Suzie and George are flying to Tenerife for a holiday to celebrate their second wedding anniversary. Susie is a nervous woman who has suffered two miscarriages and wishes for another baby. She recently won a large sum of money, but at her parents’ request, she is keeping it all in her name. Why? Because George recently got drunk at a party and started making out with a young woman whose friends took pictures and posted them on social media. That incident plus a large amount of gambling debt that he built, has him on a short leash with Suzie.

Secretly, George is not such an innocent as he tells Suzie. He is angry that she will not put the money in both their names. This means he has little to spend as he pays off his gambling debts.

Suzie is a staunch Catholic with her religion leading her life. George, on the other hand, had a bad experience as a child with an evil priest and he is very bitter toward the church. Can their marriage be saved?

This book is a (tongue-in-cheek) riot. George is a total jerk who thinks he is the best thing any woman could want and wouldn’t know how to be faithful if he tried…which he doesn’t. Suzie, on the other hand, is a simple, naive, and easily led woman. Both of them made me roll my eyes. The story is well-written and the characters made me chuckle. The ending is a big WOW. Looking forward to reading more by this author.

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John Nicholl is an author that once you have read one of his books you will be gripped. Every book I have read by him has been a 5 star read and his latest book called The Holiday by John Nicholl was no different. Once I opened my kindle and read a few pages I wanted to go back to Tenerife, sit by a pool and read this book. What a perfect setting that would be!!!! But I can dream of the sun on my skin......and this book will have to do!

"As I board the plane, all I can feel is hope and excitement. One whole week away. Just me and the man I have promised to be with forever. Time to repair what has been broken. Maybe even try for another baby, and pray that this time it doesn’t end heartbreakingly. I just need to not think about what George has done. He’s my husband. And this is the holiday where we make things right.

But, then I realise he can’t take his eyes off the beautiful woman who’s just boarded the plane in front of me…......."

Who is this beautiful woman?

I have a bad feeling about her............she looks innocent but there is something about her I can not get out of my mind!

I was not wrong this book was brilliant with lots of twists and turns throughout and a very clever ending!!! Hats off to you John - This was excellent.

I can't recommend this book enough. It was brilliant!

Big thank you to NetGalley #Boldworld Books and the author #John Nicholl for my ARC of The Holiday in exchange for an honest review.

The Holiday is well crafted psychological thriller full of despicable characters. Characters who have you glued to the page making this book unputdownable.

An intricately plotted thriller that had me guessing until the very end. Gripping from start to finish

Fantastic book - I loved this so much A clearly unhappy couple who are clinging on the their
marriage set of on a holiday hoping that this will bring them together .....
When much money is involved then anything can happen and it does!
Great read, i absolutely loved this twisting thriller.

I really enjoyed this latest offering from author John Nicholl. “The Holiday” is a gripping thriller is a gripping psychological thriller featuring Suzie and George Reynolds who have a very turbulent marriage. Full of deception, betrayal and secrets as we learn more about this unlikeable couple. George and Suzie are on holiday in the Canary Islands and trying to rescue what remains of their troubled marriage.

John Nicholl paints a bleak picture of this couples marriage as he highlights Suzie’s insecurities and George’s endless list of flaws ranging from gambling to infidelity. For some strange reason Suzie appears to want to recapture whatever they had before as she remains fully committed to their failing relationship. She remains hopeful that this holiday could be the kick start their marriage needs. .

Suzie’s sweet dreams are never going to happen though and the holiday swiftly becomes a nightmare. All this is not helped by a beautiful woman on the same holiday who George appears to be transfixed by.

This fast paced novel maybe a little predictable but still I found it impossible to put down as I had to know what happened.

I would like to thank both Netgalley and Boldwood books for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

A clearly unhappy couple begin bickering and taking jabs at each other before they even reach their vacation destination. He cheats and gambles, while she is a strict catholic who has suffered a few recent losses. She has money, he wants it….and so does his mistress.

The Holiday was EXCELLENT, a definite page turner. The writing style was great, easy to follow and the twists were all so unpredictable. I love the dual POV in this one! Highly recommend The Holiday to anyone looking for a twisty thriller!

I struggled at the very beginning of this book. The two married main characters are headed off on vacation. They have a troubled marriage and are hoping this will help their relationship. The constant complaining about each other was a turn off for me. Once I got further into the book it did pick up some.

What I liked:
the flawed characters, even though I didn't actually like them. I don't mind unlikable characters.
The setting was nice and well described.
The twist, even though I guessed from very early on.

What I didn't like:
The Catholic church bashing. Even the devout character was portrayed as over the top with her beliefs.
Too much complaining about the other spouse.

This just wasn't the book for me. I would read other books by this author because I've heard great things about some of his other novels.
2.5 stars rounded up to 3

Thanks to netgalley and Boldwood Books for the arc.

'The Holiday' is the first novel by John Nicholl I have had the pleasure of reading and I have to say, it was an enjoyable, if a little surprising, read!

The storyline starts with a Welsh couple flying out on holiday to the Canary Islands. Wife, Suzie, is a good catholic wife, she is wealthy, but is reluctant to freely share her wealth with husband George, given his traumatic history which has seen him turn to gambling, presumably as a coping mechanism.

On the flight, a beautiful woman (Amelia) is situated close by and while Suzie initially feels jealous and suspects her husband will be drooling at the sight of this woman, once on holiday, they soon become friends. The relationship between Suzie and George can be described as fractious at best, and this novel focuses on the dance around money that is played out between them. The influence of Amelia features heavily in this novel and in some unexpected ways.

There is simplicity in this novel, this was kind of refreshing! Just a good entertaining read!

My thanks to NetGalley, author and publisher for the opportunity to review this book in exchange for an advance copy.

This is good. But in my humble opinion not as good as most of his other works.

I am hoping that this author since his days of being self published isn’t been geared by Publishers to change his previously truly amazing talent that we all loved about his books. One of his abilities that I really really REALLY loved was getting into the distorted mind of the “perverse” character. I realise that can’t be accomplished in every book he writes but this character (or even the inner thoughts of both of them ) would have been great fodder for a reader to behold and draw many of us in.

I’ve never been to Tenerife but my grown adult children have, and I know the author has and it’s beautiful going by photos I’ve seen. So I loved the narrative of the surroundings within the pages of this book, I could mentally envision it.

This couple has tremendous problems within their marriage and some trauma when it came to miscarriages too, and with her husband having a wandering eye doesn’t help or a past affair!

She’s now got money.
He had a problem with money so he can’t be trusted with it, fully understand that.
He’s reliant on her mostly.

Certain things raise up within the chapters that are mostly plain to see where this is leading as the start of it her husband is eying up a woman on the plane so pennies do drop.

I love this authors books. I’m a huge fan. And I’m being a critic maybe? However, it just lacked that certain ‘John Nicholl’ touch we all love.

Please don’t let me sway anyone from reading this as there are many that has given 5* and 4*. My 3* is that I liked it. I didn’t hate it, but for me, I know this authors made of brilliant “stuff”.

#TheHoliday #NetGalley
It was meant to be the perfect getaway…
As I board the plane, all I can feel is hope and excitement. One whole week away. Just me and the man I have promised to be with forever. Time to repair what has been broken. Maybe even try for another baby, and pray that this time it doesn’t end heartbreakingly.
I just need to not think about what George has done. He’s my husband. And this is the holiday where we make things right. But then I realise he can’t take his eyes off the beautiful woman who’s just boarded the plane in front of me… In that moment, everything changes. And nobody is safe.
It was ok.
Thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for giving me an advance copy.

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this book

a psychological thriller that i had hoped i would like more but i did struggle with this one quite a bit...

normally i am a fan of this authors works but this one i found hard going...

Different to my usual book genres but certainly a page turner! I had a good idea the direction the book was going from about half way through, but hadn't predicted the ending.

Well written psychological thriller.

Susie and George are married. Susie has money and George doesn’t. George loathes his wife. George will do anything to secure his future with `Suzies money. Even a holiday away does nothing to ease the tensions and solve George’s money worries.
This book has a twist. Neither of the couple are particularly likeable characters but do they deserve what they get.
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to see a DRC

Suzie is married to George but things are not going well. He has cheated on her, she has had several miscarriages, he has debts, she has money. He wants her money and a divorce but she is catholic and won’t leave him. Something has to give. Will a holiday bring them back together or will it change everything for ever.

The Holiday by John Nicholl was a fast paced read. I read this in one day, essentially one sitting. I felt such loathing for the MMC, however, that I almost DNF this book. He is a detestable character and the dialogue between him and the FMC felt gross to me. His behavior was abusive but it felt even less appealing because of the gullible and ignorant way the FMC acted. On top of that the over-abundance of religion/church bashing dialogue left a bad taste in my mouth. With all this combined, I came very close several times to putting my Kindle down and not finishing this book.
The twists toward the end were slightly interesting - enough that they kept my attention. I did, however, figure out all the twists ahead of time which took the thrill away.

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Nicholl is one of those authors that guarantees you a heart pounding, page turning thriller full of suspense and excitement that will grip you from the first page to the last.

The characters are flawed, toxic and unlikeable, yet believable and their POV will have you second guessing them throughout the book...just who is telling the truth?

I really enjoyed The Holiday, it's twisty, addictive and I would definitely recommend it.

Heady Atmosphere..
A holiday. Can it ever mend anything? Make everything right with the world…or even, with a relationship? Probably not, in truth, but that is what Suzie and George decide to do. A holiday to Tenerife will make everything fine. Won’t it? However, not everything is quite as it seems and things are about to get much, much worse. Tension fuelled suspense with mainly unlikeable protagonists, a heady atmosphere and a propulsive plot littered with twists - which the reader may or may not see coming. An entertaining read.

The Holiday is a classic thriller with an unhappy marriage and a greedy husband. I loved to hate the husband because he is a terrible man. The authors did an excellent job writing about him and the other characters. I would definitely read more book by this author.

Suzie and George are on holiday and trying to repair their marriage or so Suzie thinks. On the plane is a great looking lady who George is admiring and Suzie notices. Well the deception is repetitive and I had a ball reading this book. I didn't like any of the characters but I enjoyed rolling my eyes at them and the plot is twisty. Although I could see what was going to happen it was still enjoyable and the atmosphere was tense with unanticipated themes. I loved how atmospheric it felt from the descriptions of the hotel and the stunning sea. The story unfolds at a nice even pace and feels tight lipped with mystery. I could feel my blood pumping waiting for the eccentricity of the secrets to be revealed and when they were my heart literally stopped! A memorable physcological thriller!