The One That Got Away: A DI Heather Filson Novel

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I personally am not a fan of flashbacks but it was done well here; however it often really slowed down the plot for me and made it hard for me to keep going. Both Ben and Clara are emotionally vulnerable going through typical teenage issues resulting in lot of miscommunication between them.

I sped through it all in one reading, it is a very readable book and made you think about those sliding doors moments of what might have been if you'd taken another path. The only other thing was the strange inclusion of Newcastle City which had me perplexed for a short time, but I’m assuming it was to avoid confusion with any elements being factual. Twenty years apart: an act of “mindless violence” separated them and then another one will potentially bring them back together. It actually felt really uncomfortable knowing that his Dad, Benjamin knew something was wrong but not the severity of it. With every passing page, Charlotte's narrative style grows on you, her well-chosen words driving an intriguing and complex plot.When Clara and Ben met during their first year at university, they both became quickly enamored with each other, convinced that they were each other's person. The cover is the cutest thing and maybe, without this e-mail, I would not be in the right mindset to fully appreciate this narrative. And that's the secret, that very much spoiler worthy secret that you find out only at the almost end as Benjamin and Clara's worlds are suddenly thrust back together after this artificially created gap between them. Personally, I was not a fan of Clara’s character, she felt possessive and somewhat irritating, yet there were aspects of her story that made me want to like her.

Not since she gave it up to go part-time, to focus on her novel after she was signed by a literary agent. However, I still found myself irritated with the characters-mostly during the narrations from university. This is not a story about first love, or enduring love, or not going back to the place where one met their first love.There are traits of both characters that I can recognise in myself when I was their age and it's both embarrassing and amusing in equal measures. Thank you to NetGalley for providing this copy of The One that Got Away in exchange for an honest review.

She uses the newspaper’s scheduling platform for its accounts, but for her personal account she prefers the native browser version. When an unthinkable event happens that separates them, their lives lead different paths for 20 years . Instinctively, he knows that she is his person and he is hers, but the devastating events of one of their last nights at university will take their lives in very different directions. It was the kind of book that makes me want to stand on a rooftop and shout how amazing it is to the whole world!

The book tells a touching story about the first great love and about how difficult it can be to forget it. The modern-day plot line kept the book moving forward while the 2000 plot line helped you understand the characters better. It’s not your typical boy meets girl story, demonstrating the raw, vulnerable and often painful sides to falling in love. And now, Clara married and settled, is upended when there's an explosion at a soccer stadium where she's convinced Ben might be. The character portrayal and development was excellent, with three dimensional, flawed, while I wasn't sure about the characters as students, I became increasingly invested in them and was engaged in their story.