What They Say:
At a bleak boys’ boarding school in Cornwall in the eighties when bullying is rife, Will and his best friend, Luke, are involved in a horrific incident that results in Luke leaving.
Twenty-five years later their paths cross again and memories of a painful childhood come flooding back to haunt them both.
Will’s wife, Harmony, is struggling after a miscarriage that has hit her hard, and wishes Will would open up about what happened. But as Will withdraws further, she finds herself drawn to the charismatic stranger from her husband’s past, Luke, and soon all three are caught in a tangled web of guilt and desire . . .
From Amanda Jennings, author of The Cliff House, comes a haunting thriller about betrayal and revenge.
What I Say:
It's hard to put my thoughts on The Judas Tree in to words.
The story is so complex and full of emotion that it seeps into your pores and becomes a part of you.
Hurt, heartache and childhood trauma are at the heart, along with characters that will haunt you. It's dark but hopeful and I genuinely don't think I have to vocabulary to make sense of my thoughts. I hate when that happens.
I was lucky enough to have read this book back when it was first published as The Judas Scar. It was one of my first review books and I've been a fan of Amanda Jennings ever since. I decided to ignore that fact and read this as if it was brand new to me. I'm very glad I did as I got to experience it for the first time again. I remember being very emotional and haunted when I first read it but I have healed a lot since then. I didn't take the story so personally this time and I loved it even more.
The themes in The Judas Tree are dark and compelling and Amanda has woven a complex and disturbing story that you won't be able to stop once you start. 10/10
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