When the Bough Breaks

Amber Whittington-Jones is dying. She starts looking back on her life and writes a series of letters to her husband and teenage son, trying to explain her actions and begging for their forgiveness. Late one night, after falling and knocking herself unconscious, she slips into a coma from which she will never awaken, but all is not what it seems....

When the Bough Breaks is the first work of fiction from South African author, actress, singer and DJ Casey B Dolan. After the success of her autobiography, An Appetite for Peas, which I reviewed here, she once again awed us with another written masterpiece. It is a hard-hitting tale of love, deceit, lust and passion that will leave you begging for more. The story is told in a very unique way, through letters written by the lead character to her loved ones and it is gripping from beginning to end. I was simply amazed by the vast array of emotions that I experienced while reading this novel. I truly believe that Ms Dolan is firmly planting herself in the upper echelons of great authors which include Wilbur Smith and Michael Crichton. It is said that if reading a book leaves you utterly breathless and exhausted, you have read a great book. And When the Bough Breaks falls squarely into that category. Ms Dolan, your audience breathlessly awaits your next masterpiece!