The Wrong Move by Jennifer Savin
YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THE PERFECT FLAT...
When Jessie moves into a flatshare at Maver Place, she’s finally found a decent place to live.
And when she’s befriended by fellow tenants Lauren and Sofie, she’s got great flatmates to share it with.
You think she’s safe. You think she can trust these people.
You’re wrong.
When you flatshare, how well do you really know the people that you’re living with?
JENNIFER SAVIN is an award-winning journalist and currently Features Writer at Cosmopolitan. Jennifer has a particular passion for investigative journalism – something which has found her in all manner of situations, from going undercover to share a tiny bedroom with a stranger for 10 days while tackling the housing crisis, to going undercover to expose the ‘landloards’ offering vulnerable women free rent in exchange for sex.
The Wrong Move is her debut novel.
You can follow Jennifer on Twitter @JenniSavin
and Instagram @savcity
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“Completely and utterly gripping” - OK!
“Savin’s writing is bold, exact and utterly compelling” - ELLE”
Review
Now I have to admit that I haven’t lived in a shared house. Didn’t have to through uni as I lived at home and then it became my place. The thought of a flatshare feels me with ‘the fear’ and Jennifer’s story doesn’t help with that! This is a chilling tale of not knowing who your flat mates are and what the consequences could be!
This book is chilling, nail biting and throughout you are questioning Jessie’s feelings and thoughts. Is she an unreliable narrator or is she really experiencing all these frightening events?! Her character was really well researched, especially when it comes to her relationship with her abusive ex. I can imagine a lot of people relating to her on this level. Especially as she begins to trust life and people again she get sucked into this flatshare. I also liked the character of Sofie as she is very relatable as well - trying to find yourself but in the process changing yourself for a man! I think every person has done that at some time. The same with Lauren, except she wants to get people to like her as she is extremely lonely.
Towards the end of the book I did guess who was behind the bad things happening to Jessie but I still felt some empathy for them. To go through their own ‘event’ must have been extremely challenging in itself. Don’t get me wrong I’m not condoning their actions but you can understand the fragility of their mind.
This was an enjoyable if uncomfortable read at times (in a good way though!) as the writing really brought the anxiety and fear to the forefront of the story!
