Fearing eternal singledom, childhood friends Kate and Paul make the age-old vow that if they don't find love by thirty, they will marry each other.
Years later, with the deadline of their 30th birthdays approaching, the unlikely couple decide to keep their teenage promise. After all, they are such good friends. Surely that's enough to make a marriage?
Now, on the eve of their 10th wedding anniversary, they will discover that love between men and women is more complex, and more precarious, than they could ever have imagined. As Kate struggles with a secret that reaches far into their past, will the couple's vow become the very thing that threatens their future?
I'd like to thank Anne Cater from Random Things Through my Letterbox for inviting me to be a part of this blog tour and Corvus Books for my copy of Love Will Tear Us Apart to review.
Love Will Tear Us Apart is the story of childhood friends Kate and Paul who have been in each others lives since they were kids, complete polar opposites but yet there was that something that has always bonded them. They have grown up together and experienced so much, first as friends and then as a couple, but yet do they both really know everything about one another.
The story is narrated from the point of view of Kate in the present day as their 10th wedding anniversary approaches interspersed with flashbacks to different dates in the past, giving us an insight as to how their lives have evolved since they were kids to the present day. How they have been able to make the transition from being best friends, following up on their pact to get married if both still single at thirty, into maintaining a relationship once the dynamics have been changed. Although I did enjoy this format which allows us to really explore their relationship over the years, I would have liked to maybe have heard from Paul's viewpoint at times too to get to see both sides of the story.
I've only read one of Holly Seddon's books before, her debut Try Not to Breathe although I do have a copy of Don't Close Your Eyes that I've bought but not found the time to read yet, but it was clear from the start that this book was completely different in style to her previous two. Whereas the previous two books were more in the psychological thriller vein this one definitely had a more contemporary feel to it, it's a novel that delves deep into the heart of a friendship/relationship and the commitments they have made.
The only downside of reading this book for me was the pacing, it was very much a slow burner, a bit too slow at times for my liking as I was waiting impatiently for the big 'secret' to be revealed and discover the consequences and how it would affect them as a couple. But on the flipside it was also more of an emotional read than I was at first expecting which caught me off guard as I wasn't expecting to go through so many emotions whilst reading. So I look forward to hearing what the author has in store for us next, another contemporary or back to a psychological thriller, only time will tell.
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