The Girl With No Past - Kathryn Croft

(5 / 5)

AWESOME BOOK!!! I absolutely DEVOURED it! I adore psychological thrillers when they are done well. I LOVE being surprised by awesome twists and turns! So when I saw a LOT of my friends rate this book highly, I had to give it a go. I recognised the authors name and realised that Kathryn Croft also wrote The Stranger Within, which I read earlier this year and thought was fantastic, so I was very excited to read this one.

Leah is a bit of a hermit. She lives alone and doesn’t have any friends. She lives the way she does because of an event in her past. Something that she did when she was younger that she cant escape from. So she has lived her life quietly with guilt and in shame because of her actions. Living a mundane existence, she believes that her past may finally be behind her as she takes the plunge and reaches out to make a romantic connection with somebody, something she hasn’t done for a very long time. However, her past quickly catches up with her when she begins to receive messages and is tormented by somebody who doesn’t want her to forget…

GREAT psychological thriller!!! Masterfully woven together into an absolutely fantastic story. It got me totally hooked from the start. I was completely intrigued. We don’t know much about Leah’s past, and slowly start to get glimpses of it every few chapters as the story progresses until the truth comes out. And then just when you think that you have all the excitement that the book has to offer, BAM another twist and you are left shell shocked!

It had a bit of a more mature, non-slasher “I know what you did last summer” vibe which was fantastic! I loved trying to figure out who the bad guy/girl was, whilst trying to figure out what she had done in the past. I was absolutely sucked in and couldn’t get enough of this book!

The characters were fantastic! Leah was the star of the book obviously. As we begin to get an understanding of her character and personality, why she is the way, she is she is extremely likeable despite her flaws. You find yourself caring about what is happening to her even though you have no idea what she was previously involved in. The other characters in the book were fantastic! Both in the past and present. There were not too many characters either which I enjoyed. I find I tend to read so fast that I often forget who is who, so she made it easy for me! Especially because I read this book so quickly because I was totally hooked!

I loved the way this book was written. I went back and forth to Leah’s past and present so naturally. Her writing style is superb. I see it being compared to “gone girl”… Everything is being compared to that bloody book! I think this was far superior. I also think it would make a fantastic movie! This is another one with potential to be HUGE and I really hope it is.

Would I recommend it?

YES YES YES YES YES!!! Go read it! In fact, grab The Girl With No Past HERE (Its less than 2 bucks on amazon at the moment! BARGAIN!!!)

Many thanks to Kathryn Croft via NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review. And also a massive thanks to all my GoodReads friends who kept recommending it to me!