In a luxury lodge on Botswana’s sun-soaked plains, four friends reunite for a birthday celebration…
- THE BIRTHDAY GIRL: Has it all, but chose love over her friends…
- THE TEACHER: Feels the walls of her flat and classroom closing in…
- THE MOTHER: Loves her baby, but desperately needs a break…
- THE INTROVERT: Yearns for adventure after suffering for too long…
Arriving at the safari lodge, a feeling of unease settles over them. There’s no sign of the party that was promised. There’s no phone signal. They’re alone, in the wild.
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My Thoughts…
This is atmospheric psychological suspense that explores friendship, relationships, and secrets. The Wild Girls, four friends who grew up together, all different personalities but a close-knit friendship group until the night they weren’t. Two years later and no one is in contact. A surprise invitation to celebrate a birthday in Botswana brings back memories, some good, others troubling, but will they go? Of course, they do and find themselves in a hostile environment which quickly turns toxic.
The suspense building is good, but not enough is made of the Botswanan location. Told in three parts from multiview points some first-person, others third-person. The secrets are gradually revealed as the events of their estrangement become clear. The three women are unreliable protagonists and hard to empathise with. The story is well-plotted, and the final chapters are particularly twisty and impactful.
Jane Hunt Writer 