It’s not often I turn the last page of a book and think: ‘Hmmm, I’m not really sure what I think.’

But that’s the effect The First, a debut novel from A. Claire Everward had on me.

There’s a lot that I liked: the plot, for instance, is unusual and intriguing.

Aelia returns from a vacation that did not go quite as she expected, to a life she does not feel at home in but that is, at least, hers.

Or so she thinks.

However, within days of returning she is targeted by a hit man and she has no idea why.  Continue reading →