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The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley


Rating:

4 Stars


Themes:

Thriller, Mystery, Audiobook


Thoughts:

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. By the time I came to read this book I had forgotten what I’d read in the blurb so I went in sort of blind and that opening instantly set me up for what was to come and caught my attention from the off. There are some great twists and turns throughout so even though I thought I had predicted the victim at first I started to doubt myself (turned out I was right) and I couldn’t predict how they ended up dead.Francesca and Owen were insufferable characters to me but that shows great writing when other characters felt so likeable to me. The birds  as a concept had me confused at first as to what they could be and where the superstition came from but turned out really well done and I was super impressed with it/them by the end. I listened to the audiobook version of this and the multiple narrators helped me to keep all the different POV’s in order in my brain, especially with there being multiple timelines to keep a track of too. 


Favourite Quote:

“Turns out a leopard doesn’t change its spots, even if it’s covered them up with some wellness bullshit and white linen.”


With thanks to HarperCollins UK Audio and Netgalley for my advanced digital copy of this book.

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