Not what I thought it would be, but disturbingly good!

Synopsis

When Emily was offered a new job in London, she was sure that her life was about to change – new friends, a career in the big city and the boyfriend she always wanted.

Her new life turns out to be more complicated than she expected. Her flat mates don’t understand her. Her colleagues mock everything about her. Even her father doesn’t support her. The only person who offers her any encouragement is David.

He’s married. He’s her manager. To Emily it’s clear that they have something special. As their relationship develops, everyone seems to want to sabotage their chances.

But some things are meant to be…

My review

How a synopsis can be deceptive! This story was not what I thought!

Emily starts a new job in London, ready to change her life.
But it all just isn’t as easy how she thought. She’s having troubles with bonding with her new flat mates, her colleagues don’t seem to like her at all, and her father still thinks she’s going to fail.
Only her manager David seems to really care about her and soon Emily finds herself attracted to him.

Through the most part of the story, I felt real pity for Emily. She’s just trying to do her very best and apparently nobody seems to appreciate her efforts.
Being the new girl in town, is not the best situation for her. She’s a bit shy, trying to proof she’s capable of doing her job.

I see a lot of my former self in Emily: shy, insecure, even a little bit suspicious.
But you also see that Emily is not easily put down or doesn’t know what to do in awkward situations.
She stands up for herself and would let anyone bully her away!

About halfway the story, the atmosphere changes…
when Emily starts to develop feelings for David, she is sure he is feeling the same about her, but as he is married, he must act very cautious.

As her emotions take the upper hand, her work is suffering as she starts to miss signs that her cases are slipping back into their addictions.

This book was a bit a hard start for me, maybe because I saw me too much in it (but no worries, I’ve grown up a lot and am not a shy, insecure girl anymore ☺️).
But you see  how the situation is deteriorating for the worse, and you have the need to know how bad it all gets.
Even if you think there is no positive ending for Emily, you secretly hope that it will all get better somehow…

So after a rather rough start, I quickly couldn’t put the book away and I think that this is the actual purpose of a book!