The Poison Tree, by Erin Kelly (REVIEW) — Decadence & Obsession in London, One Fateful Summer
What lengths will we go to for our friends and our family? What behaviors will we— can we—put up with... and when do they suddenly become “too much”? How do we know if love borders on obsession... and are we capable of realizing when it crosses the line, blithely sailing past what might only later be recognized as the point of no return? Why do we make the choices we do... and how do we justify living with their consequences? Erin Kelly ponders such questions in her engrossing psychological suspense debut, The Poison Tree . * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * Queen Charlotte’s College linguistics student Karen Clarke seemed, for a time, to be living a charmed life. She’d made friends quickly and become roommates with them. Her studies were going brilliantly. And she had a boyfriend (even if he was a bit dull). Everything began to change in her fourth year, though. Her boyfriend broke up with her....