Today I’m taking part in the blog tour for The Rule Of Three. My review is written with thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me on the tour and to the publisher for my copy of the book.

Blurb:

The Whisper Man meets The Chalk Man with the paranoia of The Blair Witch Project in this chilling suspense thriller. 

That’s the one.
That’s the girl who’s going to die.
 
I didn’t believe in the Rule of Three. Not at first.
It was just one of those urban myths you hear about all the time.
A story my boyfriend told me about a girl cursed by the number three.
A girl whose parents had killed themselves after her sibling had died in an accident.
Which meant that she was doomed to die too because that’s the Rule of Three.
 
Bad things always happen in threes, they say, and they are right.
Because it’s happening again.
But this time the curse is coming for me.
And worst of all?
It’s coming for you, too.

Review:

I’ve seen a lot of excitement about The Rule Of Three on social media, and now having read it, it’s easy to see why. The author’s writing is brilliant: there is a great sense of unease in the atmosphere and so much tension and this makes the novel incredibly compelling, even when, in terms of the plot and big reveals, it moves quite slowly and I often found it difficult to figure out what was going on. 

The Rule Of Three is split into three main sections, narrated by Amy, Ila and Eve. I love an unreliable narrator and here we have three for the price of one. We read their viewpoints through their journals, which means that certain things can be misinterpreted or lied about, but when you consider that these characters regularly use drugs or have serious mental health issues, it’s often difficult to know what to believe. The characters aren’t always likeable, but the author has developed them really well and it’s impossible not to be drawn into their story. Their stories do include some difficult subjects, such as grief, self harm and drug use which are realistically portrayed but often uncomfortable to read, especially if you have personal experience of the issues. 

For most of the novel, I had no idea where the story was going and I was genuinely surprised by the reveals, despite the clues. It is testament to the author’s talent that they were able to place them so carefully in such a clever way. 

The ending is quite open and I will be thinking about it for some time. 

The Rule Of Three is available from Amazon.

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