present to five years ago to the last days they
were all together. It’s a very captivating book, I really wanted to see how
things would turn out for them and at some points I felt like yelling “why do
you do that?” or “How could you” either to a character or the author for making
them go through it…
Gina, Spider,
Rose and Eddie were college friends and all had big plans after graduation
starting off with a night out that changed their lives.
You see,
“A” loves “B”, but “B” is pinning after “C”, who loves “D”, and “D” actually
loves “C” but there’s “B” to think about….
Five years
later, the four of them still carry scars from that night and following events.
None of them could let go of the feelings they had and one forced them back
together…
The story
is well written and planned. Is easy to follow through even with all the jumps
in POVs and time. The emotions are raw and true, the characters believable and
easy to like.
The story is one about love and friendship. Of how we can make it through the hardest times if we’re strong and determined enough. Of how we always must follow our dreams but not get so lost in them we lose ourselves. And also of how our dreams sometimes aren’t what we really want or what’s best for of. Each of the characters has a unique story that leaves you with something, each goes for a different road and troubles in their path.
I’d have
loved if there were more to Rose and Eddie’s stories and POVs or more to the
ending, it felt a little bit rushed but as it is, the book is a great
standalone about friendship and life, it’s twist and turns and how love can fix
our biggest mistakes.
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Hi Cyny
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your very kind review. I really do appreciate the time and trouble taken. I am planning a sequel to take the stories of Rose and Eddie, Gina and Spider forward, but this won't be available until later in 2013 as I have two other books to complete before then.
Thank you once again.
Cheers!
-Liz (Elizabeth Jasper)
Hey Liz!
DeleteNo problems! I really enjoyed it :)
And that's awesome news! I'm looking foward to it.
Cyny