The Girl In The Painting, by Caleb Crowe

 

The Girl In The Painting

Written by Caleb Crowe

About / Blurb:

Robbie is a kind and loving boyfriend. As long as you obey the rules.

Seline is excited to be starting a new chapter. She has moved away from home to begin her first job – as school art teacher in a quaint Yorkshire village.

Life gets even better when she meets the wild and untamed Robbie, with whom she starts a relationship. Robbie is unpredictable and impulsive and Seline loves the excitement he injects into her well-ordered days.

But Robbie soon reveals a dark side. He becomes more and more domineering and Seline finds herself trapped with a man who needs to control her every waking moment.

Her only escape is through her artwork. But even there, in the shadowy corners of her own paintings, lurks a disturbing truth she cannot decipher.

Desperate to escape from Robbie, Seline turns to an old family friend, Michael, for help. But Michael has secrets of his own, secrets that entwine with Seline's past in shocking and sinister ways…

Note: Domestic violence & coercive control does feature within.

My Review:

It took me a short while to get into this book initially, but once I got into it, it drew me in, I found it an easy read, it kept a good pace throughout, & it kept me wanting to read more. There were a couple of things I found to be predictable, but the plot throughout was gripping nonetheless. I liked how the plot itself concluded; satisfyingly, & it all tied into the main characters’ paintings, in keeping with the theme of ‘the girl in the painting’. 

Based on a rating of 1-10, where 10 is the highest, I would give this book a rating of 7 out of 10. It’s a page-turner of a Psychological Thriller that will keep you hooked, & it’s deffo worth the read! I would recommend!