From a joyous moment to a complete nightmare

Synopsis

She’s on trial for murder… Now it’s her turn to tell her story…

#The truth is that I loved James with my whole heart. We were soulmates: meant to be together forever. On the morning of our wedding, I had just found out I was carrying his child.

But it’s time to tell my side of the story. It’s time everyone knew what happened on that wedding day, on our honeymoon, and on that fateful last drive together. It’s time everyone found out about the secrets and about the threat that loomed over our marriage. It’s time everyone found out who really killed James.

And I need everyone to believe me. To believe I’m not a killer. Because if they don’t, then my baby won’t just have no father… she’ll have no mother.

My review

Daisy and James finally got married after being together for years. But their married life is cut short as right after the honeymoon, James disappears on their drive back home, only to be found dead later on.
Being heartbroken, Daisy keeps on looking for answers, especially now that she is carrying James’ child. And slowly Daisy realizes that there were secrets kept hidden, and those secrets would threat the bubble of happiness that Daisy wanted to create with James…
A threat that would end up with Daisy on trial for murder… 

As this is an author I didn’t know before, it was the blurb that made me read this book. Because just from those few words, I just needed to know if Daisy murdered James, or did Daisy murder someone else? Or was she being framed?
So many questions I had, so I just had to pick this book up and read it! 

I found it initially a bit strange, as we get to know Daisy while on trial, talking to her unborn child, writing every detail down. I feared that it would give us tunnel vision, only showing Daisy’s perception of the things and not discover the truth.
But even if we see things only from Daisy’s perspective, we gather enough details to figure out what truly happened. 

While Daisy and James seem perfectly happy, I have to admit that I never truly warmed to James. Not only doesn’t he seem as dedicated to their relationship as Daisy, but his behaviour at moments is truly odd. It’s clearly that he is hiding something, or even more things… 

Yet Daisy is truly in love with James, and trusts him unconditionally. Even when he acts oddly, she gives him time to gather his thoughts and see her perspective too.
From her behaviour, I couldn’t understand how she would end up arrested (no spoiler here, as it’s already mentioned in the blurb that she ahs to stand on trial!).
Especially seeing how devasted  she is after losing James. 

Daisy is adamant on discovering the truth, but she also knows that life has to go on, especially for her child’s sake. So while never actually giving up, she starts to move on. 

The more I was into the story, the more suspicious I got over a certain character. Especially seeing how easily he squeezes himself into Daisy’s life. I had several alarm bells going off in my head and I wanted Daisy to be more careful about who she lets into her fragile life. 

The revelation of the murderer didn’t come as a real surprise, yet the exact details of the motives did. Because it’s clear that James was hiding more than Daisy could ever imagine…
And I was happy to see that my initial fear, before I started to read this book, were unfounded. Although I have to admit that those last pages made me second – guess myself… and that end left me a bit feeling empty – handed… 

But that didn’t take away that this was a gripping thriller, where you don’t know what to expect. And even when you think you may expect something, the author takes you to a whole other direction, leaving you a bit flabbergasted and leaving you with the need to read further.