Name: White Bodies
ISBN: 9780008217563

Jane Robins

Callie loves Tilda. She's her sister, after all. And she's beautiful and successful. Tilda loves Felix. He's her husband. Successful and charismatic, he is also controlling, suspicious and, possibly, dangerous. Still, Tilda loves Felix. And Callie loves Tilda. Very, very much. So she's determined to save her. But the cost could destroy them all.

White Bodies

A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING “GREAT READ” “A deliciously creepy psychological thriller.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review This chilling psychological suspense novel—think Strangers on a Train for the modern age—explores the dark side of love and the unbreakable ties that bind twin sisters together. Felix and Tilda seem like the perfect couple: young and in love, a financier and a beautiful, up-and-coming starlet. But behind their flawless façade, not everything is as it seems. Callie, Tilda’s unassuming twin, has watched her sister visibly shrink under Felix’s domineering love. She has looked on silently as Tilda stopped working, nearly stopped eating, and turned into a neat freak, with mugs wrapped in Saran Wrap and suspicious syringes hidden in the bathroom trash. She knows about Felix’s uncontrollable rages, and has seen the bruises on the white skin of her sister’s arms. Worried about the psychological hold that Felix seems to have over Tilda, Callie joins an Internet support group for victims of abuse and their friends. However, things spiral out of control and she starts to doubt her own judgment when one of her new acquaintances is killed by an abusive man. And then suddenly Felix dies—or was he murdered? A page-turning work of suspense that announces a stunning new voice in fiction, White Bodies will change the way you think about obsession, love, and the violence we inflict on one another—and ourselves.

An Addictive Psychological Thriller

chloe mcpherson

Disturbing. Creepy. Weird. And not in a good way. I expected for this to be a weird and creepy book and I thought I would like it but I was wrong. 
You are following the main character Callie as she meets her twin sisters new boyfriend, Felix. Callie starts to think that Felix is controlling and abusive. And from there Callie has developed this insane obsession in trying to help her sister. 
I found Callie so unlikeable, everything she did I was either rolling my eyes at or shaking my head at. 
Her relationship with her sister was just plain weird and so not normal. 
Callie’s sister, Tilda, was weird and unlikeable too. 
I found this book hard to get through and I was deciding whether to DNF this book but I pushed on hoping that it would get better by the end but I was disappointed. 
The plot ‘twist’ wasn’t even much of a twist. 

First book of 2018 and it’s not going so great.

Renee Blankenship

Ohhhh goodness. This book! A psychological thriller that kept me absolutely clueless until the very end, I cannot say enough about White Bodies by Jane Robins. I have a really hard time reading a lot of the thrillers on the shelves right now, especially ones with a recommendation that begins with "If you loved Gone Girl...". Please. (eye roll) I've given a few a chance and have ultimately been disappointed with lackluster characters that have no redeeming qualities, a choppy story line or a predictable ending. Its frustrating and ultimately a genre I've just left alone. 

I'll be honest, I went into White Bodies with much the same (bad) attitude. And then I kinda forgot about all those other books as I got to know twin sisters Callie and Tilda. And then Tilda's new boyfriend Felix. Such a tangled, twisty creepy relationship the three of them had right from the beginning....and try as I might I could not figure out what was happening! I had a few suspicions and thought out a few different scenarios for the ending but man, I was way off. Which is exactly how a good, well written thriller of any sort is supposed to be. Bravo Jane Robins! You did your job extremely well. 

I'd recommend this book to anyone looking for a thriller that will genuinely keep you guessing, involves characters that are "normal" but also really kind of weird/twisted underneath and involves enough plot lines woven through that you're not sure exactly what is what and how it relates to the ultimate outcome. There were plenty of times I actually had to put the book down and walk away for a bit to process the last few chapters I had just read, to see if I could figure it out.

Lisa ✩ @lifeinlit

WOW!! This book!!! Abby (Crime by the Book) recommended this book, and, well, when it comes to psychological thrillers, she knows what she's talking about, so I read everything she tells me to. :) This was no exception... she said I would love it, and I DID!! It was so twisty, suspenseful, and had me guessing from the very beginning. This book was truly amazing to read, and I can't recommend it enough.

(Thank you to Touchstone for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.)

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