I recieved an eARC of this book from the publisher through a giveaway fulfilled on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this book. I found myself devouring it as I just wanted to know what was going to happen next. A Lesson in Vengeance is filled with twists and moments that made me put the book down to stare at a wall for a few minutes to process. I can’t wait for my physical copy to arrive and finally be able to hold this book in my hands.
About 30% into this book, the first major twist happened, and it’s done perfectly to make the reader suspicious of anything and everything that Felicity experiences and sees. The last 15% is full of shock after shock and made me want to immediately start to reread the book to see if I had missed any clues to the major twist of the ending. The constant questioning of what is and is not happening made for a much more suspenseful reading experience because I never knew whose perceptions of reality to trust.
Felicity and Ellis’ relationship is definitely dark and twisted. However, it also serves as the lynchpin for the entire plot of the book. I was enthralled by their relationship as it went from coldness and suspicion on both sides to something more, leading to the intense final act where everything both comes together and falls apart.