I should have paid attention more fully, I didn’t realise on Net Galley the publishers were only offering an exclusive first chapter, all this has done is frustrate me until I can get my hands on the entire book.

This starts with a hostage situation.

It’s told in only the professional way a talented author can tell for her readers to actually feel scared in amongst all the mayhem.


I can’t wait to read more. Thank you Hodder & Stoughton but I need more!

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

My review is based on a sampler but when I read the whole book I will update. This tale focuses on a shooting that has occurred at a pro choice clinic. George has shot the doctor, staff and holding Wren hostage. The hostage negotiator, Hugh, is talking him down but his priority is not for George but for Wreb, his daughter.

From the get go I was immersed in Jodi’s emotive points of view and once I had established the characters it was over because it was a sneaky sampler which has got me ready to preorder the whole book on release

I love Jodi Picoult's books and have read all of them! The stories are magnificiently told and this one doesn't appear to be any different! The first chapter set the scene of a hostage situation at a medical centre. I think because I knew it was only one chapter, I didn't let myself get drawn in as much as I would normally have done, but it did get my attention from the beginning and by the end of the sampler I was keen to carry on reading.

Can't wait until this one is released!

A Spark of Light by Jodi Picolt is a story of people caught up in a hostage situation in a medical centre.
I did not realise that I had only been given an ARC of the first chapter of this book.and I would really like to read more to see how the story progresses.

What a teaser!! Can't wait for this book to be released. Have read all of Jodi Picoults books and am a huge fan.
Thank you to Netgalley and the author for the ARC.

Have been waiting for this book since, and after reading this chapter I am even more impatient for its release! Brilliant start to a novel, pulls you into the characters and the controversial storyline quickly.

At the women's reproductive health services clinic - known respectively from both sides as The Centre - the day starts off normally enough, protestors barricade the outside, whilst desperate women seek the care within, and amongst this every day turmoil, a distraught gunman bursts in; opening fire and taking everybody hostage.

I was fortunate enough to get an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

And honest you will get. Because Jodi Picoult's writing feels just that; honest. In this novel she takes a controversial subject, gives the reader all sides and viewpoints in a sensitive, timely narrative, and still gives it that special Picoult flair that keeps the reader immersed in a tough subject. I think my favourite thing about Picoult's books is that she doesn't choose sides, she keeps wrapped up in her main role of storyteller; and allows the reader to form their own opinions, sparking debate and conversation about her entire range of books.

The characters inside this book are so complex, their beliefs and choices as opposite as could possibly be, and yet they are all thrown into this high-stake hostage situation where they all want the same thing; to escape with their lives. As these array of unforgettable, enthralling characters bond with each other, the reader sees the countdown of hours during the ongoing chapters until we see what bought each individual to The Centre in the first place, each reason and opinion as valid as the next.

I will be purchasing this book.

.... and breath. I felt as if I held my breath reading each word of this sample. I rarely read sample chapters. When they are at the end of a book I skip it. I just can’t deal with waiting for release day. However this author with her writing has helped me through so much in my life. When I feel low I grab my kindle or one of her paperbacks and I feel her words. It truly has helped me. Coincidentally I just saw this sample on Net Galley and knew I needed to read it. I did read and as much as that ending has me in a tizzy I can’t wait to read the full story.

What a start to a book. I seriously feel as if I’ve read a book and it ended in a cliffhanger. There was so much to read about in the sample. I’m not even sure I could pick a character I want to know more about. I NEED to know more about them all. Each character has so much more to tell us.

That ending. Wow. How am I going to wait until release day to read more?? Really hope the full book goes up on Net Galley as I’m not a patient person.

I have read each of this authors books. I’ve re read each of them several times. Each book has so much meaning. The words are felt rather than read.
What I’ve read of this story so far is faultless. Can’t wait to read more.