Title: Everything You Have

Author: Kate Ruby

Genre: Thriller

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 1st August 2024

Rating: 4.5/5

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Summary:

Sasha Fulton looks like she has it all – the glittering media career, the happy marriage, the perfect kids. But the truth behind the shining façade is very different. The job is nothing but pressure, and the stroppy teens aren’t even hers. She’s fast reaching breaking point.

When Sasha’s new twenty-something assistant Jenna walks through the door, she seems like the answer to her prayers. Dazzlingly efficient, with a whip-smart wit, Sasha’s soon wondering how she ever lived without her.

But with trouble mounting at home and at work, Sasha is starting to lose control. As the lines between professional and personal become dangerously blurred, she feels like there’s only one person she can rely on.

Sasha is heading for a fall. But is Jenna there to catch her, or to push her over the edge?

Review:

This is exactly the kind of thriller I love – a twisty and intriguing setup, compelling characters and a deliciously addictive narrative! Everything You Have is compulsively readable from start to finish and I kept having to read one more chapter because I was desperate to find out what everyone’s agenda truly was and how it would all turn out. It would also make a fantastic TV drama which is not surprising considering the author’s career in television producing. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a TV adaptation asap! 

The narrative alternates between the two main characters Sasha and Jenna which worked perfectly. I loved that this gave us often two quite different perspectives on the same events as Jenna made herself indispensable as assistant to Sasha, who at first appears to have it all. We soon discover, however, that this is not quite the case – and that Jenna is not quite what she appears to be either. Everything You Have is clever, gripping and the very definition of a page turner, with the tension ratcheting up slowly before reaching boiling point. I loved it. 

★★★★.5 

Thank you so much to Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours for inviting me on this tour and organising it. I kindly received a copy of the book from the publisher. My review is entirely my own honest opinion.

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