The Silence

By: Daisy Pearce

Narrated by: Karen Cass

She’s broken. She’s vulnerable. She’s just what Marco was looking for.

Stella Wiseman was a child TV star, but there’s nothing glamorous about her life now. Alone in her thirties, she’s lost her parents and her friends and she’s stuck in a dead-end job. But just as she hits rock bottom she meets Marco, a charismatic older man who offers to get her back on her feet. He seems too good to be true.

Is he?

She appreciates the money he lavishes on her. And the pills. But are the pills just helping her sleep, or helping her avoid her problems?

With Stella’s life still in freefall, Marco whisks her away to a secluded cottage where she is isolated from everyone except him. But the closer he pulls her, the worse she gets. He tells her it’s all in her head, and she just needs time away from the world.

No longer sure what’s real and what’s not, Stella begins to question whether she was wrong to trust Marco. Was she wrong to trust herself? Is the one person she thought was fighting for her survival actually her biggest threat?

©2020 Daisy Pearce (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

I DEVOURED this story

Pearce did a masterful job of presenting Stella's perspective. Making the reader feel as though they are falling for Marco and they are beginning to question where they place their trust.

Slow to build but great ending!

This book was interesting enough to keep me going through the slow build, probably because the narrator was so good. I thought she did a great job of male and female voices, better than most (for the male voices). I will look for other books by this author. The ending did explain things going on in the book very well and tied it all together. Overall I was not “riveted” but the book was good.

story

It was ok but kind of dragged. not sure if I liked it or not. It was a little weird for me. may try another novel by Karen Cass to be sure. I love to read.

Hit Pretty Close to Home

I can only hope people can realize how much truth there is in this book. And that if ever they find a friend succumbing to one such as Marco that they can intervene and save so many from the horrible outcome of something like this. This was well written and such a good story. Could picture every character. The narration was outstanding. Characters well defined through the various affects of their speech. Excellent. Will stick with me for a while.

just ok

decent narration. not bad or great but I may be bias since I don't love abusive boyfriends.