BOOK REVIEW: Pleasure Island by Anna Lou Weatherley

Secrets. Scandal. Betrayal. In Paradise, pleasure comes at a dangerously high price...
The host: Martin McKenzie, global billionaire and media mogul. Charismatic, powerful and always gets what he wants.
The location: A breathtakingly beautiful undiscovered island, nestled in the Aegean Sea. Private, secluded and not quite as it seems.
The details: Seven  days of pure hedonism, five-star luxury tailored to every desire, also includes... secrets, lies and infidelity.
As the guests begin to enjoy everything the luxury island has to offer, cracks begin to surface between the three couples. But that is not all. Someone is watching them. When they discover the truth- it will be explosive in more ways than they can ever imagine. 

Publisher: Bookouture

Pages: 340

Pleasure Island by Anna Lou Weatherley is such a fun read. It really reminded me of books I have read by Victoria Fox; it is a perfect holiday read as it will keep you entertained from start to finish.
Martin McKenzie is a billionaire and media mogul. Hugely successful but also hugely disliked; he rarely does something unless it will benefit himself. So it comes as a surprise when he invites three couples to Pleasure Island for an all expenses paid trip of utter luxury and hedonism. All three couples are obviously wary but how will they react when they discover that they are being watched and what will the consequences of that be?
Pleasure Island has a very good pace, I was so shocked by the events of the first few chapters that I just had to keep on reading. I think the shock at the start of the book makes it stand out from others in this genre. I was not expecting it at all and it added another element to the book.
Pleasure Island is heavily concerned with secrets, scandals and betrayal so many of the characters are not very nice. Often though, I find that villains are usually the more interesting characters and Pleasure Island definitely has it's fair share.
Anna Lou Weatherley has written a brilliantly engaging and entertaining book which looks at the lengths people will go to in order to achieve fame and success. Pleasure Island will shock and surprise you and I recommend you read it, another great book from Bookouture.

GUEST REVIEW: Wicked Wives by Anna Lou Weatherley

I have another guest review for you today, this time we have the very lovely Rachel who has reviewed on Dot Scribbles before. This time Rachel read Wicked Wives by Anna Lou Weatherley, this is what she thought:

Casino owner and serial gambler Tom Black leaves a trail of broken hearts wherever he goes. So when he disappears, it's no surprise that foul play is suspected. Suspicion points to three women from his past; Eleanor, the socialite with a sordid past, Loretta, the power-hungry gold-digger, and Victoria, the glamorous, heartbroken author. But in the game of love there can only be one winner, and these woman will stop at nothing to get what they want.

After reading and enjoying the author’s first novel Chelsea Wives I was excited to start Wicked Wives. I'm not always a lover of the author using a prologue as it almost takes away the intrigue and drama from the storyline. In this case I thought that it was written well with enough detail in the main body of the book to keep you hooked thoughout. 

The main character Tom Black was almost too fictional in my opinion, the ultimate bad boy. The three women characters in the book each had there own story which entwined them into the life of Mr Black.I felt the author focused on the character of Ellie which lead to the other female characters lacking depth. I would have liked to see these characters expanded on. For example Ellie's husband was described a few times as someone with a past, more than meets the eye and I was almost frustrated that you never learnt any history as to why he was that way.

I enjoyed this book as much as the author's first and would recommend it, a tip to the reader would be to try not to get too frustrated by the label and name dropping which I saw as padding when the characters could have been explored a little further. 

Rachel's Rating: 4/5

Publisher: Avon

Pages: 416