"The Marriage Pact"

"The Marriage Pact" Written by Michelle Richmond Review written by Diana Iozzia

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The Pact is an exclusive secret society that couples join once they are married. Jake and Alice soon realize that The Pact is much more dangerous and mysterious than they initially thought. 

This is a very long book, but I thought the pacing was very well done. You can easily tell that the story line and plot was well thought out and planned. This is a very creative secret society that is slightly cult-ish, which is a theme I enjoy reading about. This book is very reminiscent of "Eyes Wide Shut", "The OA". The Orwellian Big Brother theme is also very prevalent, but it does not hit you over the head with the comparisons. I thought this was a unique cult, which is not often created anymore.

Jake and Alice are very nice, pleasant characters. The creepy, eerie characters they encounter are well-executed. They don't feel "too creepy" or campy.

I highly recommend this book, I just feel that certain chapters are too long or too descriptive, but the pacing does make sense. I think this is one of those slow boil books, where the creepy crawly scary bits build over time. I think this could be a good movie as well, but the plot is a little too Lifetime movie, rather than something that could compare to "Gone Girl", "Girl on the Train", and other current suspense novels.

*As a disclaimer, I received this book as an advanced review copy.*