REVIEW: Beautiful Malice

    3/5
   

BEAUTIFUL MALICE,

Paperback, Australia, 304 pages

Published May 1st 2010 by Allen and Unwin
39 year old Australian author and mother of 4, Rebbecca James latest book is an enjoyable book for those who likes the thrill of a psychopathic friend. Though I think we all have had one of those in our years this one is definitely one you don't want.

Beautiful Malice is told from the point of view of Katherine, a young woman who has experienced an unimaginable horror in her past, a fact which is utilised to full effect by the author as the story unfolds.
In an attempt to escape the memory of her sister’s brutal murder, Katherine moves from Melbourne to Sydney, where she befriends the beautiful and charismatic Alice. Haunted by guilt over the death of her sister Rachel, Katherine is easily seduced by Alice’s apparent carefree approach to life. But there is a dark side to Alice. Beneath the party-girl facade, is a bitter and damaged young woman who threatens to destroy the lives of everyone around her. And as Katherine learns the truth about Alice, we will learn what really happened the night Katherine’s sister was murdered.

I liked the book the story line was strong and well told, but in my own view it needed that bit more, bit more gripping suspense and a little less jumping back from the past to present without being a tad confused and thinking you've lost a chapter all in all since this isn't my usual genre of books I gave it 3/5.

sorry for the late update.

-cat