“On my return, I found the city bleached of all colour, shimmering dullt in an August heatwave. The water was almost as full of glare as the sky. Once again, I had miscalculated. Once more, I was unprepared. Ancient treasure gleamed in doorways, shopfronts winked with made-in-China trash, and their competing glister seemed one and the same. My armpits were swampy, my mouth sour. My hands shook. So when I realised it was him, my first thought, absurdly, was I don’t want him to see me like this. After all those years, he still had that effect on me.
Cheer up Ada, he said. You look like you’re going to a funeral.
His mouth crooked. And then, of couse, we laughed.”
Today’s first lines are from The Favour, a book that piqued my interest as soon as I read the synopsis. When I received the fabulous parcel pictured above from the publishers, I became even more intrigued and knew I had to share this one with you all.
SYNOPSIS:
Fortune favours the fraud…
When she was thirteen years old, Ada Howell lost not just her father, but the life she felt she was destined to lead. Now, at eighteen, Ada is given a second chance when her wealthy godmother gifts her with an extravagant art history trip to Italy. In the palazzos of Venice, the cathedrals of Florence and the villas of Rome, she finally finds herself among the kind of people she aspires to be: sophisticated, cultured, privileged. Ada does everything in her power to prove she is one of them. And when a member of the group dies in suspicious circumstances, she seizes the opportunity to permanently bind herself to this gilded set. But everything hidden must eventually surface, and when it does, Ada discovers she’s been keeping a far darker secret than she could ever have imagined…
The Favour is out now in eBook and out March 4th in Hardcover, You can buy the book here*
Will you be adding this one to your tbr? Let me know in the comments. Until next time Bibliophiles, Emma xxx
Thank you to Corvus for the gifted ARC.
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