“Have you heard the story of the rose petal beach?”

Dorothy Koomson-"The Rose Petal beach".

This is the kind of enthralling book that can put you into a trance. It is also how I discovered Dorothy Koomson who is a wonderful writer.

This is the type of book that seems to come from another century. Everything about it is ethreal..even when dealing with some pretty heavy subject matter.

Tami is stunned when one night the police come calling. It turns out they are there to arrest her husband Scott. He is accused of a terrible crime which Tami knows he could not have possibly committed..until she discovers who his accuser is. Then Tami's world is thrown into chaos as she does not know who to trust.

THIS IS NOT YOUR STANDARD PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.

I have read many a Koomson book. Her works are always magnificent but this maybe her masterpiece.

This book is really about love..and trust..and it is about the legend of the Rose Petal Beach.

Have you heard of it? The mystical Rose Petal beach..where is it? And what role does it play in this book?

So I am not going to post any spoilers. I remember once, during the time I when I had just finished reading this, my mom asked me what I was reading or had read lately. I told her about this book and started going into details. Her eyes got that look that I am sure mine had while reading this.
Like something beautiful and rare was being discussed.

I would encourage anyone to read this book. It is absolutely luminous and the story will enthrall you and pull you in. You too will be beguiled by The Rose Petal Beach...

The "Rose Petal Beach"..both the book and the beach itself have stayed with me. I am happy to give this five stars and I'd give it even more if I could. ( )

I enjoyed the book but was very disappointed with the ending because the big reveal of the perpetrator, I felt, was far fetched ( )

The novel opens as Tamia Challey’s husband Scott is arrested. She has no idea that her life is about to change forever, in ways she could not possibly have imagined.

Tami is a likeable and hard-working mother; she narrates most of the story, although it's interspersed with other narrators, and there are many forays into the past. The book is perhaps a tad slow-moving at first, as the background is filled in. It quickly becomes clear that all the narrators are holding back part of the truth, in different ways. There are plot twists and turns which I didn’t expect as well as some which I could see coming.

Koomson tells a powerful story, raising some important issues. This is not light fiction, and it deals with some quite unpleasant topics, although I thought they were handled very well. The final revelations are perhaps a tad abrupt, and I wasn’t entirely sure I believed them; yet the clues are there, right from the start.

It’s a book about women holding things together; it’s about the way we all have both good and bad within us; it’s about knowing when to say ‘no’, and when to lay down boundaries. It’s thought-provoking, and powerful. My only niggle is the amount of bad language used.

Not for those who wants light fiction, or for younger teenagers, as some of the content could be quite disturbing. But for those who like women’s fiction with a harder edge, I would recommend this very highly. ( )

Prica o ljubavi,izdaji,sumnji.Sta je sve spremna jedna zena uraditi za ljubav,ljubav djece, muza i prijateljice.Laka za citanje,drzi paznju,intrigantna. ( )

I enjoyed this book which turns around the betrayal of trust, deceit and love. I loved the legend about the rose petal beach she inserted in the book too.. and who it's about. The book is a nice mix: it's a romantic story, it has drama, contemplation and a who dunnit theme which keeps you guessing till the end. ( )