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Mice by Gordon Reece (Mantle)
Sixteen year old Shelley and her mother move to Honeysuckle cottage in the middle of the countryside, fleeing their fears and anxieties and hoping to put behind them years of suffering at the hands of others.
Shelley has endured terrible bullying from the girls who used to be her best friends, and her mother has been left reeling following a divorce from her selfish, demanding husband. For Shelley and her mother are ‘mice’ – timid, nervous and obliging. And for a while, in their cottage-haven, the women flourish.
But one night, their fragile peace is shattered when Shelley wakes to hear a creak on the stairs. Someone has broken into the house . . .
In the shocking, chilling events that follow, Shelley’s world is turned on its head, as the women find themselves tested as never before. And as their lives spiral out of control, the tension reaches fever pitch, and Shelley begins to wonder: if she and her mother are not mice after all, then what are they?
I am an avid reader and prefer to read and enjoy rather than to read to finish. I am rarely found to read a book in one sitting. This is the exception.
In one fowl swoop this book was devoured, gasped at and stared at wide-eyed at the scene unfolding before me.
16 year-old Shelley is a victim of horrendous bullying at school and one particular heinous act nearly claims her life. Sheltered and shy, Shelley is a bystander to her parents’ divorce and particularly her own life; constantly hiding she is placed into home schooling.
Mice are what she calls her and her mother – shy, trodden on people of this world. They have a club, or so Shelley likes to think. Shelley and her mother move to a secluded cottage in the country where no “cats” can harm these two mice, until one night Shelley hears the fourth stair on the staircase creak. Someone is in the house...
This is where the novel begins to take shape. One terrifying act turns Shelley & her mother's life upside down (Now don’t think I am going to tell you what happened – for those who haven’t read it).
I haven’t read a book like this ever. I was harrowed to the core that I even took to shutting the windows in the house, shutting my bedroom door, setting a trap that would wake me if crossed and clutched to a pair of sewing scissors under my pillow – you never know!
Gordon Reece sets the scene so well you literally watch it unfold in gruesome images and flowing words! I sat on the edge of my bed, couch and deck chair gnawing at my already chewed nails! I paced from one end of the room to the other gasping and shaking my head in disbelief.
This is truly a wonderful and rollercoaster of a read.... I suggest you demand copies; throw a tantrum for a copy to read or if you have to (ironically) kill for one, it is that good!!!
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Sixteen year old Shelley and her mother move to Honeysuckle cottage in the middle of the countryside, fleeing their fears and anxieties and hoping to put behind them years of suffering at the hands of others.
Shelley has endured terrible bullying from the girls who used to be her best friends, and her mother has been left reeling following a divorce from her selfish, demanding husband. For Shelley and her mother are ‘mice’ – timid, nervous and obliging. And for a while, in their cottage-haven, the women flourish.
But one night, their fragile peace is shattered when Shelley wakes to hear a creak on the stairs. Someone has broken into the house . . .
In the shocking, chilling events that follow, Shelley’s world is turned on its head, as the women find themselves tested as never before. And as their lives spiral out of control, the tension reaches fever pitch, and Shelley begins to wonder: if she and her mother are not mice after all, then what are they?
I am an avid reader and prefer to read and enjoy rather than to read to finish. I am rarely found to read a book in one sitting. This is the exception.
In one fowl swoop this book was devoured, gasped at and stared at wide-eyed at the scene unfolding before me.
16 year-old Shelley is a victim of horrendous bullying at school and one particular heinous act nearly claims her life. Sheltered and shy, Shelley is a bystander to her parents’ divorce and particularly her own life; constantly hiding she is placed into home schooling.
Mice are what she calls her and her mother – shy, trodden on people of this world. They have a club, or so Shelley likes to think. Shelley and her mother move to a secluded cottage in the country where no “cats” can harm these two mice, until one night Shelley hears the fourth stair on the staircase creak. Someone is in the house...
This is where the novel begins to take shape. One terrifying act turns Shelley & her mother's life upside down (Now don’t think I am going to tell you what happened – for those who haven’t read it).
I haven’t read a book like this ever. I was harrowed to the core that I even took to shutting the windows in the house, shutting my bedroom door, setting a trap that would wake me if crossed and clutched to a pair of sewing scissors under my pillow – you never know!
Gordon Reece sets the scene so well you literally watch it unfold in gruesome images and flowing words! I sat on the edge of my bed, couch and deck chair gnawing at my already chewed nails! I paced from one end of the room to the other gasping and shaking my head in disbelief.
This is truly a wonderful and rollercoaster of a read.... I suggest you demand copies; throw a tantrum for a copy to read or if you have to (ironically) kill for one, it is that good!!!
Keen on reading this book? Click here to either review the book or purchase your own copy.
Sounds like a fabulous read, doesn't it? Have you read it yet?
Sign up for women24's book club newsletter and stand a chance to win our top ten books from Kalahari.net
