Review: All the Difference - Kaira Rouda

 

 

Review: All the Difference - Kaira Rouda - June 2012

After reading a few of Kaira Rouda's books and enjoying them, I decided to give one of her earlier ones a go and though it was a different feel than her others, it was still really good and worth reading. All the Difference starts off like a murder mystery novel where a house has been on fire and looks like a gas leak - the male is dead and the female is hanging on for her dear life. The book then jumps back in time , as it tells the story on how all the characters came to meet and intertwine. We have Laura - the news reporter who is a seductress and will do anything for a story and also a bit on the side , Angela - Laura's dowdy and annoying roommate who is willing to do anything to keep her friends -even if it means doing Laura's dirty work for her or having her sloppy seconds to get ahead in life , Ellen - once a famous charity fundraiser and event organiser, she now lives her life out in the country as a housewife after her husband moved them out there , she dreams of one day having a child. These three women all want something out of life and will go to lengths to have it all. In All the Difference, it shows us that timing is everything and that sometimes in order to get one thing in life , the thing you want the most - planning is vital and important and though it may take a while -it will be worth it all in the end. This book keeps you guessing as you see husbands dropping like flies and you read of someone's background and life and you wonder which character is really pulling all the strings in the game of life and death.

A little different than her other books , but still brillantly written and enjoyable especially if you are in the mood for a little romantic suspense and journalism antics - anything to crack that big story - whatever it may be.