I’m thrilled to be one of today’s stops on the blog tour for ‘Her Last Summer.’
I had vowed I would never get back into the water, but of course, this was always going to be the outcome. I never really had a choice.
When out of work actress Rey Levine is offered her dream acting role, she knows she has to make it work. But there’s a catch: the film calls for Rey to swim, something she hasn’t done since her last fateful summer holiday fifteen years ago. The summer her sister disappeared…and everyone blamed Rey.
Rey will do anything to block out the painful memories, but it means her current life is in freefall – drink and men her drugs of choice.
With her first dip in the cool water, Rey thinks she’s found the perfect escape. But as the water holds her, old memories float to the surface, forcing Rey to remember the terrible summer she’d rather forget.
But someone doesn’t want the truth to surface. Not now, not ever… And they’re prepared to ruin Rey’s life all over again.
Purchase Link – https://mybook.to/herlastsummersocial
Author Bio –
Nina Manning studied psychology and was a restaurant-owner and private chef (including to members of the royal family). She is the founder and host of Sniffing The Pages, a book review podcast. The Daughter in Law is her debut psychological thriller and since then Nina has gone on to write 9 more books including: The Guilty Wife published in March 2020, The House Mate published in October 2020.The Bridesmaid published May 2021 and Queen Bee in January 2022. She has also written two ‘mum-lit’ fiction books: The 3 am shattered mums’ club and the 6 pm frazzled mums’ club. Her tenth book, Her Last Summer, another thriller, is published in May 2024.
Nina currently lives in The Highlands in Scotland with her family.
Social Media Links –
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083674816362
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ninamanninguk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ninamanningauthor/
Newsletter Sign Up: https://bit.ly/NinaManningNews
Bookbub profile: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/nina-manning
Review-
This is the sixth psychological thriller from Nina Manning that I’ve been fortunate enough to read and review (previous reviews can be found by typing the author’s name into the search bar).
The plot line of this one is quite suspenseful, with little snippets of information gradually being drip fed over the alternating chapters between past and present, told through the eyes of main character Rey.
It’s clear that family dynamics and circumstances have played a pivotal role in events over time and these continue to threaten how individuals behave in the present day. Trauma is a key theme throughout and it is interesting to read Rey’s own journey of self discovery (and sometimes destruction) as a result of childhood experiences.
I had some suspicions early on about different characters and I think this was a really successful part of the narrative as you can’t help but want to piece together the missing parts of the jigsaw puzzle.
An intriguing read that will appeal to fans of this genre.
With thanks to the author, Rachel at Random Resources and Boldwood Books for the opportunity to participate in the tour.
Further stops can be found here:
Pickled Thoughts and Pinot 