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The Fifth Letter

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The book was well written and drew me in from the beginning. The story twisted and turned but as a reader I wasn't sure how it would end and who had written the fifth letter.
I liked the author's style of writing and will definitely read more of her books as and when they are published.

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Really enjoyed this book and how you could relate to each character, shows a lot about friendship and how fickle we can be yet so forgiving also. Great plot and story and had you constantly guessing who wrote that letter, great ending very apt. All in all great read!!!

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The narrative flips between one of the four lead characters, and I found myself frequently losing track of who was talking, and who was who in general.
This is the story of four women clinging to an old friendship and sharing older secrets. The confessions of one to the priest feel like a way for the story to be explained more.
Yes someone ends up in hospital, babies are born but nothing really happens. This for me took me far too long to read about nothing.

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Can close friends from school days keep their friendship going after marriage and children?? Very entertaining book that keeps you on edge waiting for a breaking point. The tension builds so slowly amongst the four friends, you are not really sure what to believe. This tension is expertly written, never too much, but enough to propel the reader forward. Very enjoyable read.

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A good beach read, but not as suspenseful as I would have liked. - A good build up, to an expected big finale, that just never appears!

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This is an easy to read, contemporary novel about four young women, Joni, Deb, Eden and Trina, who were close friends in school and stayed friends as adults, although due to marriage, work, children etc do not see each other so regularly as they used to.

While away on their annual girls reunion they each write an anonymous letter divulging one secret about themselves that the others don’t apparently know. However, an additional fifth letter materialises which reveals a long held resentment and is the catalyst for bad feelings, confessions, arguments and more.

This is a story about secrets, misunderstandings and the lies we tell ourselves as well as those closest to us. All in all, an enjoyable, entertaining novel with twists and turns throughout.

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I found this book a little boring and confusing! It was well written and at times amusing. An easy read but was glad when I had finished it!

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The initial premis was good but unfortunately the story dragged. Nothing wrong with the writing but it failed to deliver..

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What a great book I like to guess where things are going as i'm reading and i failed miserably at guessing any of the twists and turns the story took.
Nicola Moriarty did a great job with this book and i'll look forward to reading more from her in future.
Thanks to Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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I enjoyed this book it was fun to read with a few twists and turns.I was kept hooked until the very end brilliant !!!

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