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21 ratings • 1 reviews
Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast. Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s children’s school. Josie has been listening to Alix’s podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life. Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home. But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family’s lives under mortal threat. Who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?
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Alix Summer has a pretty perfect life. She has two young kids, a rich husband, and is the host of the podcast, All Woman. Josie Fair feels like she wants a fresh start. She thinks that her life has been wasted with an abusive husband, troublesome adult children, and virtually no freedom. When Josie Fair introduces herself on their shared birthday, Alix finds herself not only hosting a podcast, but becoming an integral part of a true crime documentary.
This was one of Lisa Jewel’s best books yet! I absolutely loved this twisty story with unreliable narrators and podcast/documentary excerpts. The writing was fantastic and the characters were so well thought out. I did predict most of the ending, but that didn’t take away from my enjoyment of it. I thought the end was twisted and wild! Sometimes I think books about podcasts are cheesy, but I thought it was perfect. The only thing I would change is the title of the podcast “Hi! I’m Your Birthday Twin”. I thought it was a little long and kinda weird. It would have been better as just “Birthday Twins”, but that’s just my opinion. Everything else was flawless!