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Jane Morgan is obsessed with Thalia Ashcroft. The two met in Oxford, England, where they went to grad school for creative writing. Thalia is beautiful, vivacious and intelligent, and everybody loves her --- especially Jane, who just can’t get enough of her. Although she accepts Jane as her friend, Thalia also becomes close with Ani. Jane and Ani go together like oil and water. Jane is jealous of the time that Thalia spends with Ani, as well as all the attention Thalia attracts from the men on campus.
"There’s a major twist towards the end of the book that is unexpected and sends the story in a completely different direction. It’s an added bonus that makes this a five-star read."
At the end of their first semester, an incident takes place that changes everything for Jane. Thalia kills her former boyfriend in what she declares was self-defense. Jane covers for her, claiming that she was the one who murdered him to protect Thalia. While Jane comes back to complete her degree, Thalia does not.
Jane has been searching for Thalia ever since but with no luck. That all changes nine years later when Jane finally locates her and is determined to see her again. Thalia is now a bestselling author, while Jane is still struggling with her writing career. Jane learns that Thalia will be at a writer’s conference, and she will do anything to ensure that she comes face-to-face with the woman she has fixated on for years.
Of course, things don’t go as planned. While Jane does get to see Thalia, she also runs into her old nemesis. It turns out that Thalia and Ani are now sisters-in-law as Thalia married Ani’s brother. This news sets off a series of events that once again will be a game-changer for Jane and challenges everything she thought was true.
I’M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET explores Jane’s childhood and her first meeting with Thalia before returning to the present. While these timeline shifts can be a bit confusing, it does provide some much-needed background as to what is currently happening. Jesse Q. Sutanto does a great job of keeping readers interested in the plot thanks to strong characters and an intriguing narrative.
There’s a major twist towards the end of the book that is unexpected and sends the story in a completely different direction. It’s an added bonus that makes this a five-star read.
Teaser
A struggling midlist writer, Jane feels trapped in an underwhelming marriage. There's only ever been one person she cared about: Thalia, her best and only friend nearly a decade ago during their Creative Writing days at Oxford. But then one night ruined everything. The blood-soaked night that should have bound Thalia to Jane forever instead made her lose her completely. Thalia disappeared without a trace, and Jane has been unable to find her since. Until now. Because there she is, her name at the top of the New York Times bestseller list: A Most Pleasant Death by Thalia Ashcroft. When she discovers a post from Thalia on her website about attending a book convention in New York City in a week --- “Can’t wait to see you there!” --- Jane can’t wait either. Jane won’t lose Thalia again.
Promo
A struggling midlist writer, Jane feels trapped in an underwhelming marriage. There's only ever been one person she cared about: Thalia, her best and only friend nearly a decade ago during their Creative Writing days at Oxford. But then one night ruined everything. The blood-soaked night that should have bound Thalia to Jane forever instead made her lose her completely. Thalia disappeared without a trace, and Jane has been unable to find her since. Until now. Because there she is, her name at the top of the New York Times bestseller list: A Most Pleasant Death by Thalia Ashcroft. When she discovers a post from Thalia on her website about attending a book convention in New York City in a week --- “Can’t wait to see you there!” --- Jane can’t wait either. Jane won’t lose Thalia again.
About the Book
Some friends --- and friendships --- are worth killing for in this dark, twisty suspense novel by national bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutanto.
Jane is unhappy.
A struggling midlist writer whose novels barely command four figures, she feels trapped in an underwhelming marriage, just scraping by to pay a crippling Bay Area mortgage for a house --- a life --- she's never really wanted.
There's only ever been one person she cared about, one person who truly understood her: Thalia. Jane's best and only friend nearly a decade ago during their Creative Writing days at Oxford. It was the only good year of Jane’s life --- cobblestones and books and damp English air, heady wine and sweet cider and Thalia, endless Thalia. But then one night ruined everything. The blood-soaked night that should have bound Thalia to Jane forever but instead made her lose her completely. Thalia disappeared without a trace, and Jane has been unable to find her since.
Until now.
Because there she is, her name at the top of the New York Times bestseller list: A Most Pleasant Death by Thalia Ashcroft. When she discovers a post from Thalia on her website about attending a book convention in New York City in a week --- “Can’t wait to see you there!” --- Jane can’t wait either.
She’ll go to New York City, too, credit card bill be damned. And this time, she will do things right. Jane won’t lose Thalia again.
Audiobook available; read by Yu-Li Alice Shen, Saskia Maarleveld, Leiana Bertrand and Eunice Wong
